Talent and Growth - The Talent Acquisition Podcast

What a year 2022 has been, and what better person to talk us through where we have been, where we are and where we are going than the elf of the Recruitment Employment Confederation, Neil Carberry. We covered: Neil’s observations on 2022, what we have learnt and what has surprised him The trends taking us into 2023 and how TAs & Recruiters should prepare The most significant challenges facing companies right now and what they should be doing to overcome them What the great recruiters do to be successful in this market How companies can keep hold of their people and avoid significant resignations in January Contact Neil here -  Neil Carberry

Being a great People person means you have to balance supporting and looking after your people AND being commercially minded. Hannah knows how to do this. She is an absolute fountain of knowledge and expertise. We covered: The traps people professionals sometimes fall into What makes a great people person The metrics we should be focusing on The key ingredients to building a great business The methodology to become more commercial as a people person How we become more product-led The key success points for a great people person Contact Hannah here -  Hannah Atack

Today's episode is the second part of our throwback to our first-ever Talent & Growth Live event! In this episode, we're bringing you clips from Christine Ng and Katrina Collier's presentations. Christine will discuss how to build and employer brand to attract tech talent. And Katrina will be talking about how to make the business partner with TA and how to deliver a better experience for all! So if you missed a great night, this is what you missed! Enjoy!

Today's episode is a throwback to our first-ever Talent & Growth Live event! In this episode, we're bringing you clips from Rohan Kallicharan & Beckie Taylor's presentations. Rohan will discuss how to create advocators from your employees and create more organic referrals. And Beckie will be talking about how to diversify your hiring. So if you missed a great night, this is what you missed! Enjoy!

We all want to open up talent pools, don’t we? Yes? Of course, we do! Social mobility is a way to do this. Actually, if we redefine social mobility a little as well, we can end up with a phenomenal long-term talent and branding strategy AND do some good in the world as well. Felicity is the Founder of Goodwork, and in this episode, we find out all about the excellent work Goodwork (ha!) are doing and how we can start opening up our talent pools! We covered: The mission and vision for Goodwork How we should and can redefine social mobility How do we embed this into our long-term strategy and this tie it into our employer brand? Some of Felicities and Goodworks success stories Contact Felicity here - Felicity Halstead

BVNK is an innovative banking and payments business built on crypto for the digital economy. They have been on an incredible growth journey this year, scaling from 30 to 120 and maintaining their culture as a focal point of their hiring process. They ensure they bring in the right people who add to their culture. Isabel has been an integral part of that journey and is here to share exactly how they have done it with us. We covered: The journey BVNK has been on in 2022 and plans for 2023 How BVNK have maintained their focus on culture as they have scaled and how it will continue to do so How is this reflected in the hiring process, and what the BVNK culture manual looks like How to keep rigid with their expectations around culture add yet still make sure the process and environment are inclusive And lots more! Contact Isabel here - LinkedIn

John runs a successful business called Inventive Games, based in Edinburgh. He aims to make his company the best in the world to work for. Why? Because if he looks after his people, then his business will succeed. We covered: What is it like to work in Incentive Why it’s so important to listen to your people and make the business a great place to work The steps incentive have taken to become an incredible company to work for The plans around improving the culture and business even further The companies John looks to for inspiration and why Contact John here - John Gordon

What is a People Manifesto? How do you create one? Is it right for your business? All of this is answered and more in this chat with Eleanor Gooding, the incredible passionate about people, People Director at Boost Drinks! We covered: What is a People Manifesto, and how do you create one Who should be involved in the process The impact a People Manifesto can have on your culture What is mean to the people in your business Eleanor’s advice to other businesses considering a People Manifesto And lots more! Contact Eleanor here -  Eleanor Gooding If you like what you hear then join us for Talent & Growth live on Wednesday, October 19th; just click for tickets! Talent & Growth Tickets, Wed 19 Oct 2022 at 18:00 | Eventbrite

On this episode of Talent & Growth we’re getting ready for our first ever live event, which is less than a week away! The event is being held in support of Mind Charity, who promote mental health in the UK. The speakers have volunteered their time to talk to us and give us expert advice and insights to help us level up our skills as people-focussed professionals. Sign up to join the live event here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talent-growth-tickets-414487652727 This episode is made up of highlights from two of the speakers at the event, both of whom have previously featured on our podcast. First up is Christine NG, the Head of Talent and Media at Quantum Motion, followed by Beckie Taylor, who is the CEO and founder of Tech Returners. We hope you enjoy their insights into the industry!

This episode of Talent & Growth is in preparation of our live event, happening at the Warner Brothers Discovery Offices in London on the 19th of October 2022. This community of talent acquisition and people professionals will be coming together to network and share their expertise with one another. To join our live event and hear from all of our incredible speakers, you can sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talent-growth-tickets-414487652727 To set the tone for the event, we’re throwing it back to some highlights from previous podcast guests. Today we’re joined by Katrina Collier, author of The Robot-Proof Recruiter and Rohan Kallicharan, the Director of People and Talent at Carbon Clean. Rohan is also a trustee at Mind, the charity that our live event will be supporting. To find out more about the work that they’re doing both on a professional and personal level, listen to this episode of the Talent & Growth podcast now!