Jack Whatley
Jack Whatley, Founder and CEO of The Transportation Guys
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Jack Whatley, Founder and CEO of The Transportation Guys
Jack Whatley, Founder and CEO of The Transportation Guys
Jack Whatley
a recruiting firm serving the trucking industry – developed a revolutionary Human Code DNA of Hiring System which instantly reduced a company’s expenses, while providing highly qualified applicants.
Together with Jack’s partner, daughter and innovation wizard Anika Whatley, they have been perfecting the Human Code DNA system. The system uses the latest technology to automate, target and streamline recruitment efforts.
Jack has become a talent acquisition expert, now at work extending his Human Code DNA of Hiring System into other industries who are entering a new economy characterized by a labor shortage.
In this podcast, we learn how Jack’s desire to pursue his dream led him from being an employee to starting his first business, to becoming an expert on recruiting the right people at a time when workers are looking for more than a paycheque.
I also believe that if you could grow someone in their position, give them a career path that they can see with measurable results, then you’re tying into what’s important to them. They see a future. -Jack Whatley
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If companies want to attract the right talent, they need to learn to communicate in the language of their potential hires by understanding what they really want, and implement a process for training new hires to fit in with the company culture.
Jack’s novel approach to hiring top talent has made him one of the most sought after recruiting and efficiency consultants in the world. Jack lives in Sacramento in a Queen Ann revival he restored himself. His latest book, The Human Code, is a guide for businesses that want to stay ahead of their competition.
In this episode you’ll learn:
- How Jack went from employee to business owner, and then hero to zero.
- The advice from Jack’s father that enabled him to transfer skills from company to company.
- How the job market is unable to speak the language of millennials.
- How Jack’s book The Human Code talks about how to attract and reel employees in.
- A simple method for communicating with the people you want to hire.
- How to filter potential hires who do or don’t have the talent you want.
- Jack’s process for recruiting new talent and hiring the right people from the start.
Transcript
Dan Lok: Welcome to another episode of Dan Lok show. Today we are in actually New York City, and I’m with John Henry. Now John not only is an entrepreneur, but also a real estate investor as well as owns a venture capital company.
John Henry: That’s right.
Dan Lok: Now before we even talk about John’s story, I want to talk a little bit about this space.
John Henry: Let’s talk about it.
Dan Lok: Let’s talk about this space. Like what makes this space, co-working space, so special?
John Henry: First things first, thank you for having me on.
Dan Lok: Welcome man, welcome.
John Henry: Appreciate you. And look, what makes this space special is this is the proof right here. Like you’re on a one day trip, you came, you interviewed with Faiza, this content, that content lined up. We connected and it’s central in the city, a lotta energy here, there’s six floors.
Dan Lok: You can feel the entrepreneurial spirit.
John Henry: That’s right.
Dan Lok: The minute you walk in you can feel the hustling.
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