

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 16, 2021 • 44min
Chad & Cheese Does Europe
Some podcasters do it for the fun. Chad & Cheese? Global domination. That's why we've set our sites on Europe after conquering America and have enlisted the help of some locals to make sense of the Old Country. In this episode, the first-ever from the new 'Does Europe' show, the boys discuss the labor crunch and ongoing work-from-home issues plaguing European employers and workers. Then they throw in some Facebook bullsh!t for good measure.
Jun 14, 2021 • 5min
LGBTQ+ for Dummies -- Part 2
Welcome to LGBTQ+ for Dummies-- Part 2It's PRIDE month and we're celebrating and learning more about the LGBTQ+ community. And as a straight white male, I thought it fitting that I'd ask the uncomfortable questions many of us are afraid to ask. To answer these questions we have special guest expert Michelle Raymond from myGwork, a LinkedIn-like platform for the LGBTQ+ community, who will be droppin' the knowledge.Listen and Learn!
Jun 11, 2021 • 45min
Take This Job and Shove It
A 1970s' Johnny Paycheck song captures the feeling of today's job market. Take This Job and Shove It! Yes, even with an unprecedented number of unfilled jobs and quitting on the rise, will we be able to find the balance people desperately need? Change is hard, and Chad & Cheese are dropping a nightly recording over beers and bourbon to work out all this post-pandemic drama. SAP treats employees like adults, while Apple's controlled WFH "culture" strategy starts a mutiny. Don't worry kids, if culture as a control device doesn't work employers are also trying to cook up cybersecurity as a way to force you back in the office. Is it legit or just more bullshit?We also throw in some new funding and a good ol' fashioned Superpower Dust-Up for good measure. It's the end of the world as we know it, and Chad & Cheese feel fine. As always, your favorite podcast is powered by Sovren, Jobvite, and JobAdx.

Jun 10, 2021 • 4min
Eightfold AI Breaks Bank with Latest Funding Round
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Jun 9, 2021 • 32min
Prince of Programmatic
He's the Prince of Programmatic. Well,.. A Prince... Rob Prince. On this episode, we dive into programmatic and all things UK with our good buddy Rob Prince, VP of sales at TalentNexus. Coming out of COVID, employers are hungrier than ever to leverage the latest in job distribution tech to fill these hard-to-fill positions and a ton of other topics and opinions around IndeedIQ, Broadbean, Sir Richard Collins, Pando IQ, chatbots, Madeline Laurano's research, Stepstone and Appcast, a little VONQ and where does LinkedIn, ZipRecruiter and Google for Jobs stand in the UK? While the US is usually 5 years ahead of the Europeans, Rob is always good at making us feel behind the times. He'll probably do the same for you if you'd only listen to this NEXXT exclusive.
Jun 7, 2021 • 7min
LGBTQ+ for Dummies -- Part 1
Welcome to LGBTQ+ for Dummies -- Part 1It's PRIDE month and we're celebrating and learning more about the LGBTQ+ community. And as a straight white male, I thought it fitting that I'd ask the uncomfortable questions many of us are afraid to ask. To answer these questions we have special guest expert Michelle Raymond from myGwork, a LinkedIn-like platform for the LGBTQ+ community, who will be droppin' the knowledge.Listen and Learn!

Jun 6, 2021 • 4min
Guess who's coming to Europe?
Guess who's coming to Europe? On March 10th, 2017 The Chad and Cheese launched our first show. Over the years, Joel and I have focused heavily on the US market while trying our best to find relevant and smart global stories and as our global base of loyal listeners grew we started having discussions around a more European-based show, but we needed someone embedded in the European market to bring that certain je ne sais quoi, but most of all someone who could provide great European insights to our dumb American opinions.
Jun 4, 2021 • 47min
Stack the Steal
It's a Stack-quisition... Wait, that sounds familiar!Stack the Steal!Dollar bills, ya'll! Developer community Stack Overflow, one of the 50 most popular websites in the world, was acquired this week for a juicy $1.8 billion, an absolute steal by Github standards. What else? The boys play a little Buy-or-Sell, then discuss the ongoing nightmare that is labor shortages, vaccine mandates, and chase it all with a little change in weed testing at Amazon.Finally, it turns out potheads can organize warehouse merchandise too. It's another shot of aural goodness, powered by Jobvite, Sovren, and JobAdx.
Jun 2, 2021 • 47min
Snark Attack w/ Matt Charney
Time to turn the snark up to eleven, people. Four years in the making, industry icon - or at least iconic in millennial terms - Matt Charney sits down with the boys for a chat about his latest role at SmartRecruiters, his take on the hottest HR tech vendors at the moment, and his distaste for most-things-SHRM. Resistance is futile. Turn it up!Snarky pod powered by Nexxt, you need better response rates? Of course you do, so contact Nexxt to received better-targeted candidates who respond!
May 28, 2021 • 54min
ZipRecruiter Trash Talk
ZipRecruiter? More Like Dip-Recruiter... Am I right?The boys both turn 50-years-old this week, which means a lot of mature, grown-up, and responsible commentary on the world of work. Ha! Just kidding, they talk trash about the ZipRecruiter IPO, Amazon buying MGM, BrightHire raising money, Jumpstart rebranding as Canvas (bet that's fun for salespeople who have to field questions about text recruiting now), the world losing its collective mind over WFH, and weed in the workplace. Whew! Buckle-up, this is one long-winded, meandering piece of industry goodness. As always, your favorite podcast is powered by Jobvite, JobAdx, and Sovren.


