Shally's Alley
Shally’s Alley is your go-to weekly show for cutting-edge insights into talent sourcing, recruiting, and the evolving world of hiring. Hosted by industry pioneer Shally Steckerl, this interactive session dives deep into the latest sourcing strategies, tech innovations, and recruitment best practices. Whether you’re a talent acquisition pro or just looking to sharpen your sourcing skills, Shally’s Alley delivers expert knowledge, live demos, and real-world techniques you can implement immediately. Tune in every Friday and bring your toughest recruiting challenges—Shally’s got answers!
Episodes
September 19, 2025 • 54 mins
Diane Prince sold her staffing firm for $28 million and discovered something counterintuitive: the biggest business killers aren't market conditions or competition. They're the psychological traps entrepreneurs set for themselves. Her raw advice cuts through entrepreneurial fantasy and delivers the mindset shifts that actually move the revenue needle.
In this episode we talk about the sunk cost fallacy that keeps founders throwing...
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Ben Solomon has built something rare in recruiting: a sourcing team that works. After 18 years at Objective Partners, he's cracked the code on hiring, training, and scaling sourcing teams in both agency and RPO environments. This isn't theory from a consultant who job-hops every two years. This is battle-tested wisdom from someone who's hired dozens of sourcers and watched them succeed or fail.
In this episode we discuss the cou...
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Marcel VanderMeer brings a refreshingly pragmatic European perspective to the AI automation conversation, cutting through the Silicon Valley hype with real-world implementation wisdom. This isn't another "AI will change everything" conversation. Instead, Marcel reveals why most successful "AI" projects are actually 80% traditional automation with just 20% machine learning sprinkled on top.
In this episode we dive into the economic...
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August 22, 2025 • 60 mins
David Jaramillo brings fifteen years of cross-industry recruiting wisdom to challenge everything you think you know about modern talent acquisition. From hospitality to finance to tech startups, he's seen how the fundamentals of human connection consistently outperform the latest recruiting technology. His insights on referrals, metrics that mislead, and the dangerous trap of culture fit will make you question your entire approach....
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What if getting laid off with a newborn was actually the best thing that ever happened to your career? Julia Arpag, CEO of a bootstrapped search firm, proves that massive career leaps and radical LinkedIn transparency can build a profitable recruiting business from scratch. Her unconventional approach to intake calls, candidate vetting, and hiring manager calibration is rewriting the playbook for elite talent acquisition.
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Most recruiters are operating with blinders on, managing only full-time employees while ignoring 50% of their actual workforce. Jeff Mike, former head of human capital research at Deloitte, reveals how the "extended workforce" encompasses everything from contractors and gig workers to statement-of-work consultants, volunteers, and even AI agents. This isn't just about temps anymore - it's about completely reimagining how we deliver...
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Rusty Rueff, former CHRO at Electronic Arts and CEO of music startup Snowcap, reveals the hidden psychology behind managing elite creative talent and why most companies completely misunderstand what drives creators. From leading HR at one of the world's most innovative gaming companies to his dramatic career pivot into the CEO seat, Rusty shares hard-won insights about balancing commercial deadlines with creative freedom.
Guest Na...
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Guest Steve Bartel, co-founder and CEO of GEM, reveals why traditional recruiting tools are fundamentally broken and how AI-native platforms can revolutionize candidate relationships. From his engineering days at Facebook, Blizzard, and Dropbox to building one of the most innovative recruiting platforms, Steve shares the hard truths about why ATSs track requisitions instead of people and why bolt-on AI solutions miss the mark entir...
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Steve Bartel reveals why traditional recruiting tools are fundamentally broken and how AI-native platforms can revolutionize candidate relationships. From his engineering days at Facebook, Blizzard, and Dropbox to building one of the most innovative recruiting platforms, Steve shares the hard truths about why ATSs track requisitions instead of people and why bolt-on AI solutions miss the mark entirely.
Guest: Steve Bartel, co-foun...
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June 27, 2025 • 58 mins
🎙️ Meet Bill Malcolm: AI Strategist. TA Transformer. Human Capital Futurist.William doesn't talk about the future of AI in recruiting. He's built it.
He cut onboarding time by 58%, saved $12M in labor costs, and built GPT-powered tools that changed how HR works from the inside out at one of the largest cancer centers.
From resume screeners and onboarding bots to ethical AI use in healthcare hiring, this conversation hits hard a...
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June 20, 2025 • 60 mins
🎙️ Meet Rob Beck, trusted friend of 20+ years and among the sharpest sourcing minds I’ve ever worked with.Rob’s journey has taken him from building client teams at Grep Staff (yes, he founded it!) to solving complex data and measurement hiring challenges at Ibotta, where he now leads as a Staff Technical Sourcer.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/grep4robbeck/
If you’re in product, data science, or measurement at the edge of consume...
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June 13, 2025 • 59 mins
🎙️ Meet Nicole Roberts, the HR whisperer for founders, investors, and execs who actually want their people strategy to work.
Nicole isn’t your average HR pro. She’s the first call when a CEO needs more than compliance. When they need culture clarity, systems that scale, and leaders who can lead.
From launching People Solutions Group to teaching at HCI and spotlighting job seekers on Amplify Your Signal, Nicole’s built a reputati...
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Shally Steckerl sits down with fellow sourcing pioneer Jim Stroud for a no-BS conversation about the real impact of AI on recruiting, the economic forces reshaping talent acquisition, and why personal branding trumps any technology. This isn't your typical AI-will-save-us-all discussion. Instead, two industry veterans who've weathered every tech revolution share hard truths about what's actually happening in the market right now.
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May 30, 2025 • 57 mins
🎙️ Meet CoSandra Dent a respected corporate Talent Acquisition leader who transitioned from shaping TA at major corporations to building something of her own with CoCreate Solutions.
She was my boss at Fiserv for five years, so I’ve seen firsthand how she balances sharp leadership with genuine connection (and a great sense of humor). CoSandra has spent years leading large-scale TA functions, navigating corporate complexities, ...
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May 16, 2025 • 60 mins
🎙️ Meet Ryan Englin the blue-collar hiring whisperer behind Core Matters. corematters.com/podcasts/
If you think the skilled trades talent shortage is just a pipeline problem, Ryan will challenge that fast. He’s helped hundreds of business owners ditch job boards and outdated tactics in favor of recruitment marketing that actually works — especially for essential, boots-on-the-ground roles.
With Ryan, hiring isn’t HR’s job. It’...
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May 9, 2025 • 53 mins
🎙️ Meet Terry Terhark, the recruiting rebel who’s been reshaping talent acquisition for decades. Terry doesn’t just talk about change, he builds it. From founding pioneering RPO firms to leading innovations at NXTThing RPO and PeopleScout, he’s been at the frontlines of what works (and what doesn’t) in recruitment.
Now, with the power of data, automation, and high-touch engagement, Terry is on a mission to make hiring faster, fai...
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May 2, 2025 • 61 mins
🎙️ Meet Dart Lindsley: Work is a product architect. 45 million people quit their jobs each year, but Dart says the real crisis is not turnover but the working dead… employees who’ve emotionally checked out but still show up. That’s where the damage is done.
🔁 Enter Multi-Sided Management, Dart’s groundbreaking framework for rethinking work itself. Not as a job to be filled, but as an experience to be designed and sold to employe...
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April 25, 2025 • 55 mins
🎙️ Meet Alex Marcus, recognized innovator in TA and HR technology. Founjder of System Admin Insights and Integral Recruiting Design, Alex has pioneered community-driven solutions for system administrators and advance recruiting strategies. He has implemented sourcing performance models to leveraging data and navigate market changes. Alex will share his unique insights on sourcing performance, industry shifts, and how data-driven a...
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April 18, 2025 • 64 mins
Michael Beygelman is a serial entrepreneur, workforce technology innovator, and expert in the intersection of AI, automation, and HR. He is best known as the founder and CEO of Claro Analytics, a talent market intelligence platform that provides real-time labor market insights to help companies make better strategic workforce decisions. Claro was acquired by WilsonHCG in 2022, where Michael now leads innovation efforts as EVP of Pr...
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April 11, 2025 • 64 mins
Christine turns the tables and interviews Shally in this episode. Come listen to advice on metrics, why measurements are not metrics, and how AI is not going to eliminate sourcing.
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