We are delighted to publish our next podcast at EMEA Recruitment with Alex Davies, Global Talent Partner HQ at ABB in Zurich.

We covered some great things in our podcast, including:

• The changing pace of technology and challenges that Talent Acquisition needs to adapt to as a result

• The half life of degrees and how this impacts on hiring decisions around learning agility

• How to recruit based on potential

• Some great advice for external recruiters to build a long term relationship with clients from Alex’s experience of working in both internal & external recruitment across the Globe

Listen to the full episode here:

Or at: http://emearecruitment.libsyn.com/043-alex-davies-global-talent-partner-hq-at-abb-in-zurich

• What attracted Alexander to living and working in Switzerland 1:45

• What drove Alexander into recruitment 5:04

• The benefits of the Swiss model and methodology in executive search 7:05

• The challenges of technological change, the half life of degrees and how this affects talent acquisition 9:23

• The importance of agility and learning skills when hiring 12:29

• Using algorithms, AI and data intelligence and the need for a human element in recruitment 13:44

• The traps that external recruiters fall into and the power of saying no 17:25

• Professional and personal influences and what Alexander has learnt from them 20:37

• Alexander’s advice for a younger version of himself 24:34

• Alexander’s ideal podcast guests 26:12

• How to connect with Alexander 28:49

If you want to reach out to Alexander, you can connect with him through LinkedIn on https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-davies-72a51b

The podcast is hosted by founder of EMEA; Paul Toms and Executive Recruiter and Senior Consultant; Jenny Callum.

To find out more about EMEA recruitment visit: https://www.emearecruitment.com

Follow EMEA Recruitment on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/emea-recruitment-limited/

Or connect with Paul on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/paultomsemea

Or Jenny at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennycallumemea

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If you have any questions or topics you would like EMEA Recruitment to cover in our podcasts in the future, please send me a message on LinkedIn and we will look to help as much as possible.