HR Interviews Playlist

This week we interview Recruitics CEO Adam Stafford in front of live audience at TATech. We cover a lot! Adam Stafford shares his diverse background, including roles as a product manager, restaurateur, and DOD supply chain specialist. Recruitics is known for pioneering programmatic job advertising. Launch of AI-powered conversational analytics tool Brion. Recruitics Brion helps non-technical users access recruitment data insights quickly. Discussion on the future of recruitment tech involving more AI and predictive analytics. The industry current challenges include fraud and the volume of AI-generated applicants. Emphasis on meeting candidates where they are and improving matching processes.

This week we welcome the OG HR Famous Tim Sackett. Tim has come up with a great follow up book to the Talent Fix by releasing volume 2 After 5,000 blog posts, at what point do you just write a few books?   With his latest book, Tim brings the wit and humour we all need after a long day in TA.  Fun fact, he is one of the few people who can honestly say they were born to be in this profession. Our favourite takes from his new book: Money fixes everything Hiring Managers are mad because they see us as HR Laughable metrics in TA Talent Streaming Referral to Interview ratio - aim for 90-100%   The Talent Fix Volume 2 is out now!

The SCOOP! Plum is launching Thrive & Flourish Knowing that 68% of hard skills wont exist in the next few years, TA and Talent Management need tools to ensure their people are in the right job. Jason reveals what PLUM scientists have been hard at work on  PLUM Flourish the free assessment for job seekers will now offer career mapping For the ELT with vision to lead their company, PLUM Thrive introduces Culture Mapping To address the culture gap, Talent Management now has the technology to align hard skills and soft skills in just over 8 minutes!   230% growth in 2 years - PLUM is the overnight success that took 12 years to build!

Welcome to a special edition of The Recruitment Flex recorded live from the Unleash America conference. In this episode, we dive deep into the future of HR technology and talent management in 2 separate interviews Mike Ehrle and Angela Hood. Join us as we explore their innovative approaches to onboarding, retention, and leveraging AI in the HR space. Interview 1: Mike Ehrle, Click Boarding Mike Ehrle returns to discuss the latest developments at Click Boarding, focusing on enhancing employee engagement from pre-boarding through retention. Mike shares insights into integrating new retention products, the benefits of partnering with Alight, and the challenges of selling standalone HR solutions in a saturated market. Key Points: Click Boarding's Core Products: Transition from traditional onboarding to include cross-boarding, off-boarding, and retention solutions. New Retention Initiatives: Insights from their ongoing market traction and the need for embedded solutions rather than standalone products. Partnership with Alight: Discussion on the strategic alliance with Alight to streamline benefits enrollment and enhance the onboarding experience. Future Plans: Upcoming developments, including integration with Microsoft Teams, aiming to simplify corporate software ecosystems. Interview 2: Angela Hood, This Way Global Angela Hood, CEO of This Way Global, discusses her company's role at the forefront of AI implementation in HR tech, their approach to removing bias in recruitment processes, and the launch of the Sully Sandbox platform. Angela also reflects on her recognition in the business world and shares her vision for the future of HR technology. Key Points: This Way Global's Mission: Leveraging AI to enhance fairness and efficiency in hiring across various sectors. Sully Sandbox: A new initiative to help businesses utilize AI and data effectively without needing in-house expertise. Partnership with IBM Watson: Ongoing collaboration and its impact on This Way Global’s operations and market reach. Personal Insights: Angela's reflections on her career, the impact of age in the professional world, and her recognition as a top female founder.

This week we welcome longtime TA practitioner Author of Hiring Humans Craig Fisher Craig brings a wealth of experience and passion to his new book, Hiring Humans.  Practical tips and key takeaways are written for HR and TA as deskside reference and refresher. The 5:1 content generation template gives you the cadence and consistency to build your personal brand as a recruiter.  Craig has built a community for TA with TalentNet events.Twice a year, the conference is a safe space with honest conversations, case studies and featured speakers.

This week on TRF we welcome Adam Godson CEO at Paradox Freshly into his new promotion from President to CEO, Adam is confident this role is perfect for him and for Paradox.  With incredible growth, 90 to 600 employees and 1,000’s of clients, many prestigious brands. Adam shares the simple truth for their success.  Loaded with case studies showcasing outcomes of their clients,  Want fries with your AI? Macdonald’s took their days to hire ratio from 71 to 3 days. Staying true to their core values, Paradox listened to their clients to bring on their own ATS. Olivia, their chatbot, gets better with time.  And we finally understand why they called the company Paradox!

TRF feat Tracey Lovejoy and Shannon Lucas CoAuthors of Move Fast Break Shit Burn Out Coined in an outdated phrase as Positive Troublemaker Tracey and Shannon have long known they didn't fit the already sized work style categories. The Catalyst is the dot-connector who sees what needs to change and moves into action.   They share their research and inspiration for writing this self help book for the Catalyst. Complete with charts, graphs, real life stories and lots of breadcrumbs to identify and support those who bring change into the world.  Great advice for recruiters who need to attract and recruit Catalysts (formerly known as Change Makers) Hiring Managers who need to find the Catalyst in their organization and how to tips in supporting them.  Tracey and Shannon have become co-CEOs of their own company & support systems called Catalyst Constellations. Check it out!

This week we welcome Peter Weddle CEO at TATech From North Virginia, arguably the most beautiful part of the USA. With 26 books written and a columnist for the Wall Street Journal Peter’s insight into the world of work, he shares sage advice to those considering what AI will do for the Recruiter. The early days of TATech the foundation was to create a trade organization and Code of Ethics. Creating a trust source for buyer and TA Tech vendors. The one and only TATech Buyers guide was born. Peter and his team have created the incredible opportunity for TA Tech to come together with investors & analysts to make deals happen.  Mic drop, TA should manage HR, makes perfect sense.

TRF feat Bas Van de Haterd Co - Author of Talent Acquisition Excellence. Get it now on Amazon or anywhere you get your books! We welcome back our favorite Dutchman, Bas.  With 5 books published under his belt, Bas shares his inspiration for a truly global perspective on the TA profession and how partnering with the OG of TA, Kevin Wheeler was the perfect match. Spoiler Alert: There is no connection between formal credentials & on the job performance. RPO is a North American thing Don't bother advertising your job in the Middle East.  The Netherland’s solution to paid job advertising and how they have simplified the background check. An inspirational example of digital recruitment marketing.  Perspective check, Bas debunks the myth that AI will harm hiring.

TRF welcomes Chano Fernandez Co-CEO of Eightfold Chano brings an impressive track record with his career built in the HR Tech world and his incredible depth of knowledge from industry giants like SAP and Workday We tackle the topic of how Eightfold, by design, has 2 CEOs. Chano shares his expertise on how AI is being applied for the betterment of HR within organizations.  Internal mobility is the top trend in our space, identifying skills development opportunities and how generative AI, like Chatbots can help co-pilot the HR professional and Leaders.  Advice for organizations considering Talent Intelligence platforms; ask yourself, “Am I ready for this?”

One of the most interesting and controversial book in the HR section in a long while! Hilke brings the investigative journalist and an industry outsider to her new book “The Algorithm: How AI decides who gets hired, monitored, promoted & fired & why we need to fight back now.” A fateful cab ride was the genesis of the book, when the Lyft driver was gobsmacked by being interviewed by a robot for a baggage handler job at the local airport, Hilke began her quest to learn more.  The one-way video interview and its inevitable demise when HireVue’s claims of facial expressions to predict candidate’s honesty was proven to be crap. Talent Intelligence platforms like Eightfold can prove to be a positive force in helping organization know who to promote and like any double edge sword, cursed for its contribution on who should be laid off,  How do we fight back? Hilke gives some sound advice to HR Leaders.  Crystal ball predictions for 2030, sound pretty accurate to us!

TRF welcomes Mike Ehrle CEO at ClickBoarding Bringing an impressive background in the employee benefit industry, Mike knows a great technology when he sees it.  The launch of their Click Retain product and the partnership with Alight to name a few.  Best practices for pre-boarding to eliminate day one ghosts Onboarding, listen to why anything above zero, is a problem. Prepare to be impressed, Mike give us some well informed predictions for 2024

This week on TRF we cover: Wayfair CEO says uses his outside voice - again. He thinks he’s Elon Musk and can get away with saying whatever pops into his head. Its cringe worthy. Flockity, friend of the show Tracy Parsons creates the first Influencer platform for jobs. Hiring Branch study shows some surprising data on language skills connection to success on the job. In the News Canada pumps the brakes on the number of International students, for all the right reasons. WebMD parent company Internet brands return to office video is so bad, we don't think their employer brand will ever recover. Tip of the Week The top 15 jobs people want to quit. This list is a recruitment marketer's dream. Leverage this for the skills that will easily transfer to your organization.  Recruiting Insights The weirdness of the US labour market continues. Job seeker behaviour is changing, more discerning than ever before.  Job postings in November took a nose dive and the rate of hiring dropped like a rock too, something we’ve not seen since the 2008 crash. Adriano Herdman strikes again. This week is the 21 Talent Acquisition Tatics comparison chart. Just brilliant.

The Recruitment Flex welcomes Cameron Laker CEO at MindField. If you think RPO is just rent-a-recruiter, prepare to be blown away by what Cameron has built, right here in Canada.  12,000 jobs filled in 2023, makes us dizzy just thinking about how to pull that off. He shares how he did it. Cameron openly shares his POV on HR tech and hints at some of the NON-industry thinking behind their incredible success.  Fears and reality of the hourly worker in Canada. 2024 looks to be the year of the RPO

TRF feat Andrew Flowers Labour Economist with Appcast: Andrew recaps the 2023 labour market for US, Canada and Europe and a big round of applause on his predictions all being correct! The increase in US states who are adopting pay transparency laws and the positive impact it is having on candidate quality.  Beige is the color of 2024. Its kind of what we wished for in 2020! The 2 labour markets, standing up jobs and sitting down jobs. Victim of success, Canada’s immigration model puts extra pressure on housing WFH bites into commercial real estate 2024 predictions are good new bad news!

In person at the HR Tech conference we get the update from CEO Ben Mones.  Big year so far with FAMA - they are the leading platform for screening for workplace misconduct.  FAMA acquires Social Intelligence, better friends than foes. The Hunova partnership offers a comprehensive talent intelligence, it feels like the first time you downloaded Waze - life just got easier. The most common type of workplace issue is harassment. Business impact of hiring bad apples will spoil the whole barrel.

Sean Paulseth, based in Canada, is the Global Head of Sales for Silicon Valley’s Humanly.io. His career path is unique as he brings lived experience being a former HR professional.   High volume hiring such as The Calgary Stampede who hires 3,500 people for 10 days, can now use technology to make the process more efficient.  Conversational AI helps the job seeker experience by getting right to the heart of the matter - getting an interview.  Fear of robots taking over the recruiter’s job are unfounded, AI can scale in a way that humans just can't, making recruiter’s lives better.  Sean makes a well educated prediction for 2024.

TRF feat Job Board Geeks Reunited! Steven Rothsberg Founder of College Recruiter and Jeff Dickey-Chasins The Job Board Doctor join us for a 2023 year in review. Niche job board traffic was flat while Freelance work sites like Upwork are doing well. The big 5 job boards are returning to pre-pandemic levels.  Google for jobs didn't get the big YAWN that X jobs board did! Indeed is seeing strong growth in Europe while disrupting their own market in Canada & US Predictions for the TA industry from each of us.

We had the opportunity to interview at #HRTech Conference Adam Godson, President and Chief Product Officer of Paradox.ai Adam's unique journey, beginning as a recruiter and seamlessly transitioning into the technology side of HR, lends a distinctive perspective to his role. Paradox.ai's innovative approach to conversational AI for talent acquisition, which streamlines and automates processes to allow recruiters to focus on meaningful candidate interactions. The impact of their AI solutions, as showcased with high-profile clients like McDonald's, where they have significantly reduced time-to-hire. Adam's take on the adoption of AI in HR, emphasizing the importance of solving real business problems rather than just embracing technology for the sake of it. The role of AI in talent attraction and talent retention, along with practical applications to enhance the candidate experience. Adam's insights on the future of recruiting, highlighting the transition from administrative tasks to more engaging and relationship-focused work. The positive impact of AI on candidate experience through the reduction of friction and streamlining of processes. The transformative nature of conversational AI, bridging the gap between automation and a positive candidate experience.

TRF feat Sachit Kamat Chief Product Officer with Eightfold.ai We were floored by the deep understanding of TA coming with Sachit from his days at Linked In being ported over to his role at Eightfold.ai.  Their foundation is solidly planted in AI helping organizations figure out what skills they already have and effectively connect them to the biggest problems the company is trying to solve. Companies who are scaling up or taking inventory of their current talent, we unpack what Talent Intelligence means in the real world. It's knowing who's available when, what skills, and then, that should create your go to market as far as talent attraction.  Advice for TA leaders on efficiencies gained when AI is fully informed, it is quality time where your talents are best used and that is with the business.