Cruit Group

Episode 31 - Cale Owen, former CEO of Gym Launch & Prestige Labs

Sun, 08 Feb 2026 23:26:32 +0000

Ryan catches up with Cale Owen in the latest episode of the Cruit Group podcast. From being Customer #13 of Alex Hormozi for his struggling gym, to working a commission only sales job at Gym Launch and ultimately becoming CEO down the road, to his current role as Partner at W.O.L.F Gyms. Don't miss this convo on scaling businesses, recruiting & hiring effectively, Culture vs. Tactics, The "Scorecard" Philosophy, Hiring at Scale, Cold Calling, and much more.

Episode 30 - Tyler Qahhaar, Director of HR, DUDE Wipes

Mon, 04 Aug 2025 23:24:41 +0000

Ryan welcomes on long-time industry friend, Tyler Qahhaar from DUDE Wipes to discuss building a brand that attracts talent, the impact of social media, humor, and viral content on recruiting, how the brand culture lives inside the company, and more!

Cruit Group Podcast - Episode 29 - Ben Sanders, Founder of Singleton Group (Recruiting)

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 19:26:02 +0000

Ryan & Ben catch up to discuss the challenges of starting a recruiting agency, obtaining new clients/business, AI in recruiting, issues around "ghosting" in the industry, candid feedback in the interview process, content creation & branding + what it takes to be a good recruiter in today's world.

Cruit Group Podcast - Episode 28 - Virg Palumbo, 26+ year staffing executive

Sat, 10 May 2025 13:55:36 +0000

Ryan Levy interviews former mentor and colleague, Virg Palumbo. Virg is a US Marine Corps Veteran and has spent 26+ years in the staffing world, working for a publicly traded firm. Tune in for an insightful conversation about leadership, AI changing the landscape of recruiting, differentiating yourself in a crowded field, mentorship & more!

Cruit Group Podcast - Episode 27 - Steven Lu, CoFounder & CEO of Pin, Former CoFounder & CEO of Interseller

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 19:23:24 +0000

Ryan Levy interviews Steven Lu, CoFounder and CEO of Pin.com, which is an AI Optimized Recruitment from First Contact to Scheduled Interviews. Steven is also the former CoFounder & CEO of Interseller, which was ultimately sold to Greenhouse. A developer and entrepreneur since he was 13 years old, Steven talks to us about AI in recruitment, startup life, hiring, good culture and more!

Cruit Group Podcast - Episode 26 - Alex Sandkuhl, Founder & CEO of Keystone Growth Advisory & CoFounder of Terres Blanches Wine Merchants

Sat, 27 Jul 2024 21:44:56 +0000

Ryan welcomes long-time friend, Alex Sandkuhl, Founder & CEO of Keystone Growth Advisory & CoFounder of Terres Blanches Wine Merchants on to the Cruit Group Podcast. Keystone is a full-service growth firm helping bootstrapped B2B SaaS founders grow to $10 million ARR without venture capital.

Snapshot of convo:

- What makes a successful entrepreneur? A good sales person?

- Navigating the ever-changing enterprise world as it relates to AI and technology.

- Evolving sales processes

- Advice for entrepreneurs/founders

- Building a good culture

- Pivot to Profit!

Cruit Group Podcast - Episode 25 - Sam Kuehnle, VP Marketing @ Loxo & Host of "Becoming a Hiring Machine" Podcast

Thu, 25 Apr 2024 20:27:46 +0000

Ryan welcomes Sam Kuehnle, VP of Marketing for Loxo (Talent Intelligence Platform for the Recruiting Industry) & host of the "Becoming a hiring machine" podcast onto the Cruit Group podcast to discuss B2B marketing success, differentiating yourself from the competition in a tough industry, iterating and evolving at a rapid rate, effectively, drip campaigns, stopping pitching and starting to provide value, plus so much more!

Cruit Group Podcast - Episode 24 - Dandan Zhu - Founder/CEO of DG Recruit & Author of Agency Recruitment 101: The Ultimate Insider's Guide to This Business and Career

Fri, 05 Apr 2024 00:50:19 +0000

Ryan welcomes Dandan back onto the pod to discuss her new book, changes in the recruitment industry, traits of top billers, AI and Automation in recruitment, niches, burnout, real estate and so much more!

Cruit Group Podcast - Episode 23 - Kenya Carr - Founder of Life Chapters Coaching, Author, Speaker & HR Guru

Sun, 21 Jan 2024 12:09:25 +0000

Ryan sits down for an ENERGIZING convo with the one and only Kenya Carr! We discuss the transition from agency to corporate recruiting + recruiting to pure HR, the HRBP role, professional & life coaching, servant leadership, accountability, prioritization and so much more!

Cruit Group Podcast - Episode 22 - Zack Stein, CEO & CoFounder of SupplyCaddy

Sun, 14 Jan 2024 15:57:31 +0000

Ryan sits down with CEO and CoFounder of Miami-based startup, SupplyCaddy. They discuss the business, Venture Capital, their recent $3.2 million round of funding, startup life, employee retention & attraction, equity, time management and more! SupplyCaddy is a leading global manufacturer and supplier of packaging and disposables for the food service industry. With headquarters in Miami, Florida, and manufacturing facilities in North America and Europe, SupplyCaddy is able to provide high-quality, affordable products for restaurants, chains, and foodservice brands.

Cruit Group Podcast - Episode 21 - Vishal Agarwal - Former CTO of Beyond Barriers & CareCognitics

Thu, 13 Jul 2023 10:23:48 +0000

Ryan welcomes successful tech executive, Vishal Agarwal onto the pod to discuss the current state of the job market, artificial intelligence, startup life, leadership and more!

Cruit Group Podcast - Episode 20 - Chris Coghlan - 2009 MLB National League Rookie of the Year - From Baseball to Business

Thu, 08 Jun 2023 21:02:18 +0000

Ryan welcomes on long-time friend, Chris Coghlan to discuss the transition to Major League Baseball to Major League Business. We talk about the journey to becoming a professional baseball player, transferrable skills, value chain matching your value proposition, execution, ambition as a negative and defining success. Tune in for a great conversation!

Cruit Group Podcast - Episode 19 - Jake Schuster, Founder & CEO @ Gemini Sports Analytics

Thu, 27 Apr 2023 18:46:11 +0000

Ryan welcomes Founder & CEO of Gemini Sports Analytics on the pod for an engaging conversation around sports data & analytics. Fast, AI Cloud-enabled decisions made accessible, actionable, and predictive–no coding or external consultants necessary. Gemini Sports Analytics empowers stakeholders with the first sports-specific, end-to-end Automated Machine Learning tool. This helps to sign, draft, and develop players to perform their best and optimize tactics.

Cruit Group Podcast - Episode 18 - Kristina Campbell, CFO @ Ripple

Wed, 05 Oct 2022 13:06:57 +0000

Ryan sits down with Kristina Campbell, CFO of Ripple (the leading provider of crypto solutions for businesses) to discuss her background, life and culture at Ripple, RippleX, Money Transmitter Licenses, NFTs, innovation at Ripple, redirecting focus to building and operations in a market downturn, carbon credits and more!

Cruit Group Podcast - Episode 17 - Scott Lyle, Head of the Pet Insight Project @ Kinship

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 14:45:40 +0000

Ryan Levy syncs up with Scott Lyle, Head of the Pet Insight Project at Kinship (a division of Mars Petcare) to discuss how we can use data and data science to create a better world for pets and much, much more!

Cruit Group Podcast - Episode 16 - Elliott Garms, CoFounder of humanpredictions

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 17:47:59 +0000

Ryan Levy comes out of podcasting retirement to welcome serial entrepreneur and cofounder of humanpredictions, Elliott Garms to the show! The two discuss second generation recruiters, becoming an entrepreneur, motivation & success, the future of recruiting, standing out in today's crazy hiring market and most importantly....what is search-based messaging, and why is it so important?

Cruit Group Podcast - Episode 15 - Esther Shpitalnik, Success Consultant

Fri, 25 Sep 2020 20:36:47 +0000

Ryan Levy syncs up with Esther Shpitalnik, former big-city lawyer turned success consultant to discuss the meaning of success in a career, self and relationships, the art of networking, the 6 steps to interview success and more!

Cruit Group Podcast - Episode 14 - James Sinclair, Chief Executive & Cofounder of EnterpriseAlumni

Thu, 04 Jun 2020 22:19:00 +0000

We discuss the importance of staying in touch with your alumni in today's market. The employee experience is a key piece to the success of an organization. What are the things you love? What makes you smile? How do you continue to be innovative and deliver value? Data without action is just a fancy dashboard and "you can't measure what you can't track" are words to live buy in today's business world. How important is it to be Agile as a company and maintain employee retention? Diversity of opinion matters in hiring. Technology doesn't replace, it enables. All this and more in Episode 14 with James Sinclar of EnterpriseAlumni - check them out at www.EnterpriseAlumni.com

Cruit Group Podcast - Episode 13 - Nick Surkov - Recruiters Who Code

Sun, 24 May 2020 19:44:00 +0000

Ryan welcomes on Nick Surkov, founder of NPHire & WonderSourcing to discuss his newest project and business of teaching recruiters how to code! Will this be a new trend in the recruiting world to differentiate recruiters from their competition? We discuss.

Cruit Group Podcast - Episode 12 - Evan Knox, Founder of Caffeine Marketing

Sat, 23 May 2020 16:24:00 +0000

Ryan & Evan dive deep into brand awareness, personal branding, going from "consideration to conversion", social media and consistency, self-awareness, the importance of marketing and branding in today's climate, effective messaging and more!

Cruit Group Podcast - Episode 11 - Ben Nader, Founder of 6 Figure Recruiter & Seattle Search Solutions

Fri, 01 May 2020 02:24:48 +0000

Ryan Levy syncs up with Ben Nader, Founder of 6 Figure Recruiter & Seattle Search Solutions to discuss startup recruiting, entrepreneurship, running a full desk, automating mundane tasks, the importance of creativity in the recruiting world, cold emails, motivation & more!

Cruit Group Podcast - Episode 10 - Kevin Wilson, TopFunnel

Wed, 22 Apr 2020 23:40:55 +0000

Ryan Levy discusses AI, automation and more in the recruiting World with Kevin Wilson, Account Executive at TopFunnel. Will these tools make good recruiters great, make great recruiters unstoppable, eliminate weak recruiters, make weak recruiters decent, or all of the above?

Cruit Group Podcast - Episode 9 - Dandan Zhu (CEO & Founder, DG Recruit)

Wed, 15 Apr 2020 00:28:51 +0000

Ryan Levy interviews Dandan Zhu, CEO & Founder of DG Recruit. They discuss:

Recruiting recruiters and why she got into recruiting Why recruiting is such a great career and how recruiting changed her life What are the future opportunities within recruiting? What type of people do well in recruiting/what traits are we looking for? What kept you in recruiting, why have you never left this industry? Tips for working remote? How to survive in unprecedented times in the sales world

Cruit Group Podcast - Episode 8 - Anna Ladanyi

Mon, 13 Apr 2020 00:15:57 +0000

Ryan Levy welcomes Anna Ladanyi, a former coworker who is a 15 year staffing veteran that currently works as a Strategic Director of Strategic Accounts for a public firm. They talk remote work, relationships, mentorship, the art and importance of the interview prep and more!

Cruit Group Podcast - Episode 7 - Toby Coffey - Cofounder/CEO of Connect Search

Wed, 18 Mar 2020 02:04:44 +0000

Ryan welcomes Toby Coffey on to discuss his journey through 18+ years in the staffing industry, the current status of the job market with the Coronavirus, tips for being successful as a remote employee, the future of staffing, maintaining balance between production and management, planning & time-blocking, successful routines & more!

Cruit Group Podcast - Episode 6 - Duane Edwards

Mon, 09 Mar 2020 00:47:51 +0000

Ryan Levy welcomes Duane Edwards, a staffing and business development legend, to discuss successful routines, mentorship, differentiating yourself in a competitive market, relationships, how to succeed in recruiting without being a SME in technology, creating value for organizations, advice for new sales professionals in any industry and more!

Cruit Group Podcast - Episode 5 - Ben Sanders - Solving IT

Thu, 13 Feb 2020 04:29:41 +0000

Ryan Levy interviews former nemesis, peer and current friend, Ben Sanders of Solving IT. They discuss "design thinking", candidates going dark and lying on their resumes, current status of the candidate market and artificial intelligence, recruiter job postings, why "our product is our people" is BS, small agency versus big agency and more.

Cruit Group Podcast - Episode 4 - Michael Yahkind - Technical Paradigm

Tue, 12 Nov 2019 00:31:00 +0000

Ryan Levy interviews old friend and former coworker, Michael Yahkind. He's now the founder and Managing Partner of Technical Paradigm and had been in the IT Staffing and Solutions world for more than 6 years. We're talking Recruiting as a Service, split fees, agency recruiting, AI and more in this episode!

Cruit Group Podcast - Episode 3 - Interview w/ Casey Jacox

Fri, 18 Oct 2019 00:21:26 +0000

Ryan Levy interviews one of his former mentors, current friend and consistent, top-producing sales professional, Casey Jacox in episode three. They discuss "winning the relationship", Casey's new podcast, keys to sales success and more! It's not self-help, it's self-investment!

Cruit Group Podcast - Episode 1 - Katelyn Drozd - Global TA Director for Kinship

Thu, 19 Sep 2019 20:50:00 +0000

Ryan Levy interviews Global Director of Talent Acquisition for Kinship (a Mars Company), Katelyn Drozd. They discuss her career path and passion for the industries she's worked in, the staffing world & recruitment and more! Intro/outro music by Tom Delay Beats