Tales of Talent

Tales of Tales is a series unpicking the minds of talent leaders within the tech community.

Tales of Talent is a business podcast hosted by Kugan Sakthikugan, with 15 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.

Kugan Sakthikugan hosts Tales of Talent, a business show with 15 episodes published.

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  Reflections on a career in TA with David Moore

  May 19, 20251h 11mS0

  <p>I sat down with David Moore on Episode 15, VP of Talent at Box whose career has taken him across the globe from London to Hong Kong to Singapore and San Francisco, working at companies at the likes of Microsoft, Apple, Google, and now Box.</p><p><br></p><p>This was a very enjoyable chat where we unpacked some of David’s reflections on a career in TA as well as touching on the hot topic of AI amongst other things that include:</p><p><br></p>How life was as a recruiter before LinkedInSome of the people that ha...

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  Navigating the pitfalls of early-stage hiring

  Mar 25, 202558 minS0

  <p>Episode 14 is the first video podcast of Tales of Tales featuring the Chris Marty, Head of Talent at Augment Code.</p><p>Hiring at the early-stage of a startup is very, very hard as there are lots of inherent risk, no brand reputation and it is hard to find the right people that truly align with your vision and mission.</p><p>So how should early-stage companies approach hiring and what are some of the common hiring pitfalls to avoid? This is why I had to get Chris Marty on the show, Head of Talent at Augment.<br></p><...

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  The 'why' behind the words with Jim Miller

  Feb 27, 20251h 16mS0

  <p>Episode 13 is the first video podcast of Tales of Tales featuring the legendary Jim Miller, VP of People & Talent at Ashby.</p><p>Prior to joining Ashby, Jim was VP of Recruitment at FullStory and before that, Jim held a number of global roles at Google over 15 years which included being the Head of EMEA Talent Channels and Global Head of Online Talent Channels amongst others.</p><p>This was an absolutely fire discussion!</p><p>If you work in the people & talent space, you need to find time somehow to listen to this one, you can thank me...

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  Managing expectations - the silent skill in hiring

  Jan 23, 202532 minS0

  <p>Episode 13 features Emma Bush, Head of Talent at Featurespace.</p> <p>Effectively managing the expectations of both the hiring managers and candidates throughout the hiring process is essential to ensuring a successful outcome.</p> <p>In this episode, Emma shares with us how to ask the right questions to nail the hiring manager brief, how to work in harmony with hiring managers, how to influence hiring manager behaviour using data and much more.</p> <p>Make sure to listen to the end to hear the bonus topic on Visa’s acquisition of Featurespace!</p> <p>If the below topics pi...

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  How incident.io ship authentic content strategically

  Oct 10, 202429 minS0

  <p>Episode 12 features Dani Unsworth, Head of Talent at incident.io.</p><p>Dani was one of the very first hires at incident.io and has been instrumental in shaping the culture, brand and identity of the company.</p><p>In this episode, Dani shares with us practical strategies to help talent teams harness the power of content creation to attract and retain great talent.</p><p>If the below topics pique your interest then this episode is an absolute must listen!</p> Being strategic yet authentic in content creation to appeal to the talent you want to attract  The p...

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