Delivering a high-quality candidate experience isn't easy, but it has arguably never been more critical with the recruiting challenges employers are now experiencing. Over all the years that candidate experience has been an industry talking point, what has become clear to me is that it is fundamentally a strategic rather than a tactical issue. My guest this week is Carlos Fernandez, Director of Talent Acquisition at Houston Methodist. Houston Methodist puts innovation at the heart of its corporate strategy, and its approach to candidate experience reflects this.  In the interview, we discuss: Recruiting challenges in the healthcare sector The quality of candidate care mirroring the quality of patient care Standing out as an employer. Candidate experience strategy The "Know Me Experience" and voice of the customer research The role of technology Virtual chat, candidate capture and auto-scheduling Using technology to connect candidates with humans quickly Change management The future of talent acquisition Follow this podcast on Apple Podcasts.

We talk with Josh Cohen, digital marketing director for the SMB services platform Upnetic.

We talk about how learning is evolving, what works and what might not, and Virti’s approach to it all.

In this episode, Jackye and Katee have a conversation with Maia Ervin, Chief People Officer for JUV Consulting. Maia leads social impact, human resources, and company culture. She uses her experience as a Queer Black womxn speaking out against systematic oppression and inequities to foster work policies and culture that minoritizes folks can thrive in and be proud of. Her dream is to continue to provide platforms for young Black womxn to express themselves authentically without judgment. Fostering comfortable spaces where Black folks can express and create comfortably will always be top of the mind for Maia. Maia is a college graduate hailing from Queens, New York and she shares all the good stuff! 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 podcast 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

Quit rates have reached record levels and employees are making their voices heard. But how can a company change the narrative and retain employees through empowering their people?   The lived experience of an employee working for Trianual is how founder and CEO Chris Ronzio defines culture and he's ready to bet $5,000 cash money that any aligned candidate will buy into his company and culture.  Wait a minute, is this really power to the people or a cheap publicity stunt? The numbers do not lie and the mantra of "Hold Us Accountable" can help hiring companies as they peer into the organizational mirror seeking answers. Will this type of strategy help your company thrive?  Trianual is thriving, listen to why. 

So today is the international publication date for Digital Talent, the book I've spent the last couple of years writing with Mervyn Dinnen. We're incredibly excited that everyone can finally get to read it and wanted to record a special show to discuss the themes and some of the significant learnings from our research. In a disrupted and technology-enabled world of work, the ability to attract, recruit and retain people with digital skills can be the difference between business success and business failure. Our book explores how employers can do this successfully. I am absolutely delighted that Trish Macfarlane, host of the legendary HR Happy Hour podcast, has agreed to be our guest host and interview Mervyn and me for this episode. Enjoy the conversation! In the interview, we discuss: Why we wrote Digital Talent How digital skills are critical to a company's success Speed, quality and humanity in Talent Acquisition Personalizing talent experience Aspiration vs Reality Hybrid, remote and talent intelligence Work Tech trends What are cutting edge employers doing to attract digital talent Total talent thinking Listen to this podcast in Apple Podcasts.

Learning platform WorkRamp raised $40 million, Compete raised $15 million, WorkHound raised $12 million, and more in our weekly roundup.

Automation in the interview space is smokin' hot, and Indianapolis-based Qualifi is hoping the profit off the trend by providing automated phone pre-screening for healthcare pros, truckers, and more ... with the actual deep-dive interview done by humans. It's either a home run or a total face-plant, offering too little, too late in an ever-automating world. (What do you mean no video!?!?!) You be the judge. Actually, just let Chad & Cheese be the judge ... that's what they're here for anyway.

As we all know, recruiting and retention are tough at the moment, and employers need to work harder than ever to acquire and keep the talent they need. Purpose is often talked about as a critical differentiator in employer branding, but what does that actually mean in practical terms? New research from Cognizant has revealed just how important purpose is at work and has also highlighted a growing disconnect between employers and younger workers. So what does purpose mean for Gen Z employees, and what should employers be doing to close the purpose gap. I'm joined this week by Eduardo Plastino, Director of The Cognizant Center for the Future of Work, to talk through the research and explore its implications. In the interview, we discuss: Defining the purpose gap The increasing leverage of employees Understanding what is important to the Gen Z workforce Scepticism around employers' messaging on critical issues such as climate change and DE&I Shared values Implications for employers How to fix the purpose gap Aligning external employer brand communication with internal reality Advice to talent acquisition teams on how brand, marketing and recruiting process can demonstrate an employer is a great place to work. Listen to this podcast in Apple Podcasts.

Technology and Covid-19, how the pandemic’s changed candidate and employee behavior, and the challenges employers face in today’s labor market.

This week's show is a wild ride. Sorta like a winding small intestine, it was all over the place and ended explosively. We go from European startups HeyJobs and Omnipresent kicking ass and taking names to a ruckus game of buy-or-sell featuring Rolebot, Bambee (our favorite stripper name, by the way), Learn In, and Workramp. Turns out, Portugal is making Chad a big softie when it comes to "selling" startups. Then there's lots of Great Resignation talk and we end the show by poking Mother Nature right where it hurts. Not just the tip and no pulling out on this show. Enjoy.

Powering through a man-cold, Serge brings his A game on today’s episode and Shelley is ready to go to war with her condo board!   The difference between good and great Recruiters. There are some essential ingredients, see if you agree. Remote, hybrid, WFH or full time back to the office; those with the most property, like major retailers are starting to look beyond the traditional way of selling their goods. The employees have voted with their feet at Goldman Sachs in New York. Given 2 weeks notice to get back to the office only 50% made it. Asking for demographics information before candidates apply is built in bias in the name of compliance Indeed Labour Market report for March 2022 - American data gives us in Canada a heads up on what may be coming. Check it out! 

The world of work has changed in many ways, and one fascinating area is the adoption of a more agile approach to talent. Project-based contracting is on the rise employers work to ensure they have the right skills at the right time in rapidly changing business environments. So what mindset do employers need to adopt to be successful in the project economy, and what are the implications on the career paths of knowledge workers. My guest this week is Kate Duchene, CEO at RGP, a human capital company redefining how professionals work in more flexible and collaborative ways. Kate is at the cutting edge of the project economy and has some very valuable insights and experiences to share. In the interview, we discuss: What is the Project Economy? The drive towards agility and mobility Renting or borrowing talent Run this place vs change this place Thinking differently about careers The importance of choice Skills development in portfolio careers From command and control to learning, listening and empathy Culture, productivity and performance The role of technology A future of increased flexibility Listen to this podcast in Apple Podcasts.

We discuss the dynamics of their market, the competitive landscape and their vision of the future,

Acquisition, investment, and head-scratching aren't stopping when it comes to workforce news and commentary in Europe. That's what Lieven and Chad & Cheese bring Kelly's Tim Pröhm, VP, KellyX Digital Innovation Lab, to the podcast for insight into 1) Cornerstone OnDemand's latest deal, 2) Stepstone pulling out of France and 3) Circular's latest investment round (buy-or-sell alert!). Oh yeah, Elon might even make a cameo this week too.

This week in HR technology: Microsoft enhances Teams for hybrid use, Talent.com raises $120 million and more. 

We're finally recording a show on St. Patrick's Day, which means Cheese is still in bed while you listen to this the day after. Anyway, the boys discuss Talent.com's recent funding round (and whether or not they're a unicorn), CareerBuilder's latest attempt at innovation, going back-to-work gone wrong at a major bank, the latest creative work platform that's caught the attention of NBA superstar Kevin Durant and former Disney CEO Michael Eisner ... and, of course, robots invading your favorite restaurants. It’s the podcast at the end of the rainbow, and yes, we are magically delicious. Enjoy.

Reducing "mobility friction" at a time went simplifying internal movement is a key to retention.

Europe’s favorite, or at least the Netherlands favorite TA leader graces us with his royal presence. Bas is heading to the land down under for 3 TA events as a guest speaker and travel buddy with the Hung Lee of Recruiting Brainfood! Jealous much?  More about the Metaverse and a virtual career fairs, its everything we dreaded about going to these pointless events only now we can do it with creepy avatars. The saving grace is for early talent and cheers to not having to travel there and find parking! Bas is convinced people will forget the ongoing blunders and missteps with Better.com goofing up their latest round of terminations.  What’s up with Register before you apply? HR is stuck in a rut from 10 years ago when someone thought it would save them a few minutes in sending out the offer.  All 3 of us take shots at poorly written job ads. Europe and Canadian companies continue to pour money into their career pages only to have long dry boring job descriptions.  Extra tips on some great tech coming to the rescue to write better job ads, check out Dover.com and Jarvis.ai

We talk with Dan Bartfield about about early-stage recruiting, DEI and technology’s role in it all, What's Covid done, and how are recruiters lining up for the future?

Pulling out is a common theme this week, so let's keep the ball rolling. Businesses in our space - notably Indeed, Upwork and Fiverr - keep abandoning Mother Russia in favor of standing up for Ukraine. Invasion aside, money keeps flowing into startups. This week, we cover new funding for Torc, Donde, Findem, Reejig and Instant Teams. No unicorns, and maybe that's a good thing. The show ends with talk about the future of recruiting conferences, featuring opinion on Jobg8, TAtech, ERE, Unleash, Recfest and HR Tech. 

We talk about consolidating three businesses into one, the impact on product development and customers, and what it all means.

This week on The Recruitment Flex Shelley buys a gold plated furnace. Sometimes marketing think they're clever but end up missing the mark. This happened recently in Toronto with a commercial leasing company welcoming back tenants into the office with signs asking if people were missing their dogs yet with a picture of sad dog. Women are valuing flexibility more than stability hence why they're opting for the Gig Economy. Measuring retention might be dumb, depends on how you measure it! Is the era of dying, some clueless guy seems to think so.

Episode is missing the fearless leader - wishing Julie safe travels. The King discusses news of the week, other news of the week and a riveting conversation between John Graham, author of Plantation Theory and Dr. Joy Degruy, author of Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome (revised in 2017). The big question within — are you gouging or shaping internal culture? Have a listen.  

Improving diversity seems like a very human exercise. But our guest today brings data and technology to the task.

We cover a lot of countries in Europe on this episode, which is why we brought Oana Iordachescu, a talent acquisition specialist at Wayfair - who's worked in just about every country while at places like Facebook, Booking.com, and Criteo - on the show. Where to begin our journey? Of course, there's Ukraine and Russia, where a wide variety of corporations are pulling out of Russia in light of the invasion. Then there's France, where Macron has started his reelection campaign, and to Germany where Zenjob has nabbed significant funding; then we head to the UK where they're humanizing the prison system and to Spain, where it's a tale of two cities, where the educated are happily employed, while the uneducated young are in dire straits. Want more? One of the cohosts has been banned on Reddit! And of course, there's more love for Elon Musk.

This week: Jobvite launches a new recruiting suite, while UKG acquires a mobile communications platform, and more.

Software promising to screen and test the world's best tech talent tend to fall into two camps: Those who can actually do it and those who are totally full of shit. Enter Intervue.io a startup that provides live tech testing to go with its video interviewing solution. Cofounder Rahul Arora enters the Firing Squad firmly convinced that his company falls in the category of vendors who can actually do the job and aren't full of doo-doo. Does he come out smelling like a rose or not? Gotta listen.

We talk about data and talent acquisition with Crosschq CEO Michael Fitzsimmons,

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is prompting strong reaction from the business community, including TA programmatic provider Adzuna. Tesla and Elon Musk do something very right and we give them some props. Finally, a new study shows the power of language and women who transform organizations, transform cultures and shatter gender stereotypes.

vArmour CEO Tim Eades looks at the 2021 ransomware attack on Kronos, and the lessons we can draw from it.

Maybe you've heard, Europe has some stuff it's dealing with at the moment. But the show must go on! This week, the boys are joined by head of talent and author Jan Tegze to tackle a slew of acquisitions by House of HR, a perspective IPO from Jobandtalent and - someone alert HR! - groping in the metaverse. We also highlight some recent startups that enjoyed an influx of cash recently, as well as give our 2 cents on the state of war in Ukraine.

Employer: See Me, Protect Me, Respect Me! Reading Jess Von Bank's post, “Stop filling reqs and start providing safety. Address the toll of fear and create a culture of hope and health. Do nothing but obsess over the care and nurturing of your own people, and you will stop the bleeding. Just a bet.”, left me wanting to know more! Jess is Lepagen's storyteller and Community Leader for the Now Of Work, and all around awesome human. In our conversation we covered plenty, including: employees wanting, 'see me, protect me, respect me, keep me safe' why your business will thrive if you help people thrive why we shouldn't be going externally to 'acquire' talent before we have looked internally Jess's love of WORQDRIVE and internal mobility how recruiters are ready to cherry-pick employees from the companies who will set mandatory returns to the office! :o trusting people to work like adults stopping being slaves to the screen and slaves to work with solid boundaries and the Now Of Work community. Grab a cuppa, pen and paper and settle in! ✍🏻

Destigmatizing career breaks is something that I feel very strongly about and something that talent acquisition needs to take very seriously. With so much lip service paid to diversity and inclusion and the current difficulties of finding talent, it makes zero sense to still view career breaks negatively. This week LinkedIn have announced Career Breaks on the LinkedIn Profile to better reflect the realities of career journeys and, in turn, begin to normalize career breaks in the recruiting process.  My guest this week is Jennifer Shappley, Global Head of Talent Acquisition at Linkedin. As well as talking us through the new career breaks feature, Jennifer discusses the key findings on LinkedIn's latest Global Talent Trends report and shares her thoughts on the future of talent acquisition. In the interview, we discuss: Global Talent Trends Wellbeing and flexibility Trust LinkedIn's new Career Break profile section How can talent acquisition support people who have taken a career break How is talent acquisition changing, and where is it going? Making interviews equitable in a hybrid world What are the biggest challenges talent acquisition teams are facing Listen to this podcast in Apple Podcasts.

This week in HR tech: Ceridian, Payactiv launch new earned-wage features, salaries make 'staggering' rise and more in this week's roundup.

Inflation is on everyone's mind right now. How will it impact wages? Are bloated margins to blame? How about immigration? How will it impact the cost of doing business? What's going to happen with energy prices? Interestingly, history can tell us a lot about what the future holds. That's why the boys have brought back Columbia professor Suresh Naidu to make sense of the current state of inflation.

On this edition we talk with Cadient CEO Jim Buchanan about how high-volume hiring has changed over the last two years, and the challenges employers face now,

Kim Wilkinson joins as co-host, and as Serge’s attempt at revenge for Shelley’s poor choice of complimenting last week’s guest Chad Sowash. Some parenting advice for Serge, Rupaul’s Drag Race is not appropriate for 7 year olds girls who like to play dress up.   The photoshop palm tree as inspiration, the laundry list of made up job titles and other cringe worthy posts on LinkedIn, we share the horrors of those who violate the community guidelines. With all the new baby recruiters hitting LinkedIn, let’s put some effort into those inmail messages. Back to basics for seasoned pros and great teaching moments for the newbies. We have a receipt! 92% of applicants will bale out on your application if you force them to create a profile before they apply. 51 clicks to apply is so 2014. Help is on the way! Express work permits are back. Let's swing open the gates, only this time, let's make sure they have a job when they land. Government and industry pulling in the same direction.

In this episode, we talk to a friend of the podcast, George LaRocque about all things technology. George is the Founder of WorkTech. The source of truth for industry data on emerging HR tech innovation. He is also a Founding Partner Impact WorkTech Accelerator - Market Analyst, HR & Tech Advisor, HR leader, and HR tech industry executive. And wow- he comes with some great knowledge! 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

Julie and Torin note the potentially historical Russian invasion of Ukraine beginning this week and implore listeners to think about the impact of underrepresented and historically targeted communities who have been safe in Ukraine and very NOT safe in Russia. Then the New York Times helps us understand the importance of alt text in images online - Julie takes it a step farther - when we use alt text we all win. Finally, in our main story, the Baltimore Sun publishes what Julie and Torin feel is a sincere apology and acknowledgement of racist acts in its history. How does it compare to other major pubs like the LA Times and others? How does it make you feel?

For over a decade now, I've been flagging up the development of virtual reality as something talent acquisition should have on their radar. It's taken a while, but with tech giants like Meta and Apple making multi-billion dollar investments in technology and infrastructure is now finally the time for our industry to fully embrace the Metaverse. So how does would this work, and what talent acquisition and HR activities are already in play in virtual reality. My guests this week are Misha Krymov and Jennifer Regan, the CEO and Head of Experiences at Morpheus XR. Morpheus XR is already designing recruiting, onboarding and leadership development experiences in the Metaverse and have a massive amount of knowledge to share with us. In the interview, we discuss: What is the Metaverse, and who is building it? Creating space for meaning and meaningful moments How environment shapes human behaviour How VR gives agency to users that Zoom / Teams calls don't Unbiased recruitment using VR Onboarding What should talent acquisition teams be doing to learn about the Metaverse Inclusion and alternatives to headsets Untangling science fiction from science fact Extending reality What's the potential for VR, and how will it be used in the future Listen to this podcast in Apple Podcasts

Today, we talk with Sherrie Fernandes, vIce president of product management and user experience at Globalization Partners. Their platform makes it easier for businesses to hire and manage international talent.

Strike while the iron is hot!  Lisa Zone, managing director at Dix & Eaton joins us to talk about how recruiting, hiring, engagement, and talent management is at the center of every board room conversation. But who is equipped and positioned to formulate the story and business case in building a strong employer brand?  Another great show complete with Cult Employer Brand master Julie Calli.  Seriously, you wanted the ear of your CEO and board. Now what are you going to do with the opportunity? 

Paycor's new developer portal speeds data transfer, Lever deploys winter release. And more.

There seems to be a new $1B unicorn born every day in the employment industry, but only one has the distinction of being a Chad & Cheese 'Death Match' winner. Enter SeekOut and its CEO and cofounder Anoop Gupta, who recently closed a Series C to the tune of $115M and a $1.2B valuation, who joins the boys for a friendly chat. About what? How about international growth plans, diversity offerings, competing with Eightfold and Phenom (and just about everyone else), and much, much more.

If you love financial news, Buy-or-Sell and snarky commentary around those two things, then this episode if your wet dream. The boys are talkin' earnings and Wall Street news from Seek, Recruit Holdings (Indeed.com, Glassdoor), Randstad, Upwork and Dice this week, as well as playing buy-or-sell with Haul, Kevala, JobPixel, Alongside and Mystery. But it's no mystery that this episode rocks, ending with a reality check around pay transparency. 

Our podcast hero, Chad Sowash from Chad and Cheese joins us for the US take on the trucker convoy blocking trade routes. Serge is upset because she thinks Chad is more handsome. Recruitment Insights for the week, The cost of hiring continues to rise and for employers who weren't paying attention, getting candidates to notice you will be expensive. Just asking questions here; what would happen if we pay applicants to attend an interview. Would anything even change? DEI smoke screen; after 18 months, nothing's really changed and no one is talking about why. Aussie firm Enboarder needs to find a new ad agency, despite landing $32MM USD we still don't know what a people activation platform is? Alongside owner of CareerBeacon.com receives $8 million in funding.

This year, scale and speed are an essential focus for many talent acquisition teams. But how do you scale recruiting and speed up hiring in an environment where recruiting recruiters is as tough as it is right now? My guest this week is David Spencer-Percival, CEO of Life Science People and formerly the founder of high growth recruitment businesses Huntress and Spencer Ogden. David has decades of experience scaling up and recruiting recruiters in various markets. He has developed a tried and tested methodology that many talent acquisition teams can learn from In the interview, we discuss: Recruiting, training and nurturing fantastic recruiters The academy model Selection Building the right culture of success and incentive The relentless pace of change Recruiting processes for a candidate driven market What are the most successful employers getting right? The role of technology Advice to TA leaders on building effective working partnerships with agencies Listen to this podcast in Apple Podcasts.