The Recruiting Brainfood Podcast

Every business wants to improve their ability to directly source premium candidates. This need has become even more acute during Covid-19, as talent attraction techniques inevitably leads to a flood of often unsuitable candidates.  Being able to target, identify and engage the highly skilled, in-demand is itself a highly skilled, in-demand skill! I'll be speaking with Sourcer & Sourcing Training extraordinaires David Galley and Katharine Robinson on how best to upskill your existing recruiters to become expert sourcers themselves.  - How to train sourcing skills? - What are the best techniques to use? - What sources are best to learn from? - Which are the strongest communities to belong to? All this and more, in another unmissable episode of Brainfood Live On Air.  Follow the channel here (recommended) and click on the green button to register for this show   Episode 61 of Brainfood Live On Air is supported by our buddies at Stack Overflow Talent. Talk to developers where they already want to be - on the tech world's most popular Q&A site. Contact a member of the team for more information here

With a change to scheduled programming, we are going to be talking why BAD  VIDEO IS BAD BUSINESS on Brainfood Live On Air Ep60! Lets face it folks - not only are we doing too many video calls, too many of these are a terrible experience, mainly due to correctable mistakes that we routinely make which makes the experience harder than it should be for the viewers & participants. I AM NO DIFFERENT! Even though I had done 60 of these webinars, it still took me some time to understand basic sh1t like 'place your camera higher' so people can see more than just your head.  I'm gathering together a load of video con experts to tell us how it is done. This is an act of altruism - lets elevate our collective video game.  Episode 60 is supported by our buddies at VideoMyJob. VideoMyJob is an award-winning recruitment video production app used by top companies to create their own branded videos in-house. Up for your employer branding game today - request a demo here

The growth of recruiter communities has been one of the great developments in the industry, particularly over the past decade.  Now in the Covid world, community has never been more important for people in the people business.  DBR, RL100, HROS, Growth Hacking Recruiters, Trumunity - which are the best communities to belong to, and what makes them good? Fanny Comba and I will get the admins and managers of these groups on screen and see what insights they can share on what makes their community great. We'll be joined by two of the pioneers of the recruiter community space, James Osborne (TRN) and Emma Mirrington (the FIRM). Not one to miss folks - follow the channel here (recommended), and click the green button above to save your spot.  Episode 58 is supported by our buddies at Seen By Indeed. 

Job and income insecurity has become real for us in the recruitment industry. It's now everyone's problem as hiring freezes continue, investment plans cut back and growth plans go into reverse. What should recruiters be doing right now? This is the topic of Brainfood Live On Air this Friday - we're doing a special webinar focusing for the first time ON US. - Key Resources for Recruiters during Covid-19 - Communities to connect with - Network building strategies - LinkedIn polish up - Do you have a website / get yourself a website - Content creation - time to tell your story & why?

The end of 'hyper growth' has given TA teams an unprecedented opportunity to do something which they never previously had the time to do - to review, remove & renew inherited process.  The world renowned recruiting expert, John Vlastelica, will be giving us 1 hour of his time to impart insights on what world class Talent Acquisition teams are doing in times of hiring standstill.  This show is going to be about - process - mindset - culture - tools - skills Can't miss, with one of the best in the business.  Follow the channel here (recommended), and click on the green button to save your seat.  Episode 57 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

In a change to scheduled programming, we've got an awesome surprise for you: its Andy Foote, founder of LinkedIn Insights coaching business, with his annual update on all the important changes to LinkedIn in 2020.  You can't miss this folks - full presentation on screen share with the legend himself.  Episode 56 of Brainfood Live On Air is supported by our buddies at Stack Overflow Talent. Talk to developers where they already want to be - on the tech world's most popular Q&A site. Contact a member of the team for more information here

It is become clear that Covid-19 will be a world changing event.  Economies, political systems, values, social behaviours, workplace culture - all are poised to be radically altered by a pandemic which has devastated the planet.  With new realities of the post-Covid world beginning to emerge, what opportunities do we have to creating better systems than the ones that went before. If the world is going to reset, lets make sure we can reset to a better way of doing things.  Industry legends Torin Ellis & Julie Ann Sowash will be joining the show with cohost Luke Davis to talk us through what it might look like if we could reset on D&I.  - What do we keep / what we do throw away? - What are the challenges of wiping the slate clean? - What are the intractable issues in D&I that might be swept away if we started again? Episode 55 of Brainfood Live On Air is jointly supported by our friends at BAME Recruitment & Diversifying.io If you are looking to diversify your talent pool, get in touch with either or both of these two businesses for a free consultation. BAME Recruitment here, Diversify.io here

Covid-19 has enforced the radical virtualisation of the recruitment process. Events which previously were in-person have now shifted online and there is a scramble for tools and techniques on how to do it.  This episode we are going to explore one of these techniques - the Online Hiring Hackathon,  I'll be joined by recruiting pioneer Eva Zils, whose HR Hackathon in 2016 was one of the first true hackathons in our industry. 

Mental health has never been a more important topic, especially in the light of the shocking phase shift we have all experienced during this enduring pandemic.  We all need to learn to recognise the symptoms of stress behaviour - in our colleagues, as well as a amongst ourselves.. Importantly, as we adjust to our new realities, we need to quickly learn strategies for dealing with mental health challenges that we are likely to need in today and tomorrow.  I'll be joined by creator of Value Through Vulnerability podcast host Garry Turner, Leadership Coach Helen Amery  & Integrative Psychotherapist Zuzana Tarcalova Episode 53 of Brainfood Live On Air is supported by our buddies at  Applied. If you are serious about de-biasing your recruiting, you need to take a look at Applied's  unique diversity & inclusion recruiting tools. Contact a member of the team for more information here

The most popular content categories in Recruiting Brainfood every week are 'SOURCING' and 'COOL TOOLS'. That tells me one thing: recruiters are always looking for a edge to get to the best candidates more effectively. Who better than the Wizard Sourcer himself - Jonathan Kidder Tech Recruiter at Amazon - to help us navigate the world of chrome extensions, free tools, sourcing channels and the rest. Must watch for anyone who is interested in improving their sourcing game We're on at Friday 27th March, 3.,30pm GMT / 09.30 CST Episode 52 of Brainfood Live On Air is supported by our buddies at Stack Overflow Talent. Talk to developers where they already want to be - on the tech world's most popular Q&A site. Contact a member of the team for more information here