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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Jun 2, 2020 • 31min
Inside an iCIMS Acquisition
When you want insights to big industry moves you go to the insiders. In this episode The Chad & Cheese are joined by phenom, Death Match Europe winner, and former CEO of newly acquired Opening.io, Andreea Wade. Andreea dragged along iCIMS' technical commander-in-chief Al "Witness Protection" Smith to discuss how Opening.io's team, vision, and tech will play into iCIMS' future. Enjoy this NEXXT exclusive.
May 29, 2020 • 41min
Douchebag Marketing 101
It's The Chad & Cheese Birthday episode, which was totally overshadowed by: - Entelo kicking their founder & CEO to the curb - Go1.com, VergeSense, & MedWing get cash - Douche Marketing shaming session - Marketing Master Class by WalMart and Nvidia just redefined blasphemy The market is going crazy over tech which is why you should be researching, visiting, and calling companies like our sponsors Jobvite, Sovren, and JobAdx.
May 28, 2020 • 34min
Brand & People are Squishy
Sandra Preyale has graced the halls and lead HR at Christian Dior, L'Oreal, Coach, LVMH, and Amazon. Why leave a history of big brands and take the Chief People Officer mantle at Aegis Living? Because it's squishy. Squishy provides purpose and goes beyond mere HR, Talent Acquisition, and Brand. Because squishy is REAL. Enjoy this Cult Brand podcast, supported by Smashfly, which was recorded at the base of a mountain in Banff, Canada before the world turned upside down. Enjoy!
May 27, 2020 • 4min
Entelo has a New CEO
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
May 27, 2020 • 2min
Happy Birthday, Chad
It's May 27th, the day that brought us Chad Sowash. Bow down!
May 27, 2020 • 15min
Design for Google
Doing the dirty work isn't easy, but industry education and being a change agent is a bitch. The boys continue their interview with Venkat Janapareddy, CEO of Jobiak, and talk:
- Google for jobs PPC?
- Indeed - "the new Monster"
- Ditch the schema
- The Struggle is Real!
- The Domain Matters - DUH!
Brought to you by Chad and Cheese - HR's Most Dangerous Podcast. Subscribe at chadcheese.com.
May 22, 2020 • 39min
Jobvite & iCIMS Attack!
As the world begins to open up from corona, it's refreshing to see companies in our space act like nothing ever happened, like Jobvite and iCIMS who are on the attack. Of course, there are still those like Indeed, UberWorks, and most of the Fortune 500 who keep tripping over themselves. We cover all this, as well as a new round of investment and acquisitions in our space. Enjoy and show sponsors Jobvite, Sovren, and JobAdx some much-needed love ... as long as it's from 6-feet away, that is.
May 21, 2020 • 27min
WFH Warning Signals
The world is working from home and the WFH phenomenon looks like it just might be here to stay, as companies like Twitter and Google are in for the long haul.
So who better to bring on the podcast than Robert Ruff of Sovren, whose company has been WFH for over 10 years. He's spilling the good, the bad, and the ugly on this Sovren exclusive.
Enjoy ... and wash your pajamas, they stink!
May 20, 2020 • 4min
Rape Charges at Indeed.com
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 Poach.
May 19, 2020 • 27min
iCIMS Offense w/ CEO, Steve Lucas
Newly minted iCIMS CEO Steve Lucas has had quite a whirlwind since heading-up the company in February.
Aside from a global pandemic, which led to a round of layoffs, the company has gotten snuggly with Microsoft and acquired hot startup and Death Match WINNER Opening.io. So, the boys obviously had to get him on the horn and find out the 411. Oh, and longtime friend of the show Susan Vitale, the company's CMO, joined in the fun too.
Enjoy this exclusive podcast brought to you by Nexxt.
