TaPod - We Talk Talent Acquisition.

This week on TaPod we are joined by industry legend Gareth Flynn - MD at TQ Solutions. We talk Talent Maturity Model version 3.0, designed for senior HR/Talent professionals to baseline (and via TQ, benchmark) the maturity of their organisation’s People & Talent function through the lens of ‘Mindset’ and ‘Enablement’. Are you a proactive or reactive function? Have you made adequate investment...

This week on The Scoop, the team from Tapod talk layoffs at Accenture and Disney (no longer the Happiest Place on Earth for some). We discuss Union news relevant to TA and will AI replace the Sourcing function completely? Canva opens an Office that we would ALL love to work at, Jobadder gets more funding from Seek & the ITAs2023 submissions open! It's news served to you in a bite-sized co...

This week on TaPod we sit down with the Dynamic Duo of Talent Advisory - Trevor Vas & Simon Townsend from TCS - Traits, Competencies & Skills. The value of talent advisory has never been questioned, but how do you go about transforming your own team? Where do you start and what's the strategy? Simon and Trevor have all the answers and for those of you affected by the recent upheaval i...

Today on Tapod we sit down with this month's sponsor Vicki Carolan from CXC Global to discuss Talent Solutions and Recruiter on Demand. It's always brilliant when a sponsor brings a client in to share successes and Kelly O'Connor from Medibank is a big advocate! The solution sees CXC embed a talent partner or team of partners, when and where required, to assist clients during peak r...

This week on The Scoop, the Tapod crew explores what's making news in TA.  From ChatGPT4 to Indigenous Recruitment to Gender Diversity and the 4-day work week. It's news presented just for you!

This week on TaPod we catch up with the amazing Quila Cervelli - Employer Brand & DE&I Manager at Sportsbet. Over recent weeks the TA landscape has changed globally and we have not been immune to it locally, especially in the Tech Sector. Many of our friends have been impacted and Quila suggested we scrap our scheduled topic of Employer Branding to focus on exactly what's happening an...

At TaPod we've been working on this for months and today is launch day! Welcome to The Scoop - your weekly news podcast bringing you the headlines in the world of Internal Recruitment. This week we talk layoffs and new opportunities. Who sits on top of the Global Work/Life Balance index? And should Lauren return to her cabin crew glory days? The Scoop will drop weekly with hard-hitting journa...

This week on TaPod we reach a massive milestone for us - our 200th Episode! With over 570k downloads and listened to in over 100 countries we are forever grateful to everyone who has been involved. To celebrate with us we catch up with Caitlin Fairchild - Co-Founder at Melbourne Recruitment Meet Up and Pam Stevenson - Co-Founder at Sydney Talent Meet Up. It's 45 minutes of laughs and knowledg...

This week on Tapod we catch up with the brilliant Melissa Crawford - Future of Work Expert from Tech With Heart. If you want achievements... check this out! Melissa was named 2022 HRNZ HR Person of the Year as well as their leadership award. To top that all of she was recently named on the 2023 HRD Hotlist! Is your current tech funneling candidates out of the process instead of bringing them throu...

This week on TaPod we catch up with Industry Legend and our friend Hung Lee to Chat GPT (see what I did there?). We’ve all heard about it… many of us have used it… but do we bloody understand It? You can count on Hung to get right into the nitty gritty and you’ll leave this episode with a sense of wonder or cynicism… or both. Have a listen… learn a bit and laugh a bit… We did. Thanks to G-P for yo...

There's a definite global shift in the employment market. Yes, the spotlight is on Tech, but what other sectors are impacted? And did you know that 49 countries are offering 'Digital Nomad Visas?' Fancy working in Bali anyone? These are just some of the areas Tapod covers in this special episode with Craig Goldblatt - VP Partners & Alliances @G-P. It's a great listen!

This week on TaPod we speak with the brilliant Meqa Smith - Status Quo Challenger, Talent Attraction & Engagement Strategist, Talent Experience Advocate, Advisor, Consultant & Speaker @The Unforgettable Agency. Meqa is all about improving the way we engage with Talent, working better with C-Suite & HR and really challenging the way we think. An amazingly clever professional shares thei...

This week on TaPod we get to speak with the amazing Jess Gibson-Jones - ANZ & Global Talent Sourcing Leader @Toll Group. Jess is one of the most brilliant minds in our Industry and a ripping human to boot! Hand-in-hand with the global tech correction, some in the TA space are suffering and we talk to Jess about the implications and possible solutions. It's 'must-listen' stuff an...

In this week's TaPod, we catch up with Fiona Kalaf - GM - Projects and Michael Dobbie-Bridges - Strategic Advisor - Disability at APM. APM recently released their annual Disability Diversity and Inclusivity Index of Australian Workplaces and found that 58% of Australian workers with disability often feel anxious about disclosing their disability with employers. The stats are very interesting...

Welcome Back! This week on TaPod we catch up with the brilliant Denise Pereira - Certified Sourcing Leader, Coach & Mentor @Torri. Just imagine if you were given free rein to develop and implement a sourcing function from scratch... what would it look like? No need to answer - we got Denise for that! A cracking episode to kick off the new season, where we congratulate Denise on her wedding eng...

For the final time in 2022 Tapod brings you insights into a turbulent (and that's putting it nicely) year and what to expect in 2023. Our guests are industry living legends Jo Vohland & Edan Haddock. We reflect on another crazy 12 months where the TA industry has ridden more bumps than a rodeo clown, and look forward to a 2023 that is about as predictable as the Melbourne weather. Join us...

On TaPod we tackle the big issues and today we sit down with one of our favs - Pavi Iyer, Global Talent Leader at Liven to discuss Web3. I thought it was part of a Spiderman Trilogy, but apparently not. Web3 is not coming... it is here and it will change the way we live with technology. 'Great.' I hear you say... 'I'm only just catching up with Web2.' Well hold on to your...

In this episode, TaPod sits down with Craig Goldblatt from GP (formally Globalization Partners) to talk 'new ways of working' and their partnership with ATC. we love talking to Craig and we hope you love listening...

In a TaPod first, Craig gets 'parked' for a week as Nat Flynn - Founder of Equity - joins Lauren to tackle DE&I with the brilliant Bedi Othow. Nothing on the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion spectrum is safe, as the team call-out unacceptable behaviour and offers lived experience with meaningful solutions to improving the workplace and recruitment process. As Bedi, so eloquently put...

Not all superheroes wear capes and Natalie Firth falls slap-bang into that mold. TaPod had the privilege of spending some time with Nat to learn what it's like to rebuild a Talent Function from the ground up.  When she arrived at Envato, it was a blank canvas and with the support of her 'c-suite' Nat set about reinvigorating and reimagining Envato's Talent Strategy and the resu...

Tapod sits down with Natalie Flynn - Founder of Equidi and winner of the Innovation Lab at the Australian Talent Conference & Paula Croeser - Client Solutions Director at Hays RPO. Nat blew the audience away with her pitch on Equidi - it really is a game-changer in managing gender pay gap. Hays have been sponsoring the Innovation Lab for a number of years and it's fantastic to hear Paula&...

It was early on Day 2 of the brilliant ATC in Sydney and (despite a raging hangover) we just had to catch up with Katrina Collier. We have been itching (metaphorically, not literally) to speak with Katrina forever. Design-Thinking Facilitator... Speaker... Author and bloody Legend - Katrina is renowned for her 'no-holds-barred' attitude and forward-thinking in the TA/Recruitment industry...

Fresh off their win in the 'Innovation of the Year' category at the ITAs, KPMG today launch their 'Talent Attraction & Recruitment Reimagined (TARR)' initiative.  Last week Tapod was lucky to attend the internal event, where the entire Talent Team was introduced to SmartRecruiters & Scout (the non-binary interactive careers bot). It was a day of real innovation and fun...

Fresh from her triumph as MC for the ATC - Sarah Purches shares her thoughts on what makes a good job ad with us here at TaPod. When we put it out to our network 'who should we speak to about writing really good job ads?' Sarah's name came up time and time again... and she doesn't disappoint. So... what does make a good job ad... especially in a candidate-driven environment? Ho...

Well... you asked and you shall receive! A very controversial Job Ad - specifically advertising for Agency Recruiters came to our (and everyone else's) attention recently. We hunted down the man behind the ad - Michael Edelstein (Probably Australia's Best Accounting Recruiter and Founder at Recruitment Expert) to do a TaPod deep-dive. Michael is an eloquent and commercially savvy Recruit...