Inside Talent with Craig Fisher

Most recruiting technology is still optimized for volume. More clicks. More applies. More noise. But what if the future looked different? On the latest episode of Inside Talent , I sat down with Brandon Amoroso from Scalis to talk about a smarter approach to hiring data, sourcing, and matching. One point Brandon made really stuck with me: “What if you posted a job and only got 25 applicants… but a...

Managing Complex, High-Volume Hiring Without Sacrificing Candidate Experience Inside Talent with Craig Fisher featuring Mike Bradshaw, VP of Talent at Pinpoint In this episode of Inside Talent , Craig Fisher sits down with Mike Bradshaw, VP of Talent at Pinpoint , to explore one of the toughest challenges facing recruiting teams today: how to scale hiring quickly without damaging candidate experie...

Dani Monaghan | Leading with Intelligence in the Age of AI | Inside Talent EP 5What does real leadership look like in global talent acquisition right now? In this episode of Inside Talent, Craig Fisher and Doug Berg sit down with Dani Monaghan, SVP of Global Talent Enablement at Expedia Group, to unpack what it means to lead with intelligence in an AI-driven hiring landscape. Dani brings experienc...

Steve White on What’s Really Broken in Recruiting (and What Comes Next) In this episode of Inside Talent – Special Edition , host Craig Fisher sits down with longtime industry operator Steve White , joined by co-host Elaine Orler , for a candid, unscripted conversation about what’s actually happening inside talent acquisition right now. Steve has spent years on the inside of TA organizations and H...

Inside Talent Special Edition | Madeline Laurano on AI Lawsuits, TA Tech Chaos, and What’s Actually Breaking in Recruiting In this episode of Inside Talent – Special Edition , host Craig Fisher is joined by co-hosts Doug Berg and Elaine Orler for a timely, candid conversation with Madeline Laurano , Founder of Aptitude Research. Madeline brings a research-backed perspective to the issues talent ac...

In this episode of Inside Talent , Craig Fisher is joined by Tim Sackett—author, talent leader, and one of the most influential voices in recruiting—and co-host Elaine Orler of Match2. Tim brings his unfiltered perspective on what’s really broken in hiring today: overwhelming application volume, misused technology, hiring manager behavior, and why most companies aren’t actually hiring the “best” t...

Welcome to Inside Talent – Special Edition powered by Match2, hosted by Craig Fisher with co-host Doug Berg. In this debut episode, we sit down with one of the sharpest, most outspoken, and most respected minds in recruiting and HR tech media — Matt Charney. Matt has built and shaped global recruiting conversations for more than a decade. From leadership roles at Recruitment Marketing platforms an...

Welcome back to Inside Talent — the podcast that digs into the people, tech, and trends shaping the future of hiring. In this episode, host Craig Fisher talks with Adam Stokar , founder of Talent Llama , about the rise of AI-driven interviews and a new hiring philosophy called The Fairness Factor . What if the resume wasn't the deciding factor? What if screening could be faster, more objective...

🚀 Inside Talent: Agentic AI with Steven Jiang, CEO of HireEZ 🎙 Hosted by Craig Fisher We’re diving deep into the future of AI in recruiting! In this episode of Inside Talent , Craig Fisher sits down with Steven Jiang , the visionary founder and CEO of HireEZ , to unpack the launch of Agentic AI — and how it's reshaping the talent acquisition landscape. 🔍 What you’ll learn: The origin story of Hi...

🚨 New Episode: Inside Talent with Craig Fisher 🚨 In this episode, I had an insightful conversation with Annie Culbertson, Talent Acquisition leader at Gensler, the largest architecture and design firm in the world. 🎙️ Here are some key takeaways: Unique Recruiting Challenges : We discuss the nuances of hiring creative professionals in the architecture and design industry and the role of strategi...

In this episode of the Inside Talent Podcast, hosted by Craig Fisher of TalentNet Media, guests from the forefront of AI and labor market analytics delve into how these technologies are revolutionizing recruitment marketing. Joining Craig were Yazhad Dalal from Joveo, Erika Oliver and Will Crandle from Horsefly Analytics, who shared their insights and experiences. The conversation kicked off with...

Featuring Craig Fisher and Jason Putnam, CRO of Plum. This episode aims to debunk the myths surrounding traditional talent assessments and illuminate the path toward a more effective, skills-based approach to talent intelligence. 🌟 Highlights of the episode: Exploring Assessment Myths: We'll dive into why many commonly held beliefs about talent assessments are outdated and how they may mislea...

Summary: In this episode, Craig Fisher is joined by Mike Wolford and Antti Karjalainen of Claro Analytics to discuss the future of AI, its impact on the job market, and the economy. After a brief hiatus, the Inside Talent podcast is back with fresh insights and thought-provoking discussions. Key Topics: The AI Boom: How AI is becoming ubiquitous in our lives and what it means for the job market. T...

#BigNews !  #BooleanAndBrews  are coming to  #TalentNetLive  November 9th to do their first in-person podcast episode. Look out  #Smartless .  Carrie Collier   Mike Chuidian  and  Susanna 🦄 Frazier  are hot on your trail! Join us! Register at  www.talentnetlive.com In this episode we discuss their new podcast and their upcoming appearance at the TalentNet Live conference. You may have noticed we...

Hey, it's Craig Fisher. I am here with Michelle Thompson. She is the head of sourcing at Uber. And she is a longtime friend and colleague and collaborator. Michelle will be appearing at TalentNet Live and TheCandE's conference Nov. 2-3 in DFW.  Register https://insde.co/78rj And we're glad to have you here with us, Michelle, how are you?  Excellent. Thanks for having me. So, tell us a li...

Jim Durbin is the Director of Recruitment marketing for PSG Global, a company that I've got a lot of experience with. He is also known, suspiciously, as the Indeed whisperer.  In this episode we talk recruitment marketing, job advertising, job boards, your process and how it affects your job ad conversion rate, and many other things that you're probably thinking about, but don't even know you...

Get your early bird tickets now at https://cande-events.org/register/ . The 2022 CandE Awards + TalentNet Live Conference will be held November 2-3, 2022, in Dallas, TX, at The Westin Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas. This is the must-attend event for HR and Talent Acquisition leaders and their teams who have worked hard to improve recruiting, hiring, and the candidate experience in a highl...

Craig Fisher here.  We are back with another edition of Inside Talent.  My guests today are Brandon Sammut, Chief People Officer for Zapier, and Carrie Wang, CEO of Searchlight.ai. Zapier is not just one of our favorite tech tools, they are growing rapidly. And we talk today about their method of talent acquisition as one of the original remote organizations, and how they've partnered wi...

Leah Daniels knows a thing or two about job advertising,  She spent nearly 5 years as a leader with one of the top programmatic advertising platforms for jobs, Appcast, and is now a leader with JobSync - one of the top job distribution platforms that created the Native Apply from any job board or ad.  In this episode, Leah and I break down the downfall of Facebook's jobs marketplace, wha...

Allie Brown does employer branding for Continental, a 200k+ employee world leader in tire production and global racing sponsor. And she's been doing some really fun things over the last couple of years with their employee advocacy. This episode will share best practices about rolling out an employee advocacy program and how to best encourage your employees to share your company's great employer cu...

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In this episode Craig talks with Jenny Cotie Kangas, Director of Digital Experience for Talent Acquisition at Regis Corporation - the largest hair salon chain in the world which owns brands like Supercuts, SmartStyle, Cost Cutters, First Choice Haircutters, Roosters, and many more. Jenny is a rare hybrid in the recruiting world.  She describes herself like this:  "My professional tool be...

Craig Fisher and Carrie Corcoran of TalentNet Media break down a recent project to fix funnel recruitment marketing for a major retail distribution center. When Indeed and traditional job boards aren't performing for one or more of your regions, what do you do to get job candidates to apply?  You have to think outside of the box and get creative. Craig and Carrie walk through their process to...

Joel Cheesman and I go way back.  He spoke at some of the very first TalentNet Live conferences and was a friend and fellow blogger back in the early days of RecruitingBlogs.com.  In this episode of Inside Talent we discuss Joel's new venture, Poach.ai that performs daily sentiment analysis for your company, or of any competitors you, as an employer, might target for talent acquisition p...

Amy Butchko had a dream to transform the talent attraction and employer brand at a legacy government contractor IT company to a modern blend of funnel marketing to augment sourcing, creating a better and more accurate flow of job candidates and available talent for it's very specialized, often top-secret clearance jobs.  When we met in 2017 after my presentation at the Recruit DC conference,...