HRchat Podcast

During the Great Resignation, many recruiters are looking for refreshing ways to find new talent. In technology, a field that requires candidates of such particular and refined expertise, the challenge is even more nuanced. Our guest today is Lauren Waters, Talent Experience Manager, Americas at  Xero, accounting software that provides tools for small businesses, accountants, and bookkeepers. Lauren understands the process of trying to land a job in the tech industry and has first-hand experience of what sticks and what doesn’t. Questions For Lauren Include: How has the growth of the Gig Economy and more need for accounting software for start-ups over the past couple of years impacted Xero? What are some of the unique challenges TA pros when attempting to hire folks into tech companies and when trying to fill tech roles? Why is it vital for a candidate to be truthful during the hiring process? What can happen if the candidate misleads a hiring manager/TA pro? Why do you believe it's so vital that candidates demonstrate they care about culture fit and the DEI efforts of a potential employer's brand? What does that say about their motivations and likeness to stay with an org for the longer term? Mastering the art of phone impressions - Your team stresses the importance of bringing on your energy and enthusiasm when interviewing or networking over the phone. As the interviewer is not able to see a candidate's body language over the phone, it is vital to approach the call with vigor – within reason. It’s also important to balance between being excited and not seeming too desperate. Tell me more.Debunk the “fake it til’ you make it” mantra – most of the time people think they need to have an answer to every question thrown at them. Why is it okay to say “I do not know”!We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are entirely independent of The HR Gazette, HRchat Podcast, and Iceni Media Inc.  Support the showFeature Your Brand on the HRchat PodcastThe HRchat show has had 100,000s of downloads and is frequently listed as one of the most popular global podcasts for HR pros, Talent execs and leaders. It is ranked in the top ten in the world based on traffic, social media followers, domain authority & freshness. The podcast is also ranked as the Best Canadian HR Podcast by FeedSpot and one of the top 10% most popular shows by Listen Score. Want to share the story of how your business is helping to shape the world of work? We offer sponsored episodes, audio adverts, email campaigns, and a host of other options. Check out packages here. Follow us on LinkedIn Subscribe to our newsletter Check out our in-person events

In today's HRchat episode, Bill is joined by Leigh Mitchell. Leigh has successfully built a career as a diversity-driven Recruiter & Marketer, Brand Consultant, Diversity & Inclusion Trainer, and Talent Strategist, as well as a Marketing Professor at the University of Guelph Humber. Leigh is committed to equality and belonging in workplaces and founded Bee Happy HR & Marketing Co. to improve diversity and inclusion results within organizations committed to making a difference but not sure where to start. Bee Happy HR is a full-service brand management and diversity-driven HR company.  Leigh supports business owners, busy recruiters & HR departments to provide a variety of HR and business branding services with a certified team of experts in her Bee Happy HR Hive. Leigh is also the founder of Women in Biz Network, she coaches clients, speaks with influential guests on her Time to Thrive Podcast, curates mentorship initiatives, promotes Women in Biz Network’s vetted diversity-driven career board, and delivers skill-building events to a variety of audiences. Questions:What trends do you see coming out of the great resignation in relation to employer branding and reputation management? Why is having inclusive hiring practices and a strong diversity and inclusion plan of action good for business? How can brands attract more diverse applicants?We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are entirely independent of The HR Gazette, HRchat Podcast, and Iceni Media Inc.  Support the showFeature Your Brand on the HRchat PodcastThe HRchat show has had 100,000s of downloads and is frequently listed as one of the most popular global podcasts for HR pros, Talent execs and leaders. It is ranked in the top ten in the world based on traffic, social media followers, domain authority & freshness. The podcast is also ranked as the Best Canadian HR Podcast by FeedSpot and one of the top 10% most popular shows by Listen Score. Want to share the story of how your business is helping to shape the world of work? We offer sponsored episodes, audio adverts, email campaigns, and a host of other options. Check out packages here. Follow us on LinkedIn Subscribe to our newsletter Check out our in-person events

Professional goals can be very impactful, especially for managers and business owners. In this episode of the HRchat show, we consider actionable goals that can be incorporated into a company’s culture and daily operations. Listen too, as we talk about the latest priorities and requirements in the world of employee benefits.Our guest in episode 429 is Becky Seefeldt, VP of Strategy for Benefit Resource. Listen as Becky gives her take on 7 important targets businesses should strive towards and ways HR pros can implement them.Questions Include: How do you see approaches to employee benefits changing?How is the legislative/regulatory environment affecting benefits?What types of things should employers be looking at in regard to benefits?How is the Great Resignation affecting benefits? What are employers doing to attract and retain talent?Let's now discuss your seven actionable goals that can be incorporated into a company’s culture and daily operations. Please take some time and run through each and why it mattersMore About BeckyBecky has spent the last 20 years dedicated to the education, marketing, product development and advancement of consumer-driven benefit solutions. She is currently responsible for product strategy, company-wide strategic initiatives, and industry advocacy and education efforts.Becky currently serves on the Board and Communication Committee Chair of ECFC, an industry organization dedicated to the education and advancement of consumer-driven benefits. Becky is a member and active contributor of the Forbes Business Council. Becky has contributed to publications such as SHRM, BenefitsPro, Employee Benefit News, and California Business Journal. Becky currently serves as the primary host of BRI’s podcast– The BRIght Side of Benefits.We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are entirely independent of The HR Gazette, HRchat Podcast, and Iceni Media Inc.  Support the showFeature Your Brand on the HRchat PodcastThe HRchat show has had 100,000s of downloads and is frequently listed as one of the most popular global podcasts for HR pros, Talent execs and leaders. It is ranked in the top ten in the world based on traffic, social media followers, domain authority & freshness. The podcast is also ranked as the Best Canadian HR Podcast by FeedSpot and one of the top 10% most popular shows by Listen Score. Want to share the story of how your business is helping to shape the world of work? We offer sponsored episodes, audio adverts, email campaigns, and a host of other options. Check out packages here. Follow us on LinkedIn Subscribe to our newsletter Check out our in-person events

In this episode, we hear from Cole Evans, Marketing Officer at Workzinga, a job search and hiring platform emphasizing company culture fit. Prior to his role at Workzinga, Cole raised money for non-profits, managed multiple teams, made many payrolls, secured investments, started multiple businesses - growing to $1.5m in 3 years. Cole has also started a New & Noteworthy podcast on iTunes, producing over 100 episodes so far. Questions Include: You lead efforts to share the mission and values of an exciting start-up within Recruitment tech. What opportunities and challenges does that present? Can you share your unique take on the connections between successful recruiters and effective marketers?Workzinga is focused on helping companies and candidates match, based on culture fit. What does culture fit mean to you? Workzinga Founder, Dan Hunter, presented at the April 2022 SHRM Talent Conference and Expo. Can you tell me about the session and what attendees learned?We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are entirely independent of The HR Gazette, HRchat Podcast, and Iceni Media Inc.  Support the showFeature Your Brand on the HRchat PodcastThe HRchat show has had 100,000s of downloads and is frequently listed as one of the most popular global podcasts for HR pros, Talent execs and leaders. It is ranked in the top ten in the world based on traffic, social media followers, domain authority & freshness. The podcast is also ranked as the Best Canadian HR Podcast by FeedSpot and one of the top 10% most popular shows by Listen Score. Want to share the story of how your business is helping to shape the world of work? We offer sponsored episodes, audio adverts, email campaigns, and a host of other options. Check out packages here. Follow us on LinkedIn Subscribe to our newsletter Check out our in-person events

In this episode, we consider how CHROs and HR leaders can keep their people engaged and growing in a post-pandemic workplace. Our guest this time is Whitney Johnson, CEO of human capital consultancy Disruption Advisors. Whitney and her team are experts at helping people grow their people - to grow their organization. Whitney is the award-winning author of Disrupt Yourself, a keynote speaker, and a frequent lecturer for Harvard Business School’s Corporate Learning. She is a popular contributor to the Harvard Business Review, has 1.8 million followers on LinkedIn, where she was selected as a Top Voice in 2020, and her course on Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship has been viewed more than 1 million times.Whitney also hosts the popular Disrupt Yourself Podcast.We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are entirely independent of The HR Gazette, HRchat Podcast, and Iceni Media Inc.  Support the showFeature Your Brand on the HRchat PodcastThe HRchat show has had 100,000s of downloads and is frequently listed as one of the most popular global podcasts for HR pros, Talent execs and leaders. It is ranked in the top ten in the world based on traffic, social media followers, domain authority & freshness. The podcast is also ranked as the Best Canadian HR Podcast by FeedSpot and one of the top 10% most popular shows by Listen Score. Want to share the story of how your business is helping to shape the world of work? We offer sponsored episodes, audio adverts, email campaigns, and a host of other options. Check out packages here. Follow us on LinkedIn Subscribe to our newsletter Check out our in-person events

In this HRchat we consider why the time for leadership coaching is now. Bill's guest this time is Christine Tao, co-founder & CEO at Sounding Board, a fast-growing scalable leadership development platform, combining technology and coaches to drive business impact for global enterprises.  Christine's rapid career growth in Silicon Valley at Google and various startups inspired her to co-found Sounding Board with Lori Mazan, her executive coach. She has scaled hyper-growth startups to over $100M in revenue. Sounding Board is backed by leading investors like Bloomberg Beta and Precursor, and one of <3% of female-founded companies to raise venture capital.Sounding Board is a cloud-based coaching platform and managed network of leadership coaches that makes leadership development scalable and measurable. Customers include leading enterprises such as Cloudera and Kraft Heinz as well as hyper growth startups like Chime, Bill.com, UserTesting and Klarna. We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are entirely independent of The HR Gazette, HRchat Podcast, and Iceni Media Inc.  Support the showFeature Your Brand on the HRchat PodcastThe HRchat show has had 100,000s of downloads and is frequently listed as one of the most popular global podcasts for HR pros, Talent execs and leaders. It is ranked in the top ten in the world based on traffic, social media followers, domain authority & freshness. The podcast is also ranked as the Best Canadian HR Podcast by FeedSpot and one of the top 10% most popular shows by Listen Score. Want to share the story of how your business is helping to shape the world of work? We offer sponsored episodes, audio adverts, email campaigns, and a host of other options. Check out packages here. Follow us on LinkedIn Subscribe to our newsletter Check out our in-person events

In this HRchat episode, we'll talk about ways to switch your company's focus to attract candidates in the right places and with better online strategies. We'll also consider findings that suggest that, while salaries remain a key consideration during a time of high inflation and soaring prices, employee wellness remains front and center for many HR leaders. Our guest this time is Geoff Webb, VP Solutions, Product, and Marketing Strategy at isolved, an employee experience leader, providing intuitive, people-first HCM technology. Geoff is on a mission to help customers define a more human approach to HCM and HR tech. He does this by working closely with isolved's tech, marketing and go-to-market teams. With over 25 years of experience in the technology industry, Geoff is regularly cited in industry and business publications on a number of information technology trends as well as executive leadership strategies isolved serves 145,000 employers so lots of data points are available to your team. Listen to get Geoff's take on findings from a recent isolved survey of HR leaders.We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are entirely independent of The HR Gazette, HRchat Podcast, and Iceni Media Inc.  Support the showFeature Your Brand on the HRchat PodcastThe HRchat show has had 100,000s of downloads and is frequently listed as one of the most popular global podcasts for HR pros, Talent execs and leaders. It is ranked in the top ten in the world based on traffic, social media followers, domain authority & freshness. The podcast is also ranked as the Best Canadian HR Podcast by FeedSpot and one of the top 10% most popular shows by Listen Score. Want to share the story of how your business is helping to shape the world of work? We offer sponsored episodes, audio adverts, email campaigns, and a host of other options. Check out packages here. Follow us on LinkedIn Subscribe to our newsletter Check out our in-person events

Following two years of the pandemic and now a war in Ukraine, overwhelming feelings of distress have many people worrying about what’s next.Doomscrolling through social media feeds without pause has become a compulsive and comforting ritual for many. As many of us in the US, Canada, and elsewhere return to the office and resume 'business as usual', leaders need to be attuned to how their employees are being impacted by this "the sky is falling” feeling that can be overwhelming.Brian Hughes, the VP of Human Resources at First Onsite, is one leader who has found success by making empathy and wellbeing top priorities throughout the years. Listen and learn how Brian has been able to counter uncertain times with communication and wellness tools and, by doing so, positively affecting his workforce’s resilience levels. We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are entirely independent of The HR Gazette, HRchat Podcast, and Iceni Media Inc.  Support the showFeature Your Brand on the HRchat PodcastThe HRchat show has had 100,000s of downloads and is frequently listed as one of the most popular global podcasts for HR pros, Talent execs and leaders. It is ranked in the top ten in the world based on traffic, social media followers, domain authority & freshness. The podcast is also ranked as the Best Canadian HR Podcast by FeedSpot and one of the top 10% most popular shows by Listen Score. Want to share the story of how your business is helping to shape the world of work? We offer sponsored episodes, audio adverts, email campaigns, and a host of other options. Check out packages here. Follow us on LinkedIn Subscribe to our newsletter Check out our in-person events

In this episode, we'll be talking about multiple generations in the workforce.Our guest is Lindsey Pollak, a New York Times bestselling author and a leading career and workplace expert. Her latest book is a response to the Covid crisis: "Recalculating: Navigate Your Career Through the Changing World of Work," published by HarperCollins, is available now.Lindsey was shortlisted for the 2021 Thinkers50 Talent Award and named to the 2020 Thinkers50 Radar List, which honors global management thinkers whose work is shaping the future of how organizations are managed and led.Her previous book, "The Remix: How to Lead and Succeed in the Multigenerational Workplace"  was named a Book of the Month by both the Wall Street Journal and Financial Times. She is also the author of two career advice books for young professionals: "Becoming the Boss: New Rules for the Next Generation of Leaders" and "Getting from College to Career: Your Essential Guide to Succeeding in the Real World."Lindsey’s speaking audiences and consulting clients have included more than 250 corporations, law firms, conferences and universities, including Aetna, Citi, Estée Lauder Companies, GE, Goldman Sachs, Google, Pfizer, Verizon, Yale, Harvard, Wharton and Stanford.Her advice and opinions have appeared in such media outlets as The TODAY Show, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN and NPR.Questions for Lindsey Pollak Include:You speak across the US at top companies, law firms, universities, and conferences. What are the biggest topics people ask about talent?In today’s workplace, both mentoring and networking are keys to growth and success. How does the generational remix apply to these activities? How would you advise people to build authentic cross-generational relationships?What will be the impact on the rest of us as Boomers leave the workforce? What are your most practical, actionable tips for leaders managing people of multiple generations?How should leaders think about generational diversity as it relates to clients and customers?What are the biggest misconceptions about the generations? More About LindseyLindsey is Brand Ambassador for the HR technology company Cappfinity and previously served for six years as an official ambassador for LSupport the showFeature Your Brand on the HRchat PodcastThe HRchat show has had 100,000s of downloads and is frequently listed as one of the most popular global podcasts for HR pros, Talent execs and leaders. It is ranked in the top ten in the world based on traffic, social media followers, domain authority & freshness. The podcast is also ranked as the Best Canadian HR Podcast by FeedSpot and one of the top 10% most popular shows by Listen Score. Want to share the story of how your business is helping to shape the world of work? We offer sponsored episodes, audio adverts, email campaigns, and a host of other options. Check out packages here. Follow us on LinkedIn Subscribe to our newsletter Check out our in-person events

It's day 3 of the SHRM Talent Conference & Expo happening both virtually and in-person in Aurora, Colorado. Attracting and retaining staff continues to be a key priority for most attendees, as nearly half (49%) of U.S. workers are actively searching for a new job right now, or plan to do so over the next few months. Talent professionals at the event  are leveraging new tech and sharing fresh strategies to tackle the pressures of Great Resignation head-on throughout the rest of 2022.Yesterday, Guild Education Chief People Officer and talent expert Lorna Hagen applied lessons she’s learned to the challenges of today on the Talent Main Stage in a conversation with SHRM Chief Global Development Officer Nick Schacht Dan Hunter, founder at Workzinga also presented yesterday. His session was called Aligning What You Offer With What They Need. Bill Banham is joined by Dan - live from the SHRM Talent floor - to get his thoughts on the conference so far and what he's hoping to see over days 3 and 4. Support the showFeature Your Brand on the HRchat PodcastThe HRchat show has had 100,000s of downloads and is frequently listed as one of the most popular global podcasts for HR pros, Talent execs and leaders. It is ranked in the top ten in the world based on traffic, social media followers, domain authority & freshness. The podcast is also ranked as the Best Canadian HR Podcast by FeedSpot and one of the top 10% most popular shows by Listen Score. Want to share the story of how your business is helping to shape the world of work? We offer sponsored episodes, audio adverts, email campaigns, and a host of other options. Check out packages here. Follow us on LinkedIn Subscribe to our newsletter Check out our in-person events