Virtual Equity
Virtual Equity
Podcast Description
Welcome to Virtual Equity, the podcast where recruiting meets real talk. Join us as we dive into the world of staffing, sales, and candidate connections. Whether you’re a recruiter navigating tough conversations or a sales pro building strong client relationships, we share actionable tips, personal stories, and industry insights to help you grow your accounts and master the art of talent acquisition. No fluff — just honest conversations about what it takes to succeed in the ever-evolving staffing industry. Tune in, level up, and close more deals.
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The podcast covers critical themes in the staffing industry, such as effective recruiting strategies, candidate engagement techniques, and essential traits for successful recruiters. Specific episodes explore topics such as the importance of touchpoints in candidate recruitment, ways to reset recruiting efforts, and key characteristics that make a strong recruiter.
Virtual Equity is the podcast from the team at Unified Linc — where real talk meets career growth. Hosted by Lindsey Meske and Nicole Evans, we share honest, practical conversations about recruiting, HR, business operations, and professional development.
Whether you’re a business owner trying to calm the chaos and run better, or a professional ready to level up your career — this podcast is for you. We cover recruiter tips, interview strategies, career coaching, hiring best practices, and the real skills you need to grow.
No fluff. No filler. Just the people, systems, and growth strategies that actually work.
New episodes every two weeks. Tune in and Run Better.
Learn more at unifiedlinc.com
In this episode, Nicole and Lindsey try something they have never done before on the podcast, an unscripted game where Lindsey has to guess what she would fix first in four real business scenarios, with no prep and no notes. From a small team losing multiple employees in a short window, to an owner who cannot get away from their desk because everyone needs approval, to a growing company where mistakes are piling up faster than the team can catch them, this episode is a fast, honest look at the decisions that actually stabilize a business. Nicole brings her operations background into every answer, and the two of them do not always agree right away, which makes for one of the most candid conversations they have recorded.
What we cover:
- Why losing several employees quickly almost always points to chaos in systems, process, or management, not pay
- How to approach exit interviews so people actually tell you the truth
- Why onboarding, not the interview, is a new hire’s real first impression
- The fastest, lowest effort ways to capture a business process when you have no time
- Why new software usually cannot fix a process that was never built
- Why roles and responsibilities have to be defined before adding meetings or headcount
- Why rapid growth exposes existing gaps instead of creating new ones
Key quotes: “Growing doesn’t cause the chaos. It’s the fact that when you start growing, it starts exposing the gaps that you have in your processes.” Nicole “Everybody’s on their best behavior in the interview. That onboarding is like that first impression.” Lindsey “If people are asking the same question over and over again, create a process for it.” Lindsey
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro and how the game works
0:53 Scenario one, losing five employees in six months
12:46 Scenario two, everyone needs your approval
23:46 Scenario three, missed deadlines and overwhelm
30:52 Scenario four, sales doubled and mistakes are piling up
41:33 Where to find our workbook and how to work with us
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