Miriam Groom of Mindful Career: 5 Ways To Attract & Retain Top Talent

If every manager had psychological profiles of their employees, they’d be much more effective, and the employees would experience more satisfaction.

As part of our HR Strategy Series, I’m talking with top experts in the field to teach prospects what hiring managers are actually looking for, while also supporting business leaders in their hiring and retention strategies. Today I had the pleasure of talking with Miriam Groom.

Miriam Groom is Director of Talent Management for KPMG, ran a national recruitment firm Groom & Associates for 15 years, as well as founded a national career counseling practice called Mindful Career.

Thank you so much for doing this with us! First, please tell us what brought you to this specific career path?

I was an executive at a family-owned national recruitment firm, Groom & Associates, for 15 years. In the beginning, I mostly focused on recruiting, but I soon understood that finding talent was only one-half of our job. The other half was retention, which is how my current career as a talent management professional came to be; from gaining the tools and training to become specialized in retention strategies.