Welcome to a special RecTalk episode from IHR Live London!
Host Nitin Sharma, founder of Rectools.io, brings you three powerful conversations recorded live at the UK’s leading in-house recruitment event.

First, Neil Rudolph & Coel Taylor from Redknows share how global brands are using storytelling and authenticity to attract the right talent while reducing hiring costs.

Expect insights on:

• How to make your careers site speak to candidates, not customers
• Why employer brand authenticity beats flashy campaigns
• Real-world ROI: how one client cut agency spend and job board costs by improving their brand presence

Then, Barbara Sutherland & Harpreet Pannum from EY unpack EY’s three-year transformation in tech recruitment — from the post-COVID hiring crisis to becoming true trusted advisors to their business stakeholders.

Key discussion points:

• Moving from a reactive “master-servant” recruiter model to strategic partnership
• Empowering recruiters to challenge stakeholders with data and insights
• Using risk and issue management to elevate TA conversations
• How agencies shaped (and sometimes strained) internal TA relationships — and what EY did to fix it

And finally, Dan Ashdown & Freddy Rhead from In-house Recruitment (IHR) wrap things up by diving into the value of IHR membership, networking, and professional growth through community.

They discuss:

• What’s included in an IHR membership — events, webinars, e-learning, templates & advisory tools
• How the IHR Live Lounge and annual events connect 1,000+ TA professionals
• Why learning, collaboration, and benchmarking against peers are the real keys to staying ahead in talent acquisition

🎯 Who This Episode Is For:

• Talent Acquisition Leaders looking to strengthen their employer brand and stakeholder relationships
• Recruitment Marketers keen to learn how storytelling drives authentic attraction
• In-House Recruiters seeking inspiration on becoming trusted business advisors
• HR & People Leaders eager to understand the latest in community-driven recruitment

🔗 Connect with the guests

Neil Rudolph: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neil-rudolph/

Coel Taylor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coeltaylor/

Barbara Sutherland: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbarasutherland/

Harpreet Pannum: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harpreet-pannum-5a6b98b2/

Dan Ashdown: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danashdown1/

Freddy Rhead: https://www.linkedin.com/in/freddy-rhead-8765b6268/

🔗 Connect with the host

Nitin Sharma: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nitin-rectools/

Discover recruitment tools and services at Rectools.io:

https://www.rectools.io/

Find out about the Recruitment Curry Club:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-recruitment-curry-club/

New episodes of RecTalk, Founder Diaries and Talking Talent drop every Wednesday and Friday.

Listen on another platform: https://rectalk.co.uk/

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Carl Jones — Konquest: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carl-jones-66093722/

Ben Fielding — Quinset: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benfielding/

Ross Thompson — Infinity Staff Global: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rossnthompson/

Matt Fox — Exitus Advisory: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-fox-50b10311/

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