Ramiro Medina is the Chief Talent Officer at Wild Card. He has a wealth of knowledge in the HR recruiting space having worked in various industries and he has been pivotal in implementing best practices, training, and growth strategies in some amazing companies including Red Bull, Virgin Hyperloop One, True Religion, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon.
Ramiro’s career has focused on building high-performing teams in high-pressure, must-win environments. His passion is in empowering individuals and teams to reach peak potential through self-guided engagement and self-motivation while keeping talent initiatives tied directly to business goals.
Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:
- Ramiro Medina talks about his career and how he ended up to where he is now
- Ramiro shares how he puts teams together, things he looks out for in the recruitment process, and his learnings over the years
- Why managers often make mistakes in their hiring process
- Ramiro’s best practices in hiring for startup companies
- Common mistakes business owners make when promoting employees to managerial positions
- Ramiro’s advice for assessing an existing team and deciding whether or not to deploy or hire new people for the team
- Challenges new managers face in building and gaining trust from existing teams
- Ramiro’s advice to people in recruitment on how they can avoid making costly mistakes
In this episode…
Having spent years in the recruitment field and working with different teams in various companies, Ramiro Medina of Wild Card Creative Group knows very well what to look out for when hiring new employees. His experience in recruiting for both startups and big companies has given him a lot of insights into different aspects of human resources.
One important thing he learned is that recruitment demands adding value to a company. A recruiter must identify and understand what his clients want and he should be able to get them what they need. It’s the recruiter’s job to find the right people for the right positions, and to make sure that the new hires will match with the company’s culture and demands.
Join Greg Toroosian in this episode of Elevate Hire as he talks to recruitment expert Ramiro Medina about his insights on the importance of having a sound HR and recruitment experience within a company, the common mistakes businesses make when hiring new employees and in promoting existing employees, challenges new managers face upon joining an existing team, and the best strategies in hiring for startups. Stay tuned.
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