

The Chad & Cheese Podcast
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Everything people and workforce—recruiting, marketing, technology, talent management, and workforce economics—delivered with biting sarcasm and unapologetic snark. Industry misfits Chad Sowash and Joel Cheesman bring their no-holds-barred opinions to dissect news, trends, and the occasional dumpster fire. If you’re a hiring company, staffing firm, or vendor looking for insights (and a thick skin), these two won’t just tell you what’s happening—they’ll tell you why you’re probably doing it wrong. Buckle up, buttercup.
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Jul 2, 2020 • 21min
Vervoe Revisited
Can you name the first startup to face The Chad & Cheese Firing Squad? It was Vervoe, and almost three years since facing The Squad, the company has raised money from the most popular job board in APAC, Seek,and have grown the company to 8,000 customers, including Walmart. So, how are things and what does the future hold? Gotta listen Podcast powered by Sovren, technology that thinks, communicates and collaborates like a human.
Jun 30, 2020 • 35min
Firing Squad: My Career Fit Founder, Gordon Collier
Voice assistants are a thing. You know Alexa better than your own kids, right? So it was just a matter of time before searching for a job was a thing on these voice platforms too. That's where My Career Fit comes in. Jumping on the voice assistance trend, this startup aims for aural glory equated to what job boards like Monster had on the early days of the internet. What say Chad & Cheese? Gotta listen to find out if this spunky company survives Firing Squad.Firing Squad is supported by our friends at Pandologic, crunching data and performing programmatic job placement since 2007.
Jun 28, 2020 • 24min
Are You Rescinding The Offer?
COVID-19 is a bitch for business, but are you thinking enough about the people being impacted? Protect Your Brand is a Limited Podcast Series. The Chad & Cheese call on a real cast of experienced characters including Gerry Crispin, Principal & Co-Founder of CareerXRoads, Deb Andrychuk, VP of Client Services with Shaker Recruitment Marketing and Steven Rothberg, Founder and President of CollegeRecruiter.com.to answer the questions employers should be asking themselves. Lead question: What impact to their campus hiring efforts will employers experience if they rescind job offers to students and recent grads?Support provided by our friends at Shaker Recruitment Marketing - COVID might keep us at home but it won't keep us quiet!
Jun 26, 2020 • 46min
Goodbye Glassdoor?
This is the 14th straight week more than a million people have filed for jobless claims, since the pandemic began. So, how's your week going?On this week's episode, the boys dive headfirst into
Entelo's dumpster fire
big brands unfriend Facebook
Glassdoor gets pulled into Indeed's Death Star and...
CareerBuilder tip-toes into 2018 with an update.
As usual, powered by the best in the business - Sovren, Jobvite and JobAdx.
Jun 25, 2020 • 17min
A Monster Discussion
A veteran of the Recruitment Tech industry for 20 years Kshitij Jain (aka KJ) has worked with well-known companies like Monster.com, Mobolt, and Indeed. A career steeped in jobs and technology sees him today at the helm of the programmatic platform Joveo as Founder and CEO. Before we step into the world of programmatic, Joel and I want some history starting with a truly Monster discussion.Enjoy this history lesson as we talk about how it shapes the future. Brought to you by Chad and Cheese - HR's Most Dangerous Podcast. Subscribe at chadcheese.com.
Jun 24, 2020 • 32min
Erect A Brand Bridge
The "brand people" get the budget, the conferences, the glory, the press. The "people people" work in the background. How do we build a powerful connection between the two? Panelists answer the tough questions about brand + people, recorded LIVE during Symphony Talent's Transform with The Chad & Cheese - HR’s Most Dangerous Podcast and special guest, Co-founder and CEO of CULT Collective and Co-founder of Forbes rated "Must Attend" event The Gather of Cult Brands, Chris Kneeland.Let Symphony Talent help activate your brand and keep relationships at the heart of your Talent Strategy. For more information, visit SymphonyTalent.com

Jun 23, 2020 • 4min
Entelo Dumpster Fire
The Shred is a bite-sized bit of recruitment news to help make sure you’re in-the-know, even if you’re on-the-go. The Shred is brought to you by Recruitology.
Jun 21, 2020 • 19min
Death Match: Aida Fazylova w/ XOR
Welcome to Death Match, North America 2020, GRAND CHAMPION EDITION which took place at TAtech on May 19. For all of you NOOBS who have never experienced Death Match - Death Match is a competition which pits 4 innovative, early-stage companies against one-another, only one can win and emerge with the coveted Death Match Chain of Champions.This Chad and Cheese Death Match episode features Aida Fazylova founder and CEO at XOR that's X-O-R people. COVID-19 might've locked us all in our homes but never fear! The home bars are always stocked, pints were flowing and Chad and Cheese questions and slurring snark was flying. Luckily Joveo's CEO, KJ, stepped in to provide a smart and sensible judging voice to this TAtech event...Enjoy while Aida reaches down deep for her inner Ivan Drago pitches XOR, then ducks, bobs, weaves and lands a knock performance during this virtual Death Match event.

Jun 19, 2020 • 47min
People Powered Good News
How about some good news? - The Supreme Court of the United States protects L.G.B.T.Q. people against workplace discrimination AND defended DACA. - Target raised its minimum wage, - Shaquille O'Neal is backing a new gig platform and, well, OK, that's most of the good news. Otherwise - COVID is still a thing - ERE layoffs and almost 20% of Americans are pouring Clorox on food, which they think will save them from coronavirus. As always, the podcast is powered by Jobvite, JobAdx and Sovren.
Jun 18, 2020 • 27min
Cruising in NÜTRL - Loving Every Minute
This podcast was recorded pre-covid and at the base of the Canadian Rockies in Banff Canada with Paul Meehan, Creator, Owner & Brand Manager, NÜTRL Vodka Soda right after a little company named Anheuser-Busch acquired him. You can hear the pep in Paul's step during this Cult Brand podcast. Enjoy this Symphony Talent joint, SmashflyX style :)


