What It Means To Show Up as a Hiring Leader with Andrew Diskin

Hiring fast feels productive; hiring wrong is expensive.In this episode, we sit down with Andrew Diskin, Talent Acquisition Leader at one of the world’s leading global research firms. Andrew brings more than 15 years of talent acquisition leadership experience across major organizations, including KPMG, Marsh McLennan, Rothschild, BMO, and SimilarWeb.Andrew shares what it takes to build scalable hiring engines inside complex global organizations and why showing up engaged is one of the most underrated career accelerators in today’s workplace. We explore candidate experience, hiring for potential over pedigree, and the real financial cost of making the wrong hire under pressure.Key Takeaways:00:00 Introduction.09:40 Showing up engaged means building relationships and understanding how work actually gets done.14:10 Candidate experience shapes employer brand even when the answer is no.21:55 A resume rarely tells the full story of a candidate’s value.26:15 Hiring for potential often outperforms hiring for perfection.30:45 The bottom-line cost of a bad hire compounds far beyond the open role.31:50 “Hell yes” hires outperform rationalized decisions.35:05 Taking calculated risks early in your career builds long-term momentum.Resources Mentioned:Andrew Diskinhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewdiskin/Thank you for listening to “Hire Learning with Oz Rashid.” Don’t forget to leave us a review and subscribe so you don’t miss out on future episodes. Connect with our host, Oz Rashid, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozrashid.   To learn more about MSH, visit https://www.talentmsh.com.  #TalentAcquisition #HiringStrategy #EnterpriseHiring