

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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Dec 3, 2020 • 4min
Is Entelo Sinking?
The Chad & Cheese tip line has uncovered that recruitment automation vendor Entelo seems to be wasting away as their CTO and CFO have left the organization within the past 2-3 months and....Big thanks Recruitology for supporting The Shred. Recruitology brings machine learning and AI to virtual job fairs, remember when virtual job fairs were lame? Not anymore, check out how you can leverage candidate matching and programmatic job distribution with a virtual job fair at recruitology.com/employers.

Dec 2, 2020 • 5min
Suck It, LinkedIn! Salesforce Acquires Slack
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.
Dec 2, 2020 • 29min
The Skills Gap Lie
The "skills gap" is a lie and we've all been duped. Well, everyone with the exception of Suresh Naidu. Suresh is a professor of economics and international and public affairs at Columbia University as well as a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, external faculty at the Santa Fe Institute, and a research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, for starters. Needless to say, this interview is heady so prepare to take notes as we talk deep workforce economics, monopsony, market power, unions, and believe it or not the Company Town still exists. Na na na na na... Our podcast is smarter than yours! Seriously, this genius power is powered by the crazy amazing parsing and matching of Sovren. Sovren, software so human you'll want to take it to dinner.
Nov 27, 2020 • 43min
Adecco Ménage à trois
In a shortened holiday week, the podcast is loaded with solid content. We're talkin' acquisitions from Vettery - Adecco by proxy - and VONQ, New York City getting tough on A.I. hiring, thanks HireVue, Unwoke's dip into the dead pool, DICE innovating like it's 2011 and much, much more.Grab some pumpkin pie, put on your fat boy pants and enjoy another active week in recruitment, as always, powered by Jobvite, Sovren and JobAdx.

Nov 25, 2020 • 4min
Unwoke.hr Takes a Dirt Nap
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.
Nov 22, 2020 • 32min
Thankful and Stuffed
Turkey, stuffing, pumpkin pie and a heavy dose of seasonal goodness from Chad & Cheese make an appearance on this special podcast. No jive turkeys here!The boys welcome Hourly's Quincy Valencia to talk things in our industry to be thankful for, as well as what turkeys showed-up on our radar in 2020. You'll laugh, you'll cry. Hell, you'll ask for seconds!
Nov 20, 2020 • 46min
iCIMS Takes No Prisoners
It's the podcast where the hosts are always socially distant, or at least mentally distant.This week on The Chad & Cheese Podcast, iCIMS is taking no prisoners, making another acquisition, while OutMatch says, "Two can play that game." We have earnings out from Indeed and Glassdoor parent company Recruit Holdings, and Google faces the music in Europe as job board owned take aim with accusations of antitrust.Want more? The boys also chat about Canadian robots, Northwest Arkansas and mountain bikes. Hold on to your poutine and grab a cold one on this Happy Hour edition of HR's most dangerous podcast, always sponsored by Sovren, JobAdx, and Jobvite.
Nov 18, 2020 • 30min
Susan Vitale Speaks!
Susan Vitale, CMO at popular ATS iCIMS, has 15 years experience in the industry. In addition to just being one of our favorite people, she's always a great person to have on and talk shop. In this episode, Susan tells the boys about the latest iCIMS rebrand, where applicant tracking systems will be in 10 years, who's coming to their online conference, and much more. Enjoy this COMPANY exclusive.

Nov 17, 2020 • 4min
Earnings Alert: Indeed, Glassdoor Revenue Decline
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.
Nov 13, 2020 • 45min
SmartRecruiters' New Pal
More fun than a press conference at the Four Seasons Total Landscaping parking lot, Chad & Cheese bring plenty of red meat this week. We're talkin' big acquisitions, ousted CEOs, empowered women, and ticked-off Mexicans. It's gettin' loco out there, amigos, so take a break from the world and slide away to the sweet sounds of two middle-aged white guys from the American Midwest. It's a party, and Sovren, JobAdx, and Jobvite are bringing the appetizers.


