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Oct 2024
18m 43s

Building Early Career Programs with Dust...

RYAN DULL
About this episode

On this episode, host Ryan Dull is joined by Dustin Leszcynski, Director of Talent Acquisition - Early Career at Burlington Stores, Inc. They discuss Dustin’s journey into the TA space, his experience working for various brands and the evolution of Burlington’s early career programs. Dustin shares how data has played a critical role in optimizing the recruitment process and highlights the importance of balancing efficiency with personalization in TA.


Key Takeaways:


(00:54)  An unsuccessful sales interview led to TA.

(03:36)  Early career work at Wayfair and TJX.

(07:15)  Burlington recruits full-time and interns.

(08:48)  Data drives improvements in the recruitment funnel.

(10:47)  Measuring performance reveals improvement areas.

(14:45)  Predicting trends in the early career market.

(17:01)  Personalization is vital to TA success.



Resources Mentioned:


Dustin Leszcynski -

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustinleszcynski/


Burlington Stores, Inc. -

https://www.linkedin.com/company/burlington-stores/


Wayfair Careers -

https://www.wayfair.com/careers/jobs


HP’s HR Leadership Development Program -

https://hp-leaders.com/programs




This episode is brought to you by Sagemark HR.


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