Building Candidate Pipelines for Long-Term Growth with Candi Thomas of Mattress Firm

On this episode, Ryan Dull is joined by Candi Thomas, Director of Talent Acquisition: Field, Corporate and Supply Chain at Mattress Firm. With 22 years of experience, Candi shares her journey from retail management to leading TA teams, unifying processes and building a strong talent acquisition brand.Candi discusses key metrics like time to fill and offer turnaround, as well as initiatives like AI-enabled assessments and active sourcing. She emphasizes the value of honesty in recruiting and fostering autonomy and creativity within teams to drive success.Key Takeaways:(02:31) Candi’s career is rooted in achieving operational excellence and customer focus.(04:45) Mattress Firm sought a TA evolution to streamline processes.(06:39) Field site hiring is the top priority for the TA team.(09:37) Metrics help improve turnover rates and retention strategies.(11:54) Career growth is a key focus from employee engagement surveys.(13:12) Recruiting focuses on industries with commission-driven professionals.(15:51) Providing realistic job previews builds trust with candidates.Resources mentioned:Candi Thomas -https://www.linkedin.com/in/candi-thomas-sphr-58a01b9/Mattress Firm | LinkedIn -https://www.linkedin.com/company/mattressfirm/Mattress Firm | Website -https://www.mattressfirm.com/This episode is brought to you by Sagemark HR.Sagemark HR can help you:✔ Improve your talent practices and make better, more informed people decisions.After 20+ years of experience leading Recruiting and Talent Acquisition across a wide variety of industries, I've seen enough hires (over 100,000 to date) to know that hiring decisions truly can make or break an organization.✔ Identify opportunities to not only improve your talent practices, but also delivering tangible business results.We understand every organization is different, and there’s no one-size-fits-all magic solution. So we listen first and identify the gaps and sticking points in your current process before ever recommending a solution.✔ Bridge the gap from “traditional” to modern recruiting, without the painful learning curve.We believe recruiting, talent, and HR technology is a deep well of untapped business potential, and our mission is to help you identify and implement those hiring tools in a way that works for you.If you’re interested in learning more, you can reach me at:www.sagemarkhr.com✉ ryan.dull@sagemarkhr.com#Talent #Recruiters #Recruiting #HRTech

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On the Talent Acquisition Leaders Podcast, your host Ryan Dull of SageMark HR interviews today’s industry leaders in talent acquisition to discuss challenges, best practices, and what the future holds. If you are working in talent acquisition and have always wanted to sit down with your peers at other companies and pick their brain, this show is the next best thing. Topics for the show will include: recruiting, talent acquisition, recruiting technology, HR tech, and recruiting innovation.. Join us each week as we bring you a new talent acquisition interview and extract their expertise.