Recruiter Wins

A 15 minute podcast for recruiters where we ask a single question - "Tell me about your biggest recruiting win"

Recruiter Wins is a business podcast hosted by Zack Gallinger, with 13 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Zack Gallinger hosts Recruiter Wins, a business show with 13 episodes published.

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  Episode #13

  Ben Farber - Bristol Associates

  Apr 24, 202611 minS1

  <p>Ben Farber’s biggest recruiting win wasn’t just filling a role.</p><p>It was turning one search into two hires.</p><p>And not once.</p><p>Three separate times in a single year.</p><p>In this episode of Recruiter Wins, I sat down with Ben Farber, President of Bristol Associates, to talk about what actually makes clients expand a search, create new roles and trust you with bigger hiring decisions.</p><p>What stood out most?</p><p>Ben doesn’t believe great recruiting is just about finding people with the right experience.</p><p>He bel...

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  Episode #12

  Stephanie Mattice - Kinsa Group

  Mar 21, 202612 minS1

  <p>A job seeker walked into a staffing agency looking for temp work.</p><p>No HR experience. No degree. No obvious reason for a recruiter to go the extra mile.</p><p>But Stephanie Mattice saw something most people would have missed.</p><p>A firm handshake, eye contact and a follow up message that same day are the kind of soft skills you can't teach. </p><p>So instead of filing her away, Stephanie did something different.</p><p>She sat down with this candidate, reworked her resume from scratch, translated her admin and customer service experience into H...

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  Episode #11

  Sam Hodz - Amplify People

  Mar 15, 202610 minS1

  <p>Zero industry experience. No relevant title. Not even close to what the client asked for.</p><p>Most recruiters would've moved on to the next candidate without a second thought but Sam Hodz didn't.</p><p>I sat down with Sam on this week's episode of Recruiter Wins and this story is a masterclass in what separates order takers from true recruiting partners.</p><p>Here's what happened: A business owner came to Sam looking for a technician. But instead of just taking the order and running, Sam dug deeper and realized what this client actually needed was an...

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  Episode #10

  David Case - Advastar

  Feb 7, 202615 minS1

  <p>Most big recruiting wins don’t start with a perfect plan.</p><p>They start with one curious question asked at the right moment.</p><p>In the newest episode of Recruiter Wins, Zack Gallinger sits down with David Case (20-year vet in engineering + construction recruiting) to unpack a win that literally helped set the trajectory of his firm.</p><p>Here’s the short version:</p><p>David was a few months into building Advastar. He had no CRM, no database and no paid tool. Just a phone, a notebook and some hustle.</p><p>He makes a cold...

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  Episode #9

  Steve Faulkner - The Spencer James Group

  Jan 24, 202611 minS1

  <p>Recruiting for a market leader is easy mode.</p><p>Recruiting for an underdog in a commoditized space where reps are basically “carrying feathers to a gunfight”?</p><p>That’s where you need a skilled recruiter.</p><p>In the newest episode of Recruiter Wins, I sat down with Steve Faulkner, a 23 year employee benefits recruiting vet, to unpack his biggest win.</p><p>What I loved about this conversation: Steve gets candid about the fine line between storytelling and deception.</p><p>He’s not trying to “put a butt in a seat”. He’s trying to make placement...

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