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Too Many Applications, Too Few Hires: What AI Is Really Doing to Recruiting

2026-11-0334:05

Steven Rothberg has spent 30 years in online recruiting, and he has watched plenty of “silver bullets” come and go. He thinks AI is the latest one. In this episode of the DE Talk Podcast, host Shannon Offord of DirectEmployers Association sits down with Steven, founder and chief strategy officer of CollegeRecruiter, to talk about what employers are getting right and wrong in recruiting today. Steven explains why getting 1,000 applications for one opening is often a self-inflicted wound. He al...

Reframing Disability Accommodations as a Performance Strategy, Not a Risk File

2026-10-2738:21

What if the accommodation request on your desk is one of the best performance tools you have? Too many organizations still treat disability accommodations as a compliance task: a box to check, a cost to contain, a risk to manage. That mindset may be costing them productivity, retention, and talent. Most accommodations cost nothing to implement, and more than a quarter of Americans have a disability, most of them invisible. Your workforce likely already includes people who could do their best ...

The End of "Jobs Near Me": Conversational AI Is Changing How Candidates Find Jobs

2026-10-1245:37

"Jobs near me" has been the most common job search for 20 years, and with the introduction of AI, it's on the verge of disappearing. Candidates have stopped typing keywords. They're asking ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude for jobs that fit their experience, their schedules and their lives. If your jobs aren't in the handful of answers those tools give, candidates never see you. And because the AI platforms share no search data, most employers have no idea what candidates are asking. In this episode...

Section 503 Changes: What Employers and the Disability Community Need to Know

2026-09-2842:31

As of September 21, 2026, a Final rule from the OFCCP removed three long-standing Section 503 requirements for federal contractors: the 7% utilization goal, the related annual data analysis, and the CC-305 disability self-identification form. In this episode, guest host PJ Rossi of Forte Advisory Group and HR Compliance Consultant at DirectEmployers talks with disability advocate Felicia Nurmsen, Founder of Inclusion Without Illusion, about what the change means in practice, bringing together...

Fixing the Application Black Hole with Dalia’s Sam Fitzroy

2026-09-1425:54

In this episode of the DE Talk Podcast, host Shannon Offord sits down with Sam Fitzroy, co-founder and CEO of candidate conversion platform, Dalia. Bringing over 15 years of industry experience—including key leadership roles at Indeed and The Muse—Fitzroy offers a candid look at the friction points plaguing modern recruitment. Together, they break down the flaws of volume-based hiring models, the impact of AI auto-apply tools flooding applicant tracking systems, and why making job application...

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