HR Interviews Playlist

The debate around the office versus remote versus hybrid looks set to run and run as employers continue to experiment with different strategies. Despite the enormous advantages of remote working, there are many challenges and gaps with some current approaches that need addressing as we move forward.So what are the key issues, how do employers address them, and what role should HR technology play?My guest this week is Saad Siddiqui, General Partner at Telstra Ventures, a VC firm with several HR technology investments. Saad has written extensively about the future of work and the advantages of a fluid workforce strategy.In the interview, we discuss:The current state of the hiring market and the longer term outlookIdentifying gaps and challenges in new ways of workingThe fluid workforceGenerational dividesBuilding connections and mentoringCulture and the role of leadershipEmployee motivations and retentionFinding the best talent on a global basisKey trends in HR TechConsolidation and platform business extensionHow should employers think about technology?What does the future look likeListen to this podcast in Apple Podcasts.

In this episode, Jackye and Katee speak with Dr. Nika White. She is a national authority and fearless advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion. As an award-winning management and leadership consultant, keynote speaker, published author, and executive practitioner for DEI efforts across business, government, non-profit, and education, Dr. White helps organizations break barriers and integrate DEI into their business frameworks. Her work has led to her designation by Forbes as a Top 10 D&I Trailblazer.She is the founder of Nika White Consulting (NWC) where her firm works with organizations to identify and implement opportunities to embed DEI throughout its operations and culture. NWC is a diversity, equity, and inclusion boutique consulting firm with recognized authority on strategic diversity, intentional inclusion, and organizational effectiveness.Dr. White believes that “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is not just a checkmark for good business, it’s a way to transform the world.”Over her 20+ years of leadership, Dr. White has worked with over 200 corporate, educational, government, and non-profit brands, managed over $200 million in business assets for her clients, and written two books on diversity, equity, and inclusion including, “The Intentional Inclusionist,®” and “Next Level Inclusionist: Transforming Your Work and Yourself for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Success.” Dr. White’s third book, “Inclusion Uncomplicated: A Transformative Guide to Simplify DEI,” in partnership with Forbes Books is scheduled to release in January 2023.The heart of Dr. White’s work addresses the ability to create transformative environments with intentionality around inclusion. She helps create professional spaces where people can collaborate through a lens of compassion, empathy, and understanding.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

The world famous author of Full Stack Recruiter Jan Tegze has a new book out!  Job Search Guide: Be your own Career Coach A great gift idea for the job seekers on your Christmas list. Written from the Recruiter’s perspective on how hiring actually works, Jan covers the 4 things we want every job seeker to know. Jan busts the myths around how ATS and AI work (or don't work) in the hiring process. Networking and how to build your personal brandAnd if that was not enough, Jan has a newsletter, written from the heart, as a job search guide. Check out some of the great resources and article here:https://jantegze.com/blog/the-best-job-search-guide-for-job-seekers/

What ServiceNow does for HR, how businesses navigated the turn toward remote work and what they’ve learned from the experience.

Job Boards still play a central role in talent attraction, but outside of the job board industry, there isn't much discussion or debate about their current state and future potential. So are they still fit for purpose, how are they evolving, and what can job board statistics tell us about the current talent market?My guest this week is Dave Jenkins, founder of Wave. Wave publishes Wave TrackR, a regular independent report that uses job board data to track recruiting trends, which means Dave has a wealth of insights to share.In the interview, we discuss:The current state of the job board marketPricing models and programmatic adoptionGeographic market differencesThe importance of the active audienceAre there still more jobs than candidates?How to get the best out of job boardsMindset changeWhat's the future of job boards?Listen to this podcast in Apple Podcasts.A full transcript will appear here shortly.

In this episode, Katee and Jackye speak with Sabina Mehmood. Sabina is the Pay Equity Leader for Gapsquare, helping companies make data-enabled decisions around pay, people, and DEI efforts. She leads the company’s efforts to deliver actionable strategies to close wage gaps, advance fair pay and respond in real time to changes in workforce data.Previously, she was a manager at the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index, where she oversaw the development and implementation of the Bloomberg Gender Reporting Framework, an internationally recognized system for measuring progress across key themes of DEI in corporations. She has also supported corporate strategy, government relations, media, and communications initiatives across Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Philanthropies. She earned both a BBA and MA from Baruch College.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

The challenges of creating effective experiences with technology, and new approaches to experience design

Everyone is talkin' internal talent mobility and workforce agility these days ... and for good reason. Empowering your current talent pool to fill the opportunities of the future is an incredibly powerful tool for blowing up the bottom line. That's why we had Jo Mills, Chief Experience Officer at Fuel50, to help us make sense of the topic and explore ways companies can take better advantage of this exceptional opportunity. If you're looking to make the most out of your current workforce - and who isn't? - this interview from UNLEASH in Paris is a must-listen.

I published three interviews in October to mark National Disability Employment Awareness month. What particularly struck me was the amount of work going into neurodiversity hiring, and I want to dive deeper by finding out how specific employers are developing their programs.My guest this week is Neil Barnett, Director, Inclusive Hiring and Accessibility at Microsoft. Neil helped to develop Microsoft’s Neurodiversity Hiring Program, which has been in place since 2015. He has excellent insights and valuable advice for employers looking to establish similar programs.In the interview, we discuss:Are employers getting any better at disability inclusion?The story behind Microsoft's Neurodiversity Hiring ProgramScreening in rather than screening outChanging the hiring process to set people up for successProviding tangible feedbackHow the success of the program has changed aspects of Microsoft's other hiring programsBuilding an inclusive workplaceNon-apparent disability and self-disclosureERGs and growing internal communitiesBuilding the business case to get startedHow Microsoft collaborates with other employersAdvice for parents on the future of neurodiversity in the workforceListen to this podcast on Apple PodcastsA full transcript will appear here shortly

Live at the HR Tech 2022 conference, our guest Tim Sackett, President of HRU Technical Resources and creator of the Tim Sackett Project, speaks with Mark Feffer about building an inventory of skills, enhancing learning environments, and being data rich yet information poor.On the topic of skills, it's easy to not fully grasp the abilities of your workforce. If you don't successfully get an inventory of skills for your team, you might let a really amazing worker transition into a different company. Building talent isn't the only step, however. You need to cultivate a positive work environment so that these employees have the inclination to stay. Building skills doesn't always foster loyalty, that's a whole separate ballgame.We've built a culture around YouTube centric learning environments, where the younger generation understands that learning can happen in short and efficient segments. Gone are the days of hour long classroom marathons. We in the industry have started to make multi channel engaging content that delivers the information while actually engaging the viewers.We would like to extend a warm thank you to our friends at Fuel50 for sponsoring this podcast.