The Chad & Cheese Podcast

Remember your favorite double album (for those old enough)? That’s what this episode is like. The boys drop news and discuss BIG TOPICS like Google for Jobs gets serious LinkedIn needs to pick a lane then move onto M&A news from Circa, Hireology, and Yello. ...and well, TikTok (again), Actually, there’s so much good stuff in this show, I can’t even remember everything. Just get comfy and turn it up, man compliments of Sovren, JobAdX, and Jobvite!

It's The Shred a mini Chad and Cheese bite of Breaking News -- This is Chad Sowash The Shred is brought to you by Recruitology -- Recruitology brings artificial intelligence - that's AI kids - to job posting and distribution for employers large and small. Start posting your jobs using Recruitology today at recruitology.com/employers On to the NEWS: Two acquisitions ACQUISITION #1: Circa aka CicaWorks.com acquires LatPro aka DiversityJobs.com ACQUISITION #2 : Hireology acquires EmployUs

It's The Shred a mini Chad and Cheese bite of Breaking News -- This is Chad Sowash The Shred is brought to you by Recruitology -- Recruitology brings artificial intelligence - that's AI kids - to job posting and distribution for employers large and small. Start posting your jobs using Recruitology today at recruitology.com/employers On to the NEWS: Google announces BIG jobs update! #LISTEN

The Shred is brought to you by Recruitology -- Recruitology brings artificial intelligence - that's AI kids - to job posting and distribution for employers large and small. Start posting your jobs using Recruitology today at recruitology.com/employers On to the NEWS: Yello merges with WayUp!

The Shred is a bite-sized bit of recruitment news to help make sure you’re in-the-know, even if you’re on-the-go. The Shred is brought to you by Recruitology.

The pandemic has royally remixed employment branding for a lot of companies. What used to be a nice-to-have is now a must-have, no matter where you are in the world. That's why we brought in Kim Werensteijn, Employer Brand extraordinaire from the Netherlands. It's a must-listen for furloughed, future, and currently practicing Employer Brand pros. This podcast is brought to you by the power of Sovren parsing and matching. AI so human, you'll want to take it to dinner.

Who goes camping in the hot sticky mess of July? Joel Cheesman, that's who. No worries, we have a smooth operator filing in for the Master of Cheese this week. Crazy and The King Podcast co-host, Executive Director of Disability Solutions, all-around badass, and my wife Julie Sowash joins as we tackle questions like: Is Indeed the following Monster off a cliff? Is Doximity showing Dice how to evolve? Will the pandemic really drive any real change? Is Allyn Bailey right about "The Great Awakening"? Who is happy robots are taking the shitty jobs? and does weed make you faster? It's the craziest market we will ever experience - so stop, listen, and participate :) Don't forget to visit our friends over at Sovren, Jobvite, and JobAdX. They are the wind beneath our... well... you get the idea.

A new chatbot... Errrrrr.... "conversational AI: contender is coming to America and the rest of the world soon. They're called Predictive Hire and they have an army of PhDs that says their tech is better than yours. CEO Barb Hyman can explain and has no problem staring down the barrel of our Firing Squad rapid-fire questions. Does Predictive Hire come out unscathed? Are run into the guns? Ya gotta listen to find out :) Firing Squad is powered by Pandologic's programmatic revolution!

We wish there was a way to automate these ridiculous podcast episode descriptions, but until then, we'll have to be content with talking about recruitment automation. Most notably this week, Two automated scheduling startups got (additional) funding. Another big data solution made it to unicorn status. Stimulus checks aren't the problem The US Chamber isn't letting a good crisis go to waste. and TikTok ends the week with industry folks lining up to give the social media app an unwarranted tongue bath. As always, your favorite podcast is powered by Jobvite, Sovren, and JobAdx.

The European market is poppin' hotter than a dinner date between Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin. This episode, the boys invite the angriest Scot they know in Adam Gordon to come on the show and share a few thoughts. It helps counter Lieven's more laid-back, collegiate demeanor as they discuss topics ranging from Adevinta's latest acquisition of eBay Classifieds Group, making it a Top 3 classifieds player, to talking about growing pay inequality throughout the continent to opining about the current state of Swiss sex workers. And if that wasn't hot enough ... soccer, er, football. Or is it futbol? Such a complex place Europe is. Enjoy!

Welcome to LGBTQ+ for Dummies -- BONUS EDITION -- HR and Talent Acquisition pros won't want to miss this listener question! It's PRIDE month and we're celebrating and learning more about the LGBTQ+ community. And as a straight white male, I thought it fitting that I'd ask the uncomfortable questions many of us are afraid to ask. To answer these questions we have special guest expert Michelle Raymond from myGwork, a LinkedIn-like platform for the LGBTQ+ community, who will be droppin' the knowledge. Listen and Learn!

Welcome to LGBTQ+ for Dummies -- Part 4 It's PRIDE month and we're celebrating and learning more about the LGBTQ+ community. And as a straight white male, I thought it fitting that I'd ask the uncomfortable questions many of us are afraid to ask. To answer these questions we have special guest expert Michelle Raymond from myGwork, a LinkedIn-like platform for the LGBTQ+ community, who will be droppin' the knowledge. Listen and Learn!

This week has a little bit of everything. First, it's a heavyweight fight between Amazon and Walmart for which one's a soulless pit of human misery and which one is an employee-friendly innovator. After digging through the carnage, the boys dive into a little Buy-or-Sell, featuring Candidate.co, Apna, and eqtble (dare you to type that into autocorrect and see what happens). After that, take a mental trip to Colorado and hear why some employers don't want remote workers that hail from The Highest State. What, you greedy bastards want more? How about some podcast industry chatter and the "Waffle House Challenge." What the hell's the "Waffle House Challenge"? You gotta listen. As always, the podcast is powered by Sovren, Jobvite, and JobAdx.

The Shred is a bite-sized bit of recruitment news to help make sure you’re in-the-know, even if you’re on-the-go. The Shred is brought to you by Recruitology.

Forget about Canvas being a text recruiting solution. The new Canvas (no relation) is all about creating a diversity recruitment platform to reignite the employment landscape and bring DEI to the masses. Good thing for them, Firing Squad loves shooting down startups with big dreams. So can this Canvas eclipse the achievements of the old Canvas? Gotta listen to find out. Firing Squad is sponsored by PandoLogic.

Welcome to LGBTQ+ for Dummies -- Part 3 It's PRIDE month and we're celebrating and learning more about the LGBTQ+ community. And as a straight white male, I thought it fitting that I'd ask the uncomfortable questions many of us are afraid to ask. To answer these questions we have special guest expert Michelle Raymond from myGwork, a LinkedIn-like platform for the LGBTQ+ community, who will be droppin' the knowledge. Listen and Learn!

Cage match time! On this week's podcast, Eightfold AI and Beamery play dueling valuations, following some massive funding rounds. King Kong vs. Godzilla ain't got nothin' on our industry. We even throw startup Gloat into the mix, as they count the investment dollars and look to take on the parade of platform wannabes. Plus, Houston, we have a problem, Toobin is back in ya' face (eww) and it (still) ain't easy on a stripper. Enjoy another Sovren, Jobvite, and JobAdx powered episode.

The Shred is a bite-sized bit of recruitment news to help make sure you’re in-the-know, even if you’re on-the-go. The Shred is brought to you by Recruitology.

Some podcasters do it for the fun. Chad & Cheese? Global domination. That's why we've set our sites on Europe after conquering America and have enlisted the help of some locals to make sense of the Old Country. In this episode, the first-ever from the new 'Does Europe' show, the boys discuss the labor crunch and ongoing work-from-home issues plaguing European employers and workers. Then they throw in some Facebook bullsh!t for good measure.

Welcome to LGBTQ+ for Dummies -- Part 2 It's PRIDE month and we're celebrating and learning more about the LGBTQ+ community. And as a straight white male, I thought it fitting that I'd ask the uncomfortable questions many of us are afraid to ask. To answer these questions we have special guest expert Michelle Raymond from myGwork, a LinkedIn-like platform for the LGBTQ+ community, who will be droppin' the knowledge. Listen and Learn!

A 1970s' Johnny Paycheck song captures the feeling of today's job market. Take This Job and Shove It! Yes, even with an unprecedented number of unfilled jobs and quitting on the rise, will we be able to find the balance people desperately need? Change is hard, and Chad & Cheese are dropping a nightly recording over beers and bourbon to work out all this post-pandemic drama. SAP treats employees like adults, while Apple's controlled WFH "culture" strategy starts a mutiny. Don't worry kids, if culture as a control device doesn't work employers are also trying to cook up cybersecurity as a way to force you back in the office. Is it legit or just more bullshit? We also throw in some new funding and a good ol' fashioned Superpower Dust-Up for good measure. It's the end of the world as we know it, and Chad & Cheese feel fine. As always, your favorite podcast is powered by Sovren, Jobvite, and JobAdx.

The Shred is a bite-sized bit of recruitment news to help make sure you’re in-the-know, even if you’re on-the-go. The Shred is brought to you by Recruitology.

He's the Prince of Programmatic. Well,.. A Prince... Rob Prince. On this episode, we dive into programmatic and all things UK with our good buddy Rob Prince, VP of sales at TalentNexus. Coming out of COVID, employers are hungrier than ever to leverage the latest in job distribution tech to fill these hard-to-fill positions and a ton of other topics and opinions around IndeedIQ, Broadbean, Sir Richard Collins, Pando IQ, chatbots, Madeline Laurano's research, Stepstone and Appcast, a little VONQ and where does LinkedIn, ZipRecruiter and Google for Jobs stand in the UK? While the US is usually 5 years ahead of the Europeans, Rob is always good at making us feel behind the times. He'll probably do the same for you if you'd only listen to this NEXXT exclusive.

Welcome to LGBTQ+ for Dummies -- Part 1 It's PRIDE month and we're celebrating and learning more about the LGBTQ+ community. And as a straight white male, I thought it fitting that I'd ask the uncomfortable questions many of us are afraid to ask. To answer these questions we have special guest expert Michelle Raymond from myGwork, a LinkedIn-like platform for the LGBTQ+ community, who will be droppin' the knowledge. Listen and Learn!

Guess who's coming to Europe? On March 10th, 2017 The Chad and Cheese launched our first show. Over the years, Joel and I have focused heavily on the US market while trying our best to find relevant and smart global stories and as our global base of loyal listeners grew we started having discussions around a more European-based show, but we needed someone embedded in the European market to bring that certain je ne sais quoi, but most of all someone who could provide great European insights to our dumb American opinions.

It's a Stack-quisition... Wait, that sounds familiar! Stack the Steal! Dollar bills, ya'll! Developer community Stack Overflow, one of the 50 most popular websites in the world, was acquired this week for a juicy $1.8 billion, an absolute steal by Github standards. What else? The boys play a little Buy-or-Sell, then discuss the ongoing nightmare that is labor shortages, vaccine mandates, and chase it all with a little change in weed testing at Amazon. Finally, it turns out potheads can organize warehouse merchandise too. It's another shot of aural goodness, powered by Jobvite, Sovren, and JobAdx.

Time to turn the snark up to eleven, people. Four years in the making, industry icon - or at least iconic in millennial terms - Matt Charney sits down with the boys for a chat about his latest role at SmartRecruiters, his take on the hottest HR tech vendors at the moment, and his distaste for most-things-SHRM. Resistance is futile. Turn it up! Snarky pod powered by Nexxt, you need better response rates? Of course you do, so contact Nexxt to received better-targeted candidates who respond!

ZipRecruiter? More Like Dip-Recruiter... Am I right? The boys both turn 50-years-old this week, which means a lot of mature, grown-up, and responsible commentary on the world of work. Ha! Just kidding, they talk trash about the ZipRecruiter IPO, Amazon buying MGM, BrightHire raising money, Jumpstart rebranding as Canvas (bet that's fun for salespeople who have to field questions about text recruiting now), the world losing its collective mind over WFH, and weed in the workplace. Whew! Buckle-up, this is one long-winded, meandering piece of industry goodness. As always, your favorite podcast is powered by Jobvite, JobAdx, and Sovren.

The Shred is a bite-sized bit of recruitment news to help make sure you’re in-the-know, even if you’re on-the-go. The Shred is brought to you by Recruitology.

Allyn Bailey first joined us on a stage in Canada at The Gathering as Intel's Talent Acquisition Transformation Manager. She blew us away. Since then, she got promoted and has since moved on, so we thought it might be a good time to have her back on the show. We chat about the advancements in technology and tools, the increased demands from organizations dealing with new workforce needs, the current state of recruitment marketing, and TA in a big company vs. an SMB. Get comfy for this one, and soak in the smarts during this Sovren powered pod.

This week's episode reads like an alternative to the movie Boogie Nights. We're talkin' a Mya, Wade & Wendy ménage à trois, strippers and exploding vaginas. Oh, and we even have a European standing in for Chad, who's basking in the Costa Rica sunshine. A-hole! To stick it to him, we discuss Amazon and checks from the government in his absence. Let's get funky! As always, Sovren, JobAdx and Jobvite are bringing the kink.

The Shred is a bite-sized bit of recruitment news to help make sure you’re in-the-know, even if you’re on-the-go. The Shred is brought to you by Recruitology.

Think your company has an inclusive work culture? Might be time to reevaluate. Maybe. The boys sit down for a chat with Kanarys cofounder and COO Star Carter in hopes of getting to the heart of the matter. Want more? We cover law firm tokenism, venture capital racism, and aspirational diversity goals (THIS DOESN'T FLOW QUITE RIGHT). It's a great discussion around inclusion, fundraising, and entrepreneurship.

The Shred is a bite-sized bit of recruitment news to help make sure you’re in-the-know, even if you’re on-the-go. The Shred is brought to you by Recruitology. Totaljobs, Cornerstone Acquire Mya Systems.

It's an episode full of head-scratchers and high fivers. Oh, and a unicorn. Handshake is now in the Billionaire Valuations Club, which these days is just called another week in TA tech. Outmatch acquired Harver, which sets them up nicely for The Great Reopening, and Glassdoor wannabe Blind raised a bunch of money and even introduced a revenue model (semi-anonymity might actually work out ... or not). In the post-pandemic segment, Google's labor union keeps kicking ass, Wendy's comes up short, and UBI isn't happening anytime soon. Oh, and just shoot us for writing this, TikTok jobs is happening. Ugh. Another aural orgasm brought to you by Jobvite, Sovren, and JobAdx.

Outmatch is on the hunt, since last September Outmatch has acquired Launchpad, FirstPerson, Checkster, and now...... Big thanks Recruitology for supporting The Shred. Recruitology brings machine learning and AI to virtual job fairs, remember when virtual job fairs were lame? Not anymore, check out how you can leverage candidate matching and programmatic job distribution with a virtual job fair at recruitology.com/employers.

Job descriptions used to be so easy. Five lines in the local newspaper and done. Then the Internet came along and gave us unlimited white space, leading to a serious lack of quality ever since. No, copying and pasting from Craigslist does not stellar job postings, so here comes JobDescriptions.ai to try and solve a really big problem, helping automate listings and optimize them in the process. Can founder Oras Al Kubaisi tame the fury of Firing Squad and elicit rousing applause? Gotta listen, as always, to find out on this PandoLogic exclusive. The REVOLUTION is here!

Just when Indeed looks like they've run out of spaghetti to throw at the wall, they did what this week? We're clearly not in Kansas anymore, Dorothy! This week's topics are confusing at best. Who's steering the ship at "The World's Largest Job Site."? Facebook Workplace makes us ask ourselves WTF? Uncomfortable white guys at Basecamp send a third of the staff running. Return to work confusion continues at big companies like Google and JP Morgan. and we throw in drones and military dogs roaming the streets of NYC for good measure. We're talking end of days shit here people. As always, your favorite AWARD WINNING podcast is powered by JobAdx, Sovren, and Jobvite.

The Shred is a bite-sized bit of recruitment news to help make sure you’re in-the-know, even if you’re on-the-go. The Shred is brought to you by Recruitology.

Let's face it, COVID times are nebulous at best. and with questions like: Should employers mandate the COVID vaccination? Will employers bump wages to stay competitive? and... What will "back to work" post-COVID even look like? Office? Remote? Hybrid? Luckily Seth Feit, Group VP of Talent at Spectrum / Charter Communications, stops by the pod to share details about all of these topics and how Spectrum is doing the hard work to get back to work. Enjoy this Sovren exclusive.

Remember Suresh Naidu, the professor of economics and international and public affairs at Columbia University? If you haven't heard our first interview with him, search it and thank us later. Anyway, he's back, and he's badder than ever. This time, he's talkin' past, present, and future regarding the topic of minimum wage. Put your thinking caps on and turn up your earbuds, this one is special. All of this learnin' powered by Nexxt... Do you need targeted candidates? Then you need Nexxt!

Chad is back from vacay, and it's a good thing because the news was droppin' like bombs this week. Jobvite gobbled-up JazzHR and NXTThing. Jobcase made its first acquisition. Ceridian acquired Ideal. ZipRecruiter filed to go public. LinkedIn is crushing the numbers. Biden is getting his executive order on and Jamie Dimon is giving out second chances. Enjoy this Sovren, Jobvite, and JobAdx powered episode.

The Shred is a bite-sized bit of recruitment news to help make sure you’re in-the-know, even if you’re on-the-go. The Shred is brought to you by Recruitology.

The Shred is a bite-sized bit of recruitment news to help make sure you’re in-the-know, even if you’re on-the-go. The Shred is brought to you by Recruitology.

How's that saying go? Empires don't die with a bang, they go out with a whimper. Or something like that. If you're thinking the acquisition of Brassring, after it was snatched up by IBM a decade ago with a price tag just north of a billion dollars, is kind of like that whole whimper thing, you're not alone. And good luck recognizing the company who wrote the check this time 'round. If you're more into up-and-comers, however, this week's got that too, with university employment solution RippleMatch getting big money to take on Handshake and the other companies hoping to own the college recruitment space. Want established players? Of course this show discusses the latest LinkedIn news. With their latest initiative, newly minted unicorn Degreed might be a little nervous. The whole show is bookended with McDonald's latest strategy to combat candidate ghosting. As usual, this bit of aural gold is powered by Sovren, JobAdx and Jobvite.

The Shred is a bite-sized bit of recruitment news to help make sure you’re in-the-know, even if you’re on-the-go. The Shred is brought to you by Recruitology.

We've made significant progress making our workplaces more equitable, diverse, and inclusive, right? Not so fast, says Jackye Clayton, DEI strategist at Seekout and cohost of the Inclusive AF podcast. The industry vet joins the boys for a reality check and a deep dive into what's wrong with the current infrastructure of corporate America. This podcast is power by Sovren's AI, it's so human you'll want to take it to dinner.

Who needs a laugh? 2021 does, right!!?!?! That's exactly why The Chad & Cheese invited the folks at Watercooler Comedy to come on the show for a chat. The organization, headed by Clevelander David Horning, helps corporate teams use humor to overcome stress, adapt to uncertainty, boost creativity and engagement, and have fun doing it. Enjoy this laugh machine powered by Sovren AI!

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the economy added 233K jobs in January, 468K in February, and 916K in March. So, everyone who got a pink slip last year should be rejoicing and fully employed, right? Think again. Virus fears, childcare uncertainty and unawareness are keeping candidates on the sidelines. It's also sparking solutions like ZipRecruiter to reach for solutions, Degreed gained unicorn status (that makes eight in 2021) this week, Amazon beat back unionization #sad Salesforce rolled out the welcome mat for vaccinated employees ...and Dominos used robots to deliver pizzas in what looks like "a toaster with wheels" in Houston. Now bow down to your robot overlords, but hold the anchovies. As always, thank Sovren, JobAdx and Jobvite for all this cheesy goodness.

Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), love 'em or hate 'em they're the core technology of life as a Talent Acquisition and Recruiting professional. The diversification of different ATS brand visions are finally taking us past the days of tech debt heavy dinosaurs like Taleo and VirtualEdge. Madeline Laurano, Founder of Aptitude Research shares information from newly published research entitled Talent Acquisition Systems Mapping a New Path. In this episode we dig into areas many ATS vendors have never gone like: - Is Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion just fluff in an ATS? - AI matching technology become priority - All CRM's are NOT created equal - Getting serious about "Candidate Communication" - Why is Internal Mobility still an unknown?