Biggest Challenges Faced By A Recruiting Manager Employee Brand At Galileo Learning
Sam's biggest challenge as a first-time recruiting manager in the education industry is navigating the "huge amount of chaos" in current staffing, coupled with the sector's unique financial realities. This necessitates creative talent acquisition strategies, such as accommodating the seasonal availability of student and teacher applicants, requiring constant learning, teamwork, and a "trial and error" approach to problem-solving.
Overcoming Challenges, Teamwork, Problem-Solving, Industry Realities, Workplace Challenges
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Sam Weinstein
Recruiting Manager, Employee Brand
Galileo Learning
University of San Diego, 2016
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Human Resources (HR)
Honors Student, Scholarship Recipient, Pell Grant Recipient, Took Out Loans, Worked 20+ Hours in School, Greek Life Member, Transfer Student, First Generation College Student
Video Highlights
1. Navigating a new role and industry: Sam emphasizes the steep learning curve of her first staffing manager role and the challenges of entering the education industry.
2. Attracting and retaining talent in a competitive market: She highlights the difficulties of recruiting in the education sector, where financial limitations require creative strategies to attract talent. The seasonal nature of some roles and competition for employee time during school breaks add further complexity.
3. Embracing continuous learning and problem-solving: Sam's approach to challenges involves open communication (admitting what she doesn't know), teamwork, research ('Googling'), and a trial-and-error method. This showcases a valuable adaptability and problem-solving skillset in a dynamic field.
Transcript
What is your biggest challenge in your current role?
For me, personally, it's been a huge learning curve because I've never held a staffing manager role. I also haven't worked in educational industries before, so that's been something to learn a lot about.
I'm okay with not knowing everything. It's a weird feeling, but also a really freeing one. I can tell people I work with, "I don't have an answer for you, but I'll Google it," and everyone's totally fine with that.
In terms of staffing in general, there's just a huge amount of chaos around it right now. Sometimes that's great for the employer, and sometimes it's not. In our industry, education, financially it's not the best. You do it because you love it, not necessarily to become a millionaire.
This means that when we're recruiting, we have to find other avenues to attract talent. Or, because our jobs are seasonal, we hire students who are busy during the school year and come work for us in the summer. This also applies to trying to get teachers who are in the same position.
The challenge is that teachers want their summer breaks. How do we convince them to come work for us? There's always some sort of challenge that we have to overcome. It takes a lot of teamwork, Googling, and figuring things out by trial and error. At the end of the day, we always figure it out one way or another.