Crafting a Purposeful Talent Strategy at Patagonia and Trove with Alyssa Kessler
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<p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/alyssa-kessler-she-her-388a7410/" rel="nofollow">Alyssa Kessler</a> is the Director of Recruiting at <a href="https://trove.co/" rel="nofollow">Trove</a>, a company whose technology supports circular shopping and aids in shaping environmentally responsible commercial ecosystems. Their end-to-end operating system facilitates the processes behind used inventory and recommerce sales for top brands like Arc'teryx, Levi's, lululemon, <a href="https://www.patagonia.com/home/" rel="nofollow">Patagonia</a>, Eileen Fisher, and many others. Alyssa has always centered mission in her work. She began her recruiting career here at Noto Group before joining Patagonia as a Recruiting Manager. In this episode, Alyssa shares her experience in the recruiting field, as well as the essential elements of successful talent acquisition strategy at purpose-driven companies.</p>
<p>Highlights from our conversation include:</p>
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<li>The most important elements of a successful talent acquisition strategy (6:26)</li>
<li>How to optimize the employment brand and candidate experience (8:39)</li>
<li>The unique elements of working as a talent acquisition leader at a purpose-driven and sustainability-minded company (12:33)</li>
<li>What makes a great talent acquisition professional (14:53)</li>
<li>How talent acquisition teams add value to their organization (17:24)</li>
<li>Her assessment of the current talent market (19:57)</li>
<li>How the pandemic has shifted candidate expectations (20:48)</li>
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