HRchat Podcast

The ways we find jobs and how firms hire has changed as a result of Covid. From where you’re looking for talent to the interview and onboarding process, social distancing is impacting recruiting in a myriad of ways, and just how much will depend on your industry.In this HRchat interview, we consider what job seekers and recruiters are doing to fill roles during this, the most disruptive of years. Our guest is Bill Boorman, Strategic Advisor at VONQ. Bill advises talent technology companies on their product road map and hiring companies on technology and approach. He is also the host of the popular #tru events series. Bill is an avid blogger, produces monthly white papers, and is the author of the "The Cult Of Work".Bill will be a speaker at the second InnovateWork UK virtual event happening on October 1st. 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 the elements needed to design an exceptional work environment. Our guest is Nancy Vitale, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Partners for Wellbeing, a boutique People and HR advisory and consulting firm that is dedicated to bringing holistic wellbeing to organizations, enabling them to be great places to work for all of their people.Most recently, Nancy was the CHRO for Genentech, a mission-driven biotech company located in the Bay Area. Her career experiences have led her to helping other organizations effectively invest in the total wellbeing of their people as the key to living well, working well and being at their best. When people can be at their best, they can work at their best. Enabling thriving cultures through wellbeing is now Nancy's purpose and passion.Nancy is also on the advisory board at Espresa, the culture benefits platform based in the Bay Area.Listen to this interview and discover: * What does it mean to have a thriving culture?* The five elements that make up total wellbeing* How can companies offer better ways for employees to be happy and healthy? 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 look ahead to the first InnovateWork event in the Twin Cities with one of the event speakers, Jess Von Bank. Jess is a 17-year industry veteran and impassioned evangelist of the modern employee experience. As both a former recruiting practitioner and an expert in bringing HCM vendor solutions to market, Jess strives to broaden the executive mindset to better design and deliver a workforce experience that exceeds the expectations of talent and the needs of the business.Jess is the Head of Marketing at Leapgen, a digital transformation company shaping the Now of Work. She co-hosts the Now of Work podcast and runs the Now of Work global community along with Jason Averbook.  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

The pandemic has left millions of people in the US, Canada, and around the globe jobless and looking for new opportunities. Covid has given many people the time to re-assess our careers and many job seekers may want to use the tragedies of 2020 as an opportunity to make a career pivot. The problem, however, is how they can demonstrate their expertise in new fields. In this HRchat episode, we're going to talk about ways companies are moving away from traditional ways of assessing candidates and technologies that save firms time and money while better matching candidates with the right roles.Our guest this time is Stephen Shefsky, Co-Founder and CEO of tilr, a next-generation web and mobile application that automates the recruitment process by using the currency of skills to connect companies with job seekers; enhancing both workers’ lives and companies’ bottom lines.Learn more about tilr. 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, Andrew Spence, shares his thoughts on an increasingly decentralized workforce and how it will impact organizations and HR departments. "As work unbundles" explains Andy, "it will be reconstituted into new forms and also refresh some older ones (that) we are more familiar with." Andy is an experienced management consultant specializing in the design and implementation of new HR operating models to deliver business goals. He has worked on over 25 complex transformation programs with organizations including; BP, John Lewis Partnership, Novartis, United Health Group and the UK Public Sector.Andy has an MSc in Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence and his recent research has included publishing a paper with the Tapscotts' Blockchain Research Institute on “Blockchain and the CHRO” in addition to developing an eLearning course on "Blockchain and HR".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 interview, we consider leadership and resilience in the face of adversity. Our guest is Carla Rieger, CEO at MindStory Coaching and speaker at the most recent InnovateWork Vancouver event where she presented a session called 'A Brain Hack for Building Confidence when Working in Uncertain Times'.Carla helps people to break through their fears so that they can influence with power, integrity and purpose. She's author of 6 books and 15 online learning programs, an internationally known motivational speaker, trainer, consultant, facilitator, and executive performance coach for over 20 years. Her specialty is breaking leaders free of inner limitations so they can fulfill their leadership calling.This podcast episode is supported by Virgin Pulse,  the employee well-being solution that helps employees create habits that matter so they can be their best at work and at home.We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared in this episode are entirely independent of our show sponsors. There is no relationship between the guest and companies advertising within the podcasts published by The HR Gazette or our partners.   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 hear from Tim Sackett about ways to recruit and get hired in a recession. Tim is President of HRU Technical Resources - a leading IT and Engineering Staffing firm.Tim has 20+ years of combined Executive HR and Talent Acquisition experience, working for Fortune 500 companies in healthcare, retail, dining and technology. He is a highly sought after national speaker on leadership, talent acquisition and HR execution. He also is a prolific writer in the HR and Talent space, writing for Fistful of Talent and his blog The Tim Sackett Project. He's also a Senior Faculty Member at the Josh Bersin Academy.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, Julie  Wald,  Founder,  CEO and Chief Wellness Officer at Namaste  Wellness joins the show to share ways leaders can better equip employees with the physical and mental wellbeing tools to combat the stresses and anxieties caused by a world turned upside down by the virus and economic downturn. A wellness practitioner for over  25  years, Julie is the  Founder,  CEO, and  Chief  Wellness  Officer at Namaste  Wellness,  a  leading  Corporate  Wellness  Company.  Julie is also  the bestselling author of  “Inner Wealth  -  how wellness heals,  nurtures and optimizes ultra-successful people”,  released in  March this year. We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our sponsors and guests 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 hear from Susan Lovegren, a progressive Human Resources Executive with a track record of reimagining workplace policies, programs, and processes to better align with the rapidly changing needs of the workforce, business and customers. Susan loves technology that simplifies work and enhances the employee experience. 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 the 200th episode of the HRchat show, we welcome Steve Browne back to the show to share lessons for HR pros looking for ways to lead in uncertain times. Steve is the Vice President of Human Resources for LaRosa's Inc. - a regional Pizzeria restaurant chain in Southwest Ohio with 12 locations and over 1,100 Team Members. He is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Board of Directors and has held several other national, regional, state, and local SHRM volunteer leadership roles. Steve facilitates a monthly HR Roundtable as well as an HR internet forum, called the HR Net, which reaches over 12,500+ people globally each week.He’s very active on social media and has an internationally recognized HR blog. He is the author of “HR on Purpose !!” which looks at Human Resources from a fresh, positive and intentional perspective. In it, Steve called on HR professionals to take ownership of who they were and what they did in their roles in organizations. In his new book, “HR Rising !!”, he’s urging pros to take the next step from Ownership to Leadership. 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