Biography

Julian Placino is a recruiting consultant who helps organizations create a culture of recruitment where people thrive. 

As a recruiting practitioner for over 15 years, he’s led talent acquisition at world-class companies and has hired and coached thousands of top performers throughout his career. For 7 years, Julian led recruitment at Bottle Rocket, one of the world’s top mobile development firms. Through speaking and consulting, he teaches recruitment strategy, personal branding, and leadership development.

As host of Pathways to Success on YouTube, iTunes, and Spotify, he interviews inspiring leaders about their businesses and keys to personal success.

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Our organization has been growing. In order to scale, our sales team has been faced with regular change initiatives and increased workloads. We asked Julian to speak on resiliency and overcoming obstacles. The message he crafted was perfect for our team at this time and crafted based on our conversations about our needs. He does an excellent job engaging the audience and encouraging people to speak openly and with vulnerability. His message is personal, authentic, and heartfelt. I would highly recommend Julian as a keynote for your next event.
– Jen Lowery DeBuhr, VP of Sales at LeadingResponse
Julian helped us build one of the best workforces in Dallas by showing us how to operationalize our existing staff to find new staff. He saved us several hundreds of thousands in head hunting fees.
– Calvin Carter, Founder at Bottle Rocket
Julian’s innovative approach to recruitment gave us a competitive advantage in recruiting top talent. We started making hires within 30 days of using his method.
– Lawrence King, CEO at Headstorm
Julian’s program has helped us grow and evolve into a recruiting culture. Our team enjoyed how interactive and fun Julian’s sessions were, and has remained more active and engaged on LinkedIn ever since!
– John Wallach, Director of Recruiting at Alto Experience
Julian Placino lived up to his promise of delivering an electrifying and engaging presentation on the significance of personal branding and recognizing your unique strengths. Our audience was thoroughly captivated and enthusiastically participated throughout the session.
– Michelle Rea, Executive Director at New York Press Assocation
Julian spoke at our conference and we could not have been more pleased! He has a fresh perspective on recruitment strategies, candidate lead generation, and a proven track record of hiring and retaining talent. Julian is a dynamic and engaging speaker. We would bring him back again.
– Lori Rahi, President at NorthEast Association of Communication Executives
We hired Julian as the opening keynote for our conference. He was scheduled in the first slot of the morning, a time when his yawning audience trickled in clutching coffee. Very quickly he woke us up, challenged us, kept us engaged and thinking, and managed to cajole even the most reluctant attendees into the conversation. Every person in the room was a participant in his high-energy keynote. Julian worked the room with heart and delivered his message with conviction. It was a provocative and fun way to start the conference.
– Judy Meyer, President at New England Newspaper & Press Association
Julian is an incredibly engaging speaker who helps people discover and maximize their gifts and talents.
– Tad McIntosh, President at HumCap Experts in People
Julian Placino is an excellent trainer, obviously an expert in his field; the practical sessions really helped the staff understand how they can improve their personal branding, Linkedin and recruitment skills. It was a very engaging presentation with lots of opportunities to participate for the entire team. We walked away with tips we could implement immediately that are now making a difference at our organization.
– Robin Lankton, Director of Marketing at Observer Media Group
I highly recommend Julian Placino as a dynamic speaker for modernizing your recruitment strategies. With his expertise and engaging style, Julian delivered valuable insights and practical advice on how to adapt and optimize recruitment processes in today’s fast-paced and competitive environment to hundreds of Florida media executives at the Florida Media Conference. His presentations are informative, inspiring, and relevant, which made him an excellent choice to help media organizations enhance their recruitment strategies. We’re excited to have him back this coming year!
– Jim Fogler, CEO at Florida Press Association

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