Being Intentional - Jorge Quezada

Thanks to our sponsor ⁠candidate.fyi ⁠for their support! ⁠candidate.fyi⁠ – the candidate experience platform that transforms your company’s interview process into a world-class experience Welcome to the ‘Being Intentional’ episode where Jorge Quezada, VP of People and Culture at Granite Construction is my special guest. Listen in as he shares his insights on building Diversity Equity and Inclusion to impact both the Candidate Experience and Employee Experience. If you like what you're hearing on this podcast please subscribe wherever you enjoy podcasts and please share with others. Want to comment, discuss, provide feedback you can send me a note via LinkedIn, via the contact form on our website TheCX.xyz or via audio message below. Thank you for listening! Chuck Solomon Host of The Candidate Experience Podcast This episode was recorded in early January 2022 and was originally released on January 14, 2022. Resources: Jorge Quezada via LinkedIN https://www.linkedin.com/in/jquezada/ Careers at Granite Construction https://www.graniteconstruction.com/careers Construction DEI Talks Podcast, the DEI podcast focused on the Construction industry https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/construction-dei-talks/id1591246234?uo=2 #candidateexperience #candidatejourney #employerbrand #HR #talentacquisition #culture #workplaceculture #recruiting #worklifebalance #talent #worklifeboundaries #recruitmentmarketing #employerbranding #diversity #diversityandinclusion #hiring #networking #career #WFH #zoomfatigue #on-boarding #HR #mentalhealth, #resilience, #transparency, #ATS, #universityrecruiting, #DEI #assessments #meritocracy #feedback #candidatecommunications, #ERG, #employeeexperience Transcript: Chuck Solomon Hey, Jorge, how are you this morning? Jorge Quezada Oh, Chuck, I'm doing great. How are you doing today? Chuck Solomon Good. I appreciate you getting up early. You're on West Coast time. Correct? Correct. Joining me, I hope you've had at least some caffeine already. Jorge Quezada Yes, sure. Have. You know, I'm an early riser. And so I love having conversations early in the morning. To me, they're the best ones. Yeah. Chuck Solomon Well, good today. I'm really thrilled to have you here, Jorge. And we're going to focus in on DEI diversity, equity and inclusion as a very important topic. And I think your experts speak well about this to my listeners. But before we get started, can you just tell listeners a little bit about yourself, your role and the company you work for? Jorge Quezada Sure. So thank you for that. And thank you for having me on your podcast here... Read full transcript at https://docs.google.com/document/d/13I0M1sq8D5dzNboT3dKgO0wA7sqQexVqMKiTRtOBhYE/edit?usp=sharing