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The Hiring Edge

The Hiring Edge

By: Josh Matthews
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Smarter hiring. Stronger teams. Better careers.

Hosted by Josh Matthews — founder of TheSalesforceRecruiter.com — this podcast gives you the real-world edge to grow teams and careers in tech.

Whether you’re a leader trying to build high-performance delivery teams, or a professional navigating the career ladder, Josh delivers no-fluff insights through solo episodes and raw convos with top minds across hiring, leadership, and career growth.

You’ll get:

  • Proven frameworks for hiring, scaling, and retention
  • Talent trends, AI tools, and recruiting tactics that actually work
  • Career advice to help you stand out, level up, and move fast
  • Culture and compensation strategies for real growth

Built for founders, tech leads, HR pros, and ambitious professionals — inside and beyond the Salesforce ecosystem.

New episodes every other week.
Watch on https://joshforce.com/YouTube

Subscribe now — and get the edge on both sides of the table.

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Episodes
  • Betrayal at Work: How It Destroys Trust, Health, and Culture—And How to Heal with Dr. Debi Silber
    Jul 9 2025

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    Betrayal at work is the hidden threat sabotaging your culture, health, and performance. In this episode, Josh Matthews talks with Dr. Debi Silber, TEDx speaker, psychologist, and author of Trust Again, about how workplace betrayal damages trust and how you can heal.

    Learn why betrayal is different from any other trauma, the symptoms of Post-Betrayal Syndrome, and the five proven stages of recovery. Whether you lead a team or are healing yourself, you’ll discover actionable strategies to rebuild trust and create a thriving workplace.

    Keywords:
    workplace betrayal, rebuilding trust, team culture, leadership, trauma recovery, Dr. Debi Silber, TEDx speaker, Post-Betrayal Syndrome, employee well-being

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    50 mins
  • The Truth About Compensation: Pay Transparency, Bonuses & Retention
    Jun 25 2025

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    Is your pay strategy quietly driving talent out the door? In this no-fluff episode, Josh Matthews sits down with compensation expert Scott Trumpolt to break down pay transparency laws, broken bonus systems, and how to finally build comp plans that retain and motivate. If you're hiring, leading, or scaling, this one’s a game-changer.

    🔍 Chapters:

    00:16 – Why your comp strategy might be broken
    01:27 – What pay transparency laws get wrong
    05:06 – The problem with static pay bands
    11:35 – Building trust through variable pay transparency
    19:22 – The truth about salary data (Glassdoor, Salary.com, etc.)
    22:58 – Pay equity in remote vs. on-site roles

    🎙 Guest: Scott Trumpolt
    Founder, HRCompensationConsulting.com
    LinkedIn: Scott Trumpolt

    📌 Host: Josh Matthews | The Hiring Edge – Smarter Teams. No Fluff.

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    28 mins
  • Why Vulnerability Is the #1 Hiring Superpower in Tech Teams
    Jun 11 2025

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    In this raw and real episode of Salesforce Hiring Edge, we sit down with David Kestenberg — former CIO, startup founder, and transformation leader — to talk about something no one is saying out loud in tech hiring: vulnerability is a weapon.

    From building authentic teams to calling BS on fake personas in interviews, David, Josh Matthews, and Josh LeQuire break down how to create a culture where people are safe to be real — and why that leads to better hires, better retention, and better outcomes.

    You’ll learn:

    • Why saying "I don't know" might be your biggest strength
    • How to use vulnerability to create high-performance teams
    • The silent cost of inauthentic hires
    • How diversity, culture, and transparency create hiring edge in Salesforce orgs
    • How to screen for realness, not resumes

    🎯 Whether you're hiring, getting hired, or leading a team — this episode is your blueprint for building something that lasts.

    👉 Follow us on LinkedIn:
    Josh Matthews | David Kestenberg | Josh LeQuire

    🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favorite app.
    📺 Watch full episodes on https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSmNMZJZbG-cywtt1nVYZWA

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    35 mins

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