The Recruiting Brainfood Podcast

Founders Focus is the show where we get up close and personal with the leaders of the businesses changing the way we work today   Next up is Alex van Klaveren, CEO of KANDIDATE   - What are the benefits of being a non-recruiter, getting into the recruitment business? - Were you always going to start a business or did it just happen? - When did you know it was going to happen? - What are the key differences from being a CEO vs senior manager? - What are the toughest challenges of the role today? - What role does technology play in solving the talent acquisition problem? - What exciting things can customers expect from KANDIDATE in 2022?   All this and more as we take a deep dive into the business leaders building the technology changing the way we work today.   Ep25 Founders Focus is supported by KANDIDATE “I Love Spending Money on Head Hunters” - said no one, ever… The Embedded Sourcer model will get you results by finding new candidates for hard to fill roles. This is not just operating Linkedin Recruiter - this is advanced Boolean Search, X Ray Search, Social Search, and AI based diversity sourcing to find you new, quality candidates that you hadn’t found before. We build talent pipelines of 150+ per role, find candidate email addresses, and write engaging reach out copy. We offer a flat fee monthly pricing model-contact gaby@kandidate.com to find out more

The Career Ladder to CPO!   Chief People Officer or 'CPO' is pretty much the top job in the internal side of the recruiter industry. I'm delighted to say that several people I knew when they were individual contributors have progressed their careers so that they now hold this position. How did they get there? We're bringing in a squad of recently minted CPO's to let us know what we need to know if we ever want to get to this spot.   You will learn   - How is CPO different from the other roles in the function? - What are the knowledge gaps which are most important to fill in this role? - How do CPO positions emerge? - What is the optimal career trajectory to be considered for role? - How important is domain experience for this role? - Is it better that the person comes from HR, TA or something else? - What was the interview process like, what do you have to prepare for?   All this and more in this week's Brainfood Live On Air. w/ Layla Kidwai, VP People, (Funding Circle), Antonio Arias Lopez, CPO (QuoIntelligence)  & Leslie Kivit, Founder, (The People Lab)     Ep152 is sponsored by Zinc   Zinc is an automated reference and background checking toolkit, with a difference. Onboard employees faster. Zinc saves talent teams an average of 90 minutes per candidate checked, reducing turnaround times from weeks to days. Their all-in-one global solution offers checks including; criminal record, ID, credit, financial, media, identity, and education checks—perfect for regulated businesses. On top of this, Zinc transforms your candidate’s experiences through radical transparency, keeping candidates informed and allowing them to keep their checking data. With direct ATS integrations with Greenhouse, Workable, Teamtailor, SmartRecruiters, LinkedIn Talent Hub, Comeet and Lever and most recently, Hibob, you only need to click a button to stay compliant. See it in action today. Book a free trial with Zinc here

The State of Agency Recruitment in 2022 (Down Under!)   Universal challenges + local conditions = unique solutions. There are no doubts that the ANZ market, and the APAC region in general has unique characteristics which influence the behaviour of clients, colleagues and candidates alike. We're going to use the opportunity in my last week in Australia to speak to recruiters and recruitment agency owners and learn how they have tackled the challenges of this year:       You will learn   - Candidate shortage, how real, which sectors, how to deal? - Candidate drop out rate, how to mitigate? - Increasing process efficiency, how to advise clients on moving more quickly for in-demand candidates - Automation and tooling, how are recruiters adopting tech, what works best today - Shift to remote / WFH - how do we persuade employers to flex?     All this and more in this Brainfood Live with Jo McCatty, Founder (Protoscience), Ez Khan, MD (Spencer Lane), Dani Tamati, MD (The Resources Hub) & Ross Clennett, Director (Ross Clennett)   Ep151 is sponsored by Willo Speaking to candidates on Zoom, Teams or Skype and It’s a great way to meet people, but it can also exhausting, inefficient and inconvenient Willo has taken the interviewing process and brought it into the 21st century. They looked at all the negatives of traditional interviews like scheduling, fatigue, anxiety and travel, and created a virtual interview process that candidates actually love - and they have an NPS score to prove it... They also have native integrations with Workable, Greenhouse and Zapier, so you can automate your selection process, cast a wider net, and really scale things up. Get 10% off when you signup at willo.video, that's W-i-l-l-o dot video with coupon 'brainfood'.

Leadership Fitness (For a Remote First World)   A cynical take on why execs vs employees are divided in their attitude to WFH is that managers don't know how to do their job when they are not 'overseeing' their team and hence insist on 'back to the office'. And yet the logic of the remote or at least hybrid working is irresistible and perhaps a significant percentage of leaders trained in the on premise style may struggle to be effective in this new future we find ourselves in. What do leaders need to do be 'future fit' for a remote first world?   This is topic of Brainfood Live On Air   You will learn   - Differences between Leadership vs Management - Key skills needed for leadership in the remote teams - Why these are important - How to develop these skills, whilst in the role - How can institutions help develop the leadership skills of the future - What the implications are of this new style of leadership, in terms of demographics, DEIB, and rising to the top   All this and more in this Brainfood Live special, where we are live with a 1-2-1 conversation with the amazing Dr Richard Claydon, Chief Cognitive Officer, EQLAbs   Episode 150 is supported by our buddies Daxtra   Daxtra is on a mission to make data more useful for recruiters. Transform your dormant and disorganised database into your primary source for making actual hires. Need to clean, enrich and activate dormant applicant data? Contact us for a demo today

Founders Focus is the show where we get up close and personal with the leaders of the businesses changing the way we work today   Next up is Martin Herbst, CEO of JobAdder   - How is recruitment technology different from e-commerce? - What do you think e-commerce could learn from recruitment, and vice versa? - What are the qualities which make you a good leader? - Did you develop these or were they crib born skills? - What do you look for when hiring for your leadership team? - How do you think a CEO impacts company culture? - What is the first important thing you did when you took the job at JobAdder? - Over your career, which is the one decision you could take back? - What exciting things can clients expect at JobAdder for the rest of 2022?   All this and more as we take a deep dive into the business leaders building the technology changing the way we work today.   Click on the green button to register and follow the channel here (recommended) for further updates     Ep24 of Founders Focus is supported by JobAdder   This week’s brainfood is supported by our buddies at JobAdder, the software for recruitment companies and HR departments worldwide. Speak to one of JobAdder’s reps for a demo here

How to Build Social Capital (In A Remote First World)   Everyone in recruitment agrees that building your network is one of the key components of sustainable success in this business. There is no doubt that in-person connection helped deepen relationships with clients, colleagues and candidates alike. So what does it mean now that we are mainly doing our work in a remote first way? Are our networks going to be smaller, less effective? And are there any ways in which networking can be done more effectively in the remote world?   This is topic of Brainfood Live On Air     You will learn   - Challenges of networking from a low base - Accelerating relationship development from remote - Scaling relationship development from remote - Getting to know people on Slack.... - Team building exercise in remote only - Rituals managers can implement to build social capital   All this and more.....   With w/ Alla Pavlova, Tech & Art Talent Sourcing, (Riot Games), Samantha Topuzes, Talent Acquisition Team Lead (Urban Sports Club), Senia Williams (Account Manager), Google & Fiona Halkyard, Talent Marketing Lead, Randstad SourceRight

Founders Focus is the show where we get up close and personal with the leaders of the businesses changing the way we work today   Next up is Siadhal Magos, CEO of Metaview   - When did you realise there was an opportunity to create a new category in recruitment technology? - How has your background in Product helped and hindered you as a CEO? - What have been the biggest differences between senior exec vs CEO? - What are the things you can't / won't let go? - If you could improve your skills as a CEO, which domain would you want to get better at most? - What has been your worst decision in your time as CEO of Metaview? - How do you see the future of this category of 'talent intelligence'? - What exciting things can customers of Metaview expect in 2022? - When hiring for leaders for your business, what do you assess for most? - What would be one word of advice you would give to a young entrepreneur, starting their journey?   All this and more as we take a deep dive into the business leaders building the technology changing the way we work today.   Ep23 Founders Focus is supported by Metaview   Metaview is a Talent Science company. When scaling your teams, it's impossible to keep interviews consistent and high quality with a scientific data driven approach. Metaview provides unique interview analytics to help your recruiters and hiring managers improve. The result is happier candidates, less bias, a more efficient hiring process and better hires for your business. Interested in knowing more? Request a demo with one of our friendly team today

DDR - or Data Driven Recruitment, what is this, why do we need it and how do we get there? I don't think any one topic has achieved wide spread consensus as quickly as being 'data driven'. What does this really mean and why is it better than the other thing? How are recruiting teams which operate in a data driven way, different from those that do not? You will learn - Difference between Data Driven / not Data Driven (pst - it's a sliding scale) - Data maturity model - how to analyse the state of TA function in relation to DDR - Where is data most important in the recruitment process? - How do we collect this data / manage this data? - How does data translate into insight into decision making? - What is the ultimate goal of DDR? All this and more..... With w/ Christine Ng, Head of Talent & Media (Quantum Motion), Andrew Gadomski, Managing Director (Aspen Analytics), Chris Brady, NA Talent Acquisition Leader (Sage) & Mary Kay Baldino, Head of Talent Acquisition at R1 RCM

Founders Focus is the show where we get up close and personal with the leaders of the businesses changing the way we work today   Next up is Ammon Bartram, CEO of Triplebyte   - When did you know Triplebyte was going to happen? - What were the good things about Y Combinator? - In what ways do you think Y Comb might be damaging? - Engineering led startups - strengths, weaknesses - What did you learn from Justin? - What product innovations can we expect from Triplebyte in 2022? - How much will the changes in coding, change the skills that need to be assessed? - What would your advice be to young entrepreneurs starting today?   All this and more as we take a deep dive into the business leaders building the technology changing the way we work today.   Ep22 Founders Focus is supported by Triplebyte   Hiring for technical talent takes hundreds of hours across your team. Triplebyte Screen reduces interview lift by up to 66% by quickly surfacing the best engineers, cutting the time it takes to interview and hire by 2/3rds. Get started with Triplebyte Screen in as little as 5 minutes, 100% free. Sign up today.

We all know job ads are under performing - with crashing applicant rates as talent shortage persists throughout 2022. It's timely we have expert opinion from recruitment marketers, recruitment ad professionals and algorithmic job posting vendors to help us get better value from our posts   We are going to find out: - What day of the week is best for applicant rate - What time of the day is best for applicant rate - What week of the month is best for applicant rate - How long should your job title be? - How many words in your job ad? - What do job seekers look for when they read job ad copy?   All this and more, essential training on how to create and post job adverts.   With Jelmer Koppelmans, Co-founder, (Roadtrip), Jelmer Zuidema, Co-founder (Roadtrip), Robin Stander, VP of Sales (Appcast) & Modiara Kamps, Head of Employer Branding, (Boston Consulting Group   Ep147 is sponsored by Appcast   Appcast is a global provider of recruitment advertising technology and enterprise managed services for talent acquisition. We are a pioneer of programmatic job advertising, which uses complex algorithms to help employers increase engagement with qualified candidates by showing people the right job ads, at the right time, in the right place. We annually manage more than a billion dollars of job advertising for more than 1,500 employers who save time and money on their job advertising through Appcast. Find out more at appcast.io or request a demo today.