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 politic...
Jun 05, 2020•23 min•Ep 272•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
Jun 04, 2020•28 min•Ep 271•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Podca...
Jun 02, 2020•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Covid-19 has changed the way we work; in many ways, it may well have changed the way we work forever. One really interesting question is how we might be able to use this momentum of change to help solve the more protracted crisis we face from the global climate emergency? My guest this week is global talent acquisition leader Paul Maxin. A few weeks ago Paul wrote an article Recruiter magazine in the UK about the concept of a talent sustainability index which would allow talent acquisition leade...
May 29, 2020•23 min•Ep 270•Transcript available on Metacast I'm sure many of you, like me, are currently spending much of your working and indeed some of our social lives on video calls. I've seen a lot of content out there to help people with the technical and visual aspects for video but not much on what is perhaps the most essential ingredient of all, effective use of the voice. So how do you generate the same presence on a Zoom call that you could get in a face to face meeting or on a conference stage? Well, my guest this week is the perfect person t...
May 26, 2020•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast As regular listeners will know I'm currently mixing podcast content to provide information and insights that are valuable for right now, during the pandemic and insights which will help everyone as we plan for the future. This episode is a right now episode. My guest this week is Gerry Crispin. As many of you will already now Gerry is the co-founder of Career Crossroads, a long-established community for talent acquisition leaders. In the interview, we discuss: • What talent acquisition leaders a...
May 21, 2020•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk In 2006 I wrote a blog about the imminent demise of the resume, arguing that they were on longer relevant in the new digital world. Fast forward 14 years and resumes, or CVs if you live in the UK, are still the most common anchor point for the recruiting process. The problem with resumes is not just one about digital relevance; now it's about the effectiveness and integrity of recruiting itself. So what are the alternatives and how can the industry move forward. My ...
May 19, 2020•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast Over the last five and half year's, I've published nearly 120 hours of podcast content, and I've always been very frustrated that there hasn't been a more effective way to search the archive for specific topics. Well as of now that's all changed with the launch of the new recruitingfuture.com website. I know that the vast majority of you subscribe to the show in your podcasting app of choice or via Spotify and that is still the best way to make sure you're up to date with all the latest content....
May 15, 2020•56 min•Ep 266•Transcript available on Metacast Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk Over the past 25 years, tech hiring has been the consistent area where the demand for talent outstrips the supply. While the precise skills that are in shortage change as the technology landscape evolves, it has always been a candidate-driven market. So is the pandemic crisis changing the balance in tech hiring and how should companies be looking to attract and assess tech talent in our changed future? My guest this week is Natalia Panowicz, CEO of Codility. Codilit...
May 13, 2020•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk Despite years of discussion and many excellent initiatives to attempt to fix the issue, recruiting still has an experience problem. As talent acquisition leaders around the world re-evaluate their strategies moving forward, incorporating design principles into the reimagining of experiences, services and processes is something that will bring considerable competitive advantage. My guest this week is best selling author and speaker, Scott Berkun. I've been a fan of S...
May 05, 2020•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk Content marketing is becoming ever more critical in talent acquisition, and this is a trend I can only see continuing as employers reevaluate how they tell their employer brand stories moving forward. But what makes good content marketing and how do you do it effectively? My guest this week is Fraser Allen, an award-winning content marketing professional with a vast amount of experience and some brilliant insights to share. In the interview, we discuss: • What is co...
May 01, 2020•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Contact:matt@metashift.co.uk My strategy over the last few weeks has been to bring you content that focuses on the current crisis as well as content that looks ahead to the future. This episode is a hybrid of both. My guest this week is Matt Jones, Senior Vice President Operations at Cielo. In our wide-ranging conversation, we talk about the impact Cielo is seeing the global pandemic have on the market and how employers are adapting their talent acquisition strategies in these difficult times. W...
Apr 29, 2020•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk Building diverse workforces via inclusive hiring is still a massive issue for many employers. But are organisations doing enough to fix the problem and what role should technology play in this? My guest this week is Gareth Jones, CEO of Headstart. Gareth and his team are using data science to help employers change the way they think about people and talent in order to enable more inclusive recruiting processes. In the interview, we discuss: • Do employers really car...
Apr 24, 2020•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk One of the best business books I've read in the last few years is Dream Teams by Shane Snow. In the book, he analyses how the best teams become more than the sum of their parts, illustrating this with evidence from history, neuroscience, psychology and business. I interviewed Shane on the podcast in 2018, and I'm delighted to have him back again. In our conversation, we talk about the concepts of Dream Teams (many of which he has researched further since the book wa...
Apr 21, 2020•37 min•Ep 260•Transcript available on Metacast Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk In talent acquisition we talk a lot about what technology can do, the problems it can solve and the benefits it can bring; however, we don't talk as much about the challenges of implementing technology, particularly at the enterprise level. My guest this week is the one and only Alan Whitford. Alan is an expert at managing the logistics of large scale HR and Recruiting technology implementations and some incredibly valuable insights and advice to share. In the inter...
Apr 17, 2020•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk Crisis situations tend to be significant drivers of long term change. The scale of the crisis we are all currently living through simultaneously across the globe will drive substantial long term change to the way companies think about HR and talent acquisition. Before I introduce my guest this week, I wanted to point you in the direction of an excellent whitepaper that my good friends at Calgary Communications have produced. While it is challenging to predict the fu...
Apr 15, 2020•29 min•Ep 258•Transcript available on Metacast Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk From the conversations I've been having recently, it seems that the level of adoption for recruiting automation is going to dramatically increase as we come out of the current pandemic crisis. The problem though it that recruiting automation is often thrown around as a trend without any insight into the strategic and tactical practicalities of implementing it effectively. To help give us an insight into what recruiting automation looks like in practice my guest this...
Apr 09, 2020•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast A significant issue that I see time and time again is the disconnect between what CEOs say they want from talent acquisition and what is delivered. Why does this disconnect happen, and what can talent acquisition leaders do to fix it? To help answer this vitally important question I'm delighted to welcome Jerome Ternynck, CEO of SmartRecruiters back to the show. Jerome has recently written a book on Hiring Success which is aimed at CEOs and illustrates what they need do to compete effectively fo...
Apr 08, 2020•31 min•Ep 256•Transcript available on Metacast Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk 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 250: Recruiting In Extraordinary Times Ep 254: Market Update Ep 253: Remote Working - A CEO's Perspective Ep 252: Happiness Ep 245: Programmatic Advertising Explained Ep 246: Solving Challenges With Technology Ep 247: Working Strategically With Hi...
Apr 03, 2020•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast To recap, I'm currently mixing content between topics that are relevant to the right now and topics that are important in the medium to long term. This episode is a right now episode. Previously, in episode 250, I spoke to Johnny Campbell from SocialTalent about the state of the talent acquisition market. What feels like an infinitely long two weeks later, my guest in this episode is Holly Fawcett from SocialTalent to give us an update on what they are seeing in the market right now. In the inte...
Apr 02, 2020•29 min•Ep 254•Transcript available on Metacast Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk With everything that has happened in the last few weeks (just to timestamp this I'm recording on March 31st 2020) there is understandably already a massive amount of content being released and discussion going on about remote working. I wanted to add some value rather than some noise to all of this, so I've invited back one of my former guests to give us a CEO's perspective on remote working. Wiktor Schmidt is Executive Chairman & Co-founder of Netguru, a company th...
Mar 31, 2020•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk As we continue to move through extremely troubled and confusing times, I decided it would be good to have an episode about happiness. My guest this week is Nic Marks, a statistician who specialises in happiness and well being. In our conversation, we talk about the importance of happiness at work and how you can measure it. Nic also shares a lot of practical advice on how leaders can help improve the happiness of their teams in our current challenging times. In the ...
Mar 27, 2020•28 min•Ep 252•Transcript available on Metacast Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk The changing nature of assessment is something we have covered from several different angles on this show before with contributions from both practitioners and consultants. However, to date, we haven't actually heard the vendor point of view in all of this. So with that in mind, my guest this week is Sam Whiteman, Head of Product Strategy at SHL. In the interview, we discuss: • How technology has evolved assessment over time • Using AI as a capability to drive speci...
Mar 25, 2020•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast As I said in my introduction to the last episode, the focus of the podcast is going to alternate between content to help you with your long term strategy and content to help you right now. This episode falls into the right now category and was recorded on Thursday 18th March 2020. My guest is Johnny Campbell, CEO at SocialTalent and in the interview we discuss: • Current market activity among global employers • Moving to a virtual recruiting process • Some important considerations for video inte...
Mar 19, 2020•28 min•Ep 250•Transcript available on Metacast Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk Candidate experience seems to be an evergreen topic and certainly one that will be with us and continually evolve for some time to come. We often talk about the challenges of delivering a quality candidate experience at scale, but for companies who are scaling quickly very often, it is about delivering a custom candidate experience at speed. My guest this week is Anna Chalon, Director of Recruiting and D&I at Frame.io. Whatever your candidate experiences are I guara...
Mar 17, 2020•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast In light of events this week with the pandemic, here is a special short episode to help the talent acquisition community get access to relevant information. I'm joined by Lars Schmidt, who is curating an information resource that everyone needs to be aware of. Here is the link to the Google Doc
Mar 13, 2020•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast The latest McKinsey Women in the Workforce report illustrates that there is still a very long way to go before we get to gender equality in the workforce. McKinsey identifies a "broken rung" in the career ladder with only 72 women promoted or hired to manager level for every 100 men promoted or hired to manager level. So how do employers fix this situation, what support is required, and how do mindsets need to change? To help answer these questions my guest this week is Addie Swartz, CEO of reac...
Mar 12, 2020•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk Most recruiters would agree that hiring manager relationships are critical to effective corporate talent acquisition. But how do you develop effective relationships and what does it take to become a strategic talent advisor to your organization. I'm delighted to welcome the always brilliant John Vlastelica back to the show. John is the Founder and Managing Director of Recruiting Toolbox and helps companies raise the bar on recruiting effectiveness. He has some highl...
Mar 10, 2020•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk Recruiting technology, data analytics and employer branding are all regular topics on this podcast. However, we don't always talk about strategic thinking that is needed to make all three elements work together to solve recruiting challenges. My guest this week is James Edwards Digital Attraction Manager at Mitchells and Butlers, one of the largest operators of restaurants, pubs and bars in the UK. Mitchells and Butlers have been working on several interrelated proj...
Mar 06, 2020•27 min•Ep 246•Transcript available on Metacast Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk Programmatic Advertising is something that seems to strike confusion into the heart of many employers around the world. However, there are a growing number of talent acquisition teams who are using already programmatic techniques to drive some excellent results. So what techniques and technologies are they using and how does programmatic advertising even work? To get the definitive answers to these questions, I have not one, not two but three guests on the show this...
Mar 03, 2020•43 min•Ep 254•Transcript available on Metacast 
