Everyone is talkin' internal talent mobility and workforce agility these days ... and for good reason. Empowering your current talent pool to fill the opportunities of the future is an incredibly powerful tool for blowing up the bottom line. That's why we had Jo Mills, Chief Experience Officer at Fuel50, to help us make sense of the topic and explore ways companies can take better advantage of this exceptional opportunity. If you're looking to make the most out of your current workforce - and who isn't? - this interview from UNLEASH in Paris is a must-listen.

I published three interviews in October to mark National Disability Employment Awareness month. What particularly struck me was the amount of work going into neurodiversity hiring, and I want to dive deeper by finding out how specific employers are developing their programs. My guest this week is Neil Barnett, Director, Inclusive Hiring and Accessibility at Microsoft. Neil helped to develop Microsoft’s Neurodiversity Hiring Program, which has been in place since 2015. He has excellent insights and valuable advice for employers looking to establish similar programs. In the interview, we discuss: Are employers getting any better at disability inclusion? The story behind Microsoft's Neurodiversity Hiring Program Screening in rather than screening out Changing the hiring process to set people up for success Providing tangible feedback How the success of the program has changed aspects of Microsoft's other hiring programs Building an inclusive workplace Non-apparent disability and self-disclosure ERGs and growing internal communities Building the business case to get started How Microsoft collaborates with other employers Advice for parents on the future of neurodiversity in the workforce Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts A full transcript will appear here shortly

This week in HR Tech: Playvox expands workforce management planning, gig workers continue to face financial challenges and lack proper tools.

Interesting observations from DisruptHRYYC, out of 250+ HR folks, we seem to have fewer men than in 2019.  How to lose $75 Million, lets to weigh in on who thought beer being served in a Muslim country was really going to happen. Penalty served to Air Canada’s job seeker experience. Please fake apply to your own company and please eat your own garbage.  Recruiting Insights New Canadians face discrimination as job seekers looking to port their past experience, still being devalued and paid less. More about beer, Heineken looks to shame the ambitious.  iCIMS 2023 Workforce Report, highly reliable survey report from one of the worlds largest ATS providers. WFH or the softer version, flexibility is the consistent theme from workers. 

Live at the HR Tech 2022 conference, our guest Tim Sackett, President of HRU Technical Resources and creator of the Tim Sackett Project, speaks with Mark Feffer about building an inventory of skills, enhancing learning environments, and being data rich yet information poor. On the topic of skills, it's easy to not fully grasp the abilities of your workforce. If you don't successfully get an inventory of skills for your team, you might let a really amazing worker transition into a different company. Building talent isn't the only step, however. You need to cultivate a positive work environment so that these employees have the inclination to stay. Building skills doesn't always foster loyalty, that's a whole separate ballgame. We've built a culture around YouTube centric learning environments, where the younger generation understands that learning can happen in short and efficient segments. Gone are the days of hour long classroom marathons. We in the industry have started to make multi channel engaging content that delivers the information while actually engaging the viewers. We would like to extend a warm thank you to our friends at Fuel50 for sponsoring this podcast.

Hiring globally is all the rage, thanks to a pandemic that supported the growth of an anywhere workforce. To compliment this growth, many organizations are looking to grow their footprint of products and services all over the world. That's why we brought Oana Iordachescu, Head of Talent Acquisition, Technology and Analytics at Wayfair (you've got just what I need!) on the pod while hangin' out at UNLEASH in Paris this past Oct. Turns out, creating large technology teams when no consumer or employer brand exists in new markets is no easy task. But don't worry, we got you. Well, technically, Oana's got you, but you know what we mean.

Talent Intelligence is on the rise, with an increasing number of TA teams putting data at the core of their strategy. However, do employers genuinely understand the full potential of TI, how do you get started, and what is the business case for building a specialist resource? My guest this week is Toby Culshaw, Talent Intelligence Leader at Worldwide Amazon Stores. Toby is one of the global pioneers of talent intelligence, having built teams and Philips and Amazon. He has also recently released his first book, "Talent Intelligence - Use Business and People Data to Drive Organizational Performance" Suffice to say, this is a must-listen interview for anyone who wants to know more about the development of talent intelligence.  In the interview, we discuss: What is Talent Intelligence, and how is it developing The business outcomes and value of TI What areas of TA is data intelligence being applied to? Where should TI sit within the organization? Maturity model When TI isn't TI What skills does a TI function need to be successful? Building capability What will be possible in the future? Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts.

Hourly hiring remains challenging for many employers, and despite the worsening economic outlook, it will likely remain a huge challenge for several years to come. So what innovations are we seeing in how employers approach hourly hiring and in the technology they are using? What does good look like now, and how will automation define the future? My guest this week is Sean Behr, CEO of Fountain. Over the last few years, Fountain has helped companies hire over 13 million hourly paid workers in more than 75 countries, meaning Sean has a lot of insight to share. In the interview, we discuss: The current talent marketing in hourly hiring The challenges of the last few years Fundamental changes in the workforce that will see hourly hiring continue to be challenging for years to come. What makes employers successful in this market The vital importance of speed in hiring Recruiting automation Using technology to provide a quality candidate, hiring manager, and recruiter experience at scale Really human hiring Personalization Quality versus quantity Why hourly hiring is the most innovative place to be in talent acquisition Listen to this podcast in Apple Podcasts

Payscale acquired Agora Solutions, Talogy launched a suite of 360-degree feedback solutions and more.

It’s been a year since Textkernel acquired Sovren, creating a Wonder Twin-style deal that brought the two most well-known resume parsing solutions together. So what better time to catch-up with Textkernel CEO Gerard Mulder to see how things are going while we were in-person at UNLEASH in Paris in October. Lots going on, a lot of growth globally, and maybe even a scoop or two. Enjoy this frank conversation with a Chad & Cheese longtime sponsor. 

With high-profile layoffs in some large technology companies, it is perhaps easy to forget that digital transformation is still driving a massive need for tech talent in employers all over the world. Despite the current economic headwinds, long-term trends are in play that require specific operating and employer brand strategies, particularly in companies that are not traditionally seen as being digital. My guest this week is Blair Bennett, Senior Vice President Global Talent Acquisition at PepsiCo. Digital transformation is creating a significant need for tech talent in their business. In our conversation, Blair talks about the strategy they are putting in place to hire the people they need. In the interview, we discuss: The size and scale of talent acquisition at PepsiCo Market trends and challenges Digital transformation and bringing in new capabilities Repositioning talent acquisition strategy Personalizing candidate experience in competitive talent markets Automation in the TA operating model EVP and employer brand for specific talent cohorts Talent intelligence Geographical targeting and segmentation The role of technology The long term demand for digital talent The future of personalization in talent acquisition Listen to this podcast in Apple Podcast.

This week on a lactose-free Chad and Cheese podcast we have questions... Luckily, tech and product stud Adam Godson joins us to answer questions like... Will The Miami Heat Bang and Blame? Will iCIMS finally give us The Bird? Can robots be taxed? Will Jeff Bezos be able to keep his super yacht with all of the Amazon layoffs? Most important of all, is the age of social media end? Man, I hope not, what the hell would Joel do without big booty Latinas and bug fights?  Enjoy!

Elon has too much work on his plate. With 3 companies to run, how does a nano-manager find time to sleep or eat?   Speaking of exhaustion, our admiration and respect for working parents has ballooned. Canadian families are facing more unprecedented times with a nationwide shortage of baby tylenol & advil PLUS the worst cold & flu season in a generation.  Recruiting Insights  If covering your monthly expenses is top of worker’s needs, could we be headed for the 2023 version of the Great Resignation. The warning flag is up, read Mercer’s 2022 Inside Employee’s Minds report and decide for yourself. Neither Shelley or Serge has ever had the heart to end an interview after 60 seconds. When there is no recovering from a dumb remark, why not just end it? Big trends in and predictions in Europe for the job board market Canadian employers who appear to be innovative when it comes to flexible work, could poor corporate culture be the underlying reason for their innovation?

Skills based hiring continues to be a growing trend as employers rethink how they attract and assess talent. So how do you define what good looks like and identify the right hires for your organisation? My guest this week is Leadership Strategist and Talent Consultant Ginny Clarke, who formerly ran executive hiring programmes at Google. Ginny is a strong advocate of competency-based recruiting and has some invaluable advice to share.  In the interview, we discuss: Spotting competencies and demonstrated behaviours Talent reviews and performance evaluations How do you define and identify talent? Looking more broader to increase diversity Psychological safety and equity The relationship between leadership and culture Competencies as skills plus knowledge plus ability Deconstructing job roles Looking past employment history and education What does the future of work look like, and how should employers be preparing Listen to this podcast in Apple Podcasts.

In this episode, Katee and Jackye chat with Brandolon Barnett. Brandolon is the author of Dreams Deferred: Recession, Struggle, And The Quest For A Better World. An agent of change in the social impact area, speaker and philanthropist, Barnett was recently elected as @ANC1A commissioner for District 1A06 in Washington, D.C. He was formerly head of corporate social responsibility industry solutions in Salesforce.org’s philanthropy cloud and is the founder of the Democratize Ventures investing and advisory institute. Barnett has promoted development and volunteerism on three continents, led the Bill and Melinda Gates-funded Growfund donor-advised fund effort, and participated in research and consulting engagements at the Council on Foundations and Global Impact. If you like what you hear, we would like to encourage you to subscribe to our channel! We would also appreciate it if you would rate this channel by going here: RateThisPodcast.com/inclusiveaf We create this podcast as a labor of love. But if you would like to support this channel you can buy us a cup of coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/InclusiveAF

Live at the HR Tech 2022 conference, our guest Sarah White, CEO of Aspect 43, speaks with Mark Feffer about what skills *are* and looks at the bigger picture of the whole movement. We would like to extend a warm thank you to our friends at Fuel50 for sponsoring this podcast.

Sometimes Chad & Cheese get so far up their own asses, it pays to take a step back and look at the big picture. Luckily, there's no better place to take a deep breath and ponder than Europe, which is why the boys look at the job board landscape across Europe. Inspired by an article from show favorite Geert-Jan Waasdorp entitled “Why the European job board market is on the verge of a major transition,” we dig into the rise of Indeed across Europe, programmatic becoming more and more popular, the gig economy gaining influence and even Web3's increasing impact on employment. It's a lot to digest, so a little Buy-or-Sell is in order to relax and let off steam. This episode, CloudPay, Job Protocol and EarnHire get put under the microscope. Lastly, we end with Lieven's take on European success-story and news item Beekeeper's recent raise.

This week in HR tech: DailyPay partners to aid financial wellness, while Ceridian releases new features for Dayforce.

Turn down the lights and turn up the Marvin Gaye, because we're talking about VR in recruiting on this episode. Turns out, there's a really cool organization called VisionThree that's raising $80 million to advance virtual reality in schools and partnering with corporations and local governments to increase the level of talent in the workforce. Heather Jackson, chief revenue officer at VisionThree breaks it all down for us. Spoiler alert: It's all Mark Zuckerberg's fault. 

With the news cycle currently dominated by significant layoffs in large tech companies, it is essential to take a step back and consider the longer-term picture. Many employers are still struggling to find the right tech talent. Recent research has shown that skill shortages will continue for years as education systems are not setting students up with the right skills for our AI-dominated future. So what should employers be doing right now to recruit and develop tech professionals, and what is the impact of remote and hybrid working on early careers talent? My guest this week is Atli Thorkelsson, VP of Talent Network at Redpoint Ventures. Atli advises start-ups across Redpoint's portfolio on talent acquisition and development. He has some important insights to share on the current state of the market and the strategies employers need to adopt to deal with the longer terms challenges. In the interview, we discuss: The current state of the tech hiring market Long term challenges Development of early career talent The role of the Chief People Officer Building the right foundations for talent development How do remote-first organizations support mentoring and development? What are the biggest hiring mistakes start-ups make? What can corporate TA functions learn from start-up hiring practices? How will recruiting technology develop in the future? Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts.

Who doesn't love a good underdog story? LinkedIn, apparently. It's starting to look like King Kong has finally won its legal battle with spunky start-up HiQ Labs, which we cover this week. Moving from 800-lb. gorillas to tiny bees, Beekeeper has raised $50M to grab a huge chunk of the mobile workforce management market. What's more? New York City's pay transparency law is off to a rocky start, buy-or-sell with 5MINS, WorkTorch and Sparkplug, and those crazy Swedes at Tengai are back, so cue the ABBA!

DE&I remains a major priority for employers, but progress is slow and sometimes completely stuck. So how should companies be thinking about diversity, and what practical actions can they take to build and benefit from teams of difference? My guest this week is writer, broadcaster and consultant Simon Fanshawe. Simon is a well known figure in the UK and has recently published an excellent book, "The Power of Difference". He advocates that progress comes when employers move away from the jargon around DE&I and genuinely understand how building a diverse workforce will drive their specific business objectives.  In the interview, we discuss: The human question of diversity and what does it actually mean. The power of combining difference The dangers of conformity and the imposition of rules Building teams of difference Using data to understand what is happening and why Understanding specific diversity business cases The virtuous circle of selection Is unconscious bias training actually helpful? Redesigning the recruiting process to challenge assumptions The most accurate predictor of future success Making employee resource groups more effective Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts. A full transcription will appear here shortly.

Ya' know how mobile developers have to build for two distinctly different platforms iOS and Android? Well, you'd better get ready for strategizing and building for Indeed ... and then everyone else. That's the vision Indeed laid out for attendees at their recent annual meeting, and RecruitmentMarketing.com's Julie Calli is here to lay out all the details from the event. If you use Indeed, it's a must-listen and a nice alternative voice to what Indeed is doing from what Chad & Cheese are droppin' on the topics of CPA, RPO, Flex, Hire, and more from Indeed. And if that's not enough, the gang dives into a new advertising option from LinkedIn that should not only get the attention of B2B marketers everywhere but also the attention of savvy employers. We even throw a little Elon and Kanye in there for some additional employer brand commentary. 

This week in HR technology: UKG acquires Quorbit, ServiceNow launches workplace planning solution and more. 

Love a good Qwick-y? Then this episode is for you. That is, restaurant staffing platform Qwick landed a $40 million round to take on the staffing woes of restaurants in the U.S. Not quite as exciting, the boys move on to AtlasJobs, which might make you long for 2009 (or 1999) all over again. Lastly, PaintJet takes aim at the $175 billion painting industry by taking people out of the equation and filling that void with a big-ass painting robot. Welcome to the metaverse, Dorothy! Plus, it's a double-LinkedIn shoutout session and the boys introduce a segment called "Slipping It In." Yeah, what could go wrong with that one?

Trick or Treat? Which one is it Indeed? Serge decided to open his wallet. His overly generous plan for the children of the neighbourhood was foiled when only 1 Trick or Treater came to his house.  The Recruitment Flex hosts, HR’s most positive influencers are right here! Promise not to change our name to 2 letters and let our egos spin out of control. We dug deep to find some empathy for the shameful behaviour of Kanye West this week.  Get your CNRG recruiter meet up events in Calgary and Vancouver, tickets are almost sold out! Canadianrecruiter.ca Recruitment Insights Does anyone even care if Indeed changes their pricing model? It depends who you ask.  AppCast’s Top Recruiting Trends for 2023 Get it here Explain the difference between a recession and 1.7 jobs open for every available job seeker Be a real recruiter and have many strategies to attract job seekers Time is money, what does an open position cost your company Suffering from a 70+hour work week and burning out their best people, a Chick-fil-A in Miami gets creative on how they schedule workers. 

Live at the HR tech 2022 conference, our guest Robin Schooling (VP of Growth and Innovation at Cielo) speaks with Mark Feffer about rethinking compensation for up-skilled employees, and how to transition your organization into a learning oriented environment. We're bringing everything back to our roots at this HR Tech conference. Companies are reenforcing their core offerings, and it seems sticking to what they're good at is the best way to shine. Products and organizations are trying to stay their course and make sure they're the best product for a specific goal, instead of trying to be the "all in one" solution that does everything in mediocre fashion. Buy, Build, or Borrow...the age old question. Borrowing skills will never go away, because it's always going to be the most efficient and quick way to solve a unique problem you'll only encounter a few times. Buying skills is difficult, as talent is scarce nowadays. Growing skills might just be the best solution in today's market. Who would have thought that growth platforms and LMS's have become a reasonable alternative to hiring platforms? The only issue is having to rethink titling and compensation for these up-skilled workers. Most companies want to grow their employees from within, but that comes with the added challenge of letting these blossoming employees shine in the manner that they deserve. Internal growth comes with more financial overhead than just the training process; you need to be comfortable with compensating these individuals more for their newly acquired skillset. Getting to a point where learning is acknowledged as an important organizational goal takes a lot of restructuring. Business leaders, upper management, and the company culture all need to be on the same page so that identifying internal growth opportunities is seamless enough to even attempt it. Propping up your employees is no easy task if you never have done it before, but with the right effort and mindset any organization that puts in the effort can get there. We would like to extend a warm thank you to our friends at Fuel50 for sponsoring this podcast!

A volatile talent acquisition market and the immense disruption we are seeing to traditional ways of working our driving significant changes in employer branding strategies. Culture, EVP, and employer brand marketing are going through a period of intense evolution, and it is essential to understand what's happening in this space. My guest this week is Charu Malhotra, Global Head of Talent Branding and Recruitment Marketing at PA Consulting. In our wide ranging conversation recorded at UNLEASH World in Paris, we discussed some of the current issues in employer branding, culture, and retention. In the interview, we discuss: The impact of external forces on talent acquisition Building inclusive workplaces when workforces are increasingly remote Proximity bias in hybrid working How do you create, manage and flex a culture Embedding values in high-performance cultures How does employer branding work on an international scale Focused segmentation and a constant heartbeat of content Employer brand and retention The importance of assessment technology Changing the balance between internal mobility and external attraction Reimagining EVP projects as nimble and responsive instead of one size fits all. Listen to this podcast in Apple Podcasts. A full transcription will appear here shortly.

Think unicorns only roam the plains of America? Well, think again. This week, the boys discuss Factorial, Europe’s newest workforce startup to hit $1 billion in value. Then it’s time to break down some unicorn wannabes with buy-or-sell, covering Easop, Enate, and Jomigo. Rounding out this episode is looking at Indeed’s new PPA and its impact on the European market. Oh, and of course, we must chat some Elon and Twitter. 

In this week's HR technology news roundup: Paycor launches leadership program. Employees (heart) transparency.

The wait is over! It's our Halloween show, full of dad jokes and bad soundbites. You're welcome. We even get to some news, covering the iCIMS acquisition, and Indeed's pivot to PPA, Voilà! coming to America and Oracle's new Booster. Also, Bloomberg says self-driving cars are headed for a fatal crash, while Bloomberg then publishes articles about Waymo coming to Los Angeles and Intel's Mobileye going IPO. Oh, Bloomberg, such a two-faced. Unlike the two faces, you really love: Chad & Cheese, the podcast that 'ghosts' its fans on Halloween week. 

Shelley thought 1 drink at lunch is day drinking,It's not day drinking unless you're passed out by 7 pm, according to Serge. Would you favour a candidate for sending a thank you note after an interview or is this an outdated notion? Maybe we should be sending thank you notes to candidates! Insights A change in hiring policies found 232 new employees for an Ontario retailer, the simple solution was offering people shifts that fit their life.  The City of Toronto tries their hand at TikTok and IG to recruit Engineers, we will definitely be following this hot trend Nearly half of Americans under 40 have tattoos, no need to wear a scarf to work to cover your neck tattoos. Setting clear business goals is the only measure of remote working success.  Portland employers believe it’s totally OK to pay tip-earning staff $6.50 per hour; expecting customers to subsidize their staff’s wages with tips. Only in America! Twitter and Elon, Shelley’s watching too much Netflix’s Eat The Rich, there’s no conspiracy here or connection to Elon’s plan to reduce staff by 75% and the stock price.

With recruiting challenges so acute and talent acquisition technology developing at such a great pace, tech stack adoption and transformation strategies are critical for many employers. So what are the key issues, and how are talent acquisition teams specializing and evolving to exploit new technologies and methodologies? My guest this week is Samantha Ramsay, Head of Experienced Hire UK&I at EY. I caught up with her a couple of weeks ago at UNLEASH World in Paris, where she was delivering a presentation about Tech Transformation. In the interview, we discuss: Current challenges in talent acquisition Driving change in recruiting Asking five whys to get to the root cause of the problem Building stakeholder consensus What makes a great vendor/employer partnership Talent intelligence Using CRMs in the right way Developing specialist skills within TA functions Building long term engagement and affinity with talent pools What does the future look like? Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts.

This week in HR tech: Cornerstone OnDemand expands content, HiBob launches workforce planning, and more. 

We joke about VONQ sounding like an STD our "roommate" caught in college, as well as saying their executive teams look like the bad guys from the Bruce Willis classic Die Hard, but truth be told, they're a company making waves in the employment space. That's why we recently sat down with CEO Arno Schäfer to dig into what's going on at the company. Turns out they're doing some really interesting things, like private labeling their tech so applicant tracking systems can make even more money. What a world, amirite!?!?! Enjoy this one, live from UNLEASHworld in Paris.

One of the most encouraging aspects of our changing world work has been the number of employers actively seeking to recruit neurodiverse talent. However, it is estimated that 15-20% of the world's population is neurodivergent, and there is still a vast amount of work to do to ensure that our workplaces are inclusive for all and that employers benefit from supporting everyone to work to their full potential.  My guest this week is Genie Love, an Executive Function Coach who works with neurodiverse professionals to help them achieve their personal and professional goals. In our conversation, she offers many practical insights into how employers can support their people at work. In the interview, we discuss: Understanding the unique strengths of neurodivergent people Time, attention, decision making, and organization Energy levels and strategies for deep work How can employers be more inclusive? Re-imagining job descriptions and interviews The power of thinking differently  Subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts

After a weeklong hiatus, thanks to a little trek to Unleash in Paris, the boys are back and badder than ever. On this episode, they dissect the recent acquisition of Paycor and Talenya, the investment in Ten Thousand Coffees - which has nothing to do with actual coffee, by the way - and then play a little thumbs-up / thumbs-down with The Muse acquiring Fairygodboss, CareerBeacon buying Ruutly (a Canadian double-double, Tim Hortons-style), Glassdoor filters and TaTiO grabbin' that paper. Amazon is in a pickle again and Robot Baristas take on San Francisco (boycott THIS! workers).

Anyone who has seen me speak this year knows that I consider personalization the next big trend in talent acquisition. If they get their strategies right, the rapid growth in automation technologies allows employers to offer a bespoke candidate experience at scale. So which employers are doing this well, and what can we learn from them? My guest this week is Lisa Scales, Head of Talent Acquisition for the UK and Ireland at Nestle. In our wide-ranging conversation, recorded at UNLEASH World in Paris, Lisa talks us through Nestle's strategies around personalization and the results they're getting. In the interview, we discuss: The turbulent market and conflicting tensions for talent acquisition Scarcity of skills Removing repetitive transactional tasks Using conversational AI to answer previously unanswered questions The power of personalization The time, place and wishlist for automation Personalized onboarding Why automated selection can amplify systemic bias Moments that matter, interesting technologies, and the deskless workforce What does the future look like Subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts A full transcription will appear here shortly.

Mary Faulkner talks to Mark Feffer about the drive to learn: Many organizations seem to lose sight of the learning experience, and then they wonder why people quit.

How often do you hear an interview with a recruiter who’s done time at Cisco, Facebook, Docusign, eBay, Robinhood and now Gem? Well, today’s your lucky day. Chad & Cheese has a chat with Richard Cho, Chief Recruiting Officer at Gem to talk about a wide variety of challenges around being a CRO, like recognizing that the bottom-line rules all, navigating the Chief People Officer and managing a down economy. We even veer off course down Memory Lane once or twice. Enjoy. 

This week in HR technology: SwiftConnect announces alliance with Microsoft; Sense integrates with WhatsApp.

An American and a Finn meetup on Reddit and a startup is born. Finland-based Hireproof promises to make anyone a world-class interviewer just by clicking a link. Really? Yeah, really. Cofounder Nick Barth joins Chad & Cheese for a lively episode of Firing Squad, pitching his product that promises "delight," "happiness" and "less bias" in the hiring process. Is Hireproof primed to set the world on fire, or is it a wet blanket. Gotta listen.

Live from Paris at UNLEASH World, the boys are on stage with Keith Sonderling, EEOC Commissioner & Oana Iordachescu Associate Director, Talent Acquisition - Technology Europe/Asia at Wayfair Deutschland. And they’re talkin’ A.I. issues in hiring, focused on Europe. We’re always keeping you away from land mines, no matter the continent. What’s more? How about a special show summary with fellow podcaster Matt “That British Guy” Alder? You’re welcome. 

Canadian Thanksgiving traditions with turkey or Swiss Chalet, we celebrate with no covid restrictions this year. Being with family felt great. Ryan Renynold’s may have a new girlfriend. Tune in next week for updates. Job boards are like popcorn, popping up everywhere. It’s easy to get employers to advertise, but not so easy to get job seekers to find your site. A healthy advertising budget may get you noticed, for a little while.  Insights Beware the imposter interviews and the dangers of letting your new hire loose with no training or orientation.  The ultimate woke move by Birkbeck, University of London, they stand on the higher moral ground and proclaim their ‘ethical careers policy’ to ban oil, gas or mining companies from posting jobs for their students.  Canada’s federal government will finally treat foreign students as adults. Ever cautious, the pilot will temporarily lift the 20 hours per week rule for them to work while going to school. 

Over 8 million workers in the U.S. identify as LGBT. Spoiler alert: That's a lot! Yet, corporate America isn't very hospitable to this influential demo when it comes to work. In fact, a recent UCLA survey found 50 percent of LGBT employees are not 'out' to their supervisors, and 34 percent of LGBT have left their job due to treatment by their employers. What's the problem? Never fear, we have answers. That's why we invited Sara Grossman, founder & CEO of CODE-MKTG, and Sabrina Kent, EVP of programs and external affairs for the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) to come on the pod and set us straight. Did we learn a lot? You bet we did. And you will too.

Albert Einstein once said, "I have no special talent; I am only passionately curious". I like this quote so much that I use the phrase "Passionately Curious" as the tagline for my consulting business. So you can imagine my delight then when I came across a book on workplace curiosity written by Stefaan van Hooydonk, the founder of The Global Curiosity Institute, who is my guest this week. A former Chief Learning Officer, Stefaan has done some pioneering work on the science behind curiosity and why improving the skill of curiosity is essential in the modern world of work, both at an individual and organizational level.  In the interview, we discuss: The story behind the Global Curiosity Institute Intentional curiosity Why and how you can train curiosity The importance of curiosity to organizations Measuring curiosity on an individual and organizational basis Creating a curious culture Awareness, Intentionality and Measurement The importance of learning something new Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts.

 Serge's family in Florida escaped the hurricane but not without property damage and lost cars but everyone is safe. A big high five to Joe Hoang, fan of the show, for taking down the “We’re Hiring” badge on LinkedIn and replacing it with something authentic. Check out Joe’s post here: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6980172378781728768/ Lessons in hiring for gig workers, where to find the best sites and what to watch for in the work samples.  Recruiting Insights Were we all part of a sinister experiment by LinkedIn? Hardly. The LI community is free to join, so that means your information is the product. Job ads for a Nanny. Comedy writing at its finest? We had a good laugh until we realized 95% of job ads look just like this.  Survey says, “75% of Gen Z bailed out of the recruiting process”, it appears the issue for summer hiring in 2022 was not candidate ghosting, your hiring process was the real problem.