Shally's Alley

Shally's Alley

What if your Friday morning could transform how you source talent all week? Shally's Alley isn't just another recruiting show full of hot air. This is where curiosity meets execution. Join industry architect Shally Steckerl as he challenges the minds shaping talent acquisition, reveals their secrets, dissects the sourcing challenges keeping you up at night, and proves that the best recruiting strategies are born from asking better questions. Come for the expert insights. Stay for the live problem-solving that makes you dangerous by Monday. Unfiltered. Unscripted. Unmissable. About Shally: ⁠srcn.co⁠ The Sourcing Method Book: ⁠srcn.co/tsm⁠ Follow Shally on LinkedIn: srcn.co/follow⁠ Learn with Shally at TSIUniversity.com

Episodes

The $70k Recruiter Lie: Why Your Best Talent Is Leaving with Adam Kovacs Live on Shally's Alley

October 31, 2025 • 61 mins
This episode rips apart the myth that high recruiter turnover is a talent problem. Adam Kovacs, founder of Hire With Near, delivers hard truths about why your recruiting function is hemorrhaging people and money. The real issue? Organizations treat recruiting like an administrative function while demanding strategic results, then wonder why nobody stays. Adam breaks down the structural failures that create 96% burnout rates and sho...
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The Unicorn Hunter’s Playbook with Ashley Surratt Live on Shally's Alley

October 24, 2025 • 56 mins
Ashley Surratt, Head of Talent Acquisition at Black & Veatch, went from recruiting at AWS to sourcing engineers who build power grids, water systems, and data centers. The shift completely redefined what "difficult sourcing" actually means. Think tech recruiting is hard? Try finding a project manager who needs 10 years designing wastewater treatment plants before they're even qualified to manage one. In this episode we talk about ...
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Stop Being Boring: The Recruiting Rebel's Guide to Standing Out with Brandon Jeffs Live on Shally's Alley

October 17, 2025 • 56 mins
Brandon Jeffs isn't your average recruiter. He's the founder of Building the Talent Machine, a content studio serving the recruiting tech industry, and he's built his brand on storytelling, authenticity, and refusing to blend into the beige corporate landscape. This conversation cuts through the usual conference BS and gets real about what it takes to stand out in recruiting today: humor, intentionality, and understanding your why....
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Why Every Recruiter Needs to Be a "French Fry" in 2025 with Liz Whitehead Live on Shally's Alley

October 10, 2025 • 61 mins
Want to know why some recruiters build unstoppable pipelines while others struggle? It starts with curiosity. Liz Whitehead brings raw energy and practical wisdom about what actually works in talent acquisition: staying curious, adapting like a french fry (yes, really), and remembering that recruiting is fundamentally about people, not Boolean strings. She's built her career on tech obsession balanced with genuine human connection,...
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This Former Therapist Closed 10,000 Job Offers By Treating Recruiting Like Therapy Live on Shally's Alley

October 3, 2025 • 61 mins
Angel Alexander: From Therapist to Workforce Architect SUMMARY: What happens when a mental health therapist pivots into talent acquisition? You get someone who sees recruiting as relationship architecture, not transaction management. Angel Alexander managed 36 recruiters, negotiated over 10,000 offers (up to 30 per week), and built diversity pipelines that actually worked because she focused on outcomes, not policies. Her s...
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Perfect Is the Enemy of Profitable: Why Control Freaks Can't Scale with Diane Prince Live on Shally's Alley

September 19, 2025 • 56 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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Stop Hiring Sourcers Like Recruiters - Here's the $2M Framework That Actually Builds Championship Teams with Ben Solomon Live on Shally's Alley

September 5, 2025 • 62 mins
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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Why 80% of AI Success is Actually Basic Automation Marcel van der Meer Reveals the Truth Live on Shally's Alley

August 29, 2025 • 64 mins
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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Why "Who Do You Know?" Still Crushes AI in Modern Recruiting with David Jaramillo on Shally's Alley

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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I Got 6 Job Offers in 2 Weeks After Being Laid Off" How LinkedIn Transparency Built a Million-Dollar Search Firm with Julia Arpag on Shally's Alley

August 8, 2025 • 51 mins
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. In this ...
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Why 50% of Your Workforce is Invisible to Recruiting (And It's Killing Your Analytics) with Jeff Mike Live on Shally's Alley

August 1, 2025 • 61 mins
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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The Creative Burden: How to Lead Elite Talent Without Crushing Their Soul with Rusty Rueff Live on Shally's Alley

July 18, 2025 • 62 mins
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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Why 70% of Your Best Hires Are Already in Your Database (But You Can't Find Them) on Shally's Alley with Steve Bartel CEO of Gem

July 11, 2025 • 61 mins
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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Why Your ATS is Killing Your Recruiting Success (And What to Build Instead) with Steve Bartel, CEO GEM, Live on Shally's Alley

July 11, 2025 • 61 mins
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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Bill Malcom Live on Shally's Alley

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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Rob Beck Live on Shally's Alley

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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Nicole Robert's Live on Shally's Alley

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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The LinkedIn Death Clock: Why Your Favorite Platform Is Already Dying with Jim Stroud on Shally's Alley Live

June 6, 2025 • 59 mins
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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CoSandra Dent Live on Shally's Alley

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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Ryan Englin Live on Shally's Alley

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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