Recruiting Future with Matt Alder - What's Next For Talent Acquisition, HR & Hiring?

Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk Round up is the monthly show on The Recruiting Future Podcast channel that highlights episodes you may have missed and gives you my take on some of the key learnings from the guests. Episodes mentioned in this Round Up: Ep 250: Recruiting In Extraordinary Times Ep 254: Market Update Ep 253: Remote Working - A CEO's Perspective Ep 252: Happiness Ep 245: Programmatic Ad...

To recap, I'm currently mixing content between topics that are relevant to the right now and topics that are important in the medium to long term. This episode is a right now episode. Previously, in episode 250, I spoke to Johnny Campbell from SocialTalent about the state of the talent acquisition market. What feels like an infinitely long two weeks later, my guest in this episode is Holly Fawcett...

Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk With everything that has happened in the last few weeks (just to timestamp this I'm recording on March 31st 2020) there is understandably already a massive amount of content being released and discussion going on about remote working. I wanted to add some value rather than some noise to all of this, so I've invited back one of my former guests to give us a CEO's persp...

Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk As we continue to move through extremely troubled and confusing times, I decided it would be good to have an episode about happiness. My guest this week is Nic Marks, a statistician who specialises in happiness and well being. In our conversation, we talk about the importance of happiness at work and how you can measure it. Nic also shares a lot of practical advice on...

Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk The changing nature of assessment is something we have covered from several different angles on this show before with contributions from both practitioners and consultants. However, to date, we haven't actually heard the vendor point of view in all of this. So with that in mind, my guest this week is Sam Whiteman, Head of Product Strategy at SHL. In the interview, we...

As I said in my introduction to the last episode, the focus of the podcast is going to alternate between content to help you with your long term strategy and content to help you right now. This episode falls into the right now category and was recorded on Thursday 18th March 2020. My guest is Johnny Campbell, CEO at SocialTalent and in the interview we discuss: • Current market activity among glob...

Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk Candidate experience seems to be an evergreen topic and certainly one that will be with us and continually evolve for some time to come. We often talk about the challenges of delivering a quality candidate experience at scale, but for companies who are scaling quickly very often, it is about delivering a custom candidate experience at speed. My guest this week is Anna...

In light of events this week with the pandemic, here is a special short episode to help the talent acquisition community get access to relevant information. I'm joined by Lars Schmidt, who is curating an information resource that everyone needs to be aware of. Here is the link to the Google Doc

The latest McKinsey Women in the Workforce report illustrates that there is still a very long way to go before we get to gender equality in the workforce. McKinsey identifies a "broken rung" in the career ladder with only 72 women promoted or hired to manager level for every 100 men promoted or hired to manager level. So how do employers fix this situation, what support is required, and how do min...

Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk Most recruiters would agree that hiring manager relationships are critical to effective corporate talent acquisition. But how do you develop effective relationships and what does it take to become a strategic talent advisor to your organization. I'm delighted to welcome the always brilliant John Vlastelica back to the show. John is the Founder and Managing Director of...

Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk Recruiting technology, data analytics and employer branding are all regular topics on this podcast. However, we don't always talk about strategic thinking that is needed to make all three elements work together to solve recruiting challenges. My guest this week is James Edwards Digital Attraction Manager at Mitchells and Butlers, one of the largest operators of restau...

Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk Programmatic Advertising is something that seems to strike confusion into the heart of many employers around the world. However, there are a growing number of talent acquisition teams who are using already programmatic techniques to drive some excellent results. So what techniques and technologies are they using and how does programmatic advertising even work? To get...

Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk Recruiting Future Round-Up is the monthly show on The Recruiting Future Podcast channel. It's a short round-up that highlights episodes you may have missed and gives you my take on some of the key learnings from my guests. As I wasn't able to do a round up in January, this episode features interviews from both January and February. Here are the shows featured: Ep 237:...

Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk Over the last few years, there has been a global shakeup in the way companies recruit future talent to their organisations. Many employers are now extending their search beyond university and college graduates to explore more diverse talent pools. But what is the best way to attract and assess future talent in 2020? My guest this week is Cameron Sorsby, CEO of Praxis,...

Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk I've been producing this podcast for five years, and I have to say that my guest in this episode is one of the most insightful people I've ever had on the show. Digital disruption is affecting everyone in ways we couldn't have even of imagined a few years ago. The companies who are thriving are the organisations that are taking bold strategic decisions and thinking se...

Well, that wasn't quite the start to the year I was expecting as I've been in and out of hospital for the last two weeks. I'm pleased to say though that I'm now well on the way to making a full recovery and regular podcasting service is now resumed. A huge thank you to Nick Price for helping me out and introducing last week's episode, and I would strongly recommend you check out Career Life Storie...

Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk A couple of weeks ago, LinkedIn published its annual Global Talent Trends research which explored some of the key themes they are seeing developing in talent acquisition for 2020. My guest this week is, Amy Schultz, Director of Talent Acquisition at LinkedIn. Amy is returning to the show for the second time to share her insights as a talent acquisition professional on...

Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk With so much focus on technology, it's essential not to forget the human nature of recruiting. Engagement, empathy, influence and persuasion are not currently hard wired into chatbots or algorithms and are vital elements of effective recruiting. My guest this week is Jodi Cohen, Director Talent Acquisition at The Tombras Group. With many of Tombras's hires having to r...

Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk Data based intelligence is a critical part of the modern world, but historically talent acquisition has tended to be based on gut feel and lived experience, making it very slow to wake up to the new realities of data-based decision making. Thankfully things are now changing, and one aspect of this change is the rise of talent intelligence as a talent acquisition busin...

Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk The recruiting technology marketplace is getting extremely complex, and it can be challenging for talent acquisition leaders to develop fully effective technology strategies. My guest this week is David Wilson, CEO of industry analysts The Fosway Group. In our interview, David talks about the kind of approach and insights Fosway used to analyse talent technology marke...

Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk Recruiting Future Round-Up is the new monthly show on The Recruiting Future Podcast channel. It's a short round-up that highlights episodes you may have missed and gives you my take on some of the key learnings from my guests. As this is my last show of the year, rather than offer you a round-up specifically for the December interviews, I thought I'd round up the whol...

Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk It seems like we have been talking about the candidate experience forever, and while some employers have made progress in improving things, there is still a long way to go. One of the issues has always been the lack of a recognised model to explain and then consequently strategically address the candidate experience. I was therefore delighted to hear that Exaqueo, Car...

Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk Many organizations are currently finding talent acquisition very challenging and need to increase the sophistication of their recruitment marketing to connect with and influence their target audiences of talent. My guest this week is Celinda Appleby, Global Talent Attraction Director at Visa. Visa is using a strategy of data-driven recruitment marketing supported by s...

Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk Buying and implementing a new ATS can be a long, complicated and frustrating process, not to mention the additional work required to drive adoption once the system is actually in place. So what can employers do to set themselves up for success and make sure the process achieves its ultimate objectives? My guest this week is Shanu Varghese, Director, Global HR Technolo...

Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk Back in September 2018, I interviewed industry consultant Bas Van De Haterd about his research work exploring emerging assessment technologies. The assessment market is moving exceptionally quickly, and I wanted to invite Bas back, a year later, to update us on what has changed. In the interview, we discuss: • The problems with traditional methods of assessment • Maki...