Geeks, Geezers, and Googlization Show

Are you a working Mom on a career break (or an employer seeking more skilled workers?) Then don't miss this episode of Geeks Geezers and Googlization. Listen to serial entrepreneur and philanthropist Reena Gupta share her vision and platform that gives working Moms the means to gain financial independence and businesses a vibrant source of fresh talent. Her timing is perfect. Companies need qualif...

Millennials are possibly the most maligned generation in modern history. Why? The oldest Millennials are 40-something, the youngest in their 20s. They are the largest, most educated and diverse generation ever. Millennials are the 2nd largest electorate and largest active generation in the workforce, expected to make up 3 out of every 4 workers by 2025. And yet older generations blame them for eve...

After spending $250 Billion on HR technology for recruitment, interviewing, and assessments, the candidate experience should be spectacular. But it's not. In fact, it sucks. More than ½ job candidates drop out during the application process. Nearly 60% of applicants never hear from the employer. Did HR technology cause the dissatisfaction? Can HR tech heal itself? Will AI-assisted technology cure...

CX. Just what HR needs, another acronym!  But don't swipe left just yet. Bad candidate experience is almost single-handedly killing your talent acquisition efforts. Plain and simple - job seekers aren't happy. Half of them encounter a negative experience with your company or your website even before they apply. Seven out of 10 leave and never apply again. Worse, they tell 7 friends…and those frien...

If you could pick just one job skill to learn, develop, and grow, it should be curiosity. Curiosity is so important that you might say that curiosity lies behind the FATE of humanity. We simply can't perform our jobs or stay relevant in the race between man and machine without - you guessed it, curiosity. It drives nearly every skill on the must-have job skill lists for tomorrow. And yet parents,...

Rhonda Leeman Taylor is taking the same competitive fight and lessons of leadership, teamwork,and perseverance she learned on the ice to beat an even tougher opponent - gender discrimination in our communities and business. As young female hockey player she learned that female athletes, like female workers, just don't get treated equally or fairly. They don't get the same pay or the same respect,...

Congratulations Geeks Geezers and Googlization. To celebrate Season 2, my co-host Keith Campagna is live on the floor of #HRTechConf 2019. Keith's observation: Technology is ubiquitous. Automation is not only inevitable but integral to HR's survival. The crescendo of AI-driven technologies is only adding fuel to unprecedented transformation and disruption. HR technology is pushing everyone into un...

Josh Levine has a disturbing message for HR and executives in the C-Suite: ignore company culture at your own risk. New SHRM stats prove his point. 1 out of 4 Americans dread going to work. Nearly 1/2 of all workers are thinking about leaving. A bad company culture is not only bad for employees. It's bad for business. Company culture is the difference between a vibrant business and one that flound...

"Leadership needs to evolve," says our guest John Dame. "Leaders need to lead with purpose." Employees need leaders who they can trust, deliver compassion, provide stability, offer hope. Creating such a company culture that attracts, engages, inspires, and retains workers takes more than a few motivational posters and a wordsmithed vision statement hung in the lobby and break rooms. Listen to John...

Pandit Dasa , a former monk, has an extraordinary vision for Workforce 2030, quite different than the dystopian view of robots and machines kicking us out of jobs over the next decade. Pandit imagines a workforce where leaders and managers inspire, support and encourage; where ego battles don't stifle  progress; where colleagues celebrate each other 's success ; and employees develop positive soci...

"Conflict can be like fertilizer. It stinks while you're in it, but in the long run, it fosters growth," says our guest Kira Nurieli , founder of Harmony Strategies Group . During this episode Kira reveals 3 crucial skills every manager and employee must learn to resolve and leverage conflict management. She describes why she recommends "Circles" strategy and how she has applied it to boost produc...

How would you explain artificial intelligence to your 4 year old or 95 y/o mother? That might seem like a silly question to ask our guest Ben Eubanks when our audience includes so many HR professionals and business executives. Sadly, it's not. Because according to the author of "Artificial Intelligence for HR," 90% of HR leaders don't have a firm grasp on what AI is and how it works. That's a huge...

HR has a human bandwidth problem.  The demand for talent is skyrocketing at the same time companies struggle with unprecedented competition for labor. Unfortunately inefficiencies and task-intensive workloads overwhelm recruiters and HR, diverting them away from engaging top talent quickly and frequently - even when they come knocking. There simply aren't enough hours in the day or resources avail...

When Dave Sanderson sat down on that plane 10 years ago, he had no clue that he was about to experience a "plane crash moment" that would alter his life forever. Prior to that day, Dave had no flight or rescue training. But his lifelong investment in personal development and a belief that you must lead yourself to lead others paid off. Dave was literally the last passenger off the plane that day a...

Talent acquisition is at the tipping point. The way talent acquisition gets done should scare the SHIFT out of management. Recruiting is broken and for many companies, that means it's either game over or game on. The labor market looks nothing like it did 20 years ago. Heck, it's almost unrecognizable to what it was like just 5 years ago. And yet HR and TA still functions like it has for decades l...

What good is a futurist if he can't predict? According to our guest Frank Diana, "prediction isn't my job." That seems to be a pretty odd thing for a futurist to say. But Frank's response unleashed a flood of ideas when he said "It's my job to help people rehearse for the future."  Frank belongs to a growing community of thought leaders from all walks of life and backgrounds who are trying to help...

The American Workplace is Broken . Eighty-three percent of workers say they're stressed about their jobs and 50 percent say it's interfering with their sleep. We can no longer expect our employees to compartmentalize their personal emotions and still show up to work at their very best. In fact, in this new age of HR, care for the whole employee should be the biggest goal. Leadership must change th...

When you purchase a device and you need help learning how to use it, it's likely you tap your screen and search YouTube. When employees want to learn a new skill, they typically have to request time off or wait weeks or months for training. That's all about to change as eLearning companies are adapting to the the way workers want to learn, train, and reskill. Video is transforming learning managem...

The future came too soon for HR, according to HR veteran and one of HR's top bloggers Mike Haberman. He joined us just a few days after #SHRM19. Mike attended quite a few session on AI at the conference including mine (Ira S Wolfe) and offers his unique perspective.  Mike was one of the 1st people in HR talking about artificial intelligence. Although "HR is catching up", he's dismayed by how many...

The demand for skilled workers is skyrocketing. Workers need new and better skills. Unfortunately education is tied with prisons and churches when it comes to innovation according to Noelle Kellich, Head of Teaching and Learning, and Henry Fairfax, Head of The Revolution School in Philadelphia, which just opened its doors in September. The goal: break the status quo and prepare students for the fu...

Happy birthday Google for Jobs!  It's been 2 years since you disrupted recruitment marketing forever. To "celebrate" Google recently announced another major algorithm update. This time mobile-first indexing goes into effect for all new websites...and it will gradually impact all websites. What does mobile-first mean to your company job listings, career sites, and job applications? How will it impa...

50 years ago Alvin Toffler warned us about Future Shock, a time when "too much change in too short a period of time" would leave us overwhelmed, disconnected, and suffering from shattering stress and disorientation. Feeling the pain?  According to trends-expert Daniel Levine, Future Shock is really here and now we're now experiencing the 1st After Shock. His solution: learn to embrace the trend of...

Unemployment rates are at record lows.  Employee turnover is at a 10-year high. Your competitors have undoubtedly placed targets on the backs of your top talent. Without training and development, these workers are  12X more likely to quit your company. It's time to unlock employee potential. The future of work and the future of your company depends on it. Join us during this "live" episode recorde...

Hey Recruiters? Looking for a way to attract and engage more top talent? I'll bet you never thought about podcasting for talent!  Podcasting might just be that secret sauce recruiters need to reach more candidates. Podcasts are all the rage. More than 1/2 the population listens regularly and 2/3 of listeners are prime working age. Join us for this week's episode when Podcast Expert Michael Greenbu...

Worried about a robot taking your job?  Boosting your emotional intelligence may be your ticket to a long, lucrative career. With machines becoming more intelligent every day, it is essential that all of us focus on skills and abilities that are uniquely human.  EI or Emotional Intelligence is one of those uniquely human abilities. Also called EQ, it may also be the one human skill that can save y...