TA WEEK: Leaf Group VP DEI Tara Turk-Haynes
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We are live on day two of Talent Acquisition Week! And today, for the third time on this podcast, we welcome the VP of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and Talent Management at Leaf Group, Tara Turk-Haynes. Tara has made it her mission to embed DEI into Leaf Group\\u2019s talent management strategy, with the hopes that this trend spreads across the entire industry. She explains why this mission is important to her and how she\\u2019s gone about it in her current role, as well as why she\\u2019s more likely to recruit \\u2018career changers,\\u2019 why the industry should pay more attention to how they market to emerging talent, and why all companies should do their best to accommodate for the post-pandemic concerns of candidates. We then discuss Leaf Group\\u2019s new Director of Recruiting Operations, Rhona Barnett-Pierce, paying specific attention to how Tara recruited her on Twitter, why Rhona\\u2019s career trajectory ultimately landed her the job, and how her resume stood out from the rest because she highlighted the strengths that she would be using in the role she applied for.\\xa0 We end with a chat about the current state of DEI and how companies need to do more to tailor their DEI targets according to their own needs, instead of setting them based on law and societal pressures. In 20 minutes, we gained a wealth of knowledge from the remarkable Tara Turk-Haynes, including the best career advice that she\\u2019s ever received!\\xa0
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Key Points From This Episode:
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For the third time on this podcast, we welcome the VP of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and Talent Management at Leaf Group, Tara Turk-Haynes.
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How Tara is enjoying her second Talent Acquisition Week, and her favorite content so far.\\xa0\\xa0
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What it means to embed DEI into TA practices.\\xa0
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Why Tara is focused on recruiting \\u2018career changers,\\u2019 and how she goes about it.\\xa0
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What her TA Week panel discussed, and the outcomes thereof.\\xa0
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The importance of paying attention to the emerging talent market.
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Why companies need to speak to the post-pandemic concerns of candidates.
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How Tara recruited her new Director of Recruiting Operations, Rhona Barnett-Pierce.
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Why your resume should always highlight your strengths in the position you\\u2019re applying for.
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How Rhona\\u2019s career trajectory made her the perfect candidate for Tara.\\xa0
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What Tara prioritized when starting her current role of VP of DEI and TM.
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How she went about embedding DEI in Leaf Group\\u2019s talent management strategy.
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Why companies need to be more deliberate and aware when forming their DEI targets.
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The best career advice that Tara has ever received.\\xa0
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Tweetables:
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\\u201cMy mission, and my own personal goal, is to talk about how we [can] embed diversity, equity, and inclusion into our practices, and not making them this separate thing that we talk about alongside talent.\\u201d \\u2014 @ttarahaynes [0:03:36]
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\\u201cYou should be grateful to have a job. Even though labor statistics go up and down and sideways and we\\u2019re telling all these different data stories, at the end of the day, something has shifted with the pandemic.\\u201d \\u2014 @ttarahaynes [0:07:21]
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\\u201cThat\\u2019s what people want: What can you pull out of your toolbox to show people that you will be successful at the thing they want to hire you for?\\u201d \\u2014 @ttarahaynes [0:13:50]
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\\u201cIf you focus on salary first, you\\u2019ll always get a little disappointed. But if you\\u2019re happy where you are, if you like the people that you work with, if you feel like you\\u2019re learning, then you\\u2019re going to grow in so many other areas.\\u201d \\u2014 @ttarahaynes [0:19:35]
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Links Mentioned in Today\\u2019s Episode:
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Tara Turk-Haynes on Instagram\\xa0
Tara Turk-Haynes on TikTok\\xa0
Leaf Group\\xa0
Center Theatre Group\\xa0
Rhona Barnett-Pierce on LinkedIn
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