HR Interviews Playlist

He’s seen the world of work from all its angles, and now he's going to help us put its changes in perspective.

Work and jobs are changing, and the way companies select and hire people needs to keep up with this pace of change. We've always talked a lot about soft skills in talent acquisition, but what are they in the context of modern work, why are they important, and how can they be assessed?My guest this week is Dr Alan Redman, Head of Science and Technology at Clevry. Alan is an expert in the definition, assessment and impact of soft skills and has some very valuable insights to share.In the interview, we discuss:Perspectives on the market and changing world of workUnderstanding what employees want from workWhat are soft skills in the context of modern work, and why are they important?Adapting to changeHow soft skills hiring can solve recruiting challengesSkills portability and job designBeing a soft skills focused organisationHow to assess and measure soft skillsThe future impact of AI on skills and decision makingListen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts.

Katrina Collier, author of "The Robot-Proof Recruiter" is one of our favorite guests to have on. Aside from being a proud Gen X’er and sharing a birthday with Chad (same year and everything), she is a well-loved global keynote speaker, and host of The Hiring Partner Perspective (Unedited) podcast. We chatted with her when the 1st Edition of the book came out, pre-pandemic, but the 2nd edition is just as appetizing. In it, Katrina teaches companies how to recruit without an existing online presence, and she covers the unexpected impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on recruiting in detail. Oh yeah, and there are plenty of new case studies to discuss. Enjoy.

The 2nd Edition of The Robot Proof Recruiter will be available in North America on August 30.With relentless passion, Katrina has over 2 decades in the recruitment industry, spoken on 5 continents and now has version 2 of the must read book for everyone in TA.Always generous with her recommendations, add to your must read list, Full Stack Recruiter by Jan Tegze and take your career to the next level. Highlights Lessons learned about interviewing since the pandemicBiggest fail of companies in the last 2 years are those who use monitoring softwareEssential characteristics for recruiter to be successfulQuiet Quitting - Should you just be grateful you have a job?Let’s not scare ourselves INTO a recession, its a lot of hype.

The U.S. Marines have made a career out of recruiting based on letting 18-year-olds know how tough and challenging becoming a Marine actually is. It's a concept that can also work for businesses of all sizes. That's why we invited Charlotte Marshall, director, global employer brand & recruitment marketing expert & best selling author of “Give and Get Employer Branding Repel the Many and Compel the Few with Impact, Purpose and Belonging” on the podcast. In it, Charlotte reveals why the most effective employer brands don’t attract candidates; they repel them. This episode is part of our Cult Brand series, sponsored by RecruitmentMarketing.com and the boys are joined by Julie Calli.

Reaching out to past applicants about new roles has always been a challenge in talent acquisition. Poor technology, tight timescales and inflexible processes have often limited the effectiveness of talent rediscovery. However, AI is now starting to drive some change, and talent rediscovery is becoming an ever more effective strategy.My guest this week is Mike Watson, Head of Customer Advocacy at Eightfold. Before he joined Eightfold, Mike was a long-time Head of Talent Acquisition, and, in our conversation, he shares his unique insights into the benefits and practical results of AI-driven talent rediscovery.In the interview, we discuss:The current state of the market and the effect on talent acquisition teamsThe threat of losing recruiter intellectual property Warm passive talent versus cold passive talentWhat the ATS can't deliverDriving ROI but reducing time to hireTalent intelligenceCommunication strategies and best practicesWhich employers are doing talent rediscovery wellWhere is the technology taking us next?Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts.

How companies can nurture their culture, and why transparency is an employer’s friend.

To say that the talent acquisition market in the tech sector is complex and fast-changing at the moment would perhaps be a bit of an understatement. So how are big tech companies developing employer branding strategies that help them solve their shifting challenges, and what lessons can employers in other sectors learn from them?My guest this week is Ashlee Gerow, Senior Manager, Employer Branding at Hubspot. I've always been a massive fan of Hubspot's sophisticated and innovative approach to talent acquisition and employer branding. Ashley is very open about their recruitment challenges and how a dynamic approach to employer branding is being used to address them.In the interview, we discuss:The current tech hiring market How employer branding is being used to solve recruiting challenges at HubspotDeveloping a highly targeted strategyCutting through the noiseAdvanced persona workIs who you are externally authentic to who you are internallyUnderstanding where you are not converting and adapting accordinglyHow the pandemic changed Hubspot's approachWorking with cross-functional teams and being deeply connected across the businessMaking sure the EVP is consistent throughout the entire candidate journeyUsing employee's stories to show, not tellEmployer Branding as a constant marketing machineThe role of data and technologyMoving quickly to adapt, sprint and changeThe future of employer brandingListen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts.

In this episode, we talk to Jackye's boss and co-founder of Textio, Kieran Snyder!The Textio platform helps with inclusive and equitable communications. After earning her PhD in linguistics at Penn, Kieran spent a decade creating the world’s most impactful language products at Microsoft and Amazon. In addition to developing linguistic capabilities like spelling and grammar-checking for more than 100 languages, she led the large-scale effort to integrate the Bing search engine into Microsoft Windows. Kieran is a world-renowned expert on language and bias at work, and her writing has appeared in Fortune, The New York Times, Slate, and the Washington Post.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

Fom helping determine where a company’s at to initiating new programs, data grows in importance to DEI efforts.