Talent Savvy

Today Bas, Sofia and Dez talk about Boomerang hires.  In these times it might be a good idea to re-hire people that left.  Bas has some examples of boomerang processes, alumni BBQ's and calling the regrettable hires within their probation period.  And Sofia explains the law in Sweden is that if you fire some for 'not enough work' and you are hiring someone again for that job, you ne...

Bas van de Haterd today is joined by Olga Smelova and Michael Delaney on referral hiring.  It seems so many organisations are revamping their referral programs, so in this episode we share all our experiences with referral.  We talk about the tools and processes you need to have in place before you can really support the referral proces.  We talked about the bonus. Do you need to pa...

In todays episode we're talking about Chat GPT.  If you haven't tried it yet: play with it.  https://chat.openai.com/auth/login What are our experiences? What can you use it for right now?  Bas wrote a blog about it on Employer Branding in Dutch, without editing, Marco read it and says it's very human written.  The blog: https://digitaal-werven.nl/employer-branding-binnen-je-re...

In this episode Bas van de Haterd, Marco Dalmeijer and Marlies Farril will talk about two of the most important aspects for developers: working with great colleagues and development oppertunities.  The episode is based on research by Otta that shows us that two of the three most important aspects for developers are working with great colleagues and development and growth oppertunities. ...

The first show of 2023 is the second round of predictions for 2023.  In this episode Steve Jacobs, Dez Papp and Matthias Schmeisser will predict 2023.  Matthias predicts what technology will be the biggest hype to implement in the year.  Steve predicts that tech candidates are becoming more risk averse, so traditional companies will have a better chance of hiring top talent.  D...

In this episode Bas van de Haterd, Akbar Karenga and Giles Symonds talk about apprenticeships and how they might be used to close the skills gap. We talk about the differences in government support for them, the UK has a paid scheme where companies get reimbursed for some of the costs, and how this actually seems to sometimes lead to bad outcomes for the quality of the apprenticeship. Some compani...

In this episode Akbar Karenga, Marlies Farril, Giles Symonds and Bas van de Haterd give their predictions for 2023.  We'll be predicting and talking investment in tech and how that will influence the hiring market. We'll be predicting and talking salaries, and mainly salaries in tech and other sectors. We'll be predicting and talking the change of talent acquisition to talent management.&nbsp...

In this episode Bas van de Haterd, Dez. S. Papp and Akbar Karenga look back at 2022.  What did we see happening in the market? We saw people getting closer, the profession seems to be up skilling and coming closer.  We talk about the actual rise of AI and becoming useful products for TA. AI creation tools have become useful for recruiters and that's something we'll remember 2022 about. W...

Illness hit the Talent Savvy team this week, so no recording. Hence a rerun of an episode from almost a year ago that is still as relevant as ever: writing a good job ad.  Bas, Sofia and Kelly discuss three statements concerning the Job advert. 1. It's an advert, not a description. What's the difference and what makes a great job ad? 2. Your job advert should not be the same on your corporate...

In todays show Bas van de Haterd, Kelly Robinson and Oana Iordachescu talk about the great retirement and how this effects the labor market and how we as recruiters could, or should, deal with this.  The research this episode references is by the phoenix group: https://www.thephoenixgroup.com/sites/phoenix-group/files/2022-11/Phoenix-Insights-The-Great-Retirement.pdf We try to answer the ques...

In this special 50th episode the team of Talent Savvy shares the best advice we got and how it impacted our careers in Talent Acquisition.  You'll be hearing the best career advice as a recruiter they've got from: Michael Delaney: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeldelaney1/ Sofia Broberger: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sofiabroberger/ Giles Symonds: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pharmaceuticalr...

Bas van de Haterd, Dez Papp and Sofia Broberger talk about hiring entire teams at once.  The recent lay offs might have great chances not just hiring a single good candidate, but an entire team. The reason for this podcast is a recent event Bas visited about hiring Polish IT people and one thing that the experts there said was that many Polish developers are such close friends with their coll...

In this episode Bas van de Haterd, Matthias Schmeisser and Akbar Karenga are talking about the tech layoffs and hiring freezes in tech. It's not just the venture backed firms that are letting people go, it's also the hiring freezes at big tech that are influencing the market.  The article we talk about in this episode is this piece on pragmatic engineer:  https://blog.pragmaticengineer.c...

In this episode Bas van de Haterd, Marlies Farril and Marco Dalmeijer talk about corporate careers websites. This episode is based on a research of the  career websites of the 500 biggest employers of the Netherlands, by Digitaal-Werven, a brand founded by the host Bas van de Haterd  The research report is downloadable here We talk about surprises in the findings. We talk about cultural...

In this episode Bas van de Haterd, Kelly Robinson and Michael Delaney talk about what TA can learn from professional sports. For once there isn't an article to share as we discuss this based on talks we saw at conferences. Bas saw the Sport scientist of Soccer team PSV at Digitaal-Werven this year and Kelly remembered an inspiring talk by coach K from Duke university and the American Olympic Team...

In todays episode episode Bas, Marlies and Steve talk about leveraging niche networks for recruitment. How niche can you get (the scientific forum for salt water membrane technology)? can you be part of a recruitment network and help other networks? What are do's and don't? What are successes we've had in leveraging niche network. The reason for this discussion is the article in BBC: https://www.b...

In this episode Bas van de Haterd is joined by Oana Iordachescu and Matthias Schmeißer talk one of the most boring aspects of Talent Acquisition, but one of the most interesting from automation perspective: scheduling. Oana is in a high volume sector, having over 200.000 interviews a year while Matthias has implemented tools both in higher volume, but also very niche (developer) jobs.  Both Oana a...

Bas van de Haterd talks with Steve Jacobs and Oana Iordachescu on the talents and skills that a recruiter needs to stay good at their job. The article this podcast is based on is from the Kevin Wheeler's newsletter (that we highly recommend): https://fotnews.futureoftalent.org/p/the-six-recruiting-skills-you-need Oana actually asked her team even what they thought about the 6 skills Kevin wrote an...

This week Bas van de Haterd, Matthias Schmeißer and Dez s. Papp talk about how to become a talent advisor.  The podcast is based on this article by John Vlastelica on becoming a talent advisor.  https://www.linkedin.com/business/talent/blog/talent-strategy/be-seen-as-talent-advisor-by-hiring-managers A talent advisor is a more strategic recruiter, someone who doesn't just take orders fro...

In todays episode we have a unique cross over podcast with the Recruiting Future Podcast with podcasting legend Matt Alder. We talk about a topic that's close to our hearts for ever, the candidate experience.  The episode is based on this excellent article by kevin Grossman on ERE, that nothing really changed.  https://www.ere.net/whats-new-and-fresh-in-the-candidate-experience-absolutel...

In this episode Marlies, Chantelle and Matthias talk about the artikel in the NY times: Boy Bossed of Sillicon Valley are on their way out and how this impacts TA.  https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/10/business/silicon-valley-boy-boss.html We're going from peace time CEO's to war time CEO's. We going from unlimited growth back by VC money to a proces mindset that fosters sustainability and long...

Today Bas van de Haterd talks with Dez Papp and Kelly Robinson on the topic of the TA tech stack.  How important is your TA tech stack for hiring the right recruiters? A recent poll said that the majority of recruiters and TA professionals, or at least the great ones that are a member of Recruiting Brainfood would reject a job at your organisation if they did not get the tools they believe th...

In today's episode Bas van de Haterd talks with Oana Iordachescu and Giles Symonds on the subject of company culture and talent philosophy.  The base for this episode is a newsletter by Recruitment legend Kevin Wheeler on this topic.  https://fotnews.futureoftalent.org/p/whats-your-firms-culture-and-talent He talks about that your company culture needs to be reflected in your talent phil...

In this episode Bas van de Haterd (https://www.linkedin.com/in/basvandehaterd/), Michael Delaney (https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeldelaney1/) and new co host Giles Symonds (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pharmaceuticalrecruitment/) talk about candidates who want to switch industries.  In a McKinsey report it's mentioned that much of the great resignation is caused by candidates that are switch...

In todays episode Bas talks to Olga and Steve on expanding your talent pool by hiring on aptitude in stead of resumes and previous experience.  The discussion is based on the article in Inc magazine on Google's project manager training program that then puts them in work experience programs at Google as project managers.  https://www.inc.com/kelly-main/hiring-google-experience-aptitude.h...