When you think about it, just kind of like 17 to 18 years later, you have applicant tracking systems, you can target people on social media, you can do video interviews, etc. You would look through it and then file them in huge filing cabinets in the office. Recruiting is more tech-centric than ever and I’m always making the joke that when I started back in recruiting in 2000, we would actually wait for the mailman to deliver the paper applications because people applied via paper, CVs, or resumes at that time. Before I worked for Kelly, I worked for 13 years for a competitor. Tim Pröhm: So I joined KellyOCG three years ago and the company wanted to hire somebody with a strong digital background already working in that area. What led you to take on your current role as VP of Digital Product Development? That’s definitely not a typical background. That was 17 years ago and I’ve been in recruiting and staffing ever since. I can do that.” So I applied for the job and thought, Hey, that sounded very interesting, and I got hired and worked as a branch manager. I then went into sales, spent some time as a product manager in the telecom industry.Īnd then I got into staffing by accident because I was looking for a new job and I was interviewing at a staffing agency and the people apologized to me saying, “Hey, really sorry that it took so long, but our branch manager quit this morning,” and I’m like, “Hmm. I wrote my master thesis on NATO Eastern Expansion, which is not the average topic a recruiter would usually do. I earned an MBA from a German university and then I worked in the defense industry. My background is actually in business administration. I basically got into the recruitment industry by accident, as did the majority of people I know in the industry. Just so that everybody listening is aware. The first thing to understand for the audience is that I am German, I live in Germany but work for a U.S. Tim, I’ve got a bunch of questions that I want to ask you about the industry, but before we get started, I’d love it if you could share a little bit about your background before getting into recruitment.
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Tim Pröhm: Hey Jeff, thanks for having me. Tim, welcome and thank you for joining us. I’m your host today, Jeff Neumann, Vice President of Product Marketing at Bullhorn and today we are really excited to be joined by Vice President of Digital Product Development at KellyOCG, Tim Pröhm. RIX: Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of Take It From The Top brought to you by the Recruitment Innovation Exchange.
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On Take It from the Top, we interview leaders within the recruitment industry to discuss various pressing topics within the sector. Welcome to Take It from the Top, a podcast brought to you by the Recruitment Innovation Exchange (also known as RIX). This week Tim Pröhm, Vice President of Digital Product Development at KellyOCG, joins Jeff Neumann, Vice President of Product Marketing, Enterprise, Salesforce, and International at Bullhorn, to discuss how firms can use technology as a catalyst for success in recruitment. On Take It from the Top, we interview leaders within the recruitment industry to discuss various pressing topics within the sector.