HR Interviews Playlist

Live from UNLEASH America in the Workhuman booth, Julia Levy, industry veteran, superfan of the podcast, and former head of global talent acquisition at CommScope, join the boys for conference takeaways, the current state of recruiting, and how organizations can best adapt to change in a world that, let’s face it, has gone a bit nutso. Indeed mirage products, LinkedIn just doesn't care, and Talent Acquisition trying to remove business and budget blockers.

Recognition and technology, what managers think of these newfangled tools, and getting whiplash from following the business world.

In this episode, Jackye flies solo with Michelle Rhee. Michelle Rhee is cofounder of BuildWithin, a software platform that provides employers with the ability to create and manage apprenticeship and employee learning programs covering everything from software development to digital marketing. There are currently more than 40,000 people across the US using the BuildWithin platform.After nearly 20 years of working in educational nonprofits and later serving as DC’s first Chancellor of the 50,000+ student public school district, Michelle is uniquely familiar with the educational and workforce development needs required by today’s companies – especially as AI transforms the workplace and the cost of a college degree continues to price out the average minimum-wage earner. Michelle is especially passionate about modern tech apprenticeships and how they are being used to bring marginalized people (e.g., people of color, retirees, neuro-diverse, veterans, etc.) into the technology workforce and provide a reliable pathway to the middle class.If you like what you hear, we would like to encourage you to subscribe to our channel!We would also appreciate it if you would rate this channel by going here: RateThisPodcast.com/inclusiveafWe create this podcast as a labor of love. But if you would like to support this channel you can buy us a cup of coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/InclusiveAF

DEI in technology, good news and bad news for underrepresented groups, and the impact of salary transparency.

AI has dominated the discussion for months now, and if recent conversations are anything to go by, this shows no sign of letting up. However, the initial hysteria is fading, and the hype is slowly turning into meaningful discussions about what the AI-driven future will look like.So what is the potential of AI in TA and HR, what are the current benefits, and perhaps most importantly, what are the risks? I was keen to get the perspectives of a Chief People Officer on all of this, so I'm delighted that my guest this week is Geri Morgan, Chief People Officer at Intellum. Gerri has some excellent advice to share and even got ChatGPT to actively participate in our conversation!In the interview, we discuss:What aspects of employer engagement will benefit from AI?PersonalizationThe opportunities AI offers HRTech for tasks - AI as our new co-workerWhat are the current use cases?Compliance, ethics, and legislationKeeping the momentum of innovation goingMitigating riskBuilding out AI-enabled processesWhat does the future look like for HR?Listen to this podcast in Apple Podcasts.A full transcript will appear here shortly.

This week Ilya Brotzky from VanHack joins us and there is lots to celebrate.As they round the corner to nearly 2,000 hires and the VC market fell in love with what they do and how they are doing it with a $3M funding.As a champion for improvement to immigration, Ilya explains the Canadian tech talent strategy announcements made by Sean Frazer Minister of Immigration for Canada at the Collision conference in Toronto.Ilya shares his journey and some key announcements to Canada’s immigration policy.STEM talent gets express entryProcessing times for work permits are improvingEntrepreneurs coming to Canada get the red carpetThe digital nomad visa, everyone wins! We debate the idea of 10,000 H1B visa holders making their way north to Canada, perhaps motivated by the 50 year wait for a green card

Automated sourcing, referrals and analytics are all pretty popular features to have in your tech stack these days, but what about a startup that delivers - or at least hopes to deliver - all these things. That’s where newbie Kula comes in. Achu Ravi, founder & CEO of the company that is “On a mission to turn every employee into a recruiter” takes on the Firing Squad in this episode. A bold undertaking, and barely out of diapers, Kula has raised nearly $15M dollars to take on the world but let's see if they can even get past The Squad.MOREKula: www.kula.aiAchu: www.linkedin.com/in/achuthanand-ravi-b341ab59/Chad & Cheese: www.chadcheese.com

We explore insights that can help hire, retain and develop your workforce.

HR data’s been a topic of discussion for some time, and Berkowitz spends a lot of time working with the practitioners and managers who use it.

Hiring has changed. Over the last three years, candidate expectations have evolved dramatically, and many hiring teams are not keeping pace with this disruptive rate of change.So what can employers do to ensure they properly engage with the talent they need, and how can technology support this process?My guest this week is Gavin Speirs, CEO of Solutions Driven. Solutions Driven have done a huge amount of research to ensure they have the right strategies to help their clients thrive in the current hiring market. In our conversation, Gavin discusses their Hiring Enablement methodology and shares valuable advice to help TA leaders with their recruitment agency relationships.In the interview, we discuss:The current state of the hiring marketChanging candidate behaviourThe three phases of candidate engagementFit, Freedom, Fulfilment, Family, Fortune, and FutureEducating hiring managersHiring Insanity, Hiring Execution, and Hiring InequalityAre recruitment agencies evolving quickly enough?What questions should TA leaders be asking the agencies they work with?What is technology enabling?What will recruiting look like in the future?Listen to this podcast in Apple Podcasts.