HR Interviews Playlist

Welcome to our first episode of our new podcast series Chats with Smart People. This month we are joined by Tyler Weeks, Head of partnership and Strategy at Hiredscore. We talk about his move from a corporate role to HR technology company. That is just the start though, we talk about so many interesting things. Have listen but don't blame us is you start laughing and spray coffee out your nose.

One of the topics I get asked to cover frequently is the growth of the corporate executive recruiting function. So with that in mind, I've partnered with ESIX, The Executive Search Information Exchange, to bring you a series of three interviews exploring the key trends and issues in corporate executive recruiting.In the previous two episodes, we looked at the evolution of corporate executive recruiting and what employers should be doing to improve the diversity of their executive teams. For the final interview in this short series, I'm talking to Eric Goldstein, Global Head of Executive Talent Attraction at SAP. We discuss how long term talent engagement is starting to play a more significant role in executive recruiting, the growth of data-driven decision making and what the future might look like.   ▪   Topics covered in the interview:   ▪   Hyper competitive talent markets   ▪   Proactive executive talent engagement   ▪   Engaging at scale and offboarding conversations quickly.   ▪   Involving hiring managers effectively   ▪   Unbiasing assessment   ▪   Measuring quality of hire   ▪   Onboarding, integration and accountability   ▪   Lessons learned around improving diversity.   ▪   What is the future of corporate executive recruitingListen to this podcast in Apple Podcasts.

Bennett Sung is one of my favourite HR tech marketers, who also happens to be a hiring manager. I have been lucky to know Bennett for around 8 years so you will also find him on page 71 of my book, The Robot-Proof Recruiter. Through many laughs, you'll hear us talk about: fax machines and many other things Gen Z may not understand 😉 the zero moment of truth & gathering 'social' evidence hiring marketers who are not vanilla  Giving Bennett just 3 minutes to pitch Humanly (it is very cool) Research the history of phrases before you use them 😮 Of course, his favourite interview question! Grab a cuppa, pen & paper, and settle in! 🎧Huge 💚 to episode sponsor WORQDRIVE WORQDRIVEShift: Your Talent Strategy! Imagine Internal Mobility your employees will actually rally behind. 💚

One of the topics I get asked to cover frequently is the growth of the corporate executive recruiting function. So with that in mind, I've partnered with ESIX, The Executive Search Information Exchange, to bring you a series of three interviews exploring the key trends and issues in corporate executive recruiting.In episode 363, we talked about the evolution of corporate executive recruiting; in this episode, I want to explore diversity at the executive level and how employers can do better. My guest is Elizabeth Wallace, Head of Portfolio Talent at HG, and she has some valuable insights and advice to share.In the interview, we discuss:   ▪   How the pandemic is changing executive recruiting   ▪   Opening up diverse talent pools with flexible working   ▪   Diversity, Equity and Equality   ▪   Assessment for development, not selection   ▪   Social Mobility   ▪   Challenging recruiting norms   ▪   The value of talent to organisations and talent as a business function   ▪   Transparent, human leadership   ▪   Hopes for the next 12 to 18 monthsListen to this podcast in Apple Podcasts.

The corporate focus on Talent Acquisition is significant at the moment as companies across the world deal with the challenges of getting the right talent into their organisations. But what strategies do talent acquisition leaders need to successfully scale their recruiting operations at a time of such significant transformation?My guest this week is someone who has been scaling recruiting teams in Silicon Valley for a long time. Richard Cho is Head of Recruiting at Robinhood, having previously been with Facebook, Dropbox, Machine Zone and The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Robinhood recently made headlines in the industry by acquiring recruiting firm Binc; I am delighted that Richard agreed to come on the show to talk about Robinhood's strategy and share some hugely valuable insights into the way ahead for talent acquisition.In the interview, we discuss:   ▪   The recruiting challenges at Robinhood   ▪   Building the business case   ▪   Don't normalise the extraordinary, have the right foundation of resources in place.   ▪   The three levels of talent acquisition technology   ▪   Sophisticated data modelling to build capability models   ▪   Building specialist interviewing capacity and gathering interview intelligence data   ▪   Why diversity is a selection issue, not a pipeline issue   ▪   The Binc acquisition and combining two recruiting cultures   ▪   What will the future of talent acquisition look likeListen to this podcast in Apple Podcasts

Great to chat to Adam Gibson, global leader in Workforce Planning, People Analytics, & Orghanisational Design, and Author of Agile Workforce Planning, about the impact of the pandemic on workforce planning and more!  the difference between workforce planning & agile workforce planning the pain of, but love of, writing a book!  where should workforce planning sit?  supporting hiring managers who don't hire often his favourite interview question human skills vs. culture and wooing better Adam's Blue Arrow posts Grab a cuppa, pen & paper, and settle in! 🎧Huge 💚 to episode sponsor WORQDRIVE WORQDRIVEShift: Your Talent Strategy! Imagine Internal Mobility your employees will actually rally behind. 💚

When I saw Sukhvinder Pabial's blog about the freedom he found recruiting without an applicant's CV, I had to know more. Sukh runs his own company, Challenging Frontiers, but in our conversation you'll hear us talk about hiring for his new passion project. We also talk about: the things you learn when running your own business what prompted the idea to open a co-working space in Epping Forest  giving yourself permission to play! hiring a Community Manager via Nextdoor app without advertising! playing with the flexibility of the role work history vs. answering 3 questions to apply supporting the needs of your people for the good of the business Grab a cuppa, pen & paper, and settle in! 🎧Huge 💚 to episode sponsor WORQDRIVE WORQDRIVEShift: Your Talent Strategy! Imagine Internal Mobility your employees will actually rally behind. 💚

Welcome to the second insights interview with Sara Burgess, Senior L&D Professional, Business Psychologist, Executive Coach and my friend, all about managing disappointment. We talked and, to be honest, laughed a lot about: embracing your inner nerd & being human what does managing disappointment even mean? understanding how our 'ideal person' may not be realistic why disappointment is a feeling of sadness checking-in, better communication & realistic timings the ongoing partnership problem Grab a cuppa, pen & paper, and settle in! 🎧Huge 💚 to episode sponsor WORQDRIVE 

Chatting to Tracey Parson is always a joy and her new company, WORQDRIVE, supports this very podcast but she's also a hiring manager. So I couldn't wait to hear her take on how recruiters and hiring leaders can partner better. We covered a lot... Launching a digital newspaper, recruitment banner ads in 1997, and career sites!  Will we ever improve those job posts! And let's stop adding more names into the funnel. Making it easy for people to stay in your company! The importance of talking through the intake - no forms!! Never be the hiring manager who says 'show me more CVs'! Elegant pushback is a must. Be prepared for a lot of laughs & insights! ✍🏻Huge 💚 to episode sponsor WORQDRIVE (as in Tracey!)WORQDRIVEShift: Your Talent Strategy! Imagine Internal Mobility your employees will actually rally behind. 💚

After seeing an empathetic post from Zuzanna Santos, assisting the people coming in to interview with her, I asked Lisa Scales to connect us. You'll soon get why Lisa was super excited that I chat to Zuzanna. We chatted about her secret sauce when hiring for her team and: recruiting her first team member just two years ago! her growing team & helping people that suss out your social media profiles, comparing interviews with first dates 🤨  hiring manager homework, helping the process getting creative with their showreel If your recruitment could do with some secret-sauce, grab a cuppa & tune-in. 🎧Huge 💚 to episode sponsor WORQDRIVE  WORQDRIVEShift: Your Talent Strategy! Imagine Internal Mobility your employees will actually rally behind. 💚