The Recruiting Brainfood Podcast

TALENT INTELLIGENCE - WHAT, WHY, HOW Do you know what 'talent intelligence' is? You'd be forgiven if you didn't, because it's a concept which has stubbornly stayed on the fringes of the TA, mainly due to strategic neglect by businesses who had long under estimated the impact acquiring top talent had on the bottom line. But as businesses better understand the importance of the talent they have a their disposal, Talent Intelligence is becoming a function distinct with the TA function, sitting in between traditional recruiter and analytics. They are there to tell you where the best talent is in the market - where best to put the jobs, where best to put the recruiter hiring for those jobs. We're going to be talking about Talent Intelligence in Ep102 of Brainfood Live On Air, with some of the leading brains in the industry - Leila Mortet, Talent Intelligence at Philips, Toby Culshaw, Talent Intelligence Lead at Amazon and Allison Ettridge, Founder at Talent Intuition. Ep102 of Brainfood Live On Air is supported by our buddies Kelly Services.  Kelly Services are a global specialty talent solutions provider, connecting great people with great companies in fields including Science, Engineering, Office, Light Industrial, Education, and more. Whether you’re a job seeker or an employer, we’ll help you ditch the script on old ways of thinking, so you can meet your goals and reach your potential. Find out more about our services here

Ep4 of 'Founders Focus' - a new Recruiting Brainfood series where we get up close and personal with the leaders of the burgeoning Recruitment & HR technology space. Next up is Vivek Ravisankar, CEO of market leading tech assessment platform HackerRank  - Who is Vivek Ravisankar? - What is his leadership philosophy? - What has he learned from being CEO? - Does he still know how to code? - Do engineers make good CEO's? - How is digital collaboration going to change in a remote first world? - What does work from anywhere do to labour migration? All this and more, as we take a deep dive into the personalities leading the technology businesses changing the way we hire Click on the green button on the top right to register, and follow the channel (here) for more Founder Focus stories Ep4 of Founders Focus is sponsored by HackerRank   Build great tech teams end-to-end, fully remote and from anywhere in the world.  Take the 2 min.HackerRank Hiring Maturity assessment to find out how your hiring process stacks up against the most innovative companies in the world Sign up for a 14 day free trial here  

HOW TO HIRE (WHEN YOUR OVERLOADED WITH JOB APPLICATIONS?) Over the past 12 months we've observed the phenomenon of surging applicant volume, with numbers from 100-1000% more than the same moment the year before.  For many industries, especially ones which are absorbing workers from industries made dormant by lockdown, handing excess volume of job applications has become THE hiring challenge to tackle. The shift to remote - and the 'hire from anywhere' approach - suggests that this pattern of high volume job applications can be expected for many types of job role. - How to structure your TA team to handle it? - How do you maintain / improve candidate experience? - Does your relationship with the hiring managers change? - What tech stack do you need to handle the volume? - How do you ensure the TA team - the recruiter experience - remains intact? All this and more in Ep101 of Brainfood Live On Air. We're with Clair Bush, VP of Marketing at ph.creative, Jelmer Koppelmans Founder at Roadtrip and Ben Gledhill, Head of Resourcing at Thames Water Ep101 is sponsored by our buddies Occupop Attract, manage and hire the right people for your business with software designed for in-house recruiters in mind. Looking to upgrade from spreadsheets or swap out your legacy ATS? Check out Occupop, start with a free 14 day trial here

Ep3 of 'Founders Focus' - a new Recruiting Brainfood series where we get up close and personal with the leaders of the burgeoning Recruitment & HR technology space. Next up is Mickael Cabrol, MD, EMEA of iCIMS, after the successful acquisition with EASYRECRUE where he was the CEO.  - Who is Mickael Cabrol ? - What is his leadership philosophy? - What has he learned from being CEO? - How was the EASYRECRUE / iCIMS deal sealed? - What can EASYRECRUE/iCIMS customers expect in 2021? - What is it like to transition to being a leader vs the leader? All this and more, as we take a deep dive into the personalities leading the technology businesses changing the way we hire Ep2 of Founders Focus is sponsored by iCIMS Create your winning workforce with iCIMS’ industry-leading service and platform, backed by today’s top analysts and independent researchers.  Book a demo here

Rejecting candidates is one of the hard parts of the job of any recruiter. None of us like to do it, but we not only have to do it, but have to get better at it. - What makes a good rejection message? - Phone call or email? - How much feedback can you / do you give? - What to do if the rejection or the feedback is disputed by the candidate? - Does they stage of the application process influence rejection handling?Is it actually an opportunity to create an employer brand advocate? We're going to examine this question and more, as we discuss one of the most neglected aspects of the recruiting process - how to reject candidates, better Ep100 is sponsored by our buddies Occupop Attract, manage and hire the right people for your business with software designed for in-house recruiters in mind. Looking to upgrade from spreadsheets or swap out your legacy ATS? Check out Occupop, start with a free 14 day trial here

LETS FACE IT: Pre-covid, a great deal of Employer branding was focused on the physical space of the office building and the on premise experience that new employees could expect to have upon joining.. This was the reason for the huge investment employers made in commercial real estate, opening up space for WeWork (remember them?) to create a category which promised the experience without the fixed costs. NOW THIS, - we're all at home, working remote - we don't care about the conditions of the office - we're beginning to not care about the location of the office WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN FOR EMPLOYER BRANDING? How do companies communicate their EB when the physical environment isn't going to change for the employee? Some top tips on how to do this from our guests this week - Steve Ward (Universum) Heidi Wassini, Global Talent Acquisition. Helen Durkin EB Program Lead, Indeed.com  & Employer Branding Partner, Vivino & Akbar Karenga Head of Talent (Storyblok) Ep99 is sponsored by our buddies CA3 CA3 is an award-winning employer brand agency that helps organisations attract, onboard and engage with talent through compelling creative comms. Great work, great relationships is their raison d'être, the reason their clients (the likes of Expedia Group, Johnson Matthey, Smartest Energy, Audley Group, Aviva, GE Healthcare and Rolls-Royce) love working with them, and their people come to work smiling (even on Mondays apparently).   If your EVP or employer brand is in need of a little love and attention after a tough 2020 why not check out their website today.

'Founders Focus' - a new Recruiting Brainfood series where we get up close and personal with the leaders of the burgeoning Recruitment & HR technology space. Next up is Hanno Renner, CEO of Personio, the HR operating system for your growing business - Who is Hanno Renner? - What is his leadership philosophy? - How do you CEO a rocketship? - What is it like building a European company vs a US company?  -How does technology change behaviour? - What can Personio customers expect in 2021? All this and more, as we take a deep dive into the personalities leading the technology businesses changing the way we hire Ep2 of Founders Focus is sponsored by Personio HR, Recruiting and Payroll, Personio supports all of the core HR processes in one easy-to-implement system. More than 3000 satisfied customers including Premier Inn, Spendesk, Statista and Clevershuttle use Personio. Schedule a demo today with one of Personio’s friendly reps and they’ll be happy to help. Or try it for free here

THE DARK SIDE OF LINKEDIN: DEALING WITH BULLIES, STALKERS & TROLLS If you're a follower of this channel chances are you use LinkedIn every day as part of your essential toolkit as a professional in the people business. We don't expect to encounter trouble here do we? And yet, there is a price to be paid when you are a user of the platform where anyone can sign up, anyone can post, anyone can comment or message. Some of us - by dint of gender, ethnicity, professional role or something else, can be a target more than others. This week's brainfood is a change of pace - lets have a think about how other people experience LinkedIn and how best to deal with troublesome or malevolent interactions we might encounter there. Friday 26th February, 2.00pm UTC Ep98 of Brainfood Live On Air is supported by our buddies Kelly Services.  Kelly Services are a global specialty talent solutions provider, connecting great people with great companies in fields including Science, Engineering, Office, Light Industrial, Education, and more. Whether you’re a job seeker or an employer, we’ll help you ditch the script on old ways of thinking, so you can meet your goals and reach your potential. Find out more about our services here

Introducing 'Founders Focus' - a new Recruiting Brainfood series where we get up close and personal with the leaders of the burgeoning Recruitment & HR technology space. First up is Steve Lucas, CEO of iCIMS, the market leading cloud recruitment platform provider. - Who is Steve Lucas? - What is his leadership philosophy? - What has he learned from being CEO? - What can iCIMS customers expect in 2021? - What movie villain does Steve have most sympathy with? All this and more, as we take a deep dive into the personalities leading the technology businesses changing the way we hire Ep1 of Founders Focus is sponsored by iCIMS Create your winning workforce with iCIMS’ industry-leading service and platform, backed by today’s top analysts and independent researchers.  Book a demo here

A big problem with DE&I is that it is considered a topic 'for HR'. And HR can often by at fault, taking 'ownership' of DE&I initiatives and inadvertently preventing the ideas from really embedding into the rest of business. Its time for change folks - and that change has to be on how we get DE&I out of HR and into the rest of the business! We're going to be joined by an ensemble guest lists including Vessy Tasheva (inclusion specialist & consultant), Rocki Howard (Head of Diversity), non-HR managers who have taken leadership roles in DE&I - Garry Turner (IMCD Group), Jessy Halison (ecosia), African Munoz (LinkedIn), as well as by recruiters who are responsible to top of funnel acquisition of candidates (Katy Peichert). Kind of a can't miss folks Ep97 is sponsored by our buddies Applied Applied is blind recruitment software for unbiased hiring. Make hiring decisions based on data, not background or bias. Employers like ASOS.com, Centrica, GroupM and many others use Applied. Not convinced?  Request a demo here and a friendly member of our team will get in touch!