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How Is Edwards Lifesciences Building Skills To Change Lives? With Adam Artar

Listen as host Sultan Saidov speaks to Adam Artar, Director of Global Talent Acquisition at Edwards Lifesciences, about the real impact TA can have on people – patients as well as candidates and employees – and how his company is growing the skills they need to succeed as a business, and improve lives.

Sultan and Adam discuss the unique attributes of the medical devices industry, finding (and developing) niche skills with a distinct employer brand proposition, embracing a new model for TA, and creating your own talent market for the future.

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In this episode, learn more about how Adam and Edwards Life Sciences:

  • Focus on keeping potential candidates ‘warm’ and being front of mind
  • Built Recruiter Academies and a center of excellence for Talent Acquisition
  • Collaborate between functions for better talent outcomes
  • Get more from their Talent CRM with smart integrations.
“It is rather fascinating to see the number of skills that we have a need for, not just today, but three, five years down the road… and understanding that it’s going to impact patients’ lives, it's going to impact families' lives long-term, because of the skills and because of the devices and products that we’re building.” – Adam Artar

The Talent Blueprint podcast is for business and HR leaders who want to build talent-first, skills-based organizations. In each episode, Beamery co-founder Sultan Saidov chats with an industry expert who shares their insights and experience around using talent to create a competitive business advantage.

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About the Author

Sultan Murad Saidov is Co-Founder and President of Beamery. Sultan is a frequent speaker on AI, the Future of Work, and Talent Transformation, was listed in the Forbes 30 under 30 list, and is the host of the Talent Blueprint podcast.

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