Beyond the Shop Floor

Today is our last episode of season 3 and the last episode for 2022. Want to know how much businesses lose with a bad hire? In today’s episode I dive into tips for improving your hiring process to avoid hiring the wrong people, what you should be looking for with a recruiter and how important it is to be on the same page. As always, tune in, tell us your thoughts, and if you love the content please leave us a review or share the pod – we love the love! Visit us on Instagram @thetalentmillau Head to the website https://www.thetalentmill.com.au/ 

Today I am joined by the talented Caroline Marvelli. Head of sourcing and production at Lee, Wrangler and Riders. Caroline gives us a real lens on what pathways are available to design grads and what skills you’ll need to possess to venture into a career into sourcing and production. As always, tune in, tell us your thoughts, and if you love the content please leave us a review or share the pod – we love the love! Visit us on Instagram @thetalentmillau Head to the website https://www.thetalentmill.com.au/ 

In today’s episode, I’m sharing all the juicy tips on how to prepare for your interview to ensure that you absolutely leave every employer wanting more and wanting you to join their team. I cover what questions to ask future employers, what insights your recruiter should provide to support you and how to nail your elevator pitch. As always, tune in, tell us your thoughts, and if you love the content please leave us a review or share the pod – we love the love! Visit us on Instagram @thetalentmillau Head to the website https://www.thetalentmill.com.au/ 

For the past 6 years, Simone has worked with Ralph Lauren and is their Senior Talent Development and Employee Communications Manager. Simone has an amazing background in learning and development and training manager roles and she is here to share her journey with pivoting her career path and finding her purpose and the things that helped her along the way. As always, tune in, tell us your thoughts, and if you love the content please leave us a review or share the pod – we love the love! Visit us on Instagram @thetalentmillau Head to the website https://www.thetalentmill.com.au/ 

Having too many job offers sounds like *the dream*, right? Handling these offers with care and taking the time to thoughtfully consider what offer is best for you is crucial. In this episode, I’ll share tips for effective communication and decision making techniques while maintaining relationships with potential employers and protecting your personal brand. As always, tune in, tell us your thoughts, and if you love the content please leave us a review or share the pod – we love the love! Visit us on Instagram @thetalentmillau Head to the website https://www.thetalentmill.com.au/ 

When I speak to my clients about wanting to work in the HQ of fashion brands, one of the top roles that people want is a Buyer. On today’s episode, I’m joined by Culture Kings Buyer, Christina Cassaniti who shares her career journey as a Buyer and what she attributes her success to. We had lots of people asking for us to have a buyer on the show and Christina keeps it real by sharing the not-so-glamorous side of being a Buyer. As always, tune in, tell us your thoughts, and if you love the content please leave us a review or share the pod – we love the love! Visit us on Instagram @thetalentmillau Head to the website https://www.thetalentmill.com.au/ 

Naturally as a recruiter, my job is to talk to people and build relationships and the tale surely rings true as it’s not what you know, it’s who you know. In this episode, I’m talking about all things relationship currency. What it means, who it’s for and how to improve your own. As always, tune in, tell us your thoughts, and if you love the content please leave us a review or share the pod – we love the love! Visit us on Instagram @thetalentmillau Head to the website https://www.thetalentmill.com.au/ 

The lovely founders of the fashion brand, Ilio Nema, Ariane and Katia joined us today for our first guest episode of season 3. Their shared passion for artisanal craft was forged when they worked collaboratively in New York as Design Director and Production Director respectively. Their desire to preserve items of fashion as heirlooms to be loved forever created their unique vision and commitment to sustainable design for Ilio Nema. In this episode we talk about embracing the imperfections of factories and lowering the carbon footprint of your garments. Connect with Ariane and Katie on Instagram and the Ilio Nema website. As always, tune in, tell us your thoughts, and if you love the content please leave us a review or share the pod – we love the love! Visit us on Instagram @thetalentmillau Head to the website https://www.thetalentmill.com.au/ 

After a well needed break, we are BACK for another season of the Beyond the Shop Floor Podcast. There is a lot of new happening in the world of The Talent Mill and we’re so excited to catch you up on what’s been going on including some incredible new team members. In this episode we chat about if someone needs to return to study to pivot in their career. I talk about my personal university journey and other opportunities for learning that don’t involve picking up the books in a classroom. We’d love to hear from you if you’ve returned to study for a new role and if it helped you to land the new role or if you never looked at the piece of paper again. As always, tune in, tell us your thoughts, and if you love the content please leave us a review or share the pod – we love the love! Visit us on Instagram @thetalentmillau Head to the website https://www.thetalentmill.com.au/ 

Welcome to the Beyond the Shop Floor Podcast. Your OG retail gal Ange is here to unlock the secret universe of fashion & beauty career success on the shop floor and beyond. We interview rising stars in the industry, the big players, entrepreneurs and help answer those burning career questions you have got! Please if you love what you are hearing let us know - give us a review or share via socials! You can visit us on Instagram @thetalentmillau or head to the website https://www.thetalentmill.com.au