HR Collection Playlist

Resumes are dead. Sourcing is pointless. Applicant tracking systems have failed us. At least that's the opinion of Maya Huber, co-founder, and CEO of Skillset, an Israeli-based job skills test platform. Is she right? Well, Chad & Cheese have some questions ... let's leave it at that. Have a listen and make up your own mind.

It's now an obvious thing to say that the pandemic has created an inflection point in the future of work. However, understanding which of the current trends we are seeing will become the long term trends that shape this future is a challenge, particularly when demographics and technology also have a big part to play.  To help me make sense of all of this and give us a professional opinion on how t...

Marketers make great bedfellows. Who knew? Candidate. ID and iCIMS, that's who. The boys dig into the hottest acquisition news of the week, plus review HackerRank's latest funding round. What else? Layoffs at a unicorn, a "GPS for your Career" and a job-related URL that commanded a six-figure price-tag. Say what? Lastly, porn star Bree Olson breaks down The Great Resignation like only a porn star...

Friend of the show Adam Gordon gets paid. We we're excited to see that Candidate I.D sold to iCIMS as it looks like the perfect marriage! What would happen if one of your co-workers slapped another? Do you work with a bitter recruiter? About time they get fired Employ Job Seeker Nations comes out and shares some insights https://www.jobvite.com/lp/2022-job-seeker-nation-report/ Candidates tell us...

Delivering a high-quality candidate experience isn't easy, but it has arguably never been more critical with the recruiting challenges employers are now experiencing. Over all the years that candidate experience has been an industry talking point, what has become clear to me is that it is fundamentally a strategic rather than a tactical issue. My guest this week is Carlos Fernandez, Director of Ta...

We talk with Josh Cohen, digital marketing director for the SMB services platform Upnetic.

We talk about how learning is evolving, what works and what might not, and Virti’s approach to it all.

In this episode, Jackye and Katee have a conversation with Maia Ervin, Chief People Officer for JUV Consulting. Maia leads social impact, human resources, and company culture. She uses her experience as a Queer Black womxn speaking out against systematic oppression and inequities to foster work policies and culture that minoritizes folks can thrive in and be proud of. Her dream is to continue to p...

Quit rates have reached record levels and employees are making their voices heard. But how can a company change the narrative and retain employees through empowering their people?   The lived experience of an employee working for Trianual is how founder and CEO Chris Ronzio defines culture and he's ready to bet $5,000 cash money that any aligned candidate will buy into his company and culture.  Wa...

So today is the international publication date for Digital Talent, the book I've spent the last couple of years writing with Mervyn Dinnen. We're incredibly excited that everyone can finally get to read it and wanted to record a special show to discuss the themes and some of the significant learnings from our research. In a disrupted and technology-enabled world of work, the ability to attract, re...

Learning platform WorkRamp raised $40 million, Compete raised $15 million, WorkHound raised $12 million, and more in our weekly roundup.

Automation in the interview space is smokin' hot, and Indianapolis-based Qualifi is hoping the profit off the trend by providing automated phone pre-screening for healthcare pros, truckers, and more ... with the actual deep-dive interview done by humans. It's either a home run or a total face-plant, offering too little, too late in an ever-automating world. (What do you mean no video!?!?!) You be...

As we all know, recruiting and retention are tough at the moment, and employers need to work harder than ever to acquire and keep the talent they need. Purpose is often talked about as a critical differentiator in employer branding, but what does that actually mean in practical terms? New research from Cognizant has revealed just how important purpose is at work and has also highlighted a growing...

Technology and Covid-19, how the pandemic’s changed candidate and employee behavior, and the challenges employers face in today’s labor market.

This week's show is a wild ride. Sorta like a winding small intestine, it was all over the place and ended explosively. We go from European startups HeyJobs and Omnipresent kicking ass and taking names to a ruckus game of buy-or-sell featuring Rolebot, Bambee (our favorite stripper name, by the way), Learn In, and Workramp. Turns out, Portugal is making Chad a big softie when it comes to "selling"...

Powering through a man-cold, Serge brings his A game on today’s episode and Shelley is ready to go to war with her condo board!   The difference between good and great Recruiters. There are some essential ingredients, see if you agree. Remote, hybrid, WFH or full time back to the office; those with the most property, like major retailers are starting to look beyond the traditional way of selling t...

The world of work has changed in many ways, and one fascinating area is the adoption of a more agile approach to talent. Project-based contracting is on the rise employers work to ensure they have the right skills at the right time in rapidly changing business environments. So what mindset do employers need to adopt to be successful in the project economy, and what are the implications on the care...

We discuss the dynamics of their market, the competitive landscape and their vision of the future,

Acquisition, investment, and head-scratching aren't stopping when it comes to workforce news and commentary in Europe. That's what Lieven and Chad & Cheese bring Kelly's Tim Pröhm, VP, KellyX Digital Innovation Lab, to the podcast for insight into 1) Cornerstone OnDemand's latest deal, 2) Stepstone pulling out of France and 3) Circular's latest investment round (buy-or-sell alert!). Oh yeah, Elon...

This week in HR technology: Microsoft enhances Teams for hybrid use, Talent.com raises $120 million and more. 

We're finally recording a show on St. Patrick's Day, which means Cheese is still in bed while you listen to this the day after. Anyway, the boys discuss Talent.com's recent funding round (and whether or not they're a unicorn), CareerBuilder's latest attempt at innovation, going back-to-work gone wrong at a major bank, the latest creative work platform that's caught the attention of NBA superstar K...

Reducing "mobility friction" at a time went simplifying internal movement is a key to retention.

Europe’s favorite, or at least the Netherlands favorite TA leader graces us with his royal presence. Bas is heading to the land down under for 3 TA events as a guest speaker and travel buddy with the Hung Lee of Recruiting Brainfood! Jealous much?  More about the Metaverse and a virtual career fairs, its everything we dreaded about going to these pointless events only now we can do it with creepy...

We talk with Dan Bartfield about about early-stage recruiting, DEI and technology’s role in it all, What's Covid done, and how are recruiters lining up for the future?

Pulling out is a common theme this week, so let's keep the ball rolling. Businesses in our space - notably Indeed, Upwork and Fiverr - keep abandoning Mother Russia in favor of standing up for Ukraine. Invasion aside, money keeps flowing into startups. This week, we cover new funding for Torc, Donde, Findem, Reejig and Instant Teams. No unicorns, and maybe that's a good thing. The show ends with t...