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Episode #25: The Graduates Reunion! - Damon Wiley, Alyssa Wheeler & Mikey Williams May 17, 2021

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Almost a year to the day we reunite!! Two Cal Bears, Damon Wiley, and Mikey Williams, and a Davis Aggie, Alyssa Wheeler, join Hiring University to update us on where they are now, what they learned about work-life, career paths, the value of mentorship, and the importance of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. What's more or less important to these three a year later? What insights and observations have they gleaned a year into their careers? Find out on the 25th episode of Hiring University!

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Episode #24: Anne Burns - Founder - Right the Resume Apr 24, 2021

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Anne Burns, Founder of Right the Resume joins Hiring University to share best practices on resume writing and presentation. Anne has worked with job-seeking candidates ranging from entry-level to C-Level executives. Her work is as much about personal development and awareness as it is about grammar and editing. This is a must-listen episode for anyone preparing to look for their next job opportunity.
"When it comes to writing resumes, most of us are self-conscious. When you are talking about yourself organically there's a natural flow, just like any other conversation. You can be at a dinner party and somebody says, "What do you do?" and so you give your regular response. If they've got more questions, then it's very easy to have that back and forth and answer those direct questions. But when you have to put it on a piece of paper, it makes it very real - which can be scary to think about, let alone write."
- Anne Burns

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Episode #23: Jonathan Nguyen - Vice President, Global Field CISO Team at Fortinet Mar 08, 2021

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Cybersecurity thought leader Jonathan Nguyen, VP of Fortinet’s Global Field CISO team speaks with Hiring University! With 25+ years of experience in all aspects of risk management, Jonathan is a global security advisor and executive lead for strategy and analytics at Fortinet. Only the Fortinet Security Fabric platform can address the most critical security challenges and protect data across the entire digital infrastructure, whether in networked, application, multi-cloud, or edge environments. Jonathan shares best practices for aspiring cybersecurity technologists and how and where to start your career and the steps he, and many others took to reach the C- Suite.

“The next generation of workforce grew up on keyboards rather than chalkboards, and they're learning that their online presence is the equivalent of what you and I experienced on the playground. The Fortinet NSE Academy offers eight levels of cybersecurity training with all eight levels free of charge to the public right now and a great resource for new and experienced candidates to improve and obtain new skills relative to their careers.”

- Jonathan Nguyen

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Episode #22: Kyle Moschetto - Director of Solutions Architecture - SADA Feb 18, 2021

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Kyle Moschetto, Director of Solutions Architecture at SADA, joins Hiring University! to share his experience hiring and training future cloud computing experts from a variety of backgrounds and in particular military veterans. Kyle served 11 years in the Marines as a Cyber Network Operations Officer then joined the private sector leading technical teams, designing agile network and service architectures, growing cloud-based capabilities, and security-focused IT operations in high-stress situations at industry-leading companies including F5, Bitly and Google before joining SADA, the preeminent Google Cloud systems integrator.

“I have conversations with Marine veterans all the time as they are entering the workforce after serving in the military and wondering how their technical skills will translate to the private sector and what cloud provider they should focus on. And what I say to them is, do you need to pick one of the big three. You don't need to, but should you, yeah, you probably should. And there are no wrong answers here, right? Pick Microsoft Azure, pick Amazon's AWS, pick Google cloud platform. It doesn't matter. Just pick one, because if you learn one, it's really easy to learn another.”

-Kyle Moschetto

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Episode #21: Mike Piacente - Managing Partner & Co - Founder - Hitch Partners Jan 29, 2021

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Mike Piacente Managing Partner & Co-founder at Hitch Partners joins Hiring University! to share his expertise on Chief Security Officer search as well as the state of the internet security market. Prior to starting Hitch Partners, Mike held leadership positions at several technical executive search firms. Prior to going to the dark side of recruiting he was founder and VP of Sales at OpSource, a leading cloud and managed service provider.

With Security Operations or Cloud Security Operations searches, there's one really qualified leader for every 10 positions out there. The value we strive to provide to our candidates and our clients is to educate them from the very beginning. We present the data, and the statistics about what they are up against in their search.
- Mike Piacente

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Episode #20: Diya Obeid - CEO - JobDiva Jan 18, 2021

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Diya Obeid, CEO, and President of JobDiva joins this episode of Hiring University to discuss the importance and role that Application Tracking Systems play in the staffing industry.
As the Chief Executive Officer of JobDiva, Mr. Diya Obeid is responsible for setting the business and technology strategy of the company. With over 30 years of experience in IT consulting services, he has been a force in the recruitment industry. His longstanding commitment to technology and process improvement is evident by many patents and several pending patent applications for technologies related to search and the recruitment process.
"Contrary to the general perception that Hi-Touch competes with Digital, they are incredibly complementary. Empathy and Hi-touch have become far more important."
- Diya Obeid

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Episode #19: Carlos Martinez - Co- Founder, Lumibuild, Inc. Dec 11, 2020

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Carlos Martinez, Co-Founder of leading AV integrator Lumibuild joins Hiring University to share his outlook for what the remote and in-office workplace will look like as we recover from the pandemic.
Before starting Lumibuild in 2016, Carlos led AV teams at tech stalwarts including Uber, Zynga, and Tesla as these companies were in the midst of hockey stick growth.
"There are no more large gatherings of folks, so the biggest change, the biggest challenge is how do we connect everyone? How do we have these global meetings or even department meetings without piling into a room? So streaming becomes really critical and the stability of these streaming platforms knowing that now the content may actually be produced at home!"
- Carlos Martinez - Co-Founder, Lumibuild

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Episode #18: Pankaj Jindal - Co-Founder, Sense, Inc. Nov 09, 2020

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Pankaj Jindal, Co-Founder of the first retention and engagement platform provider, Sense, joins Hiring U! As a former C-Level executive at several leading staffing companies, Pankaj shares his uniquely qualified insights and experience related to contractor/employee care and communication throughout the entire lifecycle of the employee.
Sense was not built to replace a recruiter or replace the personal touch of a recruiter but rather was built essentially to help you improve management of the contractor/recruiter relationship.
- Pankaj Jindal, Co-Founder, Sense, Inc.

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Episode #17: Andrew Silluron - FinTech Entrepreneur, Software Architect, Investor Oct 19, 2020

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Andrew Silluron joins Hiring University to talk about all things FinTech! Andrew shares what he looks for when he is building software development teams including specific backgrounds and skillsets. He also helps demystify and define the world of Blockchain.
If you find a software engineering candidate who thinks security first, and they're constantly mindful about where can a malicious actor breach on my system, then they've already got a leg up.
- Andrew Silluron

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Episode #16: Aaron Ballew, PhD - Vice President of Demand Generation - Ping Identity Oct 12, 2020

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Aaron Ballew, VP of Demand Generation at Ping Identity joins Hiring University to share thoughts on hiring for marketing and creative positions as well his progressive management philosophies on employee career development and retention.
When you said, "I support your career growth," did you really mean it? Encourage your employees to keep their resume updated and accept recruiter calls. It's an important practice. They should stay with you because you're the best offer, fair and square, not because you've hidden them from other opportunities.
- Aaron Ballew

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