The Recruiting Future Podcast - Innovation In Hr And Recruitment

A global pandemic, economic dislocation and Black Lives Matter: three signs of how life is undergoing rapid change in 2020, and all of them are having a significant impact on what people are looking for in an employer. One of the key aspects of navigating these changes successfully is helping people to feel part of their organisations. But not everyone feels like they belong. For example, the nonprofit Center for Talent Innovation has found that White men have the highest median belonging scores of any gender or racial group, but Black and Asian women score the lowest. My guest this week is Ritu Mohanka, Head of Strategy & Business Development EMEA at Glint. Glint has just released results from 900,000 of its customers' employees, showing the sense of 'belonging' in a company is more closely linked to employee happiness than ever before. In our conversation, we talk about the challenges around belonging and identify practical ways employers can create a proper platform for genuine inclusivity. In the inter

The events of 2020 are accelerating recruiting automation at a pace none of us could have previously predicted. One of the problems with the current approaches to automation in talent acquisition is that things tend to be vendor lead, and finding a vendor who fully aligned to all of your needs can be a challenge. In Episode 283, I discussed the importance of building a strategy for automation and having a helicopter view of all of the elements. However, it is only possible for TA Leaders to take that helicopter view if they have an understanding of the critical building blocks of automation. My guest this week is Leigh Pullen, Co-Founder and CEO at CiGen a Robotic Process Automation services company based in Melbourne Australia. Robotic Process Automation or RPA as it is better known is something everyone in talent acquisition needs to understand. In the interview, we discuss:    •   What is Robotic Process Automation?    •   Current HR use cases for RPA    •   Combining RPA with Machine Learning, Natur

Executive recruiting has always been seen as somewhat separate to the rest of talent acquisition. Search firms have traditionally dominated the market, and digital transformation in this area has historically been very slow. However, a growing number of employers now have their own in house executive recruiting functions and the COVID 19 pandemic is changing everything. My guest this week is Adriana Quevedo, Director of Executive Search and On-Boarding at Intel. Adriana has spent the last eight years helping to develop in house executive recruiting at Intel and has some great insights and advice to share. In the interview with discuss:    •   The challenges of executive recruiting    •   How Intel's in house function has evolved, and the lessons learnt    •   Advice on setting up an in house function    •   The importance of benchmarking and networking with industry peers    •   Dramatically reducing reliance on search firms.    •   Combining science and art to secure the right hires    •   How COVID

Since the start of the pandemic unemployment is rising all over the world at an unprecedented rate. Even if the labour market does bounce back quickly, things are likely to look very different with many industries currently going through an accelerated digital transformation. So what can be done to address the increasingly urgent issue of employability, how should employers be thinking about talent and are there any lessons that we can learn from the previous economic crisis? My guest this week is Colin Donnery, Director at Turas Nua, Ireland's leading provider of employability services which has helped over 40,000 people back into the workforce in the last four years. In the interview, we discuss: :    •   How the current crisis is different for jobs than previous recessions    •   The impact of AI and automation on labour markets    •   The disproportionate effect on young people    •   Tools and techniques to get people back to work    •   Skills for the new economy    •   Digitising advocacy and gu

Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk We're at the halfway point of 2020, and it's clear we are at the starting point of a period of significant change in talent acquisition the speed of which none of us would have predicted six months ago. It's also evident that Recruiting Automation is one of the critical pillars of this change. I've always felt that as an industry we've had a very head in the sand attitude to automation and debate has been overly focused on specific tools and minor details. That has to change, and we have to look at automation from a strategic perspective. At the recent TA Global Gathering digital conference, I delivered a presentation on recruiting automation strategy, and I'm really pleased to able to publish the audio from that presentation as this episode of the podcast. Key points I cover: • The rise of intelligent recruiting • Why automation is so important right now • What can, should and actually is being automated • The potential for Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in talent acquisition

Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk Content marketing and its critical role in recruitment marketing and employer branding is a topic very close to my heart and something we have covered many times on the podcast. One of the most challenging aspects for any talent acquisition content strategy is often generating the content itself. So how can employers be effective at content marketing in a time of shrinking budgets and smaller teams? My guest this week is Anthony Jones, Global Head of Talent Brand at Rockwell Automation. Over the last two years, Anthony has built in house content creation and digital marketing capability to address Rockwell Automation's recruiting challenges. He has some excellent insights and advice to share. In the interview, we discuss: • The recruiting challenges at Rockwell Automation • The approach to Talent Branding • Standing out in the places that matter by using content to get attention. • Building capability to produce unique content • The importance of specialists in talent acquisition

We are currently living through a period of time where assessment that's based on skills and potential has never been more critical. As the economic crisis plays out, employers need to understand the skills base within their workforces to drive mobility and enable redeployment. At the same time, correctly understanding the transferable skills of available talent will help companies make some fantastic hires. Unfortunately, though recruiting is still dominated by a reliance on resumes and other outdated practices. So how might this be changed and how can technology help to drive our industry forward. My guest this week is Todd Raphael from Eightfold. Todd has been studying and writing about the talent acquisition for over 20 years and has some great insights to share about skills-based recruiting. In the interview, we discuss: • The most significant developments in talent acquisition in the last ten years • Outdated recruiting methods • The benefits of skilled, focused hiring • Transferable skills in an econom

Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk Over the past ten years, I've been on judging panels for many different industry awards. This is something that has really helped me appreciate the role business awards play in driving our industry forward by showcasing and celebrating great work. That's the reason I'm working with the Stevies to promote their awards for Great Employers. To tell us more about the categories and the judging my guest this week is Michael Gallagher, Executive Chairman and Founder of The Stevie Awards. Michael also talks about the reason he set up the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, discusses some of the previous winners and shares details about the special awards they have introduced to recognise HR's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts  

Round up is the monthly show on The Recruiting Future Podcast channel that highlights episodes you may have missed and gives you my take on some of the key learnings from the guests. Episodes mentioned in this Round Up: Ep 271: Finding and Nurturing Culture Ep 272: Momentum Ep 273: Reimagining Talent Acquisition Ep 274: Motivation and Resilience Ep 275: Accelerating Digital Transformation Ep 276: The Future of Recruiting Technology Ep 277: 2020 And Beyond Ep 278: Early Careers Disrupted Ep 279: The Future Of The Workplace Subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts

With such a large proportion of the global workforce currently working from home, it's now clear that the offices and workspaces that people eventually return to are going to be very different. So what does the future of the workplace look like and what part will it play in attracting and retaining top talent? My guest this week is Ash Hanson, SVP of Human Resources at Aramark. Aramark provides facilities, food and uniforms to employers across 19 countries and is at the cutting edge of the changes we are currently seeing in workplaces all around the world. In the interview, we discuss: • The changes Covid-19 is driving for Aramark • How hospitality companies are becoming safety companies with a hospitality focus • The importance of effective employee communication • How Aramark recruit and retain top talent • The importance of workspace to employer brand • What's next for Aramark Subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts

In the last few months, college recruiting and internship programs have been refocused, scaled back and in many cases cancelled. Internships have become digital internships, and on-campus, hiring has gone virtual. So what are the long term implications for early careers and how are companies reimagining their future talent strategies? My guest this week is Dawn Carter, Director of Global University Recruiting at Uber. In our conversation, Dawn talks about the effect of the pandemic on Uber's internship programs and campus recruiting activity and also share her thoughts on what the future of early careers recruiting might look like. In the interview, we discuss: • Uber's approach to university recruiting and how it is changing • Moving to digital internships • Changing student attitudes to university study • Market realities • Reimagining on-campus events • Differentiating employer brand • Can high tech also be high touch? • Moving from talent acquisition to talent marketplaces and long term talent engagement.

Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk A few weeks ago, I hosted a webinar organised by Attrax exploring both the short and long term future of Talent Acquisition. My guests were Ellie Harte, Recruitment Partner at Atkins (SNC-Lavalin Group) and Ben Gledhill, Interim Head of Resourcing Transformation at Thames Water. We discussed how talent acquisition in their two organisations has been affected by the pandemic, how they are replanning the future and the likely long terms impacts. We had some great feedback, so I'm delighted to be able to bring you the live audio recording we made of the webinar as this latest episode of the podcast In the conversation we cover: • The immediate talent acquisition challenges caused by Covid-19 • Re-thinking strategies • The importance of empathetic communications • Adapting recruitment marketing activity • What does employer brand look like moving forward • What types of recruiting technology have been most valuable. • Careers Sites as the core of talent attraction • What does candida

Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk The last few years have been a boomtime for recruiting technology with record levels of investment and interest as the digital transformation of talent acquisition progresses. So how has the pandemic affected things in the short term and what is the changed future of the recruiting technology market going to look like? My guest this week is Jonathan Kestenbaum, Co-Founder of Talent Tech Labs. Talent Tech Labs is continuously monitoring the recruiting technology marketplace, and Jonathan has some very valuable insights to share. In the interview, we discuss: • The impact of COVID on the recruiting technology market • Short term challenges and opportunities • The Talent Tech Ecosystem • The acceleration in market consolidation • New categories of technology • The growth of automation in recruiting • AI, RPA and Analytics Subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts

Contact - matt@metashift.co.uk Finding any type of certainty in our current times is difficult. However, what is undeniably certain is that the COVID-19 pandemic has radically accelerated digital transformation in talent acquisition. Employers are relying on the capability of their tech stacks to maintain productivity, and many of them are looking at strategically expanding those capabilities to solve the new challenges they face. My guests this week are Karl Porter and Charlie Hooper from the talent acquisition team at Metro Bank. In our conversation, we talk about how Metro Bank is adapting its talent acquisition strategy, the technology they are using and why candidate experience remains critically important. In the interview, we discuss: • How COVID-19 is accelerating digital transformation at Metro Bank • Evolving recruiting challenges • Using technology to enhance candidate contact strategy • Remote onboarding • Automation • Leveraging employer brand to reduce marketing spend • Providing an optimal cand

Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk The situation we are all living through is undoubtedly testing everyone's motivation and resilience in many different ways. Planning for an uncertain future is tough, but there are mental models that can help. My guest this week is Sue Stockdale. As well as being an inspirational speaker and an executive coach Sue is a former polar explorer and athlete. She has some great advice to share on motivation, inspiration and building mental resilience. In the interview, we discuss: • Developing mental resilience in extreme conditions • Diminishing interferences • Planning for an unexpected future • The importance of the known • What holds people back • Inspiration from an astronaut • Leading versus managing Subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcast

Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk The seismic shocks of 2020 continue to come hard and fast and are undoubtedly driving a dramatic change in focus for talent acquisition teams all over the world. So how are talent acquisition leaders dealing with this and what are their key points of focus as we move forward? My guest this week is Annie Rihn, VP of Recruiting at Zillow. In our conversation, Annie talks about the pivoting and prioritising Zillow is currently undertaking in talent acquisition and gives her thoughts on what the future might look like In the interview, we discuss: • Pivoting and prioritising • Listening, learning and taking action against racism • Developing approaches to internal mobility • The importance of candidate experience • The scale and sustainability of virtual hiring and onboarding • Building a virtual culture • Optimising the recruiting technology tech stack • Employer Brand • Measuring the metrics that matter Subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts  

Having effective hiring managers is crucial for businesses looking to hire and develop the talent they need. For nearly 90% of job seekers, it is the impression they get of the person they will be working for that most influences their decision on whether to join. At the same time, one of the critical factors causing early employee attrition is a lack of faith in their manager. Talent Watch is an ongoing series of research-based reports created my myself and Mervyn Dinnen that analyse and reflect the way the talent lifecycle is evolving, from attention to retention and beyond. In this special bonus episode of the podcast, we discuss some of the key findings from our recently published Talent Watch report on Hiring Manager Relations. You can download your free copy of the report here. A huge thank you to Attrax for sponsoring this edition of Talent Watch. Subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts

I know that many of you listening will be resetting your talent acquisition strategies for a changed future. Whatever that future looks like for your business; I want this podcast to be a valuable resource for you. So In the coming weeks, I will be bringing you stories, advice and inspiration from both inside and outside of the industry. My guest on this episode is Mike Berland the founder & CEO of research, data, and analytics firm Decode M. Mike's work with well-known organisations and politicians has helped him become an expert on brand and personal momentum. Something that I think all talent acquisition teams are going to need in the weeks and months ahead. In the interview, we discuss: • What is momentum? • Quantifying momentum from the perspective of communications • The five drivers of momentum • The importance of continuous transformation and reinvention • Why momentum is different from fads and trends • Why personal momentum is critical during this time of mass disruption • Avoiding stagnation • Exam

Every organisation has a culture; it is impossible to exist without one. Understanding, nurturing and amplifying the most effective parts of that culture is a critical activity, but very often one organisations fail at because they asked the wrong questions. So, as an employer, how do you make sure that your culture is enabling you to get the best from your people and helping you to attract exceptional talent to your business? My guest this week is Andrew Missingham, the co-founder of B&A, which describes itself as the fastest, most creative management consultancy in the world. B&A works with companies to help them understand and nurture their cultures and Andrew has some fantastic insights to share In the interview, we discuss: • What are businesses doing to cope with the impact of Covid-19 • The Difference between Culture, Creativity and Heritage • How do you build a productive culture • Auditing and optimising • The importance of behaviours • What might change in the podcast Covid world • The increased fut

Round up is the monthly show on The Recruiting Future Podcast channel that highlights episodes you may have missed and gives you my take on some of the key learnings from the guests. Episodes mentioned in this Round Up: Ep 263: Content Marketing Ep 264: Design Thinking Ep 265: The Future Of Tech Hiring Ep 266: Recruiting Future Ep 267: The Dangerous Resume Ep 268: Recruiters Recruiting Recruiters Ep 269: Find Your Voice Ep 270: Talent Sustainability Index Subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts