Mindset Episodes

In this episode of the Elite Recruiter Podcast, host Benjamin Mena interviews Tori Liberte, a successful recruiter, and firm leader. Tori shares her journey into the recruiting industry, the importance of quality over quantity in recruitment, and how to advance your career within a recruitment agency. Tori's journey into recruiting Tori graduated with a bachelor's degree in speech therapy, but after discovering that healthcare was not her passion, she decided to transition into sales. Her moth...

Kortney Harmon, a staffing industry expert and Podcast host of The Full Desk Experience joins us to share her insights on building trust and relationships, as well as improving foundational processes, in the staffing industry. Harmon talks about her own journey in the industry, the importance of touch points and relationship-building, and the impact of automations and KPIs on business success. Harmon believes that many office leaders miss out on business growth opportunities because they focus ...

The Elite Recruiter podcast recently featured Jay Veniard, CEO of Ventech, who shared his health journey and how it positively impacted his recruiting business. The host highlighted the importance of maintaining good health in the recruiting career, citing the recent loss of a friend in the industry. Jay shared his experience as a former professional baseball player and his weight struggles during that time. Over the years, he has lost a significant amount of weight and improved his overall heal...

The Elite Recruiter Podcast recently featured a conversation between Benjamin Mena and Michael G. Cox, where the focus was on how to be a successful recruiter despite facing personal challenges. Cox shared his experience of still being able to bill six figures despite his wife's ovarian cancer diagnosis, which caused him to work only part of the year. He emphasized the importance of relationship building with clients and submitting only high-quality candidates for job openings. The conversation...

The Elite Recruiter Podcast recently hosted Deepali Vyas, the global head of Fintech for Korn Ferry and founder of Fearless+. They discussed her journey into the recruiting industry and how she founded Fearless+ to teach young people about emotional intelligence, communication skills, and self-awareness. They also talked about the profitability of recruiting and the low barrier to entry in the industry. Deepali shared her experience in running global teams and working with Fortune 500 and Fortu...

In a recent Elite Recruiter podcast episode, host Benjamin Mena interviewed Katrina Collier, author of The Robot-Proof Recruiter, about the changing recruitment market and the importance of staying relevant in the age of AI. Katrina Collier shared her background in recruitment, starting as a trainee recruitment consultant after moving to London from Australia. She also discussed the lack of education around the recruitment profession and the importance of improving candidate experience and recru...

The Elite Recruiter Podcast recently featured William Spengler, the CEO of Frederick Fox, a successful recruitment firm specializing in technology and accounting and finance verticals. Spengler has been in the recruitment space for twelve years and started as an accountant before transitioning into sales. He sold roofing, solar, and paper through door-to-door sales before being recruited by Adecco Group to become a recruiter. The conversation revolved around the journey of a recruiter in 2023...

RIP Ben Nader! You were such a positive impact to the whole recruiting community. The Elite Recruiter podcast recently featured a conversation between Benjamin Mena and Ben Nader from Recruiter Empire. The two discussed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the recruiting industry, with many layoffs and companies struggling. Mena shared his own experience of being let go while on vacation in France and how he and Nader started their own company. Nader has mentored over 1000 people in laun...

Emily Landon is the Crypto Recruiter, she began her journey in this space after working in the financial services industry for three years. She was passionate about helping the Blockchain industry to develop and saw a need for a crypto recruiting firm. This inspired Emily to start the company as a New Year's resolution to the recruiting space. She wanted to provide a humanized approach to the process and make finding a job more fun. To do this, Emily and her team focused on doing the opposite of...

Anthony Bencomo is an excellent recruiter with over two decades of experience within the government contracting space and filling hundreds of positions per year. But what he has also done, he has chased his dreams. He is not afraid to be an excellent recruiter by day and chase his dreams after work hours. I know many recruiters over the years that have a passion for something other than recruiting. Anthony talks about how you go about chasing that passion. Highlights: What you need to do to ch...

Benjamin Mena welcomed Amanda Berning onto the Elite Recruiter podcast to discuss how to bill seven figures as a recruiter. Amanda revealed that she never set out to become a recruiter, but ended up in the industry after a friend of a friend told her about an admin role that didn't require working on weekends and holidays. After taking a disc profile test, it was suggested that she had potential to be a recruiter and the president of the company asked if she was interested in the job - to which ...

Brett Eaton is a high-performance coach who helps entrepreneurs and business owners become the best versions of themselves. On this episode of the Elite Recruiter Podcast, Brett shares his journey to becoming a life coach and how he helps high performers reach their goals. He began his career in the fitness industry and eventually branched out to coaching people in the other 23 hours of their life. Brett works with clients to ensure they are able to grow and create a life that is fulfilling and ...

If you are like many people or me, it's easy to shy away from discomfort. But to win as a recruiter, you need to do the exact opposite. Chasing down and hunting discomfort could get you to the next level as a recruiter, search firm owner, or leader. In this episode of The Elite Recruiter Podcast our guest Sterling Hawkins walks us through the different types of discomfort that he wrote about in the book Hunting Discomfort that could be holding you back from hitting that next level and what you c...

There are always things that we all can learn from Big Billers, but there is an extraordinary amount that we can learn from someone that has their first 7 figure billing year. Lisa Decker is our guest this week on The Elite Recruiter Podcast to talk about the lessons she learned along the way to hit that seven-figure year. After being a Top Biller year after year she breaks down what it took to make that jump to the next level. This is the perfect podcast to learn how to break through your next ...

Overcoming a tragedy is extremely tough, overcoming and succeeding takes everything that you have in you. In this episode of the Elite Recruiter Podcast, our guest Dana Neiger who is the co-founder of HIVE Talent Acquisition. In this episode, Dana talks about her first book "Before I Knew It, They Were Gone: A Jewish First-Generation American Woman’s Journey through the Darkness". We talk about the struggles that she had to overcome to reach the success that she is having now and the path to wri...

In this episode of the Elite Recruiter Podcast, I speak with Sarah Briggs the Director of People Operations at Stability Healthcare. Sarah talks about how she grew from a front-line recruiter into a leader of an organization of 70 recruiters and what it takes to learn how to lead. Highlights: How Sarah grew from a recruiter into a leadership role of over 70 recruiters Scaling at speed while building and lifting up stronger recruiters What to do in a downturn of the economy and how to be suc...

In this episode of the Elite Recruiter Podcast, I speak with Trent Cotton the founder of Sprint Recruiting on how to control the chaos of Talent Acquisition and how the Sprint Recruiting Methodology can change everything within your recruiting team. Highlights that we talk about: The 4 dysfunctions of recruiting and how to tackle them Implementing Spring Recruiting into your organization Finding and keeping great recruiters Better data leads to better hiring Trent Cotten: htt...

In this episode of The Elite Recruiter Podcast, we have our guest The Sales Recruiter Michael G Cox to talk about the shifting market and shifting your mindset to keep winning. We also talk about the basics of sales recruiting for those that have not explored it before.. Some Highlights: Why many people double down on something when its not working How to figure out your blind spots and make a shift What is not working in Sales Recruiting What is working in Sales Recruiting The basics of S...

There is no sugar coating in this episode in this episode of The Elite Recruiter Podcast on what it takes to succeed. After years of success, Paul Johnson breaks down what it takes to be a big biller month after month and year after year. If you really want to know how to level up your recruiting desk. Listen to this episode. Some Highlights: Sales and Recruiting scripts that you can use right now to win new business How Paul got into recruiting Sales strategies that you need to use now to ...

In this important episode of The Elite Recruiter Podcast, we speak with Ivan Leens about the mental health challenges and struggles in recruitment. We cover some ways to take care of yourself in what can be a stressful industry. Some Highlights: How to take care of your mental health in recruitment How to set yourself up for success for the long term Rec2Rec Recruiting Creating content that brings clients Mastering digital content on YouTube and Instagram Ivan Leens LinkedIn: https://www....

In this exciting episode of The Elite Recruiter Podcast, I get to interview author Andy Storch who wrote the book one of my favorite books I read last year. Own Your Career Own Your Life. It's about how to stop drifting and take control of your future! Many of us stumble into recruiting, the goal is to not stumble through our entire recruiting careers. You need to make sure that you take charge of your career and as you do it, it will take charge of your life! Connect with Andy Storch here: h...

In this episode of the Elite Recruiter Podcast, I speak with Rich Rosen the founder of Cornerstone Search about what it takes and the mindset needed to become a 7-Figure Biller as a solo recruiter. Highlights that we talk about: How Rich Rosen got his career started in recruiting What his daily habits, schedule, and work ethic is Sales and Business Development Tips The Mindset of a 7-Figure Biller solo recruiter Recruiters should set a goal to join The Pinnacle Society and be around other ...

In this episode of the Elite Recruiter Podcast, I speak with Richard Bronson the founder of 70 Million Jobs and the Commissary Club about how he has already successfully helped thousands of Americans with criminal background land jobs and the quest to help 1 Million more. 70 Million Americans have criminal backgrounds and many have trouble finding employment, and he is actively working on a solution. Highlights that we talk about: His background and why he is passionate about work for people w...

In this episode of the Elite Recruiter Podcast, I speak with Big Biller Joshua May on what it takes to be successful in recruiting. Highlights that we talk about: How Josh fell into recruitment by recruiting himself into the industry Shifting his company from Contingency to Retained Focusing on a Niche vs chasing multiple industries How to be successful in the recruiting space How he has learned from his peers to keep growing Joshua May: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuawilliammay/ Hire ...