With continuing skills shortages and massive disruption to how and where work is done, it is not surprising to see innovation as employers start to think differently about talent. Fractional hiring is rising and has some significant benefits to employers and employees. But what is it, how does it work, and how is it different from traditional interim and contract hiring?

My guest this week is Matt Widdoes, CEO of Mavan. Mavan is a globally dispersed network of specialized former growth leaders at iconic tech brands working fractionally, and Matt has some unique insights to share on this growing trend.

In the interview, we discuss:

• What is fractional hiring?

• Recruiting as the key to growth

• The current state of the talent market

• Specialist talent as a resource that can be turned on and off

• Benefits for organizations and the implications for the career development of individuals

• The mindset shift employers need to make to use fractional working successfully. 

• Decentralized talent pools

• The kind of roles that can be fractional

• How is fractional different from interim and contract?

• What does the future of work look like

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The HR Tech Conference hangover is cured and it's back to business. Fortunately for you, there's a lot of cover. Namely, big funding for Polywork, Atlas, The Muse gets lots of of attention, followed by some Buy-or-Sell with Gig and Take, Knoetic and Ashby. Spoiler alert: Selling, lots and lots of selling! Oh, and robots ... gotta talk about robots. 

The trip to HR Tech gave us tons of ideas and trends we are excited to share with our listeners over the next few weeks. Next trip, FutureWorks 2022 in NYC hosted by Indeed. Expect more great insights on where Indeed is taking their products.

Serge excited to announce he acquired the DisruptHR License for Halifax!

Recruitment Insights

• If your job ads describe your company culture as ‘we’re like a family’ you may want to hire a copywriter. 

•  Some job ads are blatant discrimination - asking applicants to be ‘digital natives’? Seriously, that can only mean one thing.

• The latest research on Cost Per Hire, where does your company line up?

• Freedom 55, those cheesy commercials from the 1980’s worked! Nurses and truck drivers are bailing out. 

This is a special cross-over episode with The Talent Savvy Podcast hosted by Bas van de Haterd and Marlies Farrill. It was a pleasure to join them for a conversation about the latest thinking in candidate experience, undoubtedly an evergreen topic in talent acquisition.

If you've not listened to the Talent Savvy podcast before, I would highly recommend subscribing for a great mix of informed opinion and practical advice.

In our conversation, we discuss:

• Why candidate experience isn't an object to fix

• An automated personalized experience at scale

• Technology innovation and unchanging human nature

• Differing attitudes to feedback in North America and Europe

• Do we have the right tools to provide quality feedback?

• Consistent and regular communication

• Motivation and targeted marketing

• Examples of employers who are getting things right

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How data’s used today, the role of innovation in analytics and user-friendly data.

DailyPay's global chief innovation and marketing officer looks at the business and its future.

Believe it or not, minimum wage debate is not exclusive to the U.S. Europe, it turns out, has their own set of issues, so it's no surprise European Union lawmakers have adopted new legislation aimed at guaranteeing “decent” minimum wages for all workers across the 27-nation bloc. The boys discuss and come up with a variety of angles to view the challenges faced by the EU. Then it's Buy-or-Sell with Benivo, MVP Match and GoJob (spoiler alert: things get pretty ugly). And how could be not talk about the queen the week following her passing ... we just do it in a way only The Chad & Cheese Podcast can.

This week in HR technology: Workday launches new skills technology; SuccessFactors adds to HXM to help execute integrated talent strategies.

Ever feel like your performance reviews are stuck in the 1940s? Well, you're not alone, but it's probably time to join the party and jump into the 21st Century. That's why we invited Confirm.com on Firing Squad. This company, led by CEO Josh Merrill, the former CPO at Carta, thinks they have the answer to give employee review software a big refresh. Blame the Millennials. And yeah, they have some well-funded competitors that might have something to say about their success. Don't worry, we'll get into that. Can they pull it off? Gotta listen to find out.

I've never known a more disruptive, uncertain and confusing time in talent acquisition. With so much complexity in the market, it can be challenging for TA talent to get a clear picture of what is happening outside of their own organisations.

My guest this week is Sven Elbert, Senior Analyst at Fosway Group. Fosway is Europes leading HR industry analyst and has recently published its Talent Acquisition Realities 2022 report, a piece of research that looks at the key challenges, trends and forces TA teams are currently dealing with. This is a must listen for anyone wanting an independent view of what is going on in the market.

In the interview, we discuss:

• Stand out findings from the research.

• The impacts of uncertainty on hiring

• Quality of hire

• What TA teams report they are most and least effective at

• How is DE&I working in practice?

• Current market changes

• Availability of skills

• The most in demand recruiting technologies

• Are tech stacks currently fit for purpose?

• Conducting the candidate experience orchestra

• Upskilling recruiters

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