The Recruitment Flex

With a bank account bursting at the seams, how do you wisely spend $120 million? Talent.com is a job aggregator, much like Indeed. Can they really take on the giants like Indeed and Zip?  We talked with Rob about how they will spend the money. Talent.com is a Canadian firm whos’ about to expand their offerings and venture into other countries.  We talked about how remote work has unlocked how cand...

Powering through a man-cold, Serge brings his A game on today’s episode and Shelley is ready to go to war with her condo board!   The difference between good and great Recruiters. There are some essential ingredients, see if you agree. Remote, hybrid, WFH or full time back to the office; those with the most property, like major retailers are starting to look beyond the traditional way of selling t...

In 2017 Ira released a book called Recruiting in the age of Googlisation and was pretty bang on what was going to happen to the world of work and recruiting. We took a deep dive: The incoming mismatch of skillsets and lack of population to be able to fill roles in most industries Economist predict the US will be 32 million short in the workforce by 2030 Companies that force people back into the of...

Europe’s favorite, or at least the Netherlands favorite TA leader graces us with his royal presence. Bas is heading to the land down under for 3 TA events as a guest speaker and travel buddy with the Hung Lee of Recruiting Brainfood! Jealous much?  More about the Metaverse and a virtual career fairs, its everything we dreaded about going to these pointless events only now we can do it with creepy...

The charming podcaster from Edinborough has just published his 2nd book, Digital Talent and we got an exclusive scoop. Or at least it felt like an exclusive! Digital Talent is available on this side of the pond March 29, 2022 From his first book in 2017 to now; the speed at which we work and the use of AI will be challenging to get it right. The companies who will struggle with this are large and...

This week on The Recruitment Flex Shelley buys a gold plated furnace. Sometimes marketing think they're clever but end up missing the mark. This happened recently in Toronto with a commercial leasing company welcoming back tenants into the office with signs asking if people were missing their dogs yet with a picture of sad dog. Women are valuing flexibility more than stability hence why they're op...

We weren't able to record an interview last week so we're replaying one of our favourites! Shelley fly's solo this weeks and welcomes a recruitment industry powerhouse! Katrina Kibben, CEO of Three Ears Media We found the cure for Recruiters who have writer's block! Let’s get back to our roots on why we love this industry. Katrina is the pace setter on how to extract the information you need to wr...

Shelley is just beaming as her first born son Parker is visiting from Germany and Serge get's to visit his mom as well. We still find the time to cover what's happening in recruitment this week. How will the Metaverse affect how we recruit A whole group of men are being overlooked in the workforce What is old is new again? Have you being hearing job ads on the radio? How many is too many when it c...

This week we welcome the CEO of GoodSeeker EriK Ayers Even in a WFH setup, most everyone can think of a great story about something at work. The truth is, there are tons of really good moments you wish you could share, internally and externally. Every TA professional will tell you how valuable employee driven content is for an authentic employer brand. But how do you even start when marketing and...

Kim Wilkinson joins as co-host, and as Serge’s attempt at revenge for Shelley’s poor choice of complimenting last week’s guest Chad Sowash. Some parenting advice for Serge, Rupaul’s Drag Race is not appropriate for 7 year olds girls who like to play dress up.   The photoshop palm tree as inspiration, the laundry list of made up job titles and other cringe worthy posts on LinkedIn, we share the hor...

Prepare to be disrupted as we welcome Caitlin MacGregor CEO of Plum.io Caitlin and her team have built something pretty remarkable here. Set aside 25 minutes and get your PLUM results and you will begin to see the incredible possibilities. Caitlin gives us the straight goods on how this tool addresses the natural bias of being human and how we can improve the front end of the hiring process.  Imag...

Our podcast hero, Chad Sowash from Chad and Cheese joins us for the US take on the trucker convoy blocking trade routes. Serge is upset because she thinks Chad is more handsome. Recruitment Insights for the week, The cost of hiring continues to rise and for employers who weren't paying attention, getting candidates to notice you will be expensive. Just asking questions here; what would happen if w...

There's really only one great book to read and use as a daily reference for new or experienced recruiter and that is the Full Stack Recruiter book by Jan Tegze. Jan drops his extensive recruitment knowledge on The Recruitment Flex What exactly is a Full Stack Recruiter It's easy to find people, it's just hard to convince them to join your company Is your company looking for A players but offering...

Serge is pretty much convinced he's going to Recfect. Shelley's peer pressure might be working? What happens if we run out of people to recruit. We deep dive into this article Appcast comes out with their recruitment benchmark report and it's just chocolate for Shelley. Download it here Why is your online advertising cost going up? Top benefit companies should offer to increase your application ra...

How can we get Recruiters to think more like sales & marketing without making them feel like the poor 3rd cousin? Especially when we start naming off all the great sales & marketing technology they get to do their jobs!  Thad brings 20 years of experience to Talroo as we talk a bit about what makes them unique, starting with leaving Silicon Valley and moving the office down the street from...

This week we welcome to one and only Will Van Middendorp as a guest co-host. Shelley tries to peer pressure Serge to join her at RecFest in England in July but will HE succumb to FOMO. We also tackle some of the biggest topics in recruitment right now. We talk about how you can turnaround the feedback why candidates leave their old jobs and make it a positive in your job ads. A recruiter went vira...

We are counting ourselves as part of some exclusive club to have James Ellis, author of Talent Chooses You, joining us for the show.  Prepare to be entertained A HUGE surprise on who James says is slaying the EB game If you are ever asked for the ROI on employer brand, James gives you the best way to answer The single thing in your control for improving your employer brand?  AND find out why you s...

Kim Wilkinson CEO of Verve Recruiting joins again as co-host - give her a big round of applause as her Linked In post hits 1.3 million views! Guess she hit a nerve. Annoying candidate behaviour, are we getting crusty or do candidates feel entitled? If your email is juicybottom69@hotmail.com time to change. Do you need to pay top dollars for top talent? Can a judge stop you from changing employers?...

Coming from some good Canadian heritage, we loved talking to an industry legend and the Founder of WorkTech, George Larocque. He brings an optimistic outlook for the next year of work tech investment.  2021 was a banner year in Work Tech investment with over 18 billion invested “Unless something breaks, there could be more money than last year” George walks us back to the fact that most technology...

This week on The Recruitment Flex Shelley can't stop swooning over Silver Foxes! Our Recruitment Insights this week Chief Economist at Linkedin shares on 60 Minutes that the world of work will never return to normal. Quitting your job over Tik Tok. Shelley doesn't think it's a good idea! De-Prioritizing is now a must do for any TA-Leader feeling overwhelmed. Can't get the money from the HR team to...

What does someone do for an encore after winning the Global Executive of the Year award?  Politely decline several offers Soul search  Meet impressive CEO and Founder Define your 2 greatest strengths Accept an offer that shares your values and leverages your natural talents We welcome back Jason Putnam the new CRO of Plum.io to get his take on hiring in 2022.  Has Plum officially solved campus/new...

In true form, Serge has big news and you get to hear it before he even updates his LinkedIn profile! Our Recruiting Insights this week: Retention bonus as an afterthought may have the reverse effect. Keeping your employees happy is a less expensive way of keeping them.  What’s a quitting bonus? Maybe we fell for some click bait here; the idea is nothing new but an Arizona CEO grabbed a few headlin...

The Job Board Geeks Steven Rothberg and Jeff Dickey-Chasins join Serge and Shelley to give us their lowdown on what will be happening in Recruitment Tech and Job Board world in 2022. We recep what happened in 2021 in the Job Board Space Facebook jobs shutting down everywhere except Canada and US Google for jobs impact since changes in October Advice for TA Practitioners for budget allocation betwe...

The world seems a bit smaller when Shelley visits Europe for Christmas and sees first hand the staffing shortage exists there too.  Recruitment Insights for our first episode of 2022 A great report from GlassDoor with a little bit of Fishbowl thrown in for good measure, some interesting insights on what we expect from employers in 2022.  Is the focus DE&I fading away? Let's not let that happen...

We're excited to have Jeff Dickey-Chasins host a special episode called The Breakdown with all the news on Recruitment Tech and the Job board World. Jeff breaks down everything that happened in this space in 2021 and I can tell you it's a lot of news!