The Recruiting Brainfood Podcast

How to Hire in India in 2025 Brainfood On Tour is back for another season! I am delighted to back in India - for the first time since before Covid. This is one of the most diverse, vibrant, populous and important countries in the world - and potentially one of the major engines of economic growth for the future. Let's find out what it is like to hire in India! We will find out: - What are the main things people need to know about hiring in India? - In economy, what are the most dynamic sectors? - How do employers plan for the talent surplus that India consistently produces? - What are the main government policies which employers need to be aware of when hiring in India? - Language & diversity: how do employers navigate this? - What are the main qualities of a great recruiter for the India market? - What tools / technologies are important for the recruiter community here? - How does one find out more about how to hire in India? All this and more as we deep dive into what makes the India recruitment market tick! We're with with Bharath C, Senior Manager Talent Acquisition (Ultraviolette Automotive), AK Menon, Director (Options Exec Search), Ridhi Malhotra, Demand Generation, Deepa Joshi, Head of Talent Acquisition (Novonesis) & friends And on Tuesday 28th January, 12pm IST Register by clicking the green button and follow the channel here (recommended)

Req Load: How Much is Too Much Per Recruiter in the Age of AI? If Artificial Intelligence going to make recruiters hyper productive, how many requirements can we now expect to manage? There's no question that this question is going to be on the mind of CEO's going into 2025. Whilst we CAN expect some increase in req load, how much is too much? In this session, we are going to discuss the variables which go into calculating requirements per recruiter, and how to explain that numbers don't capture everything a recruiter does. - Volume of roles - Number of repeats - Complexity of hire - Availability of talent - Condition of employer branding - are we an attractive employer? - Calibre of current team - EVP - Tools / techniques - do we even have a LinkedIn Recruiter license (jk) - Impact of DEIB, are we invested and committed? - Hiring philosophy: open hiring, skills based hiring, traditional hiring? - Structure of organisation - Regional variance - Functional variance. All this and more on Brainfood Live On Air. We're with Matthias Schmeisser, Head of Talent, (Emnify), Mark Deubels, TA Leader (Synthesia), Oksana Strippentow, Head of Talent (ex-Mangopay) & Mary Kay Baldino, Head of Talent Acquisition (Morningstar) We're on Friday 24th Jan, 2pm GMT Follow the channel here (recommended) and click on the green button to register for this show. Ep289 is sponsored by our friends BrightHire BrightHire's market-leading Interview Intelligence platform powers hiring for game-changing companies like Canva, Ramp, Rippling, Multiverse, Vercel, and 000s more. Not just another notetaking tool, BrightHire's platform transforms hiring quality and efficiency with AI that builds exceptional hiring plans, automates interview notes, improves decision-making, drives interview consistency, and delivers powerful talent insights. And they've just completed an independent 3rd party AI bias audit – a first in the Interview Intelligence category. Learn more at BrightHire.com, and find out why companies from the most disruptive AI platforms in the world to the Fortune 100 trust BrightHire to transform their hiring with powerful, responsible AI. Learn more

Forecasting Recruiting in 2025 Happy New Year Everybody! And welcome to Season 5 of Brainfood Live On Air - the weekly show where we gather the world's top experts to come on and discuss live on air the topics of the day. The year would not make a proper start without a forecast of what we think the recruiting environment is going to look like. Lets review how we think the market is going to shape up: - Investment in TA / HR Tech - Assessment & Candidate use of AI - Volume of job applications / job advert volume - TA organisational set up / and role distribution - Decentralised hiring - will more recruiting work be pushed back to the line? - State of DEI - Use of Artificial Intelligence - where do we stand on this? - Future for Employer branding, what innovations do we expect? - TA job market - any recovery, and if so, where? All this and more on Brainfood Live On Air. We are bringing all of the big guns: join George LaRoque, Founder (Workbench), Madeline Laurano, Founder (Aptitude Research), Bas van de Haterd, Author (Talent Acquisition Excellence), Tim Sackett, President (HRU), Torin Ellis (himself) & friends We're on Friday 10th Jan, 2pm GMT Follow the channel here (recommended) and click on the green button to register for this show. Ep288 is sponsored by our friends Ashby Tired of spending hours on manual recruiting tasks? Ashby’s responsible AI and automation has got your back. With smart scheduling that turns multi-hour coordination into just a few clicks and AI-powered email outreach that boosts reply rates by 46%, recruiting has never been easier — at least when it comes to process. Ashby’s AI-Assisted Application Review tool lets you fly through your inbound volume — think 1,500 resumes in just 6 hours! Plus, Ashby’s AI-generated feedback summaries speed up collaboration across teams. Ready for an ATS that elevates your recruiting game with thoughtful AI and automation? Book your demo here.

Brainfood Live Christmas Party 2024 - Open Mic Friends, this is the last Brainfood Live of the year! This will be our 50th show of the year, so our cadence of doing these more or less once per week, every week, remains pretty much unbroken - not even sure where the two missing weeks went! In any case, we're going to do an Open Mic session where all the years panelists and guests can come on and say their piece to the camera on what they thought of 2024. See the great and the good join Brainfood Live one last time for 2024 - and feel welcome to join on screen if you want to say your piece. What do you think about: - Job market for TA - Skill Based Hiring - Talent Density - Offshoring - Automation and AI - DEI vs Wokelash - Pay equity - Fractional HR / TA - LinkedIn search / copilot - Content and Audience building - Network value - Conference scene All this and more on Brainfood Live On Air. We'e with the great and the good and YOU! We're on Friday 20th Dec, 2pm GMT Follow the channel here (recommended) and click on the green button to register for this show.

Sustainable Recruitment in Healthcare: Strategies for 2024 and Beyond The UK healthcare sector is at a critical crossroads. Recruitment challenges are intensifying, driven by an aging population, workforce burnout, and shifting political landscapes. As we enter 2024 under a new Labour government, healthcare recruiters must brace for significant policy changes while continuing to navigate the existing talent shortages. This event will explore the current state of healthcare hiring, the impact of government reforms, and the best practices that will define success in the coming years. Key Themes: State of Healthcare Hiring in the UK: An overview of the current recruitment crisis and the key factors driving demand in the NHS and care sectors. Impact of Labour's Government on Healthcare Recruitment: What changes to expect in workforce planning, immigration policies, pay structures, and working conditions as the Labour Party implements its healthcare reforms. Addressing Talent Shortages: Is the candidate shortage real or a result of inefficient hiring practices? Explore insights into the availability of healthcare talent and how organisations can strengthen their candidate pools. Role of Agency Workers & Workforce Flexibility: The growing reliance on agency staff and temporary workers in the NHS and care sectors—how can employers balance flexibility with stability? Pay Transparency & Equity: How will Labour's push for pay transparency and fair wages reshape compensation strategies in healthcare recruitment? Retention Strategies: The importance of retaining top talent in a high-turnover industry. Practical solutions for boosting employee engagement, reducing burnout, and creating long-term career pathways for healthcare professionals. Recruitment Best Practices: What recruitment channels and technologies are most effective in 2024? How can data-driven insights and diversity initiatives optimise hiring outcomes? Join us for a deep dive into the trends shaping healthcare recruitment and practical strategies to stay ahead in a transforming political and economic environment. Whether you’re a healthcare recruiter, HR leader, or agency professional, this event will equip you with the insights and tools needed to adapt and thrive. All this and more on Brainfood Live On Air. We're on Monday 16th December, 4pm GMT Follow the channel here (recommended) and click on the green button to register for this show. Ep283 is sponsored by our friends Popp Put sourcing, matching & scheduling on autopilot with the world’s most powerful recruitment AI. Deep integrations with 40+ ATS systems, including Bullhorn. Automatically matches and ranks every candidate with explainable AI. Automatically engages suitable candidates with human-like conversations via WhatsApp, SMS or email. Constantly updates your database with the latest candidate data. Popp provides support, asks screening questions, collects information, and schedules calls. Works in 50+ languages, with less bias, and greater consistency than human teams alone. Recruitment companies and talent teams are using Popp to place 25% more candidates 40X faster, with ROI averaging >10X. "Popp is a platform every company should have, I can imagine endless possibilities in which you can use Popp and make your work run smoothly. Work smarter and not harder.” Monica - Strategic Sourcing Specialist at Randstad/Philips North America You can book a demo through their website at https://www.joinpopp.com/book-a-demo or Contact their Founder and COO, James Cochrane-Dyet, directly at [email protected]

2024 in Review: State of Talent Acquisition It's been another challenging year for Talent Acquisition - I make it two years since the hey days of 2021/2022. What can we learn from the current market conditions for Talent Acquisition, how are companies seeing the function and what are professionals doing to ensure they are staying ahead of the competition? - Real Talk: Is Talent Acquisition heading toward extinction? - How are employers viewing TA in the era of AI / Doing More With Less? - What are the challenges to function in a candidate rich market? - Expansion of scope - in what areas are TA moving their focus? - Contraction of scope - in what areas are TA reducing their focus? - AI in TA: what the current state / future states - Hiring for TA in 2024: what type of skills are we looking for? - How do candidates on the market distinguish themselves? - Global dispersal of TA - are functions being offshored? - How is this impact salary / compensation? - Fractional TA - is this happening? - Provisional projection for 2025 - recommendations for TA! All this and more on Brainfood Live On Air. We're with Emma Mirrington, CEO (The Talent Labs), Becky Lee, Global Early Careers Transformation Leader (Join Talent), Andreea Lungulescu, Founder (TA Talent Crunch) & Jim Miller, Head of Talent (Ashby) We're on Friday 13th Dec, 2pm GMT Follow the channel here (recommended) and click on the green button to register for this show. Ep286 is sponsored by our friends Ashby Tired of spending hours on manual recruiting tasks? Ashby’s responsible AI and automation has got your back. With smart scheduling that turns multi-hour coordination into just a few clicks and AI-powered email outreach that boosts reply rates by 46%, recruiting has never been easier — at least when it comes to process. Ashby’s AI-Assisted Application Review tool lets you fly through your inbound volume — think 1,500 resumes in just 6 hours! Plus, Ashby’s AI-generated feedback summaries speed up collaboration across teams. Ready for an ATS that elevates your recruiting game with thoughtful AI and automation? Book your demo here.

2024 in Review: State of Recruitment Job Advertising One of the themes of 2024 has been the surge of job applicants for the job adverts employers are posting out. It's clear that the economic conditions + AI-enablement has created the conditions where traditional duration based advertising is no longer a viable hiring approach - in fact, a counter productive one, as it absorbs all the recruiters capacity to deal with the flood! What is the current state of recruitment job advertising and what may be the future? - Volume of job advertising in 2024 - high or low - Volume of applications per job - Avg duration of job adverts: global, per country, per sector - Number of applications made per candidate - Most effective job title (quality of applicant) - Most effective job description (quality of applicant) - Impact of diversity statements in job adverts - Impact of benefits in job adverts - Shift to programmatic: what is the penetration? - Remote work job ads, up or down? - What is the avg spend per job advert in 2024? - What is the future model of job advertising? All this and more on Brainfood Live On Air. We're with Yazad Dalal, Chief Growth Officer, Joveo, Alexander Chukowski, HR Tech Consultant & Peter Weddle, Founder, TATech We're on Friday 6th Dec, 2pm GMT Follow the channel here (recommended) and click on the green button to register for this show. Ep285 is sponsored by our friends Joveo Joveo is the unified, high-performance Recruitment Marketing platform. Best-of-breed programmatic job ad tech, a proprietary CMS to create world-class career sites, and a candidate engagement platform. Eliminate patched point solutions and data silos forever. Reduce job advertising spend, control applicant flow rate, increased quality of application - contact Jove today.

2024 in Review: State of Flexible Working The rise of the 'Alternative Workforce' has been a trend since before pandemic, as organisations sort to increase agility and reduce risk by expanding the pool of non-FTE into the workforce. Workers too have been keen to explore other ways in which to commercially engage with companies rather than being full time, permanent, on site workers. What is the state of Flexible working in 2024 - and how do we expect this to develop over the coming years? This is the topic of Brainfood Live On Air - Overview: Number of freelancers / non-FTE in UK - Organisational POV: why increase number of non-FTE? - Worker motivations: what reason might workers wish to do this? - Privileged vs Precarious - do we distinguish between these two? - What are the current categories of worker in the UK? - How does the latest budget change demand for permanent workers? - What is the DEIB angle to flexible working? - How does remote impact the idea of flexible working? - What are the best practices for ensuring performance management of flexible workers? - Culture: do we integrate or separate worker populations? - How can TA expand scope to take on full resource delivery function? All this and more on Brainfood Live On Air. We're with Sonal Bhardwaj, Head of Talent Acquisition, Financial Services, UK and Ireland, CapGemini, Runar Reistrup, CEO (YunoJuno) & friends We're on Friday 29th Nov, 2pm GMT Follow the channel here (recommended) and click on the green button to register for this show. Ep284 is sponsored by our friends YunoJuno Why YunoJuno? Trusted by the world’s leading companies, YunoJuno is the only system you need to compliantly source, manage and pay a global contractor workforce. From real-time sourcing from a pool of over 100,000 elite contractors worldwide to streamlined onboarding and automated compliance checks, YunoJuno ensures that your every step in managing a future fit flexible workforce is handled with efficiency and precision. Save time, reduce costs and mitigate risk - contact one of our friendly customer success team for a personalised demo here.

Founders Focus is the show where we get up close and personal with the leaders of the businesses changing the way we work today. Next up is Matthijs Metzemaekers, CEO of Carv - Why do it the second time round? - What are you doing differently at Carv vs your previous tech startup projects? - What are you doing in a same or similar way? - When did the idea for Carv first emerge - do you remember the exact moment? - What are the first steps you took, as an experienced entrepreneur are there specific events and if so what sequence? - How do you think the recruitment landscape will change after the first big wave of automation? - Why do you think Dutch recruitment tech startups have had success? - How do you think values will change when the tooling does? - What new things can customers of Carv expect in 2025? All this and more as we take a deep dive into the business leaders building the technology changing the way we work today. Tuesday 19th Nov, 11am CET Click on the green button to save your spot and follow the channel here (recommended) for further updates Ep52 of Founders Focus is supported by Carv Carv is AI for recruiters, designed to take over your administrative tasks - so you can fully focus on what truly matters: placing candidates in jobs they love! Team up with Carv so you can stop: Writing job descriptions Taking meeting notes Drafting candidate profiles Creating candidate write ups Updating your ATS And basically any other admin task you shouldn’t do! And the best thing? Carv is customized to fit your workflow and tone of voice to make sure the output is indistinguishable from yours! Check out carv.com to learn more!

2024 in Review: State of Sourcing Being able to find candidates for hard to hire roles - typically 'sourcing' them from the Internet - has been the backbone of the recruiter skills matrix since the early 2000's. There are thousands of people in industry who consider themselves to be 'sourcers' first rather than 'recruiters'. Yet with the rise of GenAI, sourcing products have dramatically increased their capability, such that many more people are now able to do what once only a few specialists were able to do. Where are we with sourcing and what does the future look like for this function? This is the topic of Brainfood Live On Air - Brief History of Sourcing - Peak Sourcing - SourceCon, SOSU - How many sources worldwide? - What is the degree with which sourcing skills are still premium requirement? - Has anyone aggregated Talent Acquisition job specs to see the mentions of sourcing? - Is Boolean search definitely dead? - Are we still sourcing on LinkedIn - how does that work these days? - How does the Sourcing function evolve with the advent of new tools like PeopleGPT? - Does engagement become the No1 skill? - Is exec search still safe for sourcing? All this and more on Brainfood Live On Air. We're with Randy Bailey, Principal Intelligence Advisor, (ex-Walmart), Carmen Hudson, Senior Director Talent Acquisition (ExtraHop), JT Haskell, Talent Acquisition Director (ex-Reddit), David Paffenholz, CEO, (Juicebox) & Cassie Lundquist, Senior Talent Acquisiton Specialist, Ecolab We're on Friday 15th Nov, 12pm PT / 3pm ET Follow the channel here (recommended) and click on the green button to register for this show. Ep282 is sponsored by our friends PeopleGPT by Juicebox PeopleGPT is the leading outbound recruiting platform built on Generative AI. Find talent across 30+ data sources, get interactive Talent Insights, and reach out with personalized AI email campaigns. Key features include: PeopleGPT (Search): the world’s first people search engine that uses natural language. Describe who you’re searching for and find the perfect match from over 30 data sources. Talent Insights: Visualize your talent pool with 15+ interactive charts. Refine your search and dive deep into stats based on location, employers, job titles, skills, and more. Email Outreach: Maximize candidate engagement with AI-powered email campaigns. Personalize messaging at scale using AI commands, and boost response rates by 40%. Get 15% off your Juicebox subscription with code: BRAINFOOD15 Trusted by 400+ companies including Scale AI, Mindbloom, and Patreon. Free trial available - try it now here

US Presidential Election: Implications for TA / HR Perhaps the most significant election on the planet is who our American friends choose to be the next President of the country. Will it be current VP Kamala Harris who offers a continuity programme or will be it be a remarkable return to Donald Trump for a second term? It's an incredible moment and one which has huge implications for TA / HR particularly given that the two candidates represent two sides of a culture war in which our sector plays a prominent part. We will not likely know the result by the time we go on air, nor will we use the moment to stoke tension but we will be trying to anticipate what implications either a Harris or Trump win will produce for the People function - Economic policy: end of taxation / increase in tariffs? - Data privacy / data security - how do vendors react? - DEIB: two polar opposites, what can we expect in advent of a Trump win? - Public sector employment: do we anticipate the gutting of government (therefore thousands of jobs) - Industrial policy: where do we expect investment to continue, increase or decrease - Immigration: how do the two politicians differ on immigration - Company policy: in a heated political environment, what is the best policy that employers should take? - What to do when politics bleeds in to company chat? - Future of TA / HR - Trump / Musk pretty much anti-HR. What can we expect in terms of policy? - International: can we expect brain drain in advent of victory for either side? All this and more on Brainfood Live On Air. We're with Jim Stroud, Editor (SourceCon), Steven Rothberg, Founder (College Recruiter), Kate Bischoff, Attorney & HR Consultant, Brian Evje, Executive Consultant (Astia) & friends We're on Friday 8th Nov, 2pm GMT / 9am ET Follow the channel here (recommended) and click on the green button to register for this show. Ep281 is sponsored by our friends Metaview It’s been decided: Metaview is the best Recruiting AI Note-taker on the market. The feedback is out of this world. “Your killer product has transformed the way I work. It’s my all around product of the year…possibly decade. Metaview is a game-changer!!” Head of Leadership Recruiting @ Trainline “I think it’s pretty pointless trying to compete with Metaview. Overall, this is one of the best products I’ve used in my career.” Senior TA Partner @ Sanity It’s still free to get started, and Metaview’s team of product specialists are waiting to assist you in taking your first steps into the future of recruiting. Get started for free!

2024 in Review: UK Staffing Market Recruitment has gone through another turbulent year and it's clear that the global staffing market has had one its most challenging years recent times. How has the UK fared, what are the reasons for this and how do we think the prospects will look in 2025 and beyond? - State of UK staffing Marketing - Big agency bottom line - Contract market vs Perm Market - Growth industries where labour demand is high - Declining industries where labour demand is low - Avg fee / commission - Cash collection / invoice reneges - Technology implementation - big news in 2024 sector - Business development in demand - how have sales techniques evolved in 2024? - What should individual business owners do to prepare for 2025? All this and more on Brainfood Live On Air. We're with Neil Carberry, CEO, (The Recruitment & Employers Confederation), Simon Bliss, Chairman (TEAM), Angela Cripps, MD (Recruiting Gym) & Darren Topping, Director of Solutions & Insight (Impellam Group) We're on Friday 1st Nov, 1pm GMT Follow the channel here (recommended) and click on the green button to register for this show. Ep280 is sponsored by our friends Atlas Imagine making 50% more placements without a second more effort. Atlas is an end-to-end recruitment platform built from the ground up with generative AI. What does that mean? Everything you do is covered in one single platform, including: Candidate Sourcing Candidate Pool management Candidate GPT End-to-end project management AI interview scheduling AI interview notes Company wide LLM Actionable analytics Business Development platform The best bit? GenAI isn’t just a feature bolted on to an existing platform, It powers every single feature. Out now | Learn More

Diversify Your Talent Pipeline with Employee Referrals Employee Referrals are often thought of as 'anti-diversity' because we inevitably recommend people who are most like us. However, are we throwing out the baby with the bathwater if we dismiss ERP as a channel for talent? - State of Employee Referrals - how many people get hired via this method? - How many companies have a formal ERP programme? - What are the hallmarks of the great ERP programme? - Can you use ERP to specifically help with workforce diversification? - What techniques can be used to do this, without being discriminatory? - Can you give examples where this has been a success? - What expected problems might we launch a programme like this? - How do we build upon the success of a successful ERP campaign? All this and more on Brainfood Live On Air. We're with Sam Davies, CEO (Real Links), Akbar Karenga, Founder, (Maarusi), Daen Fox, Head of Talent (tbc!) & friends Friday 25th Oct, 2pm GMT Follow the channel here (recommended) and click on the green button to register for this show. Ep279 is sponsored by our friends Real Links Real Links is an award winning technology platform dedicated to reimagining referrals and employer brand advocacy. Real Links helps talent acquisition professionals meet a wide range of TA goals, putting the power back in your hands by making referrals and advocacy actively strategic. From hard to fill tech roles; early careers hiring; ED&I objectives; employer brand messaging or day-to-day hiring drives across your business, you can set up multiple campaigns dedicated to a specific business need, in just a few easy steps - all supported by our dedicated Customer Success team. Hire people who are genuinely motivated by your mission and your values. Contact one of our friendly team for a personalised demo today.

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep278 - Hiring in the Gulf States in 2024 & Beyond Over the past 24 months there is been no region on the planet more dynamic and exciting than the Gulf. For decades a commodity / resource economy dominated by the Oil industry, in recent years we have seen huge changes at every level of society, government and industry as the Gulf States seek to reinvest trade surplus into green tech, tech innovation, AI, satellite & space tech, tourism, architecture and the rest. I'm delighted to be in Dubai for the week, where I'll be spending at least some of the time talking Brainfood Live. - What are the key challenges hiring in the Gulf in 2024? - How has this changed since 2023? - What techniques have proven useful? - What are the major legislative and cultural considerations when hiring in the Gulf? - Key industry sectors: - Key labour shortages: - How does talent acquisition work? - What do candidates expect from a hiring process? - How are TA teams typically structured? - What is the relationship with agencies, job boards? - What do recruiters need to know to succeed in the Gulf? All this and more on Brainfood Live On Air. We're with Javeed Khan, Director Levant Cluster, (KPMG), Zahia T. Abu Ali, Head of Talent Acquisition & Talent Management, Myriam Dimitriou, Head of Talent Management, Acquisition and Organization Design, General Commercial Gaming Regulatory Authority - GCGRA & Matt Hesketh, Regional Head of Resourcing & Onboarding MENAT (HSBC) & friends We're on Wed 23rd October, 12pm GST Follow the channel here (recommended) and click on the green button to register for this show. Ep278 is sponsored by our friends RL100 Middle East RL Middle East is the leading Peer Network for Senior In-House Talent Acquisition Leaders in the region. Now in its second year, RL Middle East has an active membership of over 90 members from leading global and regional organisations, both from the public and private sector. We operate a strict membership policy which ensures the correct level of seniority of members and a closed door forum, meaning discussions can be held without judgement.

Brainfood On Tour - Hiring in Hong Kong in 2024 & Beyond I am in Hong Kong at least once every year (hi Ma) but have never done a focused show on the recruitment and job market in the Fragrant Harbour! Huge amounts of change going in HK, as elsewhere - how is the recruitment market changing and what are the prospects for the future? - State of Hiring in Hong Kong - Demographics and population - what is the working age population? - Tech & Startup, viable sectors in HK? - Relationship with Shenzen & Guangdong - Greater Bay Area, anything happening here? - Financial & Legal services - HK still a gateway to the Western world? - Crypto and Bitcoin is a possible future for HK economy? - Hospitality and Tourism - can it survive competition with rising hotspots Thailand, Vietnam and in the Mainland? - Language: Cantonese, Hakka, Mandarin and English All this and more on Brainfood Live On Air. We're with Tak Lo, Founder (Kedoom Technologies), Mat Gollop, MD (Connected People), Andrew Ladommatos, Founder (Aureum Partners), Rita Tsang, Team Manager, BCG Group) & friends & friends. We're on Friday 18th October, 10am HKT Time Follow the channel here (recommended) and click on the green button to register for this show.

Brainfood On Tour - Hiring in Australia in 2024 & Beyond Its been two year since I was last in Australia so it is a welcome return to one of the most unique recruitment markets on the planet. Everything about Australia is simultaneously familiar yet strange and that includes everything you're going to see in recruiting. How has Australia weathered the storms of 2024? - State of Hiring in Australia - State of TA Job Market - Growth sectors: where in the economy? - How are agencies / RPO's changing their game? - AI & Automation...what is going on - Recruitment & HR Technology providers, who is winning here - DEI has this suffered from the US woke lash? - Remote working: this still a thing? All this and more on Brainfood Live On Air. We're with Emily Atkins, Director Talent Acquisition APAC (LinkedIn), Matt Woodard, Founder (scalr), Lauren Sharp & Craig Watson (TAPod), Andrea Kirby, Founder, (Talent Table) & friends We're on Friday 11th October, 1pm AEST Time Follow the channel here (recommended) and click on the green button to register for this show. Ep276 is sponsored by our friends Strivin Strivin is the career management platform which puts your personal growth first. Take control of your career with strivin - your personalised hub that aligns your experience, the content you want to see, connections you want to make, and events you want to be part of. Strivin, tools for your future. Check out the free content here and sign up for a membership here

Brainfood On Tour - Hiring in the Thailand in 2024 & Beyond I've been to Thailand a number of times but never long enough to actually speak to a local recruiters on what is going on in this beautiful country. Unfortunately, I don't speak Thai so until Crowdcast manages to do auto translate on the fly, we're going to be speaking with English speaking recruiters who can say a thing or two about hiring for employers in Thailand. - What are the key challenges hiring in Thailand in 2024? - With the recent change of govt, does this impact hiring and if so, in what way? - What does sourcing work over here? - What are the major legislative and cultural considerations when hiring in Thailand? - What are the key industry sectors in Thailand? - Where are there candidate shortages? - What do candidates expect from a hiring process? - How are TA teams typically structured? - What is the relationship with agencies, job boards? - What do recruiters need to know to succeed in Thailand? All this and more on Brainfood Live On Air. We're with Ondrej Prochazka, Global Head of Talent Sourcing (Agoda), Gary Woollacott, Managing Partner - Thailand, (Horton International), Machar Smith, Head of Talent Acquisition (True Corp) & Kamolwan Charuthas, Recruitment Strategy (Nestlé) We're on Friday 4th October, 2pm Bangkok Time Follow the channel here (recommended) and click on the green button to register for this show.

Hiring Manager Self Serve: How To Can Empower the Line! Centralising recruitment is the default for 'knowledge' based businesses; the opposite is true for every other type of business. If your organisation is a multi-location, moves physical items, has warehouses, and huge diversity of job roles, then chances are you will necessarily have a more de-centralised hiring approach. What can we learn from organisations like this? What is the ideal relationship between central TA vs decentralised hiring managers in the line? - Key differences between Head Office vs On Location Hiring - What do HM want / need? - How to ensure increase QoH but also empower local decision making? - What is the ideal technology stack? - What is the ideal TA org structure for decentralised HM centred hiring? - How to ensure DEI initiatives are maintained? - How to improve EB? - QoH requires connected systems, what is the best way to do this? - What can Head Office hiring lean from Hiring Manager Self Serve. All this and more on Brainfood Live On Air. We're with Deborah Caulet, Founder (Aligned Collective), Arjan Spies, Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding Lead (tHRibe.Builders) & Mary Kay Baldino, Head of Talent Acquisition (R1 RCM) on Friday 27th September, 2pm BST Follow the channel here (recommended) and click on the green button to register for this show. Ep274 is sponsored by our friends Zinc Unlock the Power of Efficient Hiring with Zinc In today's competitive market, the integrity and speed of the hiring process are paramount. Zinc provides comprehensive background checks that streamline your recruitment efforts, making it easier and faster to onboard quality candidates. Our state-of-the-art software integrates seamlessly with your existing HR systems, offering a range of checks from criminal histories to educational verifications. Why choose Zinc? Our platform not only enhances the security and compliance of your hiring process but also improves candidate experience, ensuring they stay informed throughout the background check process. With global capabilities, Zinc conducts thorough, compliant checks in over 200 countries, safeguarding your business no matter where you operate. Don’t wait to transform your hiring process. Book a demo with Zinc today and experience a leaner, more secure recruitment strategy that saves you time and maintains the highest standards of compliance and efficiency. Visit Zinc to learn more and start revolutionising your hiring process.

EU AI Act: Implications for Recruiters, Talent Acquisition and HR One of the biggest challenges we have in our industry is to stay compliant. In a world where the innovation rate of Artificial Intelligence has long since outstripped anyone's ability to keep on top of it, we're left to seek guidance from legislators which we hope know what they're doing. Let's review what the EU AI Act is and how it will impact how recruits, talent acquisition and HR can and should use software which has an AI component. - Review of EU AI Act - in laymen's terms! - 4 key points of the EU AI Act - What parts of the recruitment process - discovery, privacy, assessment, safety - are most significantly exposed to potential AI non-compliance? - Has anyone analyses existing tools yet for AI compliance? - What does this mean for US recruitment tech - do we need different versions? - Can European recruitment tech take advantage of regulatory divergence? - What lawsuits are happening right now? - What can we expect in advent of a Trump 2.0 Presidency? - What is the best way a recruitment business owner or TA or HR leader best We're on Friday 20th September, 2pm BST / 3pm CEST with Martin Woodward, Director of Global Legal (Randstad), Jaap Kersten, International Legal (Textkernel), Vincent Slot, Team Lead, R&D (Textkernel) & Thibault Allard, Privacy & AI Analyst (SmartRecruiters) Follow the channel here (recommended) and click on the green button to register for this show. Ep273 is sponsored by our friends Textkernel The AI foundation empowering your organisation to streamline recruitment with automated data flows. Establish a foundation for success with reliable and structured data. Implement skills-based practices by unifying scattered skills across multiple systems within your platform of choice. Scale through automation of candidate engagement, matching and mid-office operations. Our innovative technologies empower more than 2,500 Staffing & Recruitment agencies, leading employers, job boards, and HR Software Vendors worldwide. This enables them to work smarter, fostering a culture of innovation and faster advancement. At Textkernel, we are dedicated to championing responsible AI in recruitment, placing a premium on ethical practices and inclusivity to pave the way for a brighter, more equitable future. Ready to connect talent and jobs better? Explore our solutions today!

Reviewing 'Do More With Less' - Recruitment Efficiency in 2024 Recruiters have been under pressure all year - maybe even longer than that - to 'do more with less'. This means either increase effort or increase efficiency. And given that we are already at 100% capacity with reduced TA teams, the latter is the only option! How have we done - what examples have we seen of recruitment efficiency at company wide level? We will discuss the following: - How to measure recruitment efficiency? - How to identify which areas of inefficiencies to tackle. - Buy or Build: how to make the right choice? - How to reduce switching costs? - Managing internal communications - Stakeholder management - Managing up to C-level - How do you know it's done - Examples of improvement in recruitment efficiency - What to look forward to in 2025? All this and more on Brainfood Live On Air. We're with Alan Price, Global Head of Talent Acquisition, (Deel), Manjuri Sinha, VP of Talent Succcess (OLX) & Jane Curran, Global Head of Talent Operations (JLL) on Friday 13th September, 2pm BST / 9am ET Follow the channel here (recommended) and click on the green button to register for this show. Ep272 is sponsored by our friends Metaview Still furiously scribbling or typing interview notes? It’s time to leave note-taking in the pre-AI era and join the thousands of recruiters already using Metaview. With the magic of Metaview’s AI-powered recruiting notes you’ll: Cut hours of admin out of your week: Never waste time cleaning up notes or writing candidate reports for hiring managers again. Metaview’s AI records and transcribes your most important recruiting conversations, then crafts perfectly-structured, accurate summaries. All without you having to do anything. Upgrade the candidate experience: Put 100% of your focus on the candidate in the moment. Not worrying about capturing detailed notes. Supercharge your efficiency: Whether it’s automatically generated candidate TL;DRs, auto-filled scorecards, or any of our other AI-assisted features, Metaview makes every step of the interview process delightfully efficient. Make more confident hiring decisions: With perfect, instantly-queryable candidate data at your fingertips, you can be sure you’re making hiring decisions based on what actually happened in interviews. Don’t just take our word for it. Here’s what Hung himself had to say about the power of Metaview in his 2023 recruiting roundup: “For the employers who think seriously about talent acquisition and recruitment efficiency, interview intelligence is no longer any kind of secret.” The secret’s out, so don’t get left behind. Get up and running in minutes & try Metaview for free today.

Hiring Insights from 1 Million Job Interviews Interview Intelligence is a category which has exploded into industry consciousness over the past 12 months. Employers are finally learning that in order to have hiring success, you have to ensure that your interviewing game is elite. We are finding out some incredible insights in how recruiters and hiring managers interview, many of which have been posted online already, mainly by BrightHire CEO Ben Sesser's amazing posts on interview insights I've grabbed some time with Ben to run through these insights, how recruiters can take this understanding to improve their hiring process and why the near future is going to include new industry standards like Interview Quality Score (IQS) and Voice of the Candidate (VoC) We will discuss the following: - Gender variance in speaking time - Candidate motivations correlation with interview rating - M/F candidate motivations on opportunity - What AE candidates REALLY care about - M/F hiring manager interviewing styles - Topics most discussed by top sales candidates - Volume of interviews required to hire great sales candidates - What percentage of interviews are 'structured'? All this and more on Brainfood Live On Air. We're with Ben Sesser, CEO of BrightHire on Friday 6th September, 2pm BST / 9am ET Follow the channel here (recommended) and click on the green button to register for this show. Ep271 is sponsored by our friends BrightHire Not another note-taking tool. BrightHire helps you transform your quality of hire with AI interview summaries and highlights that capture every detail for better hiring decisions, to AI-powered analytics for consistently better interviews. Trusted by top class employers like HCA Healthcare, Rippling, Canva and Zapier. Upgrade your hiring efficiency and quality with BrightHire - get a demo today

Founders Focus is the show where we get up close and personal with the leaders of the businesses changing the way we work today. Next up is Maxime Legardez Coquin, CEO of Maki - When did you know you were going to be an entrepreneur? - What are the strengths of a founder coming into a new domain? - Is there a formula for success as a CEO of a fast growing scale up? - What recruiting lessons did you personally learn when building businesses? - If I could ask a former colleague of yours to describe your management style, what would they say? - Can you describe what your Day in the Life looks like? - What are the main challenges of recruitment tech founders right now? - What do you think will happen to software development if AI continues on current path? - What do you think recruitment will look like in 2030? - How will companies and organisations change with the integration with AI and Automation? All this and more as we take a deep dive into the business leaders building the technology changing the way we work today. Tues 3rd Sept, 2pm BST / 3pm CEST Click on the green button to save your spot and follow the channel here (recommended) for further updates Ep50 of Founders Focus is supported by Maki AI powered one stop shop to engage, assess and develop talents across the globe. Allowing to assess 300+ skills from coding to cognitive, langage to soft skills, video interviewing to personality traits etc in real time using speech to text and AI/LLMs module while offering a great immersive experience to candidates. Trusted by companies such as H&M, Louis Vuitton, PWC, Nespresso, Capegemini and Foundever. Book a demo with our friendly team today

Maternity Returnees: Are Employers Doing Enough (Or Anything At All?) Maternity Leave is a policy most employers have in place, but what about Maternity Return? Most employers seem not to have any policy at all, leaving the experience of returning mothers mainly up to the line management, with predictably variable results! We're going to dive into an under discussed topic on what the current experience is like for Maternity Returnees, and what policies employers can produce to be truly inclusive for all members of the workforce. - What is the current legal status of Maternity Return? - What do most employers do? - What has been the experience (bad, ok, good) of maternity leave returners - What makes an experience this way? - Do we have standardisation or customisation? - What support do managers need to do better for returning workers? - Psychology: what are the common psychological challenges of returning to a team? - Re-onboarding rituals: does anyone do this? - Returning to lead: different from being a returning IC? - What recommendations do we have for returnees, and employers embracing returnees? All this and more on Brainfood Live On Air. We're with Kirsty Wigley-Smith, Senior Manager Talent Acquisition, (LogicMonitor) Heidi Wassini, Director, Global Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding (Too Good To Go), Kellie Nedelcoux, Founder (Career & Parenthood) & friends and on Friday 30th August, 2pm BST / 3pm CEST Follow the channel here (recommended) and click on the green button to register for this show. Ep270 is sponsored by our friends Equitas The all-in-one interview platform helping you hire the best candidates, in half the time, in the fairest way possible. If you want to make sure that your recruiters and Hiring managers have the best support in interviewing in a non-bias way, Equitas is the interview intelligence platform for you. 1000's of interviewers are using Equitas, 95% report they would not interview any other way. Want to know more? Book a demo here

Founders Focus is the show where we get up close and personal with the leaders of the businesses changing the way we work today. Next up is Runar Reistrup, CEO of YunoJuno - What are the differences leading a startup / scale up vs a mega corp? - Do the order of the most management skills change with this context? - As a leader, how do you prepare a company for every stage of its journey? - How much of being a leader is innate vs learnt? - What have been the most significant changes in the workforce over the past decade? - How would you describe 2010-2019 period of London Startup? - How do you think 2020-2039 London startup to be defined? - How do you see companies changing shape over the next 10 years? - What can customers expect of YunoJuno in 2025 and beyond? All this and more as we take a deep dive into the business leaders building the technology changing the way we work today. Wednesday 28th Aug, 12pm Midday Click on the green button to save your spot and follow the channel here (recommended) for further updates Ep51 of Founders Focus is supported by YunoJuno YunoJuno helps the world's leading companies in reducing costs, hiring times and ensuring full compliance when working with contractors and freelancers worldwide. What started as a platform to connect the best freelancers with forward-thinking companies has now redefined how businesses source and manage their entire contingent workforce. Sourcing, compliance, payments, cost tracking, insights and much more - YunoJuno has it all covered for you, combining a a full lifecycle system with a curated marketplace of 100,000+ global contractors. Loved by HR, Hiring Managers, Finance and Legal Teams at Startups and Enterprises. Increase your operational efficiency with the workforce of tomorrow - speak with an expert at YunoJuno today.

NEW GOVERNMENT: WHAT CAN RECRUITERS / HR EXPECT? We'll be over a month since the General Election, in which almost all pollsters predict the Labour Party forming the government with the largest majority since Tony Blair 1997. How radical will this new government be? Are we going to see New Labour 2.0 or as some critics contend, Tory-lite 2.0? Whatever the flavour of personal politics, it remains the case that change of government means change in legislation, especially in taxation, employment law, immigration law, pension reform and the rest. What does this mean for us recruiters and HR professionals? What can we expect from the new government? We're going to look into a foggy crystal ball and try to have a look, with market observers Neil Carberry, CEO (Recruitment & Employment Confederation, Tony Wilson, Director (Institute of Employment Studies), Ray Walker, VP of Contingent Workforce (Worksome) & friends. We're on Thursday 22nd August, 2pm BST Follow the channel here (recommended) and click on the green button to register for this show. Ep269 is sponsored by our friends Worksome Worksome removes HR, Legal and Finance friction between companies and independent contractors at scale. Managing a significant number of independent contractors in your business? You need Worksome. Connect here with a member of friendly team today.

HOW TO BUILD A JOB SCRAPER USING PYTHON (AS A NON-CODER!) Friends, you don't need me to tell you that the job market for Talent Acquisition professionals has been in the toilet for the past 18 months. So much so that I have even had to close down the Brainfood Jobs Job Board - for lack of posted jobs! When the competition out there is as fierce as it is, you have to think about how to give yourself an edge. How about creating a lead generation tool which automatically scrapes new TA jobs as soon as they're published? That's what Aaron Lintz did, to support his own job search. He's also now showing everyone else how he did it, so he can support YOUR job search. You will learn the step-by-step of who Aaron did this task. Not only is the output super useful but also a lesson for all of us that it is possible to super scale up your effort if we dove just a little deeper on the tech that is available to us. And finally, what a demonstration this is to future employers? Aaron Lintz, Senior Sources (Black & Veatch) will lead, and I will be joined by Alla Pavlova, Recruiter (Riot Games), Erin Mathew (Recruiter) and friends. We're on Friday 16th August, 2pm BST /3pm CEST / 9am ET Follow the channel here (recommended) and click on the green button to register for this show. Ep268 is sponsored by our friends Atlas Atlas is an end-to-end recruitment platform built from the ground up with generative AI. Everything you do is covered in one single platform, including: - Candidate Sourcing - Candidate Pool management - Candidate GPT - End-to-end project management - AI interview scheduling - AI interview notes - Company wide LLM - Actionable analytics - Business Development platform It's out now and recruiters are gaining superpowers from it. Try for free here

REAL USE CASES IN RECRUITMENT AUTOMATION: LIVE DEMO Friends, I'm on a mission: industry everywhere is in a race for become AI-enabled, and those that are slow to adopt are going to be outcompeted by those who can now move faster and better. What we've been lacking is real examples of how RPA (Recruitment Process Automation) and AI can really take out chunks of the work recruiters do. That changes today! - Where in the recruiting pipeline does RPA / AI have greatest impact? - What does it look like from lead generation / prospecting POV - Lead enrichment - Outreach, email and calling - Meeting scheduling - Candidate sourcing - Offer management - Back office RPA - What else? Mark Chaffey, CEO (hackajob), Jordan Shlosberg, CEO (Atlas), Nikos Moraitis, CEO (Workable), Stan Wasowicz, Founder (ScottyAI), Mayur Macwan, CEO (Round.One), Max Armbruster, CEO (TalkPush) & friends are going live demo their own products on Brainfood Live - never before seen footage of Founders who probably haven't done a demo themselves in years ;-)

HOW TO HIRE A CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER (CPO) It's the most senior role in the People department, one that many a recruiter eventually aspires to, but I suspect not many of us have had to try and recruit for one! We're going to dive into the world of C-level hiring, but with a twist, for the C-suite exec leading our own department! - What are the circumstances where this role emerges? - How do we capture the requirement? - From whom do we collect it from? - Who is the hiring manager - CEO, committee of senior managers, the Board, the Chair? - How to go about the search - How to determine what is a qualified candidate? - How do you deal with candidates who think they know than you do (and probably do!) - What is the best method of approach? - What is the best method of assessment? - What red flags should you be aware of? - How do you scorecard this? All this and more - one of the most intriguing recruitment assignments you'll ever have. We're with Annie Jackson, Head of Talent Acquisition (Cleo), Simon Mullins, MD (ESIX), Lisa Scales, Talent Acquisition Director (Royal Mail), Jennifer Candee, Global TA Leader & Gaetan van Reusel, MD (Camario). We're on Friday 2nd August, 2pm BST Follow the channel here (recommended) and click on the green button to register for this show. Ep266 is sponsored by our friends Popp Meet Ellie. She's is a (real) senior talent acquisition leader at one of the world’s biggest technology companies. She's also the Global Recruiter of the Month. Her secret? Popp AI. Every month Ellie uses Popp to screen and manage human-like conversations with thousands of candidates, progressing them rapidly through the hiring funnel. She’s delegating her administrative responsibilities to her AI co-pilot, and focussing on where she adds real value - building meaningful relationships with the candidates that count. She’s embracing new technology to transform into a super-recruiter and accelerate her career. Popp is trusted by some of the most innovative recruiters like Ellie, and some of the most innovative talent teams and staffing organisations, like Zoe and Randstad. Popp plugs into your ATS or CRM to automate administrative tasks across the recruitment funnel, transforming your recruiters into a hyper-lean, AI-enabled team of super-recruiters, who can accelerate candidates through the recruitment funnel at breakneck speed while delivering a world-class candidate experience. Popp is a compliant, audited, ethical partner that you can trust to: Unlock the value of your CRM. Popp will automatically deliver personalized interactions to candidates in your CRM to collect their latest information and keep their profiles enriched and updated. Screen thousands of candidates in seconds: Popp can screen thousands of candidates or new applicants at once. We allow you to dynamically change your scoring criteria to look at candidates in different ways and enable you to automatically shortlist the best candidates with detailed reports from our DE&I-compliant AI co-pilot. Build next-step automations in minutes: With Popp, you can easily set up next-step automations - like personalised feedback or role recommendations for unsuccessful candidates, screening conversations for your shortlist, or booking links and document requests for successful interview candidates. Converse with candidates on autopilot: Popp accelerates candidates through hiring processes using personalized and human-like conversations at scale. It takes the average Popp-enabled recruiter less than 9 minutes to set up a campaign to reach out to 1000s of candidates. 24/7, in any language. Popp answers candidate questions, advertises roles, collects docs, and schedules calls. And via high-response channels like SMS and WhatsApp. Integrations with your existing ATS/CRM: We update every candidate profile automatically based on every interaction. HitL: Our human-in-the-loop mechanism ensures that AI decisions and outputs are overseen and, when necessary, taken over by a human supervisor. Our AI recognises its shortcomings and automatically notifies human managers when it needs a hand. ”Popp is a platform every company should have, I can imagine endless possibilities in which you can use Popp and make your work run smoothly. Work smarter and not harder.” Monica - Sourcing Specialist at Philips North America Supercharge your recruitment today - book a 30 minute demo with one of our team today.

NEW JOB AS A RECRUITMENT LEADER: THE 100 DAY PLAN We know that it continues to be a tough market out there, but I am heartened to see more than few of my close contacts secure new positions lately. Not only do we hope that this is the beginning of a mini-bounce back for the TA job market, but it is also an ideal opportunity to speak to the newly hired and figure out what the best approach might be to ensure you get off to a running start! - How long is the honeymoon period? - What is the best approach to most efficiently conduct the discovery process? - Inheriting a team, what are the management 101's that you must ensure are done? - How to identify, reach out to and make friends with key peer group members? - Artefacts, what do you do with legacy, what do you do with new tools / techniques you want to bring in - Quick wins: how to find them, how to make sure they make the right impact - Managing up: what does your HM expect, how to ensure they are updated - Internal profile, how best to raise this? All this and more, as we speak to the newly minted, newly hired TA leaders such as Saqib Khan, Senior Director Talent Acquisition (Paramount), Chantelle Jones, Programme Manager Strategy & Enablement (NielsenIQ), Ludmila Tomperi, Global Talent Leader & friends, with ace consultant Adriano Herdman, Co-founder (Move) presenting his 100 Day template Ep265 is sponsored by our friends Greenhouse Top talent is on the move in 2024 – is your company ready to find, attract and keep them? A new nationwide survey found that 42% of employees are actively looking for a new job within the next six months, and the majority of all candidates have experienced discriminatory interview questions. Greenhouse is the all-together hiring platform that gives you everything you need to hire better at every step, from sourcing to interviewing to onboarding. And at each stage of hiring, you can set goals and get meaningful insights — so your team can make measurable improvements and ensure they’re providing a fair and positive candidate experience. With Greenhouse, hiring is more than a series of tasks — it’s strategic and purposeful, delivering value and helping your team hire the right person for the right role, every time. Hire better, all-together... with Greenhouse. Visit greenhouse.com to learn more.

Founders Focus is the show where we get up close and personal with the leaders of the businesses changing the way we work today. Next up is Steve Bartel, CEO of Gem. - When did you realise you were going to set up a company? - In what ways does being an engineer help you as a tech CEO? - In what was does it hinder you? - What aspects of being a CEO have you discovered to be a strength? - What areas do you think are not your strongest as CEO? - If I could ask a former colleague of yours to describe your management style, what would they say? - Can you describe what your Day in the Life looks like? - What are the main challenges of recruitment tech founders right now? - How did you adapt your product roadmap when you saw ChatGPT? - What do you think will happen to software development if AI continues on current path? - What do you think recruitment will look like in 2030? All this and more as we take a deep dive into the business leaders building the technology changing the way we work today. Ep49 of Founders Focus is supported by Gem Tired of feeling overwhelmed by the latest recruiting trends? Gem’s 2024 Talent Acquisition Trends report dives straight into the chaos. Why are 55% of companies doubling down on AI and automation? Because they’re tired of wasting time on mundane tasks. How are 68% of recruiters boosting their efficiency? By using smarter tools, not working harder. Facing data headaches? You’re not alone—34% of organizations are grappling with fragmented systems. It’s time to streamline and get your metrics in order. Want to know more? Download the full report and discover how to turn these insights into action. Get ahead, stay ahead.

HOW TO ETHICALLY IMPLEMENT AI INTO TALENT ACQUISITION One of the factors slowing down AI Adoption is justifiable concern on the ethics of AI. How do we ensure that we are not exacerbating bias, privileging one demographic over another and treating human beings as lesser than the machines? It's been great to see software vendors take the lead in trying find a path forward. A superb how-to guide from our friends Willo was featured in Recruiting Brainfood Issue 399 (free to download, no gate here) and it covered the practical steps required to move from idea to practice. We all have to get their, so we are using today's Brainfood Live as an opportunity to walk through the guide: - How AI impacts candidate assessment - How to Build Trust with Employees - New TA Infrastructure for the AI-enabled Candidate - Key areas of recruitment optimisation with AI - How AI can benefit candidate experience - How to ensure AI reduces bias rather than exacerbate it - AI as an EB Co-pilot - Key AI policies: what is the regulatory environment? - Privacy, Referencability, Explainability, Humanity - How to get started: Audit / Analytical framework - Research and Communication Strategy - Launch and Implementation It's a fantastic guide and we're roping in Euan Cameron and Andrew Wood (Co-founders), Willo to walk us through it. Friday 19th July, 2pm BST Ep264 is sponsored by our friends Willo Willo is the virtual interviewing platform trusted by thousands of recruiters worldwide. - Receive video responses to your questions remotely, from anyone, anywhere in the world. 1000's of organisations already use Willo to hear from more people, in less time, and never have to worry about scheduling calls or meetings again. Join them, it is free to get started and we have no setup fees or contracts. Plus our incredible UK-based support team is available 24/7 to help you transform your interviewing process. Schedule a demo with one of our friendly team members today.

Founders Focus is the show where we get up close and personal with the leaders of the businesses changing the way we work today. Next up is the CEO of one the new wave of AI-native tech startups which are transforming enterprise recruitment, Sam Dhesi - When did you realise you were going to set up a company? - What are the strengths of a founder coming into a new domain? - How did you assemble the founding team? - What protocols do you have when you disagree? - If I could ask a former colleague of yours to describe your management style, what would they say? - Can you describe what your Day in the Life looks like? - What are the main challenges of recruitment tech founders right now? - What do you think will happen to software development if AI continues on current path? - What do you think recruitment will look like in 2030? All this and more as we take a deep dive into the business leaders building the technology changing the way we work today. Tues 16th July 11am BST Click on the green button to save your spot and follow the channel here (recommended) for further updates Ep48 of Founders Focus is supported by Popp Meet Ellie. She's is a (real) senior talent acquisition leader at one of the world’s biggest technology companies. She's also the Global Recruiter of the Month. Her secret? Popp AI. Every month Ellie uses Popp to screen and manage human-like conversations with thousands of candidates, progressing them rapidly through the hiring funnel. She’s delegating her administrative responsibilities to her AI co-pilot, and focussing on where she adds real value - building meaningful relationships with the candidates that count. She’s embracing new technology to transform into a super-recruiter and accelerate her career. Popp is trusted by some of the most innovative recruiters like Ellie, and some of the most innovative talent teams and staffing organisations, like Zoe and Randstad. Popp plugs into your ATS or CRM to automate administrative tasks across the recruitment funnel, transforming your recruiters into a hyper-lean, AI-enabled team of super-recruiters, who can accelerate candidates through the recruitment funnel at breakneck speed while delivering a world-class candidate experience. Popp is a compliant, audited, ethical partner that you can trust to: Unlock the value of your CRM. Popp will automatically deliver personalized interactions to candidates in your CRM to collect their latest information and keep their profiles enriched and updated. Screen thousands of candidates in seconds: Popp can screen thousands of candidates or new applicants at once. We allow you to dynamically change your scoring criteria to look at candidates in different ways and enable you to automatically shortlist the best candidates with detailed reports from our DE&I-compliant AI co-pilot. Build next-step automations in minutes: With Popp, you can easily set up next-step automations - like personalised feedback or role recommendations for unsuccessful candidates, screening conversations for your shortlist, or booking links and document requests for successful interview candidates. Converse with candidates on autopilot: Popp accelerates candidates through hiring processes using personalized and human-like conversations at scale. It takes the average Popp-enabled recruiter less than 9 minutes to set up a campaign to reach out to 1000s of candidates. 24/7, in any language. Popp answers candidate questions, advertises roles, collects docs, and schedules calls. And via high-response channels like SMS and WhatsApp. Integrations with your existing ATS/CRM: We update every candidate profile automatically based on every interaction. HitL Our human-in-the-loop mechanism ensures that AI decisions and outputs are overseen and, when necessary, taken over by a human supervisor. Our AI recognises its shortcomings and automatically notifies human managers when it needs a hand. ”Popp is a platform every company should have, I can imagine endless possibilities in which you can use Popp and make your work run smoothly. Work smarter and not harder.” Monica - Sourcing Specialist at Philips North America Get your Popp - book a 30 minute demo with our friendly team today

PUBLIC SPEAKING TIPS FOR NEWBIES: HOW TO DELIVER YOUR BEST RECFEST TALK Once upon a time, I too was also a reluctant public speaker. In fact, I did not even see the point of attending industry conferences - after all, what did I have to say, what did I have to learn? I am very glad that I accepted the invitation of one Mr Stephen Donaldson to give a talk at one of his events, Bill Boorman, who set up the first (ur) conference I really attended and Sarah Cooper, who by turning up at the door at the same time persuaded me to 'walk in' rather than walk by. No question: life and career changing - all for the better, as confidence, network, learning and profile have all up levelled. No exaggeration to say that Brainfood would not be here were it not for those early events. I'm keen for others to have the similar opportunity, so hence we're going to do a Brainfood Live on the topic of Public Speaking - in particular, how to get good at it. We're assembling an all star cast of industry professionals who are experienced on stage speakers and trainers. - What do they know about public speaking that others do not? - What are the expected feelings prior to the presentation? - How to build a presentation to enable best delivery? - What is the best method to control nerves? - How can a person who is introverted and hates performance, get better at public speaking? - How body language techniques do we need to know? - Can breathing techniques help? - What makes a memorable talk? - How to make sure you are psychologically level during the presentation? - How do I deliver the best Recfest Talk next week? We're with Akbar Karenga, Founder (Maarusi), Sam Berthoud, VP of Talent Solutions (hackajob), Angela Cripps, MD (Recruitment Gym), Christina Robinson, Founder (Green Umbrella), Bill Boorman, Founder (TRU) & friends Ep263 is sponsored by our buddies The Recruitment Events Co Recruitment Events Company run the No1 Festival for Recruiters - now in Knebworth AND in Nashville, Tennessee. Join thousands of recruiters in a day of learning, celebration, networking and community. Tickets for Knebworth here and for Nashville here. See you there!

Founders Focus is the show where we get up close and personal with the leaders of the businesses changing the way we work today. Next up is Dina Bay, CEO of PitchMe. I do believe this is the first time we have had a Founders Focus with the fellow Alumni of St Andrews University - a moment to celebrate! - When did you realise you were going to set up a company? - What was the biggest difference between the world's of research, corporate and startup? - What skills do you think you have as CEO? - What areas do you think are not your strongest as CEO? - If I could ask a former colleague of yours to describe your management style, what would they say? - Can you describe what your Day in the Life looks like? - What are the main challenges of recruitment tech founders right now? - Can you describe what PitchMe is? - How did you adapt your product roadmap when you saw ChatGPT? - What do you think will happen to software development if AI continues on current path? - What do you think recruitment will look like in 2030? All this and more as we take a deep dive into the business leaders building the technology changing the way we work today. Ep47 of Founders Focus is supported by PitchMe PitchMe is a data intelligence partner for recruiters who want to improve their performance. PitchMe delivers data intelligence for agencies and in-house teams, streamlining talent discovery with efficient tools. Our end-to-end AI-driven automated hiring solutions cut time and effort, empowering recruiters to prioritize strategic tasks. The PitchMe suite of tools centralizes, streamlines, and simplifies the end-to-end hiring process, offering a seamless journey from crafting precise and compelling resumes to sourcing top-tier talent and maintaining an up-to-date talent database. Fully automated. Fully integrated. No need to switch between tools or leave your ATS. That means valuable time can be redirected towards more important tasks, such as building new relationships or enhancing those with existing clients and candidates. Contact one of PitchMe's core team for a personal demo today!

SKILL BASED HIRING: A CONVERSATION WITH JOHNNY CAMPBELL One of the first people to really break down to task and activity level was Johnny Campbell. As CEO of market leading hiring training company SocialTalent, his taxonomy of the skills required by a recruiter to perform in their work remains a canonical artefact in the world of talent acquisition to this day. This is why I was excited to get a DM from Johnny on the topic of Skill Based Hiring - in particular, why we might have cause to pause in our charge to implement a concept which requires greater understanding, definition and modelling before put into the workplace. We are shifting gears in today's Brainfood Live - instead of a panel, we are going to critically but fairly examine Skill Based Hiring in a 1-2-1 conversation. Expect the following topics to be covered: - How to define skills that need to hired? - How to identify those skills pre-assessment - How to effectively and fairly assess for those skills, in a scalable way - What is the expected outcome of SBH hiring done well? Do we have any examples of this? - Is downgrading credentialism risking the downgrading of valuable experience? - Do we expect greater workforce diversity with Skill Based Hiring? What we do not get this result? - Where does Skills Based Hiring need to get to before it becomes viable? Ep262 is sponsored by our buddies Social Talent SocialTalent is the world’s leading e-learning platform dedicated to hiring and talent management. Hire top talent. Lead Hybrid Teams. Engage and Develop your team. Join thousands of talent leaders using SocialTalent, from companies such as Nokia, WilsonHCG, Cisco and many other leading global firms. Start your free trial with SocialTalent today

Founders Focus is the show where we get up close and personal with the leaders of the businesses changing the way we work today. I'm delighted to be speaking to the one and only Roderick Smyth - serial entrepreneur with multiple exits and now the founder and CEO of Glyde Talent - the AI powered recruitment platform which enables recruiters to source and screen at scale. - What has changed in product development over the past 20 years? - Can you describe the history of recruitment tech solutions in this time? - As a tech orientated CEO, what advantages do you think you have over non-tech CEO's - What disadvantages? - As a serial founder with multiple exits, to what do you attribute your success? - Do you think success compounds? - What was the most important decision you made as an entrepreneur? - What was one decision you wish you could take back? - Over twenty years, what has changed about your leadership style and what has stayed the same? - How do you get the leadership team right? - What is one question you always ask when interviewing candidates? - Why Glyde Talent? All this and more as we take a deep dive into the business leaders building the technology changing the way we work today. Ep46 of Founders Focus is supported by Glyde Talent Glyde is an innovative platform revolutionizing the top of funnel in recruiting using advanced AI. Glyde transforms the candidate experience improving outcomes for candidates and hiring teams at scale. Glyde creates a positive engagement for more talent than any human could, identifies more suitable candidates faster and delivers actionable results to your recruiters. Want to know more? Get a personalised demo today

HOW TO SELECT AND IMPLEMENT AN ATS: A MASTERCLASS There will come a point in every Talent Acquisition professionals career where you will have to make a decision on which ATS to use. Likely to be the most significant technology decision you'll ever make, it is also - outside of payroll - likely to be the biggest ticket investment that you'll ever have responsibility for also. So how exactly are you meant to go about making such a big decision a success? - Top 10 things to consider when choosing an ATS - What is the business requirement - Who are the users? - What are you currently using to manage recruitment? - What are the compliance requirements? - What performance improvement do we expect to gain by upgrading? - Have you calculated switching costs? - Who is impacted by this decision? - Have you developed a communication strategy? - Who is the decision maker? - Where do I source the products? - How can I validate what vendors say? - What is the budget? - How long a contract? - How do we test the vendor relationship? - Will I be around long enough to see it through? All this and more on Brainfood Live on Air. We're with leading industry expert, Patrick Boonstra and on Friday 21st June, 1pm BST Ep261 is sponsored by our friends Greenhouse Greenhouse is your all-together hiring platform – built to deeply solve your hiring needs at every stage with intentional tools that support better hiring decisions and deliver better ROI. Bringing together technology and expertise, scalable workflows from Greenhouse help you connect recruiters, interviewers, hiring managers, and candidates. Use smart sourcing tools to discover and engage top talent, and create organized interview plans that empower your team to make fair hiring decisions. And when new hires start onboarding, you can easily track and manage the process, complete essential to-dos, and orchestrate next steps. At each stage of hiring, you can set goals and get meaningful insights — so your team can make measurable improvements. Greenhouse is not just another hiring tool: We’re a strategic partner that delivers value at every step, helping you hire better and achieve business success. Hire better, all-together... with Greenhouse. Visit Greenhouse to learn more.

Founders Focus is the show where we get up close and personal with the leaders of the businesses changing the way we work today. Next up is Barb Hyman, CEO of Sapia. I had the great pleasure of meeting up with Barb for a coffee in Shoreditch earlier this year and I'm delighted to be able to reconnect with her on her founder story and what exactly made her embark on the journey of recruitment technology entrepreneurship - When did you realise you had to do Sapia? - Were you always thinking about becoming an entrepreneur? - From a UX POV, what are the main differences in being a CEO vs C-level employee? - How did you start in the HR / TA world? - Why do you think so few recruitment tech entrepreneurs actually come from recruitment background? - Do you think this is a problem? - What have you discovered about yourself as a leader? - What decisions would you take back if you had the chance? - Coming from Down Under, what are the main challenges for global breakthrough? - What recommendations and warning signs would you give to people thinking about tech startup? - Brand change - why and...did it make a difference? - What is new with Sapia in 2024? - How do you think recruitment will change in the next 5 years? All this and more as we take a deep dive into the business leaders building the technology changing the way we work today. Ep45 of Founders Focus is supported by Sapia Sapia’s automated chat lets you interview everyone. And because it’s low pressure, every candidate will bring you their real and best self. The result? You see the whole person, not just their CV. Welcome to Sapia, the automated interview solution which enables high volume employers to scale up their interviews, whilst giving job candidates a 95% satisfaction score. Intrigued? Book a demo today

FUTURE OF JOB BOARDS & JOB ADVERTISING (PART DEUX) The best Brainfood Lives always leave more to be said. Ep254 set new standards for intellectual horsepower, as we discussed GenAI impact on the future of job boards and job advertising. We had such great feedback that we had to bring the crew back to follow up, this time taking things a step further with an examination of 'agentic AI' - How are job boards responding to AI agents? - What demands are employers making of job boards? - At what point do job boards recognise the risk that employers will no longer advertise jobs? - How do employers identify such risks? - Where is programmatic job advertising in this story? - What are the challenges of having peek-a-boo job ads when the application speed from job candidates increases? - What innovations do we expect to see from candidate side? - Has anyone actually tested 'AI MassApply'? - What assessment load should jobs boards take? - Are agencies and job boards coming together in some sort of digital managed service? All this and more, with Bill Fischer, CTO (VONQ), Louise Triance, Founder (UK Recruiter), Josh Willows, Head of Programmatic Sales (Veritone), Alex Chukowski, Advisor (Jobiqo), Steven Rothberg, Founder (College Recruiter), Chris Russell, Founder (RecTech Media) & friends on Friday 14th June, 2pm BST / 9am ET Ep260 is sponsored by our friends VONQ VONQ simplifies job publishing online, serving over 1,000 top companies, including 25+ Fortune 500 firms. Integrating with over 100 ATS and HCM platforms, we reach 80% of US and EU talent teams. Our network spans +5000 media channels, leveraging automation, data insights, and recruitment marketing to target the right talent efficiently. Recognized by Fosway as a Strategic Leader in Talent Acquisition, VONQ continues to lead in innovative recruitment solutions Need to optimise your job ad spend in 2024 and beyond? Speak to VONQ today.

Founders Focus is the show where we get up close and personal with the leaders of the businesses changing the way we work today. Next up on is one of brainfood's oldest buddies, Max Armbruster, CEO of Talkpush. If you've ever met Max you'd know about it - a unique, effervescent character whose passion for tech and recruitment is matched only by his vision for the future of recruitment optimisation. Let's find out more about who this guy is and what drives him to do what he does. - What important thing did you have cancel to appear on Founders Focus today? - What does a day in the life look like for the CEO of Talkpush? - Could a different personality do your job? If so, how would their impact differ? - Building a team..what are the main principles you have when hiring for your own department? - Were you always destined to be CEO? - What leadership lessons have you learned in your time as CEO of Talkpush? - What do you think the world of recruitment look like if Talkpush reached its goals? - What exciting things can customers of Talkpush have the rest of this year? - Back in time: if you timewarp back to the start of your journey with Talkpush what things would you change? All this and more as we take a deep dive into the business leaders building the technology changing the way we work today. Wed 12th June, 10.30am BST Click on the green button to save your spot and follow the channel here (recommended) for further updates Ep44 of Founders Focus is supported by Talkpush Talkpush automates the repetitive parts of sourcing, screening and hiring talent, using various technologies such as chatbots, artificial intelligence, automated workflows, robotic process automation and optical character recognition to do in a fraction of a second what would normally take days or week to do manually. We talk with candidates on any channel their prefer, including SMS and email, as well as messaging platforms like Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp or Telegram, to make candidates more accessible to our customers. Personalised demo with Max on this link today

EXPANDING SCOPE: FROM TALENT ACQUISITION TO TALENT EVERYTHING Talent Acquisition has spent the past two decades attempting to create an identity distinct from HR....was this mistake, and do we now need to discreetly reverse course?? Apologies for the provocation but I suspect this is more or less what we NEED to be doing, especially as the employers everywhere demand more from people teams, forcing us all to expand scope to take on work that was previously someone else's theatre. Additionally, our understanding of the human journey through a company tells us that we need break functional siloes which emerged in a different era of business. What is it like to expand scope beyond TA? Should more of us do it? Let's speak to TA professionals who have already. - How did this journey start? - Was it a strategic decision to expand scope from just TA? - What new functions are most interesting for you? - Which ones are most difficult for a person coming from a TA perspective? - What have you learned ABOUT TA since you expanded scope BEYOND TA? - What skills should professionals develop in order to best position for future expansive roles like this? - What next, what else do you personally need to learn about your current career path? - How do you envisage the future of TA / Talent Everything? All this and more on Brainfood Live On Air, We're with Manjuri Sinha, VP of Talent Success, OLX Group, Yasar Ahmad, VP of People (HelloFresh), Christine Ng, Head of Talent & Communication (Quantum Motion) and on Friday 31st May, 2pm BST / 9am ET Follow the channel here (recommended) and click on the green button to register for this show. Ep259 is sponsored by our buddies Maki People AI powered one stop shop to engage, assess and develop talents across the globe. Allowing to assess 300+ skills from coding to cognitive, langage to soft skills, video interviewing to personality traits etc in real time using speech to text and AI/LLMs module while offering a great immersive experience to candidates. Book a demo with our friendly team today

PROGRAMMATIC JOB ADVERTISING: THE MASTERCLASS I am convinced that programmatic job advertising will become a necessity for the employers hiring at any kind of scale. Applicant overflow will become untenable without automated system which can respond to flow rate by either increasing or decreasing the visibility of the advert. And yet the solutions remain mysterious for the majority of recruiters, most of whom have never used programmatic job advertising tools; market penetration in the UK is <10%. In EU, even less. Why is this and what can done about it? - What is Programmatic Job Adverting? - Can you please show me how it works - What employers does it serve, for whom is this not the right solution - Why? - Where is programmatic for smaller scale job ads? - What jobs are most well served by programmatic? - What jobs are not suitable for this? - What impact does this have on job ad writing...does it become less relevant? - Is there any 'skill' in programmatic job advertising? - What is the minimum order purchase? - Why is it this number? - What integrations do we need to understand? - What examples of success have we seen in employers who have used programmatic? By popular demand, we are bringing back Yaz Dalal, Chief Growth Officer at Joveo, to hand hold us through this on Brainfood Live On Air We're on Friday 24th May, 2pm BST / 9am ET Follow the channel here (recommended) and click on the green button to register for this show. Ep258 is sponsored by our buddies Joveo Transform your talent sourcing with the global leader in programmatic job advertising. Joveo is revolutionizing recruitment for the world’s most prominent employers, staffing firms, RPOs, and media agencies. Our advanced platform ensures you attract, engage, and hire the best candidates efficiently and within budget. Powering millions of jobs daily, Joveo leverages cutting-edge data science and machine learning to optimize your recruitment process across all online channels. Experience unparalleled control and insights, from initial click to final hire, making your talent acquisition seamless and effective. Embrace the future of hiring with Joveo — where precision meets performance. Schedule a demo with one of our friendly experts today here

Founders Focus is the show where we get up close and personal with the leaders of the businesses changing the way we work today Scotty AI is a technology business where the market has finally caught up with the vision. Their pioneering software provides the sort of automation of workflow which recruiters have been screaming out for, especially in the era of 'do more with less' Let's hear from the man who built the thing - Engineer, CTO and Co-founder Reiner Bruns. - What important thing did you have cancel to appear on Founders Focus today? - What does a day in the life look like for a CTO of Scotty AI? - Could a different personality do your job? If so, how would their impact differ? - Exec team...how do you agree to disagree? - Building a team..what are the main principles you have when hiring for your own department? - Were you always destined to be CTO? - How is founding a business different from being a senior employee? - What do you think the world of recruitment look like if Scotty reached its goals? - Can you explain what value Scotty provides, and to whom? - What expectations can customers of Scotty have the rest of this year? - Back in time: if you timewarp back to the start of your journey with Scotty what advice would you give to younger Reiner? All this and more as we take a deep dive into the business leaders building the technology changing the way we work today. Tuesday 21st May, 12pm BST / 1pm CEST Click on the green button to save your spot and follow the channel here (recommended) for further updates Ep43 of Founders Focus is supported by Scotty

RECRUITMENT AUTOMATION TIPS YOU CAN DO RIGHT AWAY As the case studies accumulate, we are beginning to see the outline of what an AI-enabled recruiter looks like: it is indeed x10 more productive, perhaps even x100 more productive in certain tasks and functions. It's time to stop watching folks, and time to start doing. - Examples of Recruitment Automation which can be done today - What areas of in the workflow should recruiters be focussing on automating? - What are the impediments to automation beyond the individual recruiter? - Or should the automation always be individuated? - How do recruitment leaders coach their teams to improve using AI? - What the best tools to use today? - Why is Ai-enabling a process so difficult? - How do we get the pay off? - How do we know when to abandon a bad idea? All this and more on Brainfood Live On Air. We're with Martyn Redstone, AI Automation Consultant (PPLBOTS), Bret Feig, VP Talent Acquisition (Zip Co), Mike Wolford, AI Implementation Consultant (Eponymous) and friends, on Friday 17th May, 2pm BST / 9am ET Follow the channel here (recommended) and click on the green button to register for this show. Ep257 is sponsored by our buddies Metaview Still furiously scribbling or typing interview notes? It’s time to leave note-taking in the pre-AI era and join the thousands of recruiters already using Metaview. With the magic of Metaview’s AI-powered recruiting notes you’ll: Cut hours of admin out of your week: Never waste time cleaning up notes or writing candidate reports for hiring managers again. Metaview’s AI records and transcribes your most important recruiting conversations, then crafts perfectly-structured, accurate summaries. All without you having to do anything. Upgrade the candidate experience: Put 100% of your focus on the candidate in the moment. Not worrying about capturing detailed notes. Supercharge your efficiency: Whether it’s automatically generated candidate TL;DRs, auto-filled scorecards, or any of our other AI-assisted features, Metaview makes every step of the interview process delightfully efficient. Make more confident hiring decisions: With perfect, instantly-queryable candidate data at your fingertips, you can be sure you’re making hiring decisions based on what actually happened in interviews. Don’t just take our word for it. Here’s what Hung himself had to say about the power of Metaview in his 2023 recruiting roundup: “For the employers who think seriously about talent acquisition and recruitment efficiency, interview intelligence is no longer any kind of secret.” The secret’s out, so don’t get left behind. Get up and running in minutes & try Metaview for free today.

Founders Focus is the show where we get up close and personal with the leaders of the businesses changing the way we work today VONQ has been one of the recruitment technology providers who have undergirded the recruitment advertising eco-system, often in a way unknown to recruiters at the operations side of the business. What a better opportunity to find out more about this company than getting face time with one of the founders, Tycho van Paassen? - Why is VONQ organised the way it is? - What was the plan when the company started - was there a clear vision or a matter of step by step problem solving? - What have you learnt about yourself as an executive in your various roles at the company? - Exec / leadership hiring - how do you select leaders for the company, is there a formula? - VONQ culture...was this something you thought about it or did it emerge through the building the business? - Can you explain to the audience where VONQ sits in the tech eco-system? - What do you think will be the main value for customers of VONQ in 2024 and beyond? - How do you think AI will change jobs advertising? - How do you think AI will change VONQ? - What exciting things can customers expect to see from the company in 2024? - If you could do it all over again, what decision would be stick to, and which one would you change? All this and more as we take a deep dive into the business leaders building the technology changing the way we work today. Ep42 of Founders Focus is supported by VONQ VONQ simplifies job publishing online, serving over 1,000 top companies, including 25+ Fortune 500 firms. Integrating with over 100 ATS and HCM platforms, we reach 80% of US and EU talent teams. Our network spans +5000 media channels, leveraging automation, data insights, and recruitment marketing to target the right talent efficiently. Recognized by Fosway as a Strategic Leader in Talent Acquisition, VONQ continues to lead in innovative recruitment solutions

HOW TO SET UP A RECRUITMENT ANALYTICS DASHBOARD Having strong analytics is critical to increasing the degree of your hiring success. Much more challenging is how best to set up a dashboard which works best for your organisation and your needs. We're going to get some expert advice from talent leaders whose speciality is enabling organisations to have access to, and make better quality decisions on, the data from the talent team. - What metrics do elite organisations use? - Are there common analytics themes amongst high vs low performing TA teams? - Give us the metrics that matter - please no context! - How long do you go back in history when you get there? - What method do we have to connecting performance data back to the assessment flow? - Do we need a specialist analytics function to do this? - How does Ai help us identify important metrics - can we now find / use more? - What software works best? - Can we see a few examples here?? All this and more on Brainfood Live On Air. We're with Luke Eaton, Head of Talent Operations (WellTech), Michael Talarek, Senior Analyst (Zalando) & Jeremy Thornton, Senior Project Manager (Citi) on Friday 10th May, 2pm BST / 9am ET Follow the channel here (recommended) and click on the green button to register for the show. Ep256 is sponsored by friends at Greenhouse Greenhouse is your all-together hiring platform — there to meet your company’s needs at every stage with comprehensive solutions that power your hiring process. Bringing together technology and expertise, scalable workflows from Greenhouse help you connect recruiters, interviewers, hiring managers, and candidates. Use smart sourcing tools that help you discover and engage top talent, and create organized interview plans that empower your team to make their best hiring decisions with fairness. And when new hires start onboarding, you can easily track and manage the process, complete essential to-dos, and orchestrate next steps. At each stage of hiring, you can set goals and get meaningful insights — so your team can make measurable improvements. With Greenhouse, hiring is more than a series of tasks — it’s strategic and purposeful, delivering value at every step, helping you connect teams and achieve the best outcomes. Hire better, all-together... with Greenhouse. Visit Greenhouse to learn more.

NO LINKEDIN X-RAY? WHAT NEXT? The sourcing community has been monitoring the changes on LinkedIn, particularly on the availability of public data to search engines. 2 months since the news first broke that 'LinkedIn X Ray is dead', what is the latest from the front lines of the sourcing world. And...if LinkedIn X-Ray IS on its last legs, what does that mean for people aggregators, data enrichers and the like? - Latest on LinkedIn X-Ray - update - Implications for recruiters, more upgrades to LinkedIn Recruiter? - Implications for sourcing for diversity...good or bad? - Implications for the freelance recruiter - Workable workarounds - Shift to alternative models of sourcing / people finding - Present and future of sourcing - Can next generation sourcing solutions provide? All this and more on Brainfood Live On Air. We're with Brian Fink, Talent Acquisition Partner, (McAfee), Erin Mathew, Exec Search (PayPal), Dean da Costa, Senior Staff TA (Lockheed Martin) & friends on Friday 26th April, 2.00pm BST. Follow the channel here (recommended) and register by clicking on Save My Spot Ep255 is sponsored by our buddies HireFast Attract, source, engage, and hire the most relevant candidates on time, within their budget.

DATA OR ADS: FUTURE OF JOB BOARD ADVERTISING IN THE ERA OF GENERATIVE AI Job Boards are going through a moment. What had felt like a clear progression of business model towards Pay-Per-Applicant, is now changing in the era of GenAI, especially with the AI-enabled job candidate conducting mass apply. Opportunities and risks have both increased for the job board vendors, and the decisions that these players make will have downstream impact on the sort of services employers and job seekers alike can expect. What is the state of job board advertising in 2024? What do we expect to see in next year, next 5? We're bringing together the top experts in the job board field to talk us through the future of job board advertising. - Macro View: State of Job Boards - Volume of job ads vs Revenue - Programmatic vs non-programmatic - Impact of GenAI for job boards - New GenAI job board features - will internal search change? - Data and LLM, what is the real value of job board data? - What is the impact of job board users - job seekers and employers? All this and more on Brainfood Live On Air. We're with Yazad Dalal, Chief Growth Officer (Joveo), Bill Fischer, CTO (VONQ), Louise Triance, Founder (UK Recruiter) Alexander Chukowski, Senior AI Advisor (Job Boards),Chris Russell, Founder (RecTech Media) & Steven Rothberg, Founder (College Recruiter) on Friday 19th April, 2.00pm BST. Follow the channel here (recommended) and register by clicking on Save My Spot Ep254 is sponsored by our buddies Joveo Transform your talent sourcing with the global leader in programmatic job advertising. Joveo is revolutionizing recruitment for the world’s most prominent employers, staffing firms, RPOs, and media agencies. Our advanced platform ensures you attract, engage, and hire the best candidates efficiently and within budget. Powering millions of jobs daily, Joveo leverages cutting-edge data science and machine learning to optimize your recruitment process across all online channels. Experience unparalleled control and insights, from initial click to final hire, making your talent acquisition seamless and effective. Embrace the future of hiring with Joveo—where precision meets performance. Schedule a demo with one of our friendly experts today here

SKILL BASED ORGANISATION: REALITY VS RHETORIC? The consensus in the industry is that Skill Based Hiring and Skill Based Organisation is the way forward for the next generation of future fit organisations, but what does successful implementation actually look like? We're beginning to see the emergence of a debate on the wisdom and practicality of the idea - can it even be done? Join us, as we discuss the issue from different points of view from the TA Leadership community - Definitions: What is Skill Based Hiring? - Isn't this just ignoring credentials on the CV? - Isn't this just ignoring the CV? - What does a Skill Based Organisation look like, after the external recruitment has been through Skill Based Hiring? - What does this mean for jobs - are they being unbundled? - How do we recruiters assess for skills? - What are the problems of Skill Based Hiring? - What are the advantages? We're with Matthias Schmeißer, Global Senior Director, (Emnify), Andrew Grier, Head of TA (Helping Hands Home Care), Dan Logan, Director of Transformation (Advance) & Marija Kose, CPO (Human Edge) and on Friday 12th April, 2.00pm BST. Follow the channel here (recommended) and register by clicking on Save My Spot Ep253 is sponsored by our buddies TechWolf Everyone is talking about skills. But what does it mean? Research by Deloitte found that less than 20% of companies have embarked on the transformative journey toward becoming a skill-based organisation (SBO). Taking action requires more than just recognition. Amidst the strategic shift towards skills, many business and HR leaders find themselves navigating through a maze of information, unsure of where to start. This guide demystifies the process with three practical tips to guide you on the path to implementing a skill-based approach: Why go skill-based? - The obstacles to becoming an SBO - Practical tips to get you started with skills Read our latest guide today

HOW TO PULL OFF A GLOBAL TA ORG RESTRUCTURE The post 2021 drive for optimisation has led to a global wave of organisation restructuring, as every department, in every company, probably in every country comes to terms with a world of high interest rates, slowing growth, tougher margins and ever increasing volatility. How have multinational TA teams responded, and reorganised? - What prompted the decision to reorg? - How long a run way do you need to even think about this?? - What are the most important elements of a successful reorganisation? - Bundling and unbundling jobs into tasks create more opportunity to radical moves? - Forex arbitrage - how much does this factor into the thinking? - Any technology solutions that help? - What are the main challenges of making a shift of this type? - How do you keep the car going whilst changing out (all) the tires? All this and more on Brainfood Live On Air. We're with Martin Thomas, Head of Workforce Strategy, Philips, Jennifer Cunningham,VP Global Talent Acquisition (Pearson) & Christine Ng, Head of Talent, (Quantum Motion) on Friday 5th April, 2.00pm BST. Follow the channel here (recommended) and register by clicking on Save My Spot Ep252 is sponsored by our buddies Metaview Still furiously scribbling or typing interview notes? It’s time to leave note-taking in the pre-AI era and join the thousands of recruiters already using Metaview. With the magic of Metaview’s AI-powered recruiting notes you’ll: Cut hours of admin out of your week: Never waste time cleaning up notes or writing candidate reports for hiring managers again. Metaview’s AI records and transcribes your most important recruiting conversations, then crafts perfectly-structured, accurate summaries. All without you having to do anything. Upgrade the candidate experience: Put 100% of your focus on the candidate in the moment. Not worrying about capturing detailed notes. Supercharge your efficiency: Whether it’s automatically generated candidate TL;DRs, auto-filled scorecards, or any of our other AI-assisted features, Metaview makes every step of the interview process delightfully efficient. Make more confident hiring decisions: With perfect, instantly-queryable candidate data at your fingertips, you can be sure you’re making hiring decisions based on what actually happened in interviews. Don’t just take our word for it. Here’s what Hung himself had to say about the power of Metaview in his 2023 recruiting roundup: “For the employers who think seriously about talent acquisition and recruitment efficiency, interview intelligence is no longer any kind of secret.” The secret’s out, so don’t get left behind. Get up and running in minutes & try Metaview for free today.