HR Interviews Playlist

Some of my favourite conversations in the last six months have been around inclusive hiring. Many people are doing brilliant work to support people from marginalised groups into the workforce, and I've learnt a lot from talking to employers like Timpson and organisations like The Bridge of Hope.In this episode, we're going to explore what happens when an employer removes all screening, all background checks and all education and experience requirements from their hiring to be more inclusive. What are the advantages, the challenges, and the results?My guest this week is Nykeba King, Global Head of Inclusion at The Body Shop. A few years ago, The Body Shop created an Open Hiring program to ensure they were being as inclusive as possible. It's a strategy that has produced some amazing results, and it is now giving them a unique competitive advantage in today's challenging talent markets.In the interview, we discuss:Recruiting challenges at The Body ShopWhat is Open Hiring, and how does it work?No background checks, no screening, no education requirementsHow Open Hiring is helping The Body Shop in the current talent marketsMaking recruiting more purposeful with "Targeted Recruitment."Replacing scrutiny with trustRemoving barriers and removing biasImplementation challengesThe danger of second-guessing someone's ability to do a jobWrap-around support to build an inclusive workplaceTime to hire, performance and retentionWhat's next for Open HiringListen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts.

We discuss the craziness of today’s labor market, as well the adaptive employee experience and the company’s approach to people analytics,

What happens when you get HR's most dangerous podcast together with the industry's most popular TikTok celebrity?Yup, insanity!The boys bring on Leigh Henderson, A.K.A., HR Manifesto, to reveal the secrets of TikTok success for employers. We also dig-in to hear Leigh's story of how she went from Fortune 100 executive to social media darling. We'd write more, but you people apparently have no attention span whatsoever ... thanks, TikTok!

Background screen keeps getting more complex. And so does the technology behind it.

Whether it's the Great Resignation or the Great Reset, whatever you choose to call it, it is undeniable that employers are currently finding it extremely challenging to attract and retain talent.So which strategies should companies be exploring to improve their odds in such a difficult market? My guest this week is Christine Wzorek, CEO and Founder of White Label Advisors. Christine is a highly experienced HR leader and has essential advice about building holistic human capital strategies to deal with these incredibly challenging times.In the interview, we discuss:What is driving the Great Resignation?Employer engagement, happiness and fulfilmentAdapting to the new realityWhy talent acquisition needs to mirror salesTreating candidates in a hospitality orientated wayTransparency in reward strategiesScaling L&D with technologyLevelling the playing field for diverse talentGender equalityThe future of talent acquisition and HRListen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts.

I've been a keen follower of the Job Board market for several decades. It's been a market that has often been very slow to evolve, but the pace of innovation has increased considerably over the last few years. So what effect has the pandemic had on the job board industry, and what is its likely future direction?My guest this week is Steven Rothberg, Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of College Recruiter. Steven has been in the job board industry since it started, and I could think of no better person to give us an update on the current state of the market. How have job boards evolved over timeThe programmatic revolutionRecruiting marketing budget consolidationHow has the pandemic changed things for job boardsWhy do job boards need to reduce the friction they are causing in the candidate journey.Market consolidationWhat is the future of job boards?Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts.A full transcript will appear here shortly.

In this episode, Jackye and Katee get to talk to Julien LeFort. Julien has a passion for developing people and for empowering them to learn, grow and discover their inner selves.His journey has taken him through the implementation of people development programs around topics such as culture and values, employee engagement, mentoring, training, leadership development, and building competency-based frameworks. We talk about this and about how to become more resilient.

What performance management's changes mean for managers, employees. and performance.

If Ironman’s Jarvis has a baby, is what the newest announcement from This Way Global has coming down.Their partnership with IBM’s Watson is about to take a bite out of the mundane work, that no one in HR likes to do. Crazy times in the VC world where taking too much money (yes, there is such as thing).Angela gave us just a little hint about how incredible their time as a Google Accelerator was and how it opened doors. Check out the news wire from Bloomberg!https://landingpage.thiswayglobal.com/ibm-0

Diversity, equity and inclusion are still on the tip of many employers' tongues. However, things like a global pandemic and a world on the edge of World War III have stolen a lot of the spotlight in recent years. So, do employers still care as much as they did just two years ago? It's something to consider, and that's why Chad & Cheese have brought back Barb Hyman, founder and CEO of Predictive Hire. And that's just one topic. If DEI is important to your organization - and you know it should be - then this is a must-listen.