823 Advizers

Dylan

Director Of Recruitment

OPCO Skilled Management

UCSB
N/A

5+ years recruiting
Healthcare, Medical & Wellness
Human Resources (HR)
Communications

Q1Career path

Career Development

Job Search

Career Exploration

1:43

"I worked security at night and then during the day I had a regular, uh, full-time job, which paid me very little, but I learned how to do recruiting."

Q2Main responsibilities

International Recruitment

Social Media Management

Recruitment

2:33

"Ensuring that every nursing center is adequately staffed is my priority."

Q3Day in the life

Networking

Leadership

Communication

2:22

"Almost every single one of my regional hires are cold calls, not people that have actually applied, um, through our listings."

Q4Most important skills - role

Accountability

Problem-Solving

Communication

1:12

"Communication is absolutely essential. How you talk to people. Also, follow up is absolutely paramount."

Q5Favorite parts - role

Problem-Solving

Leadership

Recruitment

1:23

"I know before I started, they didn't even have any social media pages. That was something I spearheaded. Now we get applications from every avenue, even Facebook, LinkedIn."

Q6Biggest challenge - role

Talent Acquisition

Time Management

Recruitment Strategies

0:58

"Finding the top talent quickly. It's a lot of the times it's about timing."

Q7Favorite parts - industry

Long-Term Care

Healthcare Management

Staffing and Recruitment

2:58

"Every day is a little different from the last."

Q8Who thrives in industry

Resilience

Problem-Solving

Hardworking

0:58

"they have to be very resilient. Um, they have to be very hardworking and very resilient because to work in a nursing home isn't an easy feat."

Q9Wish known before - industry

Problem-Solving

Communication

Leadership

1:38

"it can be very creative. I took things and I just ran with it."

Q10Entry-level positions

Entry-Level Jobs

Career Paths

Healthcare

1:55

"any of those positions would pay somewhere between a hundred to 150,000 annually"

Q11Significant lesson - career

Persistence

Emotional Intelligence

Resilience

1:05

"have a level of emotional intelligence and just laugh it off"

Q12College ideas for success

Communication

Problem-solving

Structured Thinking

1:23

"I would learn the concepts inside and out...taught me how to think and think of big picture and try to explain that in a way that's very simple."