HRchat Podcast

In this HRchat episode, we discuss ways to find, hire, and retain top tech talent from around the world. Our returning guest is Ilya Brotzky, CEO and CoFounder of VanHack, a global platform for tech talent looking to get hired anywhere and work from anywhere.Questions Include:Why are software developers and other tech talents so hard to attract and recruit at the moment?Why should firms in Canada and the US look globally to secure top tech talent? What did the pandemic do to widen the available talent pool for hiring companies?VanHack has helped hire around 1500 software developers and I understand that the average tenure of a hire facilitated by VanHack has risen to 2.9 years. What can recruiters do to find and attract talent who'll stay and grow with the company?What are the most common challenges in remote hiring?  How can we overcome them?You and I have both emigrated. For those positions that still require relocation, what are the typical anxieties of candidates? Slowly but surely companies are moving to more diverse, gender-inclusive hiring practices - what have you been observing with some of the companies you’ve been working with? You have a couple of recruiting fairs and events coming up in 2022. Can you run through them with me and what candidates and hiring companies can expect? More About IlyaFeatured in Fast Company, BC Business, Betakit, and elsewhere, Ilya leads a team of around 80 employees from 13 countries with the mission of creating a borderless world for tech talent through jobs. He holds a Bachelors of Applied Economics from Cornell University and has helped raise over $100,000 for a variety of charities in Africa and South America.More About VanHackVanHack helps candidates find remote jobs, relocation jobs, or a combination of the two. This allows companies to hire amazing senior and diverse talent and more quickly.Check out, and register for, upcoming job fairs by VanHack here. We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared bySupport 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

What we're witnessing in Eastern Europe at the moment is terrifying and painful. As of today, huge swathes of land in the south, north and east of Ukraine have been invaded. Many predict it's only a matter of days before Putin's troops attempt to occupy the Ukrainian capital of Kiev.Our guest today reached out to our editorial team a few days ago and we felt it was imperative to get him on the podcast to share his story with you as soon as possible.Vladimir Gendelman is founder and CEO of Company Folders and an immigrant to the US from Kharkiv, Ukraine. He employs a team of seven software programmers, graphic designers, and quality assurance engineers in Ukraine. Last week three of them were trapped in Kharkiv, where they were sheltering in windowless rooms in buildings that are shaking from barrages of shelling. Fortunately, they were able to escape. Millions more have not been as lucky. Vladimir's team was previously based in Donetsk, the epicenter of the uprising in 2014, so, unfortunately, this is not the first time they've dealt with destabilization caused by foreign aggression.Listen to this discussion Bill Banham had with Vladimir to hear his experiences of leading and supporting a team literally under siege. Hear too, his heartfelt plea to the West to do more to help. 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

It has never been harder to find and engage candidates. So how can your employer brand stand out while keeping your budget in check? When it comes to your recruitment sourcing strategy and finding the right candidate, there are several factors to consider. Helping Bill Banham to get to the heart of how to mix AI with other approaches to candidate sourcing is Terry Baker, CEO & President at Pandologic, an AI-enabled recruiting platform.Questions For Terry Include: The Great Resignation is projected to be with us for a long time. What have employers learned from this experience so far that's helping them prepare for what’s next?How do you see technology fitting into this narrative? What’s the role AI will play in continuing to help drive outcomes?What are the risks with fully automated/AI-driven processes? Can great candidates be missed in a process where humans are removed from the early-stage screening process? Can checks be put in place? One of the biggest challenges facing recruiters today is the sheer number of online job boards that exist. Can you share some stats around job boards (#s of boards, collective reach, engagement rates, etc).Before one can even get to the candidate sourcing stage of the recruitment process, it's vital to tackle an important task: perfecting the job listing and requirements listed. What tips can you share?Specificity is good for candidate sourcing, but sometimes an overly specific list of requirements can be just as dissuading to a candidate as a job listing stuffed with vague terms. What's the correct middle ground approach?Knowing the value data provides, how can we measure success going forward?More About TerryTerry brings 20+ years of managing high-growth companies to his role at PandoLogic. Prior to joining PandoLogic, Terry was the founder and CEO of Amped Market Place Inc. a strategic partner to online media companies by providing services to amplify traffic, audience, and revenue. His career in online recruitment and on-line media has included helping companies reach critical mass and global coverage through business development, direct sales and channel development, M&A, marketing and product management including executive leadership roles with Adicio Inc., Advanced Recruiting Technology Inc., and Hire.com. Terry is a 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

The pandemic gave employees the time to reflect on their relationship with work and frankly, many weren't happy with what they uncovered. This has led to record numbers of resignations in 2021 and 2022 is set to be more of the same. The Great Resignation has ushered in a massive shift in what people value and what they are willing to tolerate in their work lives.The key reasons driving the great resignation include a reduction in benefits, a worsening work-life balance, a desire to do more fulfilling work, or a toxic workplace culture.Our guest today says that the days of matching web keyword searches with resumes and job descriptions are over! Instead, it's all about culture fit. Dan Hunter is founder of Workzinga, a job search and hiring platform emphasizing company culture fit. Questions For Dan Include:Tell us about the mission of Navorion LLC’s first venture, Workzinga.What advice would you offer to employers who want to future-proof their organizations?What is your greatest source of optimism about the future of work?It seems like there’s a new headline every day. ‘The Great Resignation’.  ‘TheGreat Reconfiguration’.  And now the ‘Great Reevaluation’.  What are the most important messages leaders need to hear from these headlines?  How do the cultures of companies need to evolve?Workzinga commissioned insights agency Opinium to conduct a survey of 2,501 full-time employed and unemployed US adults aged 20-64 years old. What did the findings suggest about the importance of culture fit?You published an article on LinkedIn in early February 2022 called ‘What Does it Take For a Job Seeker to Get Noticed?’ Can you share some of your tips in the article that can help job seekers stSupport 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

Returning to the pod after many years is Joe Britto, psychological coach, interactive consultant, founder of Innate Leaders and author of Six Attributes of a Leadership Mindset.  He works with a wide range of business leaders from organizations including non-profits as well as the public and private sectors. His work focuses on creating long-term sustainable change by developing a leadership mindset throughout an organization.Joe's experience in the world of experiential learning, plus his expertise in literary theory and psychological coaching, has allowed him to develop a methodology that facilitates sustainable results for a range of organizations including Lockheed Martin, NASA, Coca-Cola, and intel.Questions Include: Your passion for your work comes from a personal belief that when mindsets shift everything shifts. Let's start there. Talk about your philosophy and experience of a mindset shift/aha moment.Innate Leaders is a consulting firm that believes "everyone can lead, given the right support and the right mindset ... and that this is true regardless of the role someone holds in an organization". How is mindset relevant in a workplace context? In what ways did you see this inherent ability to lead show up in employees and leaders during the covid crisis?How can we go about changing our mindsets in ways that improve our work and personal lives? 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

Covid-19 accelerated the transformation of the workplace and the role that HR plays in it. The HR department has had to become more strategic since the onset of the pandemic and plays an important role in shaping the New Normal.This comes with a different mindset, new skills, processes, and models. But at the end of the day, HR is still all about the human factor. That's why says today's guest, you should always keep investing in talent.Bill's guest this time is Marc-André Nataf, CEO, Cegid North America, a platform designed to help companies better manage candidates, recruiting, training, performance, compensation, career development, and succession.Questions Include:Cegid recently acquired Talentsoft. What does that mean for the capabilities, goals and market strategy of Cegid in 2022/23?Talk about factors behind so many employees wanting to leave their jobs to give more meaning to their work lives.You take a pragmatic approach in your recent article called Talent War: It’s Not All About Recruitment. You write “… to retain (high-performing employees), you need to know who they are. Who are the people whose departure would slow down the company's growth and harm its competitiveness? The first thing to do is to ensure that you have reliable data on the performance of each person, in order to go beyond the mere feelings of the managers.” How can leaders and HR departments best analyze and differentiate high performers/high potentials from those that are not adding to the bottom line?Cegid recently released its HR Trends For 2022 report, In it, it says “While we can’t simply ‘go back’ to a time before the pandemic, it’s time to look back to move forward. What we can do is make the decision to build again, on strong foundations … That’s why our HR Trends for 2022 are based around thrSupport 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 will attempt to offer you a glimpse into what it takes to review and revive your company culture. Bill's guest is Melanie Pump, a CFO with a passion for driving cultural change within organizations. She's also the author of the best-selling book, Detox. Melanie says she wrote Detox to help leaders and employees everywhere learn how to truly thrive.Instead of fostering a workplace that magnifies human frailties, Melanie says she can help you discover the strategies and practices to address your team’s emotional needs and unlock their true potential.Listen and learn how to create a healthier, more secure environment for employees.Questions Include:How can HR leaders identify potentially toxic practices/attitudes in the workplace?What tools and tactics can they use to assess the real culture on the 'shop floor'?Can you briefly run through the real, tangible impacts of toxic work environments that can diminish innovation, collaboration, succession planning, and productivity?How did you see some of these show up in work environments in your earlier career?What are some “natural insecurities and fears” within a team, and if they’re so natural, why do leaders tend to be so blind to them?How does insecurity affect team member performance?What are the subtle signs of a company culture that keeps team members from expressing their diverse ideas? What are some perceived dangers of “pushing back”?What are some of your strategies to reduce workplace uncertainty”?How can leaders bring their team members together in an authentic way? Can you now talk to me about a few of the ways to shape a non-toxic, collaborative corporate environment?More About MelanieMelanie is part of the team at Brane Capital, an independent partner for digital asset custody. Particularly attuned to the critical effects of a toxic environment, Melanie spent more than twenty years of progressive corporate experience studying the impact leaders and workplace cultures have on employee security and performance.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

Welcome to this special 400th episode of the HRchat podcast. Launched all the way back in the summer of 2016, it's amazing to think we've hit such a milestone!Bill and the team had planned to take today's 400th episode in a very different direction but, although many countries around the world are optimistically coming out the other side of the Omicron wave, we are currently faced with new and scary challenges.The geopolitical situation in Europe right now is weighing on us all and threatens scenarios not seen in over 75 years. For this reason, we decided to use the 400th edition of the HRchat podcast to remind us all of the kindness we all can choose to convey and the good we should always try to see in others. Listen as we share a montage of insights from past guests on what it means to be a compassionate, loving, understanding, and thoughtful colleague or leader. Listen and get inspiration from such experts asDave Ulrich, PhD: What are some ways that leaders can deliver hope and purpose when the future is so uncertain for so many?Alysha Campbell: Building trust in the midst of uncertainty - anchoring Employee engagement strategies on the 8 pillars of trust. Bill Treasurer: Ways to build backbones, boost performance, and get results.Mumtaz Chaudhary: The biggest challenges leaders face when it comes to managing change and how to inspire others.David Sturt: Why traditional ways of managing have finally been put to rest as a result of the Covid crisis, and how forward-thinking leaders can co-create thriving workplace cultures through powerful, meaningful micro-experiences. Mary Marzec, PhD: How organizations can start building a supportive culture of wellbeing and how that can help to increase engagement.Leeno Karumanchery, PhD: Ways managers and HR teams can lead in ways that are more inclusive and take a systematic approach to address the need for ongoing anti-oppression. Tia Graham: Ways to encourage leaders to be happier and the knock-on effects for employee engagement, company culture and the bottom line. We hope you enjoyed this special HRchat episode. Stay tuned over the coming weeks to hear new episodes featuring such industry figures as Dan Hunter, Charlene Thomas, Joe Britto, Dr. Tyrone Smith Jr., Ilya Brotsky, Norm Smallwood, Whitney Johnson, Michael G Cox, Terry Baker, and the amazingSupport 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 hone in on employee financial wellbeing. Bill Banham is joined by Darius Chehrzad, the Chief Commercial Officer at Paytient, a company focused on helping people better access affordable care. Paytient works with employers, partners, brokers, and health systems to provide a healthier way to pay for out-of-pocket care expenses.Questions Include:How does something like Paytient fit into an employer's benefits offering?What does it mean to say affordability in healthcare has moved one step forward and two steps back? What is the effect of OOP increasing on our physical and financial well-being? What is the effect of members not being able to pay medical bills?What is the effect of this on providers? How does this come back in higher fees and premiums?What are the non-obvious implications that HR is missing? When employees are not getting care, what are the long-term effects?With this cycle of price increases and people not getting care, there seems to be a big focus on HDHP to try to keep costs down. How does Paytient help with this transition?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 focus on company culture and the concept of 'Culture As a Service'. Bill's guest is Juan Luis Betancourt, CEO at Humantelligence.  Juan has previously been named as a Top 100 HR Tech Influencer in HR Executive Magazine. His experience in human capital advising was developed while a partner at Korn/Ferry International and Heidrick & Struggles. Previously, he had a global career as a general manager. Questions Include: Please introduce yourself and tell us a little about HumantelligenceCulture As a Service - How to define culture? And what advice would you give on culture? What is CaaS – culture as a service?Should the aim be to find candidates that match up with the values of the company or should organizations be looking to hire people who help to evolve the corporate culture and mission?What are the potential consequences of not hiring in a way that tries to ensure new employees are a culture fit?How can HR support efforts to make the kind of hires that increase the diversity of thought in a company?Your module, HireGuru is designed to give recruiting firms expert insights on how candidates will fit into their clients' team culture and available roles. How can that be a USP for recruiters during The Great Resignation?How can we learn more?More About Juan Luis BetancourtJuan previously worked at Siebel Systems (now Oracle) and at Procter & Gamble, in both the US and Latin America. While at Puma, as Chief Marketing Officer & Strategy Officer based in Germany, he was responsible for re-launching the Puma sports brand globally.More About HumantelligenceHumantelligence is a cloud-based Culture Analytics and recruiting platform that aims to solve today’s top workforce challenges with advanced patented technology leveraging behavioral science and Artificial Intelligence to improve key talent management areas like recruiting, hiring, culture alignment, employee engagement, and employee turnover. 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