TaPod - We Talk Talent Acquisition.

This week on Tapod we catch up with Mark Condon, Global Workforce Strategy Expert and Future of Work Advisor @QuantumWorkAdvisory.  There is a lot going on right now in the world of talent, and there is a definite shift in strategy from skills-based hiring to AI to design thinking to tasks and talent providing a ROI for the business. Looking to build an internal business case? You’ve come to the r...

This week on Tapod we revisit our trip to Singapore and the HR Tech Asia Series—four quick interviews with key professionals from the Asian TA scene.  Today we are featuring Amanda Zhou—Regional Talent & Organisation Development Manager @Shiseido. Amanda’s team covers recruitment, onboarding, career development, and more and this is a fascinating insight into recruitment at a global cosmetics...

Today on the Scoop the team from Tapod brings you all of the weekly TA & Recruitment News including… increase to the minimum wage… AI accelerates the move to Talent Advisory… the jury is in on Hybrid work… lies during interviews… Gen Z embracing bleisure trips and much, much more  Thanks to Indeed for your ongoing support. And don’t forget… the ITAs nominations have been extended for a week un...

This week on Tapod we catch up with an old friend – Joanne Lockwood – the inclusive culture expert @SeeChangeHappen. Jo’s journey is fascinating and so very important to all of us – particularly in a world going backwards. This episode is longer than most, but it’s well worth it. We cover all manner of challenges in the inclusivity space, from recent changes in the UK around the definition of sex,...

Today on the Scoop, the team from Tapod brings you all of the weekly TA & Recruitment News, including…  the death of the digital nomad… some interesting job data in NZ and globally… trouble at Workday… what’s the most in-demand Tech role?  Grad market update… Tech workers joining the union… Gen Z lying on their job applications and much more.  Thanks to Indeed for your ongoing support. 

This week on Tapod we are lucky to catch up with Alex Thomson – Head of TA and Mobility at Australia Post. We cover all manner of topics, including mushroom sales in South Gippsland, but that’s not why we got Alex in… Everybody knows Australia Post – they are an iconic brand across the country. But what happens when progress demands change and evolution? Well, strap in and you’ll find out!  Thanks...

Today on the Scoop the team from Tapod brings you all of the weekly TA & Recruitment News including, big news from Recfest UK, Bad news from Microsoft, Nissan and Recruitment Agencies, but good news from McDonalds, Loud Labourers, Smiley emojis, Callam Pickering puts on his economist hat and talks us through the RBA interest rate cut and much more.  Thanks to Indeed for your ongoing support.

This week on Tapod we sit down with Manoj Kenadath, Senior Principal Strategist, TA at Atlassian. Following on from his brilliant session with Pavi Iyer at the Sydney NJA People & Talent Summit in March, Manoj guides us through the amazing world of building an impactful Talent Strategy. From understanding wider business strategy to the existing strengths of your team and processes, it’s import...

It’s time for our vendor-led Tapod episode (Yay!) and this month we get under the hood of Phenom with Dan Ridd and Meredith Wellard. Phenom is a hire-to-retire solution and now includes new AI Agents that are solving industry-specific hiring, development, and retention challenges – and reshaping how Talent functions collaborate with AI.  Meredith gives us a live case study from DHL. With 600k empl...

Today on the Scoop the team from Tapod brings you all of the weekly TA & Recruitment News. In the week following their Singapore adventure, the crew give their highlights of their trip, including Craig’s elite bike-riding skills. The news was also epic, including the new ‘it’ roles, slow recruitment processes costing candidates, people vs AI, job cuts in the tech sector, gender change in polit...

This week on Tapod, we catch up with Andy Steeds - Head of Talent Acquisition at CapGemini. Andy recently attended a TA Leaders summit where all the problems of the world were solved, so we thought we should get him on and discuss… From decisions affecting individuals within the TA team to governance and AI to professional development for our industry to WGEA, data, and quite a few history lessons...

Today on the Scoop the team from Tapod brings you all of the weekly TA & Recruitment News live from HR Tech in Singapore including… Candidates want real people in their recruitment process… the top growing occupations in Australia… Starbucks to invest in people… Kiwis open to new opportunities… Gen Z complaining about benefits and much more!  Thanks to Indeed for your ongoing support. 

This week on Tapod we catch up with Adam Buxton - GM Talent Acquisition Transformation at Ventia. With internet issues at Lauren’s parent’s house in the country to Adam in the middle of moving house it makes for a challenging episode, but a perfect environment to explore working from home. Whether it’s return to office, work from anywhere, or a hybrid model, the way we work has changed – where do...

Today on the Scoop the team from Tapod brings you all of the weekly TA & Recruitment News including… it’s tit for tat with Deel & Rippling… Microsoft launches its Skills Agent… Union Leader takes the piss…  Bank Robbers interviewing for tech roles… US CEO’s making bank… Global Hiring shows positive signs… Craig is done with Gen Z and much more. Oh… and don’t forget to check out the Events....

 This week on Tapod we catch up with Patrick Hardie – Recruitment, Engagement & Compliance Manager at Linkforce. In the ‘shut-down’ space recruitment speed, and the ability to mobilise teams is imperative. And as we all know, necessity is the mother of invention and the team at Linkforce developed an industry-first app to mobilise large teams across vast areas. For anyone with a contingent wor...

Today on the Scoop the team from Tapod brings you all of the weekly TA & Recruitment News including… Manchester United looking for a new HR Leader, sick leave for a footy game, pay rises of up to 35% for a key demographic, career catfishing by Gen Z, North Korea up to shenanigans again and much more!  Thanks to Indeed for your ongoing support. 

This week on Tapod we catch up with Katie Duckworth, TA Lead – Sales, Broadcast, Publishing, and Radio at Nine and winner of Corporate Talent Professional of the Year at the 2024 ITAs. It’s so exciting to speak with a TA Pro that works in media, and we ask all about celebrities and whatnot. But at the end of the day, it’s Katie who shines in this podcast. If you want to win an ITA in 2025 – take a...

 Today on the Scoop the team from Tapod bring you all of the weekly TA & Recruitment News including… Adecco partners with Salesforce for a new AI solution while Shopify amps their reliance on AI… what employees really, really care about… the real reason Gen Z are banned from WFH… Vlad looks to recruit from China and much more!  Thanks to Indeed for your ongoing partnership. 

This week on Tapod we (finally) catch up with the legendary Milimo Banji (or Milsy as we like to call him), Global expert on Gen Z in the workplace.  Just imagine, 2 bungling Gen Xers trying to keep up with one of the most intriguing minds on the planet. From beginnings as a wee lad growing up in Zambia, to studying Aeronautical Engineering (that’s rocket science to you and me), and now to foundin...

In the week that nominations open for the 2025 Internal Talent Awards, the team from TaPod thought they would drop a very special ITAs themed episode. Off the back of winning the ITA for Social Consciousness, we sat down with Jeannette Borg and Simon de Laine from the Adelaide Talent Meetup to discuss their fabulous win – it was one for the ages!  Thanks to Paradox for your support this month 

Today on the Scoop Bonnie is Back! And the team from Tapod bring you all of the weekly TA & Recruitment News including… Bonnie introduces us to taskmasking, crazy reasons for firing people, the TA Tech world turns all Austen Powers, Aussies looking to leave their current role, hush money going bad, backflipping on the election trail, Gen Z as entrepreneurs, best-looking recruiters and much mor...

This week on Tapod we catch up with Eileen Kovalsky – Talent Acquisition Visionary, Senior Director, Client Success & Advocacy @Paradox and former Head of Candidate Experience at one of the largest car manufacturers in the world.  From one of the original members of LinkedIn (she still has the t-shirt) to life in the AI world, Eileen talks us through all aspects of the candidate process and tr...

Today on the Scoop we celebrate our 100th episode! And the team from Tapod bring you all of the weekly TA & Recruitment News including… a crazy request from HR in the UK, roll backs for non-compete contracts, white collar recruiting taking off in a very interesting location, Queensland Rail wins case against ‘sneaky, deceitful and unfair’ employee, children working the mines in Florida? Gen Z...

This week on TaPod we sit down with John Bowker – GM People & Culture at Lycopodium to understand the recruitment market in West Australia and believe me… they do things a little different over there… Engineering, Mining, Oil and Gas are the predominant sectors in the market, and it’s extremely cyclical in terms of peaks and troughs. The peaks bring a lot of salary pressure and movement among...

This week on TaPod we drop a special episode, getting under the hood of the recent Avature Upfront APAC 2025 in sunny Melbourne at the Royal Botanical Gardens, and it was fantastic! Raman Richards joins us as we unpack the day. From Chloe Dalton with a brilliant keynote, to the road map led by Dimitri Boylan & Xiabin Shi, to Maria Ma from Siemens, the panel of experts including Gareth Flynn, S...