It's always a pleasure to dig into current issues and plans with one of our CXR Community Talent Acquisition leaders. This week will be no exception! Join us as we talk to Steve White, VP of Talent Acquisition at BECU, and learn more about how he's enhancing Talent Acquisition at his organization in both perception and performance.

We're looking forward to a fun conversation this week with @James Ellis of Employer Brand Labs.

Our topics: Finding & reporting on the value in your employer brand, the observation of "younger talent" in the EB space, STD's and MVEB's, and an argument that "top talent" for most jobs is just a waste of money.

We're excited to welcome Jason Putnam, CRO for Plum, back to the podcast. He's bringing an interesting question to discuss: People argue that culture is either about business objectives or moral objectives. Which do you think is more accurate? What might bridge the gap between the two? What would be the impact of bridging that gap and not having to choose a moral or a business imperative?

This year the CXR Foundation added a second scholarship to our program: The Russ Mountain Memorial Scholarship. The Russ Mountain Memorial Scholarship awards a rising junior or senior college student who has a passion for the field of Recruiting and Talent Acquisition and plans to pursue a job in the field following graduation.

The CXR Foundation works to positively impact the talent acquisition industry by improving industry standards, helping talent professionals find meaningful work, and affecting positive change throughout the talent industry. Join us as we meet this year's winner of the CXR INSPIRE Scholarship and learn more about her college and career plans.

Long time CXR Member and Global Head of Talent Acquisition at Ford Motor Company, Melissa Thompson joins us this week to share how she is working to re-calibrate her TA Team on what they do and what they deliver to best meet the needs of the business.

This week we're diving into our latest Quarterly Research Report: Touch vs Tech in Talent Acquisition. Listen in as our research facilitators share insights regarding the future of talent acquisition and finding a balance of technology vs human touch.

We're looking forward to talking with Mike Wolford, author of “The AI Recruiter” and articles like “6 Ways to Use GPT-4 for Recruiting." We'll be digging into the future of AI in Talent Acquisition - specifically how AI has changed the world so far, what is new in our space and what we can look forward to. Join us live on LinkedIn to ask your questions.

This week we are joined by two CXR Community members from Carmax: Hatch Reppard, Senior Manager TA, and Troy Shullick, Sourcing Recruiting Manager. We'll be talking about the dynamics between Sourcing Recruiters & Corporate Recruiters and how to build a successful partnership.

When we saw this article from Tracey Parsons, co-founder of Flockity, we knew we'd want to talk to her about it. Her take: there should be Lemon Laws in recruiting. "Many EVPs are not honest, differentiated (not all, just many) and there are no consequences for this activity. So why aren't there Lemon Laws for work?"