Jul 23, 2026 · 35 min · 11 segments
Drea Codispoti is Director of Network Operations at Top Echelon, where he helps recruiting agencies build stronger partnerships and use their networks more productively and profitably. Recruiting is…
Drea CodispotiGuest
Denise ChaffinHost
From your vantage point, Drea, how do you s- how would you describe the state of talent acquisition now, and, and what do you see with respect to our industry over the next maybe 12 months?
I hate to say it's a great question 'cause everyone says, "Oh, that's such a great question," but when you think about it, the perspective of what you're asking from, it really is because this industry, from my pers- what I, what I think is this industry makes the world go 'round.
And, and so because of the changes that I have seen in my 21 years, 'cause I'm, I'm a student of this.
I basically recruit within the network to get these people to work, you know, find people partners, and, and help them understand that, that function.
It has given me the, I guess, opportunity and the privilege to really dig in to how things work.
It has become more challenging lately, and I've-- that's something that I have heard from even, not just, not just people who have only been in the business a couple years, people who have been in the business for 15, 20, 30 years.
It has become much more challenging because of how fast the industry is changing overnight.
And, you know, we could go back to wh- in, in 2000 when the first m- when that Monster ad went on the Super Bowl, and everyone was like, "Oh my God, all the recruiters are gonna go out of business." They're still here.
And then LinkedIn started to creep up and really make a big thing around, I guess it started to become more of a, a place in 2007.
I don't think that they'll gravitate towards that moniker, the, the recruiting industry.
But what is, what is interesting though, Denise, is that while I'm seeing some people do that, I'm-- there's also people getting into the business.
And, and I think it has to do with some of the things we might talk about later.
From your vantage point, Drea, how do you s- how would you describe the state of talent acquisition now, and, and what do you see with respect to our industry over the next maybe 12 months?
I hate to say it's a great question 'cause everyone says, "Oh, that's such a great question," but when you think about it, the perspective of what you're asking from, it really is because this industry, from my pers- what I, what I think is this industry makes the world go 'round.
And, and so because of the changes that I have seen in my 21 years, 'cause I'm, I'm a student of this.
I basically recruit within the network to get these people to work, you know, find people partners, and, and help them understand that, that function.
It has given me the, I guess, opportunity and the privilege to really dig in to how things work.
It has become more challenging lately, and I've-- that's something that I have heard from even, not just, not just people who have only been in the business a couple years, people who have been in the business for 15, 20, 30 years.
It has become much more challenging because of how fast the industry is changing overnight.
And, you know, we could go back to wh- in, in 2000 when the first m- when that Monster ad went on the Super Bowl, and everyone was like, "Oh my God, all the recruiters are gonna go out of business." They're still here.
And then LinkedIn started to creep up and really make a big thing around, I guess it started to become more of a, a place in 2007.
I don't think that they'll gravitate towards that moniker, the, the recruiting industry.
But what is, what is interesting though, Denise, is that while I'm seeing some people do that, I'm-- there's also people getting into the business.
And, and I think it has to do with some of the things we might talk about later.
The rest of this transcript — segmented and speaker-labeled, so you land on the exact moment something was said
Search every transcript — by keyword, by phrase, or by meaning, across every show Radar indexes
Trends — what is surging across podcasts, measured against its own baseline
Alerts — when a name you follow appears in a newly indexed episode
No account is needed to search Radar.
