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Get my free whitepaper "10 Ways AI Will Transform Talent Acquisition" – Download Now Trend Spotting – Find out how my digital course will help you shape the future of talent acquisition in your organization – Click HereIt is becoming clear that company CEOs are taking AI very seriously, and it is starting to inform the strategic direction of many businesses. For example, 44% of CEOs responding to PwC's 2024 Annual Global CEOs survey believed that Gen AI will drive efficiency and boost profits in the next 12 months. It is now critical that Talent Acquisition leaders take AI seriously and build strategies that closely align with their business's strategic direction. Unfortunately, in most cases, this isn't happening with the urgency that the situation requires.So, what are the barriers here? Do we fully understand the challenges, and what can TA leaders do to ensure they stay in step with the rest of their business?My guest this week is Paul Maxin. Paul is a highly experienced Global TA Leader who has worked at a diverse range of major public and private organizations. Paul firmly believes in the importance of approaching AI strategically with a sense of urgency and shares some pragmatic advice on how best to achieve this. In the interview, we discuss:Why TA is out of step with the rest of the enterpriseThe challenges that stop TA from being strategicThe importance of scenario planningCalls to actionWhat questions should TA leaders be asking themselves?Data, measurement, and transparencyProving the strategic value of TAAuditing and the danger of AI being bias on steroidsThe continuing importance of the candidate experienceAn increasing risk of burnoutWhat might the future hold?Follow this podcast on Apple Podcasts.

Round up is the monthly show on The Recruiting Future Podcast channel that highlights episodes you may have missed and gives you my take on some of the key learnings from the guests.Episodes mentioned in this Round Up:Ep 619: TA On The Brink Of RevolutionEp 620: Hard Skills & Soft SkillsEp 621: Rain, Whisky and RobotsEp 622: Redefining ExpertiseEp 623: An Inclusive Candidate ExperienceEp 624: The TA Team Of The FutureEp 625: What’s Next For Generative AI?Follow this podcast on Apple Podcasts

Anessa Fike, author of The Revolution of Work, F!ck the Patriarchy, discusses her book and the need to dismantle the current systems in the workplace. She shares her journey into fractional HR and explains that fractional work allows organizations to have experts on a part-time basis at a fraction of the cost. Anessa talks about her decision to write the book and her choice of title, emphasizing the need for an uprising and the dismantling of patriarchal elements in society. She hopes that the book will empower those who already think this way and encourage conversations about change. The conversation explores the need for a revolution in the workplace, addressing issues such as obliviousness of leaders, the need for self-reflection, the rise of fractional work, the role of AI, the challenges with founder CEOs, the lack of diversity in funding, and the importance of pay equity. The conversation emphasizes the need for change and the role of allies in creating a more inclusive and equitable work environment.

The hype around the arrival of Gen AI was off-the-scale crazy. Now that things have calmed down and the use of LLMs is starting to normalize, it can be easy to think that the hype was overblown. However, we are about to see some developments in technology that will change our mindsets entirely and start to bridge the gap between the initial hype and our current reality.My guest this week is Jack Houghton, Co-Founder of Mindset AI. Mindset AI uses cutting-edge AI technology in the HR and Learning space. Jack talks us through the potential of Autonomous AI Agents to change how we work forever and help some of the initial hype around AI become reality.In the interview, we discuss:The huge developments coming in the next 12 monthsHow will removing the current friction in accessing Gen AI accelerate adoption?How Autonomous AI Agents will bridge where we are and where we are going.Tools, APIs, and logical reasoningHow do AI Agents communicate in Swarms to build workflows and intelligently manage tasks?Ask use cases and Do use cases.What are the limitations and the implications for jobs?The importance of taking a strategic approachWhere might we be in 3-5 years?Follow this podcast in Apple Podcasts.

Much of the conversation about the future of talent acquisition focuses on absolutes. The questions debated revolve around whether there will actually be a need for talent acquisition in the future, whether robots will do all the recruiting, and whether most jobs will even still exist. While these discussions are essential, they tend to polarize opinion and don't do much to move the industry forward. We need to have nuanced conversations about the practicalities of this transformation process and focus on the skills and roles that will drive the change we need.My guest this week is Andreea Lungulescu, Principal Talent Acquisition Partner at thermondo. Andreea strongly advocates for strategic talent acquisition and the importance of TA shaping its own destiny. She has done some significant work around the future roles talent acquisition will need and has some highly valuable insights to shareIn the interview, we discuss:Elevating the role of TA and making it strategicThe importance of understanding rapidly changing business prioritiesHow are employers responding to AI?The enthusiasm vs. implementation gapWhat are AI skills?Removing silos in the talent functionDisrupting the traditional career framework in TAWhat TA roles might we see in the future?What skills do TA professionals need to developWhat is going to happen over the next 18 monthsFollow this podcast on Apple Podcasts.

This week we interview Recruitics CEO Adam Stafford in front of live audience at TATech. We cover a lot!Adam Stafford shares his diverse background, including roles as a product manager, restaurateur, and DOD supply chain specialist.Recruitics is known for pioneering programmatic job advertising.Launch of AI-powered conversational analytics tool Brion.Recruitics Brion helps non-technical users access recruitment data insights quickly.Discussion on the future of recruitment tech involving more AI and predictive analytics.The industry current challenges include fraud and the volume of AI-generated applicants.Emphasis on meeting candidates where they are and improving matching processes.

Get my free whitepaper "10 Ways AI Will Transform Talent Acquisition" - Download NowTrend Spotting - Find out how my digital course will help you shape the future of talent acquisition in your organization - Click Here When we talk about employers becoming more inclusive, the focus is often on big strategic thinking and a long process of organizational change. However, companies can often make significant progress by taking small steps in important areas.The quality of the candidate's experience is the critical first step in an organization's inclusivity, and recent data indicates that quality has been dramatically deteriorating over the last 18 months.So, what practical and immediate steps can employers take to be more inclusive with their recruiting?My guest this week is Advita Patel from Comms Rebel. Advita is a communication and workplace culture strategist who helps organizations cultivate a culture of inclusion. In our conversation, she shares practical, pragmatic advice on how employers can build inclusive candidate experience by improving the quality of their communication.In the interview, we discuss:The importance of inclusive communicationBeing a comms rebelHow can the recruiting process be more inclusive?Job descriptions and degreesRecognizing biasTaking micro-steps The impact of poor communication on candidatesWhat can employers and individual recruiters do to improve the candidate experience?The dangers of overly generic AI-generated languageCandidates calling out employers in publicChanging expectations of work and the importance of belongingWill AI make things better or worse?Follow this podcast on Apple Podcasts.

It's been clear for a long time that the way we traditionally think about skills and expertise is out of step with our fast-changing and volatile world. This issue runs through the education system in many countries and also influences how employers attract and upskill talent.So, what are the innovative approaches that could solve this problem?My guest this week is Ed Fidoe, co-founder and CEO of the London Interdisciplinary School (LIS). LIS has been described as the most radical new university to open in decades. It offers degrees that use an interdisciplinary approach to solving some of the complex problems that business and society face. There are interesting lessons for employers here around the concept of interactional expertise.In the interview, we discuss:What is LIS, and why was it founded?Building networks of knowledgeConnecting academic learning to the workplaceEnhancing employability by addressing the current mismatch of expertise between college and the workplaceIntellectual curiosity and problem-solvingCultivating diversity of thought through diversity of backgroundThe power of interactional expertise in the knowledge economy What future skills will be needed in an AI-driven world?Follow this podcast on Apple Podcasts.

Think the time you've put in at your current employer is impressive? Well, let us introduce you to Matt Lavery, Global Director of Sourcing, Hiring and Onboarding at UPS ... since 1997. That's right, while you were listening to Radiohead's OK Computer, Matt was cutting his teeth in the competitive business of global package delivery. Needless to say, he's seen a lot, and he's droppin' all kinds of knowledge bombs on listeners of all ages on this episode. From changes in tech to the ebbs and flows of labor unions to what it's like hiring for 200 countries and territories, this has it all. Shoot, we even throw in some healthy banter on the upcoming NFL season and why Chicago Bears fans should be as optimistic as they were in 1985. Da Bears, indeed.

If you listened to the TA Leader interviews in Episode 619, you'd know that Recruiting Future recently collaborated with The Chad & Cheese podcast to host two face-to-face unconference-style events in Edinburgh and Glasgow.On the day between the two events, we decided to combine podcast recording with tourism. What better way to do this than to use a campervan as a mobile recording studio and drive around the southeast of Scotland, taking in some of its world-famous coastal views? Well, that was the plan anyway.Our plans took an unexpected turn as the weather had other ideas. But this led to some exciting impromptu discussions on AI and the future of work, sparked by a tour of a two-hundred-year-old whisky distillery, a flying visit to a seven-hundred-year-old castle, and a trip to the beach.In this episode, we discuss:Is the resume dead?What's going on with skills-based hiringThe differences and similarities between talent acquisition in Scotland and talent acquisition in the USAttitudes to riskThe tricky balance between robots and humansWhat does the long-term future look likeDo we have the right attitude towards the future as an industry?AI is already taking TA jobs.Why smaller employers may have an advantageWhat happens when AI is just baked into everything?What is going to change in the next three yearsFollow this podcast on Apple Podcasts.