TaPod - We Talk Talent Acquisition.

This week on the Scoop, the crew from Tapod bring you all the weekly TA & Recruitment News. We talk candidate privacy… trends for 2024… trouble in the consulting world… and much, much more! It’s been a BIG fortnight of events – especially in Sydney and we have news from everywhere. Not only that – this week’s news gives us a task to complete before next week.  Thanks so much to Indeed for your...

In one of our most raw and revealing episodes ever, TaPod speaks with Stu Holmes Founder of The Green Collar. Fresh off his presentation at ATC2023, Stu has spent time in prison himself for armed robbery and we look at how it affected him both inside and upon his release. Stu spends his days now dedicated to helping people who have been in jail get a second chance… and find a bridge back to employ...

This week on The Scoop… your weekly dose of TA & Recruitment News Lauren goes BANG! We cover AI in recruitment and all of the shenanigans going on at OpenAI… X goes Job Board… Livehire CEO takes a pay cut… WFH banned!... speaking of banning should your workplace ban the Christmas party? And much, much more. Thanks to our brilliant partner Indeed for all of your support in bringing you the news...

Once in a while we sit down with someone that completely blows us away and on TaPod this week that’s exactly what happened! We caught up with Dom Price from Atlassian at the HR and L&D Innovation Techfest. Dom is a Work Futurist and TED Speaker and quite simply we could listen to him all day. But in Dom’s own words nothing he says holds any value unless you take action. So bolt in for the next...

Today on The Scoop the crew from Tapod are joined by guest reporter Karen Thorley from Indeed. We cover all manner of recruitment and TA news including: Hilton jumping on the TikTok bandwagon… NZ narrowing the gender pay gap… Bill Boorman seeing some good news on the TA horizon and much much more. Thanks to the brilliant people at Indeed for the support.

This week on Tapod, Craig is forced to fly solo as the Optus outage kept Lauren offline. He sat down with ‘Best Vendor Solution’ winners from ITAs2023, Giovanni Ribudiyanto from Allianz & Damian Bridge from Oncore. If you have a contingent workforce you really need to ask yourself 4 questions… Do you easily know how many contractors/contingent workers are in your business? Do you know where th...

This week on the Scoop – your weekly dose of TA & Recruitment News we go all around the world! Medibank trial a 4-day work week… There’s acquisition news in the world of Rec-Tech… We’ll show you how to lose your bonus… And some positive Recruitment News… finally! Thanks to our fabulous sponsors Indeed for all your support.

This week on Tapod we sit down with the brilliant Sabrina Del Borrello, Head of People of Culture at Bluerock focussing on headcount growth in a scale up. Bluerock has doubled their headcount over the past three years and looking to double again. We talk through growing pains like tech stack, AI, competing for talent, creating a talent community and building internal business cases. It’s a fantast...

This week on The Scoop – your weekly take on TA & recruitment News we cover heaps! Entitled Gen Zeders… The World is starting to Police AI… ‘Touch-Up Tech’… More Remote, Less Pay and a helluva lot more! Thanks to Indeed for your ongoing support and commitment to real news for the recruitment industry. Link to Indeed Article: http://bit.ly/3sdlHDO

Today on Tapod we Get ziggy with it … Ziggy Dequito from Workpro to be exact! And WOW – didn’t we learn a thing or three!   It’s not me… it’s you – Challenging the status quo of Australia’s Hiring landscape is the new Whitepaper recently released by Workpro… It’s a great piece of research… it’s driven by a survey of almost 2,500 candidates and sets about myth-busting some of the most widely accept...

Welcome to our special partner podcast for this month. Lee-Martin Seymour takes us through the evolution of XRef from automated reference checking to some amazing survey tech that allows you to conduct exit and engagement surveys. Growing from the concept of ‘5 fun questions on Friday’ to a complete hire to retire (and sometimes fire) solution. And there’s more to come! Watch this space as Xref he...

This week on The Scoop – your weekly dose of TA & Recruitment News – the team from Tapod tackles all the BIG issues…. Money coming in and money going out of the industry… Men banned from the Workplace… Lauren & Craig have a bet… the latest on ‘Back To The Office’ and much, much more… And in breaking news, Craig is no longer welcome in Adelaide. Thanks to Indeed for your continued support o...

WOW! This week on TaPod we catch up with the brilliant Hung Lee to discuss how candidates are gaming the system with AI. This is one of the most interesting podcasts we’ve ever done. It’s thought-provoking and gives us a window into the (not too distant future). Hung always shares some very ‘left field’ thoughts like AI fulfilling the majority of the recruitment process from both sides – interacti...

This week on The Scoop (Your weekly dose of TA and Recruitment News from here and around the Globe) – BAD NEWS - more bloody redundancies… SMEs struggling to hire essential staff… GOOD NEWS - Gender Pay Gap closing… slowly…. Lauren does a Benjamin Button and much much more. Thanks as always to Indeed – without Indeed we couldn’t bring you the news!

This week on Tapod we catch up with Mat Woodard, Caitlin Clements & Stefan Welack from Melbourne Rec Meet Up – winners of the Social Conscious Award at the ITAs2023. The work this group has done… and continues to do for the entire (Inhouse, RPO & Agency) industry is amazing. From offering wellness support to covering all encompassing topics to benefit the entire industry – and all for free...

This week on The Scoop – your weekly dose of TA & Recruitment News from here and around the globe we tackle The End of WFH… Men overrun a job fair for women in tech…AI biting recruiters on the Bum… and much, much more! Thanks so much to Indeed for your ongoing support of this high-end news product!

This week on TaPod we speak to one of the smartest minds in TA and one of our best friends Jess Gibson-Jones about skills-based recruitment. It’s a movement that’s gaining momentum and helps to support talent mobility & career development of candidates and existing employees. In Jess’ own words ‘TA is the custodian of Talent…’ We need to be aware of not only what our candidates have done, but...

This week on The Scoop we tackle all the big issues in TA & Recruitment. Things like…Will workers miss out on bonuses?.. AI. Stop being afraid… UK policing recruitment accused of sexism and much, much more. Thanks to our great friends at Indeed for your ongoing support.

This week on TaPod we sit down with Kaylee Landbridge from HelloFresh. Every now and again you meet someone in the industry that lights the room up with their energy & passion and Kaylee is one of those rare individuals. Fresh off her win as Corporate Talent Professional of the Year at the ITAs, Kaylee gives us an insight into the future of Internal Talent… and what a n exciting future it is!...

This week on The Scoop - the team from TaPod brings you all manner of TA & Recruitment news from here and around the globe... Auspost is hiring 3k Christmas casuals... 'Cannabis is here!' is the war cry from NZ employers... should massage be a key skill requirement for an EA role? And much, much more. Thanks to Indeed for your amazing support in helping to bring The Scoop to you ever...

This week on TaPod we sit down with Derek DelSimone – GM Talent and Mobility at Greencross Pet Wellness Company. Derek recently won the Enterprise Talent Team of the Year at the Internal Talent Awards and just listening to what Derek and his team have achieved over the past 12 months is phenomenal! If you were working in an industry where it typically took 6-12 months to fill a role what would you...

This week on The Scoop (little late – sorry) the team from Tapod brings you all the latest TA & Recruitment News including… Insta for Recruitment… Qantas loses appeal… Google smash their TA Team… Lauren finally has her voice back and much, much more. Thanks to Indeed for your ongoing partnership in helping us bring this free news service!

On our special Monthly Partner episode we sit down with Tapod regular Rich Lewis-Jones to discuss all manner of things. From the exciting launch of Hiring Success APAC (make sure you get around that one), to understanding the evolution of the SmartRecruiters suite and even TA Trends in the market. Rich is very clever... way cleverer than the hosts and there is heaps for us to unpack in this gem of...

This week on TaPod we speak with Sandra Lim – Winner of the Corporate Talent Leader of the Year at ITAs2023 – sponsored by Makesure. In her own words Sandra has smashed the ‘bamboo ceiling’ with this award and she shares with us the challenges of forging a career in TA in Australia being both Female and Asian. We also learn about some of the amazing initiatives Sandra was involved with firstly at...

In yet another episode of The Scoop, the crew from Tapod brings you all of the weekly TA & Recruitment news from here and abroad.  This week we do a quick overview of the ITAs2023 (Lauren is still suffering its after-effects!). We cover breaches in child employment laws... more CEOs using X (formally Twitter) as a tool for firing people... A NZ employer tells the Courts to 'eff off!'...