Crafting a Purposeful Talent Strategy at Patagonia and Trove with Alyssa Kessler
Alyssa Kessler is the Director of Recruiting at Trove , 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, Patagonia , 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. Highlights from our conversation include: The most important elements of a successful talent acquisition strategy (6:26) How to optimize the employment brand and candidate experience (8:39) The unique elements of working as a talent acquisition leader at a purpose-driven and sustainability-minded company (12:33) What makes a great talent acquisition professional (14:53) How talent acquisition teams add value to their organization (17:24) Her assessment of the current talent market (19:57) How the pandemic has shifted candidate expectations (20:48) Visit HowIHire.com for transcripts and more on this episode. Follow Roy Notowitz and Noto Group Executive Search on LinkedIn for updates and featured career opportunities. Subscribe to How I Hire : Apple Spotify Amazon Google