Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk Recruiting Future Round-Up is the monthly show on The Recruiting Future Podcast channel. It's a short round-up that highlights episodes you may have missed and gives you my take on some of the key learnings from my guests. As I wasn't able to do a round up in January, this episode features interviews from both January and February. Here are the shows featured: Ep 237: Analysing The Recruiting Technology Market Ep 238: The Rise Of Talent Intelligence Ep 239: The Huma...
Mar 01, 2020•9 min•Ep 244•Transcript available on Metacast Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk Over the last few years, there has been a global shakeup in the way companies recruit future talent to their organisations. Many employers are now extending their search beyond university and college graduates to explore more diverse talent pools. But what is the best way to attract and assess future talent in 2020? My guest this week is Cameron Sorsby, CEO of Praxis, a six-month start-up boot camp aimed at skilling entry-level talent. Cameron has some brilliant ins...
Feb 27, 2020•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk I've been producing this podcast for five years, and I have to say that my guest in this episode is one of the most insightful people I've ever had on the show. Digital disruption is affecting everyone in ways we couldn't have even of imagined a few years ago. The companies who are thriving are the organisations that are taking bold strategic decisions and thinking several steps ahead of their competition. My guest this week is Balaji Ganapathy. Balaji is Global Hea...
Feb 21, 2020•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast Well, that wasn't quite the start to the year I was expecting as I've been in and out of hospital for the last two weeks. I'm pleased to say though that I'm now well on the way to making a full recovery and regular podcasting service is now resumed. A huge thank you to Nick Price for helping me out and introducing last week's episode, and I would strongly recommend you check out Career Life Stories to find out more about the great work he does. So on with this week's show. After my recent hospit...
Feb 11, 2020•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk A couple of weeks ago, LinkedIn published its annual Global Talent Trends research which explored some of the key themes they are seeing developing in talent acquisition for 2020. My guest this week is, Amy Schultz, Director of Talent Acquisition at LinkedIn. Amy is returning to the show for the second time to share her insights as a talent acquisition professional on the key findings in the research and also to tell us more about what we can expect to see from Link...
Feb 05, 2020•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk With so much focus on technology, it's essential not to forget the human nature of recruiting. Engagement, empathy, influence and persuasion are not currently hard wired into chatbots or algorithms and are vital elements of effective recruiting. My guest this week is Jodi Cohen, Director Talent Acquisition at The Tombras Group. With many of Tombras's hires having to relocate Jodi using empathy and the questioning skills, she learned as an agency recruiter to build h...
Jan 25, 2020•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk Data based intelligence is a critical part of the modern world, but historically talent acquisition has tended to be based on gut feel and lived experience, making it very slow to wake up to the new realities of data-based decision making. Thankfully things are now changing, and one aspect of this change is the rise of talent intelligence as a talent acquisition business function. My guest this week is Marlieke Pols, Talent Intelligence analyst at Philips. Marklieke...
Jan 22, 2020•23 min•Ep 238•Transcript available on Metacast Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk The recruiting technology marketplace is getting extremely complex, and it can be challenging for talent acquisition leaders to develop fully effective technology strategies. My guest this week is David Wilson, CEO of industry analysts The Fosway Group. In our interview, David talks about the kind of approach and insights Fosway used to analyse talent technology markets. We also talk in some depth about the HCM suite versus specialist solution debate. A debate I can...
Jan 16, 2020•30 min•Ep 237•Transcript available on Metacast Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk Recruiting Future Round-Up is the new monthly show on The Recruiting Future Podcast channel. It's a short round-up that highlights episodes you may have missed and gives you my take on some of the key learnings from my guests. As this is my last show of the year, rather than offer you a round-up specifically for the December interviews, I thought I'd round up the whole of 2019 and at the same time take a little bit of a look forward to 2020. Links to interviews ment...
Dec 31, 2019•11 min•Ep 236•Transcript available on Metacast Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk It seems like we have been talking about the candidate experience forever, and while some employers have made progress in improving things, there is still a long way to go. One of the issues has always been the lack of a recognised model to explain and then consequently strategically address the candidate experience. I was therefore delighted to hear that Exaqueo, Career Crossroads and The Talent Board have been working in partnership with several Fortune 500 employ...
Dec 23, 2019•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk Many organizations are currently finding talent acquisition very challenging and need to increase the sophistication of their recruitment marketing to connect with and influence their target audiences of talent. My guest this week is Celinda Appleby, Global Talent Attraction Director at Visa. Visa is using a strategy of data-driven recruitment marketing supported by sophisticated storytelling and technology to meet their recruiting challenges and Celinda has some gr...
Dec 19, 2019•21 min•Ep 234•Transcript available on Metacast Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk Buying and implementing a new ATS can be a long, complicated and frustrating process, not to mention the additional work required to drive adoption once the system is actually in place. So what can employers do to set themselves up for success and make sure the process achieves its ultimate objectives? My guest this week is Shanu Varghese, Director, Global HR Technology at Apollo Global Management. During his career, Shanu has been responsible for over 50 HR technol...
Dec 17, 2019•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk Back in September 2018, I interviewed industry consultant Bas Van De Haterd about his research work exploring emerging assessment technologies. The assessment market is moving exceptionally quickly, and I wanted to invite Bas back, a year later, to update us on what has changed. In the interview, we discuss: • The problems with traditional methods of assessment • Making sense of evolving technologies • The issue with black box algorithms • Are micro-expressions usef...
Dec 13, 2019•27 min•Ep 232•Transcript available on Metacast Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk One of the ongoing themes of the podcast in 2019 has been my quest to cut through the hype and find out to what extent employers are automating aspects of their recruiting process. I've spoken to several practitioners and look at the automation debate for a few different angles. So I thought it was high time that I talked to a recruiting technology vendor about the art of the possible in recruiting automation and the benefits they are seeing their clients get from i...
Dec 12, 2019•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk Recruiting Future Round-Up is a new monthly show on The Recruiting Future Podcast channel. Now that I'm publishing two podcasts a week, I'm aware that not everyone has time to listen to every show. Moving forward I'll be recording a short monthly round-up episode highlighting episodes you may have missed and giving you my take on some of the key talking points. Thanks to 4MAT for sponsoring, if you are thinking of replacing or refreshing your careers website in 2020...
Dec 07, 2019•10 min•Ep 230•Transcript available on Metacast Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk Social mobility is a critical issue in a lot of countries. What should employers be doing to increase social mobility and how effective can their efforts be in terms of tangible results? My guest this week is Lisa Scales, Head of Resourcing, Executive and New Talent at Severn Trent, a large UK based utilities company. Severn Trent has recently moved up to 3rd place in The Social Mobility Employer Index as a result of their innovative work in this area and is seeing ...
Dec 04, 2019•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk To fully understand the impact of technology on what we do, it 's essential to look outside of talent acquisition occasionally and see how other areas of the talent ecosystem are being disrupted. My guest this week is Ozlem Sarioglu, an award-winning coach and co-founder of digital coaching platform SparkUs. As well as providing a fascinating overview of how technology is changing coaching. Ozlem also shares some insights and advice into the coaching mindset. Someth...
Nov 29, 2019•26 min•Ep 228•Transcript available on Metacast Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk Despite an influx of technology over the last 20 years, the fundamentals of recruiting haven't really been disrupted. So how should we be challenging recruiting norms which no longer deliver what employers need and are process and mindset more important than technology? To help me answer these questions, and more besides, my guest this week is Matt Buckland making a welcome return to the show. Matt is currently Founder and Head Of Talent at Rainmaking Venture Studio...
Nov 27, 2019•29 min•Ep 227•Transcript available on Metacast Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk We live in a highly connected world but also a very noisy one. Standing out from the crowd can be very difficult for recruiters, especially on Linkedin where an unprecedented amount of content is being posted, much of it, unfortunately, is not very good. My guest this week is Hishem Azzouz, founder of Azzouz Branding and host of The Recruitment Rollercoaster Podcast. Hishem works with recruiters to help them build authentic personal brands and develop content that c...
Nov 22, 2019•24 min•Ep 226•Transcript available on Metacast Contact: matt@metashift.co.uk Hiring ex-armed forces personnel is a topic that doesn't get as much bandwidth as it deserves. So how should employers be behaving and communicating to tap into this incredible pool of talent effectively? My guest this week is Tim Redfern, Managing Director, Defence at Amey. In the interview, we discuss: • Tim's own experience of transitioning his career on leaving The Royal Navy • The broader transition challenges facing armed forces personnel • Translating the lan...
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