Coffee for Closers: Interviews with Influencers in Japan
Coffee for Closers is a series of vlogs and interviews with influencers in Japan. We want to help promote what people and companies are doing in Japan and APAC and help differentiate themselves from the crowd. If you are interested in being a guest on the program, please contact us directly on our websites and make sure and subscribe to our podcast and social media channels.https://motionworks-careers.com/contact/https://www.motionworks.co.jp/contact/
Episodes
26 episodes
Life & Recruiting Tips from Levi Pells, an ex 100M Biller in Japan
If you're an agency recruiter and have hit a wall, in a rut or just feel like you are spinning your wheels, this episode should help put you on-track. I had the pleasure to interview Levi Pells, an ex-agency recruiter here in Japan who got into...
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The Importance of a Well-Crafted Resume for Executive Level Positions
In this episode of "Coffee for Closers," Brad interviews Axel Lieber, founder of Career Zeus, who shares his insights into helping executives strategic...
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33:53
Recruitment Bootcamp 101 (Module 1): Core Competencies in Recruitment
Overview: This is the first module in the Recruitment Bootcamp 101 podcast series. This module covers the core competencies and skill sets needed to be an effective recruiter whether you want to be an in-house or an agency recruite...
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Hiring Strategies Interview Series: Timothy Trahan, Senior Technical Recruiter at Woven by Toyota
We had the pleasure to interview Timothy Trahan, Senior Technical Recruiter at Woven by Toyota at his office in Nihonbashi, Tokyo recently. Tim shared his experience working as an in-house recruiter at Woven by Toyota and their unique cu...
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Why Good Recruiters Leave: A Tale of 2 Agencies
This is a podcast of a recent blog we posted talking about the top 5 reasons good recruiters leave an agency. Here are my top 5 reasons why recruiters want to leave an agency.1. Compensation Schemes Change<...
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Coffee for Closers: Interview with Daniel McGrath, CEO & Local Partner of RE Japan
The Recruitment Entrepreneur platform is a well-established investment platform for the recruitment sector started in the UK by James Caan, CBE. The brand and model has been launched successfully in many countries and is now being launche...
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Coffee for Closers: Interview with Curtis Mackenzie, Co-Founder of KPI Manager
Had the pleasure to speak with Curtis Mackenzie, Co-Founder of KPI Manager about the launch of their new software tool to help recruiting agencies incentivize activity, motivate and retain teams, and close more deals. We actually use this with ...
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Coffee for Closers: Full Gameplay Version with Smarter Faster Games Jason De Luca and Paul Roberts (Part 2 of 2)
We had the pleasure to sit down and immerse ourselves into an epic interview and gaming scenario with Jason De Luca and Paul Roberts of Smarter, Faster Games K.K. who pour their experience and passion into one of the most strategic recruitment ...
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Coffee for Closers: An Epic Interview with Smarter Faster Games Jason De Luca and Paul Roberts (Part 1 of 2)
We had the pleasure to sit down and immerse ourselves into an epic interview and gaming scenario with Jason De Luca and Paul Roberts of Smarter, Faster Games K.K. who pour their experience and passion into one of the most strategic recruitment ...
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Coffee for Closers: Interview with Rocco Trapanese, Managing Director, Career Scout Japan
Rocco talks with Brad Corbet, Managing Director of Motionworks and host of the Coffee for Closers interview series about how Career Scout Japan started, their growth plans, some of their unique traditions and why putting your employees first ca...
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Webinar Series: How to Navigate Your Career in Recruiting
Thanks to everyone who registered and attended the Motionworks Careers: Navigating Your Career Choices in the Recruiting Sector webinar.We appreciate your interest to attend and engage with us. Here is a link to a rec...
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Coffee for Closers: Interview with Kunihito Hagito on Workplace Performance using ROWE
For companies looking for a way to streamline their workforce performance, especially while working remotely, implementing a (ROWE) Results Only Work Envrionment may be a way for your employees to have more autonomy and increase results at the ...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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Culture is King: The Importance of Culture in Recruiting
This interview is with Chad Lafferty, Managing Director of Wahl+Case and Board Director of EQIQ talk about how they hire, train and onboard to create a winning culture.For more information about Wahl+Case, please visit their website h...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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Going 100% Remote: How Wahl+Case Made the Shift to Going Remote
This interview is with Chad Lafferty, Managing Director of Wahl+Case and Board Director of EQIQ talk about how they made the transition to going 100% remote.This is part 2 of the interview series with Chad to learn more about their core ...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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Supporting Tech Startups in Japan with Chad Lafferty from Wahl+Case
This interview is with Chad Lafferty, Managing Director of Wahl+Case and Board Director of EQIQ talk about how they are helping startup tech companies grow and prosper in the Japanese market. This is part 1 of the interview series ...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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Randstad Professionals Japan Leadership Series 3 of 3 (Trusting Your Employees to Deliver)
This is third and final post in the Randstad Leadership Series and it was great to get Cameron's insight into how they have adapted and stayed ahead of the curve during these challenging times. Follow the Randstad Professionals sto...
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Randstad Professionals Japan Leadership Series 2 of 3 (The Role of Recruiters in Japan for the New Economy)
This is part 2 of the Coffee for Closers Leadership Series with Cameron Brett, Managing Director of Randstad Professionals Japan. In this episode, Cameron elaborates on how the role of the recruiter is changing in the new economy and the ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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Randstad Professionals Japan Leadership Series 1 of 3 (Safely Back to Work Guidelines)
I had the pleasure to interview Cameron again for our Leadership Series to learn about how Randstad is helping their clients get safely back to work and promote the safe re-opening of the economy.Coffee for Closers Podcast (Episode 7)...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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Interview with Cameron Brett, Managing Director, Randstad Professionals
Cameron Brett, Managing Director of Randstad Professionals gives an interview at their Tokyo office. Cameron shed light on their overall focus globally and here in Japan and more importantly shared some great insight into how to grow a te...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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How Companies Not Hiring Now Can Attract Passive Candidates for the Future
This is a follow up video from a blog we posted last week focusing on the higher than usual new hires I noticed on Linked In. While the number of companies on hiring freezes is up significantly, it does not mean companies should not be in...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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Coffee for Closers (Power Lunch Webinar) Podcast Episode 6: Sponsored By Damon Mackey, CEO Catalyst4MBAs
This is an unedited full version of our Power Lunch Series sponsored by Damon Mackey, CEO of Catalyst4MBAs on (Fri) May 15 at 12pm. Damon gave some great insight into the current market in Japan, the hiring status and what candidates and ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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Interview with Damon Mackey, Managing Director of Catalyst4MBAs
Believe it or not, many companies are still hiring, especially in the consulting sector within the Big4. Damon Mackey, Managing Director of Catalyst4MBAs, shares his insights and experience working with the top consulting companies in Japan and...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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Staying Humble in a Winner Takes All Environment
I had the pleasure to interview Anthony Trotter, Managing Director of Bridgewater Japan about the importance of being humble, staying positive and listening more to people. His high-touch approach with both candidates and clients to understand ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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Why Employees Should Keep Score and Stay Connected
While many companies are doing great things during this current state of affairs, others fall way short of making good leadership decisions. Employees should be using this time to evaluate their companies and communicate with others in th...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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What's Working & What's Not with Remote Working
This episode is a follow up to our first one focused on engaging remote workers. This episode talks about two situations of a company that implemented remote working rather easily since they had things in place and another one that ended ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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