Iris Libby Strategic Talent Acquisition
Monday, 15 March 2010
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Iris Libby, Managing Principal, Iris Libby Recruitment Consultants
Iris Libby
"Prior to October of 2008, a company might have six people performing a certain function and because of budget cuts, staff was reduced to three. So now you have three people performing the job of six, and then more cuts because corporations want to show profits and survive the downturn, so they lay off two people. So now you have one person doing the job of six. So here we are, we call up that candidate who’s doing the job of six, their income hasn’t gone up because of price cuts, and we offer them the job of one for an increase in compensation, you bet they throw their hat in the ring."  — Iris Libby

Welcome to an Inside Recruiting channel podcast on TotalPicture Radio. This is Peter Clayton reporting. Joining us today in New York City is Iris Libby, Managing Principal of Iris Libby Recruitment Consultants. Her company offers strategic, customized talent acquisition services across multiple industries and sectors including consumer, financial, technology, life sciences and health care, HR and Legal. ILRC, part of the ASHER Talent Alliance, is a new sponsor of TotalPicture Radio.

As Managing Principal of Iris Libby Recruitment Consultants, Iris brings a unique mix of direct consumer sales, strategic corporate marketing, and in-house recruiting expertise. Iris has first-hand knowledge of the skills it takes to be successful in identifying and assessing talent from her experience at Amazon.com, ProCast Inc., Global Business Research, Ltd. and The Corcoran Group.

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Iris Libby Background:

During her first six months as the Managing Director of ProCast, a Seattle-based Human Resources firm focusing on the technology sector, Iris' strategic planning helped land the Amazon.com account. While at ProCast, Iris also recruited executives for Microsoft, Disney, Infoseek, Qpass, Visio and Facetime Communications among others. She built and fortified the Marketing, Sales, Finance, Customer Service and Operations segments of the company, which turned ProCast into one of the fastest growing private companies in Washington State.

ProCast's effectiveness and success did not go unnoticed. In 1998, Amazon acquired the company's employees and database. From 1998 until October 1999, Iris managed Strike Team Recruitment. She was part of the team that helped build a strong talent foundation for Amazon in its infancy and during the height of its growth, which led it into becoming one of the most unusual success stories in U.S. history.

Questions Peter Clayton asks Iris Libby:

  • In a previous lifetime you were based in Seattle and worked with a company called ProCast that was ultimately acquired by Amazon.com - tell us a little bit about your background.
  • In the intro I stated you offered strategic and customized talent acquisition services. Can you give us an overview of the services your firm provides.
  • You refer to ILRC as an “agency alternative” can you explain what you mean by that?
  • How is your business compared to this time last year?
  • Are you starting to see an uptick in assignments from your clients?
  • The last couple of years have been brutal for the recruiting industry. How has ILRC weathered the recession storm?
  • What do you see as the challenges the facing the recruiting industry as as whole in 2010 and going into 2011?
  • Are there any industries or verticals you’re working with that seem to be rebounding faster than others?
  • How about geographies?
  • A lot of the press reports regarding the recession keep referring to a “jobless recovery.” In the search assignments you’ve conducted since the first of the year, are these primarily replacement jobs -- you filling an established position -- in contrast to filling positions do to expansion?
  • I think it would be really interesting to the job seekers listening to this podcast to understand how you go about conducting a retained search assignment -- from developing the criteria and objectives with your clients, to candidate research and name generation - to candidate development -- can you walk us through the process?
  • When you’re brought in to do a full blown retained search, what’s the general salary floor? ($300k?)
  • One thing I heard from executive recruiters in 2009 is that it took companies FOREVER to pull the trigger -- send out an offer letter. Has this situation improved?
  • In general, are the hiring managers and HR executives you’re talking with feeling more confident?
  • Let talk about SourceCon and ERE --- what do you think will be the topics or issues that will dominate the conversations in San Diego?
  • What advice would you give executives in transition trying to connect with recruiters such as yourself?
  • What is the Asher Talent Alliance? Iris Libby Recruitment Consultants is a member.
  • What didn’t I ask that you which I had?
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