The Recruiting Brainfood Podcast

MEASURING THE QUALITY OF HIRE (IN THE AGE OF AI)     My most popular post of 2023 was one I wrote on the How to Measure Quality of Hire. It was certainly not the quality of the writing which made it a hit - it was the obviously more that we hit a sore point for Talent Acquisition leaders and Hiring Managers on how we actually know whether we are doing a good job or not, in terms of raising the the talent density of the organisation.   Let's review what we know already about QoH and ask the question: how does AI impact how we measure it?   - What is Quality of Hire? - What are the main ways we know this is measured? - What are the main mistakes we make when measuring QoH? - What is the right time frame to measure QofH? - How does AI impact QoH? - Do we need to adjust how we measure performance now that employees are AI-enabled? - Do we need to revise how we map assessment vs job performance in light of AI use in either case? - Can AI be used to calculate QofH?     We're bringing the experts: Geraldine Butler-Wright, Founder (RorCas), Tush Wijeratne, Global Talent Acquisition Director (WPP) & Matt Bradburn, Growth & Ecosystem (People Collective).        Ep242 is sponsored by our buddies Otta   Looking to hire the right talent to meet your next milestone?   Hire like a tech unicorn, with Otta.   48% of hires on Otta are senior or expert level candidates. They have experience creating and scaling commercial functions, building scalable tech infrastructures, and developing winning strategies. They have the right mindset to get stuck in, to challenge the way things are done and drive your business forward.   Scaling businesses like Octopus Energy Group, JustEat, Cleo, Wise trust Otta to quickly attract the right people across teams and experience levels to fuel their growth.   If you’re looking to get in front of senior, highly-engaged talent who wouldn’t normally come to you – Otta helps you hire like a tech unicorn.   Hiring for tech in 2024? Get started today with Otta

STATE OF TECH HIRING IN 2024   In 2021 the Brainfood community was 50% self identified as 'tech recruiters'   Since that time, we've seen a huge changes in the world - the collapse of VC investment, the end of zero interest rate policy, the advent of generative AI and the shift of focus from intangible to tangible value economy. Where does that leave tech in 2024?   I've asked our friends at Otta to dive into their proprietary platform data and share with us their view on the state of tech hiring   - Front-end Engineers - Back-end Engineers - Full Stack Engineers - UX / UI - Product Managers - Data Engineers - Data Scientists - DevOps Engineers - Most popular programming languages - Most popular cities / regions - Highest density of tech talent (UK)     Deep dive into platform data with Finlay Clark, VP of Commercial of Otta.      Ep241 is sponsored by our buddies Otta   Finding it hard to engage senior and technical talent?   Hire like a tech unicorn, with Otta.   Like fintech unicorn Checkout.com, who trust Otta as a one-stop solution for filling critical roles - boosting inbound applications and outbound sourcing. In fact, Otta has helped them hire over 35 senior and technical talent to drive their post-Series D growth.   48% of hires made on Otta are for expert, leadership or technical roles - including software engineering, data, product and design.   If you’re looking to get in front of the right talent who wouldn’t normally come to you – Otta helps you hire like a tech unicorn.   Hiring for tech talent in 2024? Get started with Otta today

FORECASTING THE YEAR IN RECRUITMENT 2024,Pt2   Part Two of our two-part forecast series, where we look forward to what we think is going to happen in the year ahead. Lets see if we can make some S.M.A.R.T (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-bound) predictions on the following topics:   - SMB Recruitment Agency Market - D&I, especially Gender and Pay Equity - Labour Market Economics (EMEA/APAC) - Assessments and Career Sites - In-house Recruitment market     All this and more with Kalpesh Baxi, Partner (Critical Talent), Laetitia Vitaud, Director (Cadre Noir), Pawel Adrjan, Director Economic Research (Indeed), Bas van de Haterd, Founder (Digitaal-Werven) & Emma Mirrington, Founder (FIRM) & friends on Friday 12th January 2.00pm GMT.       Ep240 is sponsored by our buddies Otta     Looking for the most efficient, cost-effective and candidate friendly way to build your tech team in 2024? If so, you need to check out Otta today.   Otta is the leading tech recruiting platform that helps innovative companies engage and hire the best software engineers, data scientists, UX designers and product managers. Join hundreds of selected companies who have access to our global network of qualified candidates.   - 3 x more responsive than LinkedIn - Build a diverse workforce from our global network of candidates - Strengthen your employer brand with the leading professionals in their industry   If you're ready to start hiring the best tech talent, contact Otta today.

FORECASTING THE YEAR IN RECRUITMENT 2024,Pt1   Start of the New Year and we are going to collate our thoughts and project forward on what we think is going to happen in 2024. None of us are prophets but can we gather together enough intuition and trends analysis to produce some viable forecasts? Lets try:   - Global Economy in 2024 - State of VC / Investment Markets - Tech Hiring will it bounce back? - What is happening in the world of RPO? - Where in the world are we continuing to hire? - Which segments will remain challenging / difficult? - How will recruitment shift in dealing with a variable market?   All this and more as we bring back Brainfood Live for the first show in 2024   We're with Amit Taylor, Founder (TrueUp), Sarah White, Founder (Aspect 43), Richard Bradley, OVP of Global RPO (Kelly Services) & Shereen Ghanem, Head of TA (Medtronic)       Ep239 is sponsored by our buddies Poetry     "This is a blueprint for improving our talent acquisition maturity." TA Leader, Engineering   Poetry is a recruiter workspace including solutions for recruitment marketing, recruitment operations, recruiter learning and a launchpad for all the other tools you need to accomplish your daily tasks.   We enable recruiters to be better marketers through enhanced collaboration, genAI assistance and automatic recommendations. These are the days of brilliant content. Gone are the days of re-writing InMails, social media posts and email copy.   We save you considerable 'toggle tax' by providing so many solutions within the one app. Rapidly locate your job ad templates, competitor intelligence, interview policies and TikTok sourcing tools. Everything's in the one place.   Managers, this is for you too. Our workspace analysis and reporting tells you how the team are using the solutions and provides you with automatic coaching, recommendations and ROI.   Get started for free at www.poetryhr.com

2023 Year in Review: Labour Market, Jobs, Vacancies, Work   Final part of our 4 part series looking back at the year 2023. This time, we are zooming out to the macro and looking at state of the economy, the labour market, the vacancy market and our verdict of the year in the recruitment really has been.   - Economy in 2023 - US, UK and elsewhere - Impact of high interest rates - Labour supply - Economic growth - Company formation vs company growth - Job applicant behaviour - Workforce participation - Impact of AI, if any? - Sector specificity - White collar recession? - Market for recruiters....are we good canaries for this coal mine?   We're with Emma Mirrington, Founder (The Firm), Neil Carberry, MD (Recruitment and Employers Confederation), Dr Sarah Ali, VP of Economic Forecasting (Indiana Economic Development Corporation)     Ep238 is sponsored by our buddies Poetry   "This is a blueprint for improving our talent acquisition maturity." TA Leader, Engineering   Poetry is a recruiter workspace including solutions for recruitment marketing, recruitment operations, recruiter learning and a launchpad for all the other tools you need to accomplish your daily tasks.   We enable recruiters to be better marketers through enhanced collaboration, genAI assistance and automatic recommendations. These are the days of brilliant content. Gone are the days of re-writing InMails, social media posts and email copy.   We save you considerable 'toggle tax' by providing so many solutions within the one app. Rapidly locate your job ad templates, competitor intelligence, interview policies and TikTok sourcing tools. Everything's in the one place.   Managers, this is for you too. Our workspace analysis and reporting tells you how the team are using the solutions and provides you with automatic coaching, recommendations and ROI.   Get started for free at www.poetryhr.com

2023 Year in Review: LinkedIn Content Marketing & LinkedIn Sourcing   Part 3 of our 4 part series looking back at the year 2023. This time, we're looking back at our old and necessary friend, LinkedIn! Recruiters No1 most important platform, how did it treat you in 2023? We're going to review the major changes on:   - LinkedIn Newsfeed algorithm - Post types - Creator Mode / Livestream / Audio Event - LinkedIn Newsletters - LinkedIn Talent Solutions - LinkedIn Recruiter - Search on LinkedIn - AI features - BTS with LinkedIn Engineering     We're with Andy Foote, Founder (LinkedInsights) & Irina Shamaeva, Partner (Braingain Consulting)         Ep237 is sponsored by our buddies Pinpoint     Be ready for anything with Pinpoint—the fast, flexible applicant tracking software. Talent teams are constantly faced with change. From hypergrowth to evolving policies to hiring managers simply changing their minds, recruiters need to quickly respond to new demands.   Your ATS should make that easier to do, not harder.   Enter Pinpoint: Our intuitive platform means it will always be easy-to-use for your talent team, hiring managers, and candidates. And under the surface, you’ll find the flexible tools you need to continue evolving. Stay agile as you grow your company, advance your talent strategy, or hire across different markets.   Fast, flexible software and unlimited help from our team means you'll attract the right candidates, select the best, and wow your new hires from the moment they say ‘yes.’   Book your demo now.

2023 Year in Review: Recruitment Advertising & Employer Branding   Part 2 of our 4 part series looking back at the year 2023. This time, focus is on Recruitment Advertising and Employer Branding. What the heck happened on these two domains this year?   - SEO / Changes on Google Jobs - Behavioural ad targeting / retargeting - Impact of Search Generative Experience - CPC vs CPA - State of Job Boards - State of Programmatic Advertising - Employer branding during recession / lay offs - Rise of candidate ghosting as recruiters get overwhelmed - Career site chatBots to deal with FAQ - Candidate portals....did this become a thing?   We're with Alex Chukovski, Founder (Crypto Careers), Robin Stander, VP Sales (Appcast), Josh Willows, Head of Programmatic Sales (Veritone), Jeff Dickey-Chasins, (The Job Board Doctor), Steve Ward, Head of Employer Branding Solutions, (Universum) & Vicki Saunders, Founder (EVP) & Charu Malhotra, Head of Global Talent Branding (PA Consulting)       Ep236 is sponsored by our buddies Poetry     "This is a blueprint for improving our talent acquisition maturity." TA Leader, Engineering   Poetry is a recruiter workspace including solutions for recruitment marketing, recruitment operations, recruiter learning and a launchpad for all the other tools you need to accomplish your daily tasks.   We enable recruiters to be better marketers through enhanced collaboration, genAI assistance and automatic recommendations. These are the days of brilliant content. Gone are the days of re-writing InMails, social media posts and email copy.   We save you considerable 'toggle tax' by providing so many solutions within the one app. Rapidly locate your job ad templates, competitor intelligence, interview policies and TikTok sourcing tools. Everything's in the one place.   Managers, this is for you too. Our workspace analysis and reporting tells you how the team are using the solutions and provides you with automatic coaching, recommendations and ROI.   Get started for free at www.poetryhr.com

2023 Year in Review: AI, DEIB and Worktech Investment   Coming in for the final 4 Brainfood Live sessions of the year and we are going to do a series on 'Review of the Year 2023. We've 12 topics packed into 4 sessions, so make sure you follow the channel in order to be notified of them all when we go live.   We being with AI, WorkTech Investment and DEIB - what has happened in 2023 on these three domains?   - Timeline of AI events and milestones - Major impact of AI on recruitment industry - AI enablement of candidates - AI roll out across all major consumer apps - AI as a disruptor to the workforce - VC Investment in Work Tech - what is the situation Mr LaRoque? - DEIB - have we taken backward step in 2023? - What has been the DEIB domain of the year? - How do we know where we're at with DEIB?   Let's take a look back folks at three critically important domains of the recruiting industry.     We're with Martyn Redstone, Founder (PPBOTS), George LaRoque, Founder (WorkTech), Joanne Lockwood, Consultant (SEEChange), Theo Smith, Founder (NeuroDiversity World) & Friends       Ep235 is sponsored by our buddies Poetry     "This is a blueprint for improving our talent acquisition maturity." TA Leader, Engineering   Poetry is a recruiter workspace including solutions for recruitment marketing, recruitment operations, recruiter learning and a launchpad for all the other tools you need to accomplish your daily tasks.   We enable recruiters to be better marketers through enhanced collaboration, genAI assistance and automatic recommendations. These are the days of brilliant content. Gone are the days of re-writing InMails, social media posts and email copy.   We save you considerable 'toggle tax' by providing so many solutions within the one app. Rapidly locate your job ad templates, competitor intelligence, interview policies and TikTok sourcing tools. Everything's in the one place.   Managers, this is for you too. Our workspace analysis and reporting tells you how the team are using the solutions and provides you with automatic coaching, recommendations and ROI.   Get started for free at www.poetryhr.com

DOES YOUR COMPANY HAVE A MENOPAUSE PLAN?   Worldwide Menopause day went by last month and I - like most men I suspect - totally did not know about it(!). And yet menopause is an inherent and potentially significant moment in women's lives, one which is under discussed in society at large and certainly in the world of work. Does your company have a plan for menopause? If you have women in your workforce, you had better.   You will learn: Basics: - What is menopause, who is affected, when does it happen? - What are stages of menopause? - How does menopause manifest? - What can women expect to experience during menopause? - How long does menopause last? - What do we think of the recommended medical advice? - What is the state of menopause in the workplace? - What can employers do to normalise menopause, whilst also helping employees who may need extra help? - How can other employees assist? - What kind of work configurations, work designs should be considered? All this and more as we dive into a critically important yet neglected topic in the workplace. We're with Angela Cripps, MD, (Recruiting Gym), Kellie Millar, Recruitment Manager (Space & Time), Sally Higham, Head of Talent Attraction, (Lonza), Clair Bush, Founder (CareerSix), Lou Furby, Senior Events & Communications Manager (SpecSavers), Marisa Esteves, Manager, Talent Acquisition, (ScribeAmerica) & Jennifer Candee, Global Director of Talent Acquisition (Cargill)   Ep234 is sponsored by our buddies Poetry "This is a blueprint for improving our talent acquisition maturity." TA Leader, Engineering Poetry is a recruiter workspace including solutions for recruitment marketing, recruitment operations, recruiter learning and a launchpad for all the other tools you need to accomplish your daily tasks. We enable recruiters to be better marketers through enhanced collaboration, genAI assistance and automatic recommendations. These are the days of brilliant content. Gone are the days of re-writing InMails, social media posts and email copy. We save you considerable 'toggle tax' by providing so many solutions within the one app. Rapidly locate your job ad templates, competitor intelligence, interview policies and TikTok sourcing tools. Everything's in the one place. Managers, this is for you too. Our workspace analysis and reporting tells you how the team are using the solutions and provides you with automatic coaching, recommendations and ROI. Get started for free at www.poetryhr.com

AREF ABEDI, CEO OF JOBLYON   We're up and close and personal with the entrepreneurs changing the way in which we work today. Next up is Aref Abedi, CEO of up and coming ATS, Joblyon.   Lets hear from Aref on tech startup, leadership during an extraordinary period in the global economy, how Joblyon conquered the Nordic market and what the plans are going forward with expansion into UK, EU and beyond.   Ep40 is supported by Jobylon.   In today’s talent landscape, change is the only constant. That’s why you need a flexible hiring system. Jobylon is the ATS tailor-made for top employers, adapting seamlessly to your processes and ways of working. Whether you’re hiring 50 or 5,000, Jobylon helps you attract, manage, and hire the best candidates.   Learn more at Jobylon.com