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This week on TaPod we speak with Kirsten Covey – Group Manager TA at Aveo Group. What happens when you roll out a new video strategy and you improve your LinkedIn awareness by 71%... or increase your Indeed & Glassdoor Brand Impressions by 68%... or your Talent Pipeline by 385%? You win an ITA that’s what! Join us as we unpack Aveo’s video strategy – it’s a real success story.Thanks to SmartRecruiters for your continued support!

 This week on the Scoop the team from TaPod brings you all of the TA & Recruitment News from the last week including buzzword bingo, resumes on pizza boxes, unemployment and job ad data, investment raises in NZ and loads more.Thanks to our friends at Indeed for your continued support.

This week on TaPod It’s week 2 of Craig flying solo on the poddie and he’s really hitting his straps! We caught up with Nick Stebbings from Jumbo Interactive – recent winner of the Excellence In Candidate Experience award at the ITAs (sponsored by Workpro).So what is the big deal about CX and how do you achieve excellence? Listen here and you may just find out!Thanks to SmartRecruiters for your support

This week on the Scoop we welcome Lauren home after her whirlwind tour of Nashville and we present to you all of the TA & recruitment News from the last week including disturbing office trends in Australia… Big news at Amazon… What grates peoples’ nerves in the workplace… NZ migration talk and loads more.Thanks to our friends at Indeed for your continued support.

Today on Tapod we hit you right in the face with a SPECIAL episode! That’s right we are so very close to ATC2024 in fabulous Melbourne and we sit down with Jo Vohland to discuss what’s on this year’s agenda as the biggest conference in Australia turns 18!Maisie Farmer from Downer also joins us to give us a little insight into her presentation… No details here – you’ll just have to listen.We are super excited to share with you a very special TaPod offer on tickets – a $300 dollar saving by using the TAPOD300 code. Get around it – we’ll be there with bells on! 

This week on TaPod while the cat’s away the mouse will play and with Lauren in Nashville Craig gets control of the studio, with Brett Potts and the Amazing Kelly Murphy from Story House Early Learning to discuss Innovation. If you were at the ITAs you would remember the unbridled joy and surprise of Kelly and the Team when they were announced as winners of the Excellence in Innovation Award (sponsored by Referoo), but it was so well deserved!Their StoryUp App (developed in conjunction with GetMee) is a real innovation for candidates who struggle in an interview environment and how SHEL has used this technology is a blueprint for success in many industries including Tech & Healthcare.And just a little aside, Kelly told us off air that they heard about GetMee (winner of the popular vote at the ATC Innovation Lab last year) on TaPod when we interviewed Balendran Thavarajah last year – so keep listening!Thanks to SmartRecruiters for your continued support.

This week on The Scoop the team from Tapod brings you all of the current Recruitment & TA News. Lauren is off in the US getting her Nashville Recfest on and stepping into the Big Chair is Quila Cervelli – Great Friend of TaPod and EB Superstar! We tackle all the big issues like, cross-generational speak in the workplace, social media is off-limits, billboards are back, the best jobs for AI, spending social time with work colleagues, gender in the application process and much much more!Thank you to Indeed for your continued support!

This week on Tapod we catch up with Jamie Holder – the new Enterprise Talent Leader of the Year! It’s the day after the ITAs – we are all a bit worse for wear, but we manage to hold it together and relive the highlights of the night. From the legendary winners – to the amazing entertainment – to the dancing – to the 6am finish… oh boy – what a night! Thanks to everyone who partnered, helped and attended. It was epic!A big cheers to SmartRecruiters for your support.

This week on The Scoop the team from Tapod brings you all of the current Recruitment & TA News including, Apple and their MASSIVE hiring drive, AI is everywhere, should you be leaving the office for a coffee? What jobs will help you buy a home? Inflation and much, much more.Thank you to Indeed for your continued support!

Today on Tapod we sit down with Katie Le Page – Chief Talent Officer @Infinite Aged Care Things are really kicking off in the Sunshine State in 2024. The Brisbane Recruitment Meet Up is growing faster than a rat up a drainpipe. And we have a record number of #ITAs2024 Finalists from Queensland. Katie shares with us some of the secrets behind her 4 nominations and how Infinite Aged Care is changing the face of the Aged Care Industry in Australia.Thanks to SmartRecruiters for your support this month.

Today on a very special episode of Tapod we sit down with David Macciocca Founder & CEO at VideoMyJob and Poncho Rivera-Pavon Senior Consultant (Employer Branding) at Deloitte to discuss VMJ’s story feed solution and how that has supported Deloitte’s Graduate Recruitment Employer Brand.How do you communicate culture? It’s hard right? The answer just might be video. Take a listen as Deloitte achieved 102 branded videos in 4 days using story feed – in Poncho’s own words… ‘It’s pretty cool’.

This week on The Scoop the team from Tapod brings you all the weekly Recruitment and TA News with the fabulous Kaylee Landbridge stepping in while Craig competes at the World Lifesaving Championships. They cover all the BIG stories including the ‘Right to Disconnect’, job openings soar, the diverse workforce, myth-busting the Gender pay Gap. And much much more.Thanks to Indeed for your continued support. We appreciate you!

Today on Tapod we catch up with one of our absolute favourites, Chris Long – Founder of Elev8 and Strategic Workforce Planning Advisor to the United Nations. Chris gives us a review of the recent Recfest in the UK and a preview for Nashville. But that’s not all! Chris covers AI, new tech and what is keeping the UN up at night. It’s a fantastic discussion, with a very, very clever gentleman.Thanks to Xref for your support this month.

Today on TaPod we sit down with Lee-Martin Seymour Founder & CEO of our partner this month Xref. We cover the Hire to Retire conundrum, the Ageing Workforce, Brain Drain, lack of STEM education, Alumni Programs, emerging Tech, AI and the human side of recruitment. It’s an eye-opening chat and not what you expect!Thanks to XREF for supporting us this month.

This week on The Scoop, the team from Tapod brings you all the weekly Recruitment and TA News including a live cross to our resident economic expert Callam Pickering – Chief Economist at Indeed, we talk takeovers, office fashion, Millennials (the good and the bad), is $100k the new $60k? And much much more.Thanks to Indeed for your continued support. We appreciate you!

Today on Tapod we are joined by the Dynamic Duo, Nikki Boecker – Project Manager, Systems Transformation and Madie Lee – TA Lead from Taronga Conservation Society – that’s right the Zoo!But it’s not just animals that make up this amazing organisation and as Nikki puts it. ‘It’s like a mini city’. Just imagine having to recruit for almost every position possible, from scientists to poop shovelers (not the real job title), administrators to zoologists and everything in between.We talk talent attraction strategies and use of video in advertising. Who wouldn’t want to work in the zoo right? Especially when you work next to koalas and squirrel monkeys and feed giraffes in your lunch break .Thanks to Xref for your fabulous support this month.

This week on The Scoop the team from Tapod brings you all the BIG Recruitment & TA News including; A breakdown of the Olympics, Bill to ban NDAs, ANZ Bank looks at alternative Talent Pipelines, we dip our toe into AI issues, pay rises, unemployment and much, much more.Thanks to our great friends at Indeed for supporting us here at Tapod.

This week on Tapod we speak with the wonderful Mike Strong – People Operations & Strategy and Rebecca Houghton – Helping Middle Managers achieve C-Suite Impact. This entire podcast episode came out of a discussion between Mike, Bec & Lauren around different factors affecting gender in the workplace. Did you know that the office temp impacts on genders differently? How about fear of failure or confidence levels? A really fascinating discussion on gender differences and we managed to go down a few rabbit holes along the way…Thanks to Xref for your support this month

This week on The Scoop the team from Tapod brings you all the BIG Recruitment & TA News including; Google breaks some rules… 100,000 jobs up for grabs… acquisitions in the TA Tech space… NSW sending workers back to the office and much, much more.Thanks to our great friends at Indeed for supporting us here at Tapod.

Today on TaPod sits down with our great friend Pam Stevenson Founder & Co-Organiser of Sydney Talent Meet Up and one of the most clever (or is it cleverest?) individuals in our industry. We hear about Pam’s recent near-death experience and how apples are off the menu for the time being. We lift the hood on the Sydney Talent Meet Up… Pam’s recent career change… pulled roles & new plans for the community TADU group. It’s a fabulous episode and we’d love to thank Xref for your support this month.