The Recruiting Brainfood Podcast

How has 2020 changed Tech Recruiting? Amongst the hardest challenges in the recruiting business, hiring in-demand software developers, designers and data scientists was consistently popular topic over the past decade.  How has Covid-19 changed this? We will learn about Employer branding for tech talent Changing candidate demands from employers The near mandatory provision of flexible working Changes in the core metrics of recruiting - has time to hire reduced? Sources of talent - what has happened to tech job vacancy / advertising? D&I in tech - how, what are we doing about this, since Covid-19 hit.  Manjuri Sinha, Global Head of Tech Recruiting at OLX and Alla Pavlova, Tech Recruiter at Miro, will be joining the debate. Pedro Oliveira from Future Works steps in as co-host Ep81 is sponsored by our buddies at PASS. PASS make background checking, simple centralising background screening in one location for a faster, fully compliant and more cost-effective process.  Grab 30 day free trial at PASS here

One thing that Covid-19 and lockdown has taught us that there are new communication channels which recruiters truly need to embrace.  Email + telephone - whilst still important - are yesterday's communication tech, being first supplemented by chat, video and livestream, before being supplanted by them.  It's time we all upgraded our game in how to communicate the covid era. Jose Kadlec - author of the wildly popular Covid Proof Virtual Trainer, is our special guest today on will help us run through the technology & set up options for provide the best possible experience for both us, as the communicator / creator and for them, the audience and the recipient.  You will learn about Best Webcams Lighting techniques / hacks Shoot with mobile or via laptop Best Mic's Video options for live synchronoous chat, for broadcast, for video notes and the rest.  This is it folks - in 1 hour we are going to cover all you need to know to upgrade your video set up.  Episode 80 is supported by our buddies at VideoMyJob. VideoMyJob is an award-winning video platform used by teams to create authentic video content that attracts talent and engages employees. Up your recruitment marketing game today - here

How transferrable are your recruiter skills? There is no question that flexibility in career path is smart thinking for anyone in any line of work right now, and us recruiters are no exception.  Today's show we will be exploring the career paths which recruiters can explore. Helping us do it? Will be a line up of recruiters who have made the move to - Software vendor - Online investigator / Online researcher - HR - Marketing - Programming - Entrepreneurship This is going to be a lesson for us on a) what really are your transferrable skills and b) what steps you need to take to maintain career agility.  Episode 79 is sponsored by our buddies at Codility -  the evidence-based platform that helps hiring teams predict the real-life skills of their developer candidates, remotely and at scale. Request a demo to see why Slack, Microsoft, and Tesla choose Codility.

Heading into the final quarter, I think we can all agree that 2020 has been an incredible year The global pandemic has acted like universal accelerant to the underlying trends like remote working, alternative workforce, income inequality, social inequality, political unrest and the rest.  Our industry, in recruiting & HR, as seen at the forefront of these changes; and we now may be given an early glimpse as to what the short term post pandemic future might look like.  What are the underlying Recruitment Trends that we are going to see manifest over the next 12 months? We will be examining:  Candidate communications Authenticity in employer branding Optionality and the candidate demand for choice Flexibility and employee agency Sourcing over advertising Work trials over assessments Short term before Long term All this and more, in Brainfood Live On Air. Leading industry analysts Sarah Brennan and  Kevin Wheeler will be joining us to help us talk through the topic Ep78 is supported by our buddies at Workable.  Hire better, hire faster, with Workable. Free 15 day trial here

5 years ago, hiring for 'culture fit' was the thing all the cool companies were doing.  But hiring for 'fit' of any kind fell into the criticism of reinforcing in-group bias, creating homogeneity and further disadvantaging already disadvantaged groups.  Where is the conversation now? Is culture fit truly in the dustbin of recruiting history, or can the concept of hiring for people who are inherently compatible with business operations something we recruiters still need to do? Lets talk - what do we mean by 'cultural fit' - can the concept be recovered? - what framework to use to capture multi-culturalism within a company culture? - can we capture dynamism and change when assessing culture?   Ep77 is sponsored by our buddies at Platypus. Platypus are a game changing cultural & team analysis platform. If you want to understand how you company really operates, book a demo with the team here

Unconscious bias is now at least a topic that we are conscious of! But what to do about it is another matter.  As recruiters in the business of hiring the best people we can for the businesses we work for, reducing the degree of unconscious bias at every stage of the recruiting process is a critical measure of how well we are doing our jobs.  But how?  What are the techniques to reduce bias that we are normally not even aware of? Good job we have Unconscious bias trainer, recruitment leader, and podcast legend, Lorne Epstein will be joining us as special guest to help us talk through it. Christine Ng from the Financial Times dropping in also Must listen for anyone involved in candidate assessment Episode 76 is sponsored by our buddies at Bryq. Bryq blindly screens candidates by matching skills and personality to job and company requirements, eliminating bias and boosting Diversity & Inclusion. Sign up for the 14 day free trial here.

How do you make the business case for more budget during times of Covid-19? Moving the against the market is often the toughest, yet smartest thing that companies can do; leaders are made through being able to see the opportunity amid the emergency. The question is: what are the tactics & techniques to get there? In this episode of Brainfood Live On Air, you will learn how to speak the language of the CEO / CFO, not the language of HR / TA how to align your department with the calendar of the CEO how to overcome common objections how to communicate your spending, at the same time when you have to be cutting elsewhere the importance of external profile for internal success Lisa Scales steps up as co-host and Jerome Ternynck joins are specialist guest to help us think through the challenges Ep75 is sponsored by our buddies at SmartRecruiters. Download SmartRecruiters free white paper on How to get budget for business transformation here  

As companies experiment with the complexity of hybrid remote working styles, the pressure to simplify by adopting remote or onsite only approach will continue to build.  What can we learn from companies which have never had a central location?  Distributed companies are nothing new but their early experimentation in this new way of working can give insight to all those thinking or struggling to make the transition.  Learn about Different flavours of remote Importance of asynchronous communication Loss of management control (good thing) Importance of digitising communication Hiring for remote only business Cool tools to use What to look for when hiring for 'remote ready' employee Accessibility & D&I - are we removing on hurdle only to erect another? With Mark Deubel from Elastic and Anastasia  Pshegodskaya from Gitlab Episode 74 is supported by our buddies at VideoMyJob. VideoMyJob is an award-winning video platform used by teams to create authentic video content that attracts talent and engages employees. Up your recruitment marketing game today - here

Perhaps one subconscious human bias we can all have experience of is....'the beauty bias'.  Good looking people - regardless of gender identity - on balance get better treatment than people not so well blessed with good looks. From career progression, performance assessment, even moral character, the good looking ones amongst us have it good. Or do they? What is the beauty bias - and is it myth? What is the impact of remote working? What is the impact of undiagnosed bias? How can you mitigate bias if you like video interviewing? Are men and women subject to the same bias? Can the beauty bias backfire? It's a controversial topic folks, but one we are not afraid to grasp. We're joined by Erin Mathew (Maxar Technologies) and Petar Vujosevic (GapJumpers) & Charlotte Johns (Wellcome Trust) Episode 72 of Brainfood Live On Air is supported by our buddies at PASS.  PASS make background checking, simple centralising background screening in one location for a faster, fully compliant and more cost-effective process.  Grab 30 day free trial at PASS here

What is the job search and candidate experience like for  Heads of TA at the moment? The moment is of course dominated by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the necessary public health response and the cratering of the global economy as a consequence.  Job search has never been easy, but perhaps now more than ever the challenge is acute.  We are speaking to Heads of TA who are themselves on the job search to canvass their opinions on  candidate experience employer branding candidate assessment hiring manager attitude competition for roles mental health / mental well being side projects alt career paths If you're in recruitment and find yourself in job seeking mode, this episode of Brainfood Live is a must attend.    Episode 72 of Brainfood Live On Air is sponsored by our buddies SmartRecruiters. SmartRecruiters is the Hiring Success company - their best-in-class Talent Acquisition Suite powers the success of recruiting teams in Ubisoft, Allegis, LinkedIn and many more. Get a demo here