Welcome to USAV Bandwidth,  a show hosted by Chris Salazar-Mangrum, Vice President of USAV and Patrick Whipkey, Director of USAV, to share their expertise and have insightful conversations with professionals from the AV industry.

When it comes to talent acquisition in this business, we gotta take a look at how the rising market cap is not only causing more integrators’ demand, but is also shaping a more competitive landscape. In this episode we are joined by Chris Nakiso, Founder & CEO of Chris Edward Consulting, which is helping companies identify and secure talent. Chris shares some meaningful insights on the importance of clear internal processes to attract better talent, as well as the most common challenges of adopting a hybrid environment. We also discuss skip talks and stay interviews. Join us in this amazing conversation focused on the candidate experience!

Jump straight into:

(01:13) - Talent acquisition: Why has it become such a competitive landscape and what are they asking for - “What's your onboarding process like? That is the biggest discussion right now with companies with regards to retention.”

(09:09) - The culture shift: Best practices for remote onboarding processes - “Those skip talks are designed to get folks to really be in a comfortable situation, to explain what could be improved. Let them tell you” 

(18:17) - New areas for complex roles: Culture alignment and the interesting industries where new talent is coming from - “ I think there has to be some type of almost like a D league or for basketball. There's got to be a development thing on the technical side to get more technical people.”

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chris@chrisedwardconsulting.com

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