

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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Feb 13, 2018 • 39min
Firing Squad – Candidate.ID
Waking the dead in your resume database is all the rage. Companies like Crowded (Firing Squad alumni), Lever and ConveyIQ (formerly Take The Interview) are getting noticed for taking the best strategies in marketing and bringing them to recruitment. Candidate.ID is another company looking to take on this challenge and solve the problem of keeping candidates engaged and warm when a new opportunity arises instead of starting all over again to attract new talent. Chad and Cheese put the company’s CEO and co-founder Adam Gordon through the wringer to see if his company has the mettle to thrive in this new, competitive landscape. Will he get the gun? Gotta listen to find out. And be sure to checkout Jobs2Careers, exclusive sponsor of the show. Jobs 2 Awesome, more like it!

Feb 10, 2018 • 44min
ZipRecruiter Takes Aim at a $1 Billion Valuation
Dollar dollar bill ya’ll! Money is flowing into the recruitment tech space like a melting glacier into the Atlantic Ocean. In this week’s episode, ZipRecruiter eyes a new round of funding to the tune of $50 million, valuing the company at $1 billion, or the cost of both Monster and CareerBuilder put together. Plus: Recruiters calls out Indeed for three of their recent updates An Indeed employee goes off on Glassdoor Soda Stream got the ad right, but the execution blows RealMatch launches pandoIQ, and agencies are losing their minds A bunch of companies just got funding (hint, employee engagement is still hot) Workday gets generous. And much more. While listening, visit our sponsors: America’s Job Exchange, Sovren, Ratedly, Catch22 Consulting and the Campaign to Elect Chad & Cheese to President … of Monster.

Feb 2, 2018 • 3min
Chad & Cheese’s Super Bowl Commercial
We did an ad for this year’s Super Bowl. Monster’s going to love it!

Feb 2, 2018 • 37min
Top 10 Employment-Related Commercials of All-Time … and One of Our Own
On this week’s show: Amazon is tracking your trips to the shitter Monster gets a bad case of the shrinkage Top 10 industry commercials of all-time A very special ad from Chad & Cheese Super Bowl picks … and much, much more As always, visit our sponsors. They’re amazeballs. Sovren, America’s Jobs Exchange, Ratedly and Catch 22 Consulting rule!

Jan 24, 2018 • 46min
Onsite Interview with Text Recruiting Startup Canvas
A Nexxt Exclusive in partnership with TAtech.org, the boys are onsite to interview Aman Brar, CEO of Canvas, a text messaging recruiting tool. In addition to covering a wide array of topics, including the power of SMS, the benefits or building a deep data pool powered by communications, and exploring what comes after messaging, the guys have a great time. Enjoy. Looking to leverage text message marketing to recruit candidates? Checkout Text2Hire from Nexxt and get your first Text2Hire campaign for 25% OFF! Just go to ChadCheese.com and click on the Nexxt logo in the sponsor area or www.nexxt.com/chadandcheese25.

Jan 19, 2018 • 41min
Indeed is Sneaky as Hell & Ripple Hopes to Topple LinkedIn
This week, Indeed is quietly making some big changes for users, a new report says recruiters don’t give a damn about AI (yet) and there’s another mobile app hoping to take down LinkedIn (good luck with that Sparky). It’s a barrel full of monkeys, enjoy. Plus: Automation is going to hit this industry really hard Recruiters don’t care all that much about AI Recruiters really care about diversity recruiting Is it profiling or targeting? As always, show our sponsors some love. They rock this bitch! America’s Job Exchange, Sovren, Ratedly, Nexxt and Catch 22 Consulting.

Jan 17, 2018 • 32min
Firing Squad – HoneIt
Nick Livingston, CEO at Honeit Software not only faces the Firing Squad but the prospect of a real fire during our recording session. Things can get a little hectic when Chad & Cheese take the mic.Will Nick stand in the pocket, take his licks and score a BIG APPLAUSE? Or will he crack under the pressure and face The Chad & Cheese FIRING SQUAD?!?You’ll have to listen to find out!We also welcome a new sponsor: Jobs2Careers. Welcome aboard, J2C!

Jan 12, 2018 • 46min
iCIMS Buys a Trojan Horse
On this week’s episode, iCIMS buys a Trojan horse, Walmart adds a little sugar to make the layoff medicine go down and hiQ gets some good news regarding its epic battle with LinkedIn. You don’t want to miss a second, but if you do, we can still be friends. What else? Here you go: Harver gets $4.2 million to bring unbiased hiring to the masses Iceland makes a certain employment practice illegal Walmart has its cake and wants to eat it too (not so fast!) Shoutouts to Sling, Monster, and the #ChadCheese faithful … and much more. Tune in for free now! Give all your money to our sponsors instead: Sovren, America’s Job Exchange, Ratedly, Nexxt and Catch 22 Consulting.

Jan 6, 2018 • 35min
Tale of Two Strategies: Google’s Inclusion & Indeed’s Exclusion
The holidays are over, and business is business. The boys are back at it this week, pulling no punches … just like you like it. Believe it or not, in addition to talking Google, Indeed and others, Monster (remember them?) get mad airtime. Here’s a breakdown. Monster’s new ad strategy Albert the Frog (don’t ask) Indeed lays the smackdown TextRecruit partners There’s a new addition to the “steaming hot pile of garbage” And must more, as always. Listen now, and visit our valued sponsors: America’s Job Exchange, Sovren, Ratedly and newly pimped Catch 22 Consulting.

Jan 2, 2018 • 49min
2018 Predictions
A Nexxt Exclusive in partnership with TAtech.org, the boys enlist help from industry expert Tim Sackett to come up with predictions for 2018. Featured are Glassdoor, Monster, CareerBuilder, Slack, and much, much more. There’s even a prediction for 2020, so get ready to get woke, mutha huggers! Looking to leverage text message marketing to recruit candidates? Checkout Text2Hire from Nexxt and get your first Text2Hire campaign for 25% OFF! It’s a 2018 resolution gift from Chad and Cheese. Just go to ChadCheese.com and click on the Nexxt logo in the sponsor area or www.nexxt.com/chadandcheese25.


