Dennis has held recruiting leadership roles at T-Mobile US, St. Jude Medical, Samsung, and AT&T Wireless. He is currently a Director of Talent Acquisition at Ericsson, and enjoys speaking at recruiting conferences and corporate events where he brings focus to his passion for the #CandE and its impact on recruiting and personal brand.
NextGreatHire helps companies, recruiters, and job seekers understand what great hiring really looks like — from both sides of the interview table.
Led by Dennis Smith, NextGreatHire brings more than 25 years of recruiting and talent acquisition leadership experience, including agency recruiting, Fortune 50 corporate recruiting, global telecom, executive search, early-career hiring, and large-scale recruiting transformation.
Dennis has held recruiting and talent leadership roles with organizations including Ericsson, T-Mobile US, St. Jude Medical, Samsung, and AT&T Wireless. He is also the former founder and talent consultant of WirelessJobs.com, Inc., and a contributing co-author of Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters 3.0.
Most recently, Dennis served as Regional Director, Talent Acquisition – Americas at Ericsson, where he led recruiting strategy and delivery across North and Latin America. He is passionate about building recruiting teams that are disciplined, human-centered, and focused on creating a better experience for candidates, hiring managers, and recruiters.
Through NextGreatHire, Dennis shares practical insights on recruiting, interviewing, personal branding, candidate experience, and career growth. His goal is simple: to help organizations make better hires — and to help people become the kind of candidate every great company wants to hire.
In his spare time, Dennis enjoys sharing what he believes is the real secret sauce of recruiting: relationships, preparation, authenticity, and follow-through.
Connect with Dennis on LinkedIn and follow his latest thoughts on recruiting, leadership, and career development through NextGreatHire.com.
