Geeks, Geezers, and Googlization Show

The hiring process is broken. The reliability of the resume and interview is no better than flipping a coin. Can video screening fix it? For starters, a 1-minute video interview is worth 1.8 million words. Compare that to a resume containing 400 to 800 words, and an interview taking 45 minutes or more.  When combined with AI, NLP (natural language processing), and machine learning, video screening is becoming more accurate than humans and a whole lot faster too, both essential hiring ingredients in today’s Age of Googlization. Because hiring employees is one of the most rewarding or costly activities a business does, it’s no surprise that video interviewing is one of the hottest trends among recruiters, and job seekers too. Listen to Benjy Gillman, from video screening tool MyInterview, discuss how AI-assisted video interviewing is rocking the world of recruitment and what their research shows.

Toxic workplace cultures cost US businesses $223 Billion in the past 5 years and drove 20% of employees out of their jobs.  Investment in growing engagement through pizza on Friday and purchasing more motivational posters is DOA. Long gone are the days when company culture was what the C-Suite said it was. Today the link between organizational culture and profitability is not just an HR thing anymore but a business imperative. Summery founder and CEO Erin Michelson has a cure for what she calls “common culturitis?” Erin joins us on this episode and shares how behavioral science and AI have emerged as the C-Suite’s best friend as it begins to laser-focus on managing culture and meeting investor expectations. The heart and soul of Summery lie within its proprietary The Kind Quiz. Complete the 5-minute quiz and receive a free 3-page overview of your kindness profile.  Click here to get started!

Candidates hate it. Most recruiters aren’t satisfied either. But more than 98% of Fortune 500 companies use an ATS (applicant tracking software) to recruit workers. As we approach 2020, what HR tech is working and what’s not in the world of talent acquisition? HR needs to morph, evolve, and adapt to new demands and challenges. What are the 9 Faces of HR and will they help drive change? If anyone should know, it’s Kris Dunn, who has been involved with filling 4500 professional grade positions a year! Kris Dunn is CHRO and a partner at Kinetix, what he calls the best RPO company in the world. He’s also the author of new book 9 Faces of HR.

Are you a working Mom on a career break (or an employer seeking more skilled workers?) Then don’t miss this episode of Geeks Geezers and Googlization. Listen to serial entrepreneur and philanthropist Reena Gupta share her vision and platform that gives working Moms the means to gain financial independence and businesses a vibrant source of fresh talent. Her timing is perfect. Companies need qualified workers and aspire to build a diverse workforce. Moms, educated and talented workers, want to work. Unfortunately demand and supply lines don’t currently align so well...until now. Mom Relaunch brings Moms and Employers together.

Millennials are possibly the most maligned generation in modern history. Why? The oldest Millennials are 40-something, the youngest in their 20s. They are the largest, most educated and diverse generation ever. Millennials are the 2nd largest electorate and largest active generation in the workforce, expected to make up 3 out of every 4 workers by 2025. And yet older generations blame them for everything gone wrong, even for things far out of their control.  Join us on this episode when Generational Guru Sherri Ellott Yeary meets Millennial trapped in a Baby Boomer host Ira Wolfe and Gen X co-host Keith Campagna as they discuss how to crack the Millennial code.

After spending $250 Billion on HR technology for recruitment, interviewing, and assessments, the candidate experience should be spectacular. But it’s not. In fact, it sucks. More than ½ job candidates drop out during the application process. Nearly 60% of applicants never hear from the employer. Did HR technology cause the dissatisfaction? Can HR tech heal itself? Will AI-assisted technology cure what ails struggling talent acquisition efforts? HR and Recruiting "Nerd" Matt Charney visits Geeks Geezers and Googlization and shares why he feels nothing has changed in HR tech for over a decade … and explains why that might be about to change.

CX. Just what HR needs, another acronym!  But don’t swipe left just yet. Bad candidate experience is almost single-handedly killing your talent acquisition efforts. Plain and simple - job seekers aren’t happy. Half of them encounter a negative experience with your company or your website even before they apply. Seven out of 10 leave and never apply again. Worse, they tell 7 friends…and those friends tell 7 more. Another 50 percent quit your application before hitting submit. Bad CX (candidate experience) pushes top talent away, drives up costs, creates negative publicity, and lowers customer revenue. It’s a destructive, expensive, counter-productive strategy. In this episode, we’re joined  by Delta CX author Debbie Levitt. She exposes the 4 Horsemen of Bad CX - frustration, confusion, disappointment, and distraction, how they send the wrong message to job candidates, and offers tips to deliver great CX.

If you could pick just one job skill to learn, develop, and grow, it should be curiosity. Curiosity is so important that you might say that curiosity lies behind the FATE of humanity. We simply can’t perform our jobs or stay relevant in the race between man and machine without - you guessed it, curiosity. It drives nearly every skill on the must-have job skill lists for tomorrow. And yet parents, business leaders, and our current education system teach the curiosity out of us despite the call for more innovation, growth mindset, and STEM. It’s time to unleash curiosity. Crack the code. Uncover what's holding you back.  Tune into this episode when The Googlization Guy, Ira S Wolfe, meets “Cracking the Curiosity Code” author Dr. Diane Hamilton. Unleash Your Curiosity with the Curiosity Code Index! Click here to learn more.

Rhonda Leeman Taylor is taking the same competitive fight and lessons of leadership, teamwork,and perseverance she learned on the ice to beat an even tougher opponent - gender discrimination in our communities and business. As young female hockey player she learned that female athletes, like female workers, just don’t get treated equally or fairly. They don’t get the same pay or the same respect, on or off the field. In this episode Rhonda shares her #MeToo moment when she was propositioned by a male president. She laughed at her assailant, and that awkward moment resulted in a “golden handshake,” effectively ending her career path. At that moment Rhonda skated from the ice to HR, pursuing her life-long passion to end gender discrimination. Rhonda’s new book Offside was just released last week (Oct 5).

Congratulations Geeks Geezers and Googlization. To celebrate Season 2, my co-host Keith Campagna is live on the floor of #HRTechConf 2019. Keith’s observation: Technology is ubiquitous. Automation is not only inevitable but integral to HR’s survival. The crescendo of AI-driven technologies is only adding fuel to unprecedented transformation and disruption. HR technology is pushing everyone into uncharted territory, a world of unknown unknowns. The future will be transformative, different, scary, and even weird.  Listen now as Ira and Keith discuss what's going on in the world of HR technology and recap a year of conversations that included interviews with thought leaders about technology, artificial intelligence, education, mindfulness, marketing, the future of work, and lots of disruption. (You can listen all our shows here or on your favorite podcast.) We're also excited to welcome XOR as our newest sponsor. Check them out here.