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Talent Advisor
Are you operating like a contractor or a consultant, or something else?
There are only three ways a recruiter can operate, and most people move between them without noticing which one they are in. Here is what actually moves you…
What a talent advisor actually does differently
Not confidence, not seniority. Four concrete behaviours that separate advisors from order takers, and how to build them.
Why your hiring managers ignore the training
John on the gap between running a session and changing what managers actually do in the room.
The intake conversation that changes the hire
Most briefs are accepted as written. A better intake asks what the role is for before it asks what it needs.
Designing Better High-Volume Hiring Experiences at Compass Group
How Compass Group rebuilt high volume hiring around the candidate experience, and what changed once speed stopped being the only measure.
Are you operating like a contractor or a consultant, or something else?
There are only three ways a recruiter can operate, and most people move between them without noticing which one they are in. Here is what actually moves you from one to the next.
Saying no to a requisition without losing the relationship
Declining a brief that will not fill is more useful than accepting one that will not. How to do it and keep the trust.
The quality of hire measure that survived a board meeting
A head of TA walks through the number she defended to her exec team, and the two she quietly dropped.
What changes when you stop carrying a req load
The best recruiter on the team is now the manager, and still quietly filling roles. Why that costs more than it looks.
Building a QBR the executive team actually reads
The numbers that matter to leadership, the ones that do not, and how to present recruiting as a function rather than a service desk.
What AI has already taken from the recruiter role
Not a prediction. What is measurably gone from the job this year, and what got harder instead.
Congratulations to John Vlastelica, a 2026 Talent 100 Honoree!
John has been named to the 2026 Talent 100, recognising the people shaping how organisations hire.
Capacity planning when the plan keeps moving
How to commit to what the team can deliver, on evidence rather than optimism, when headcount shifts every quarter.
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What a talent advisor actually does differently
Not confidence, not seniority. Four concrete behaviours that separate advisors from order takers, and how to build them.
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Why your hiring managers ignore the training
John on the gap between running a session and changing what managers actually do in the room.
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The intake conversation that changes the hire
Most briefs are accepted as written. A better intake asks what the role is for before it asks what it needs.
Read more
Designing Better High-Volume Hiring Experiences at Compass Group
How Compass Group rebuilt high volume hiring around the candidate experience, and what changed once speed stopped being the only measure.
Read more