HR Interviews Playlist

Pete Lamson CEO at Employ joins us for an interview at HR Technology Conference.

• JazzHR became the darling of ATS solutions in the SMB market. Pete gives credit to the founder and his vision. Being acquired by Employ and staying on as CEO was just the beginning of an impressive ride in TA tech. 

• 2021 was an exciting year, as Employ acquired more ATS solutions, they now cover all size organizations, with the acquisition of Lever and JobVite. 

• Recruiter Nation surveys 1200 recruiters from every size of organization, giving us insight and validating what recruiters are experiencing. 

• Insight from this year’s report; hospitality and government are reaching into new talent pools to solve their skills shortage.

• Some sage advice to TA Leaders, be crystal clear about the problem technology needs to solve for your business and if you are going to add in AI to simplify the mundane like writing job ads.

This week on TRF we cover:

• Will resumes disappear in the next 5 years? Shelley is confident they will, Serge sees things differently.

• No FOMO here. As our friends all head to the land of bedbugs and baguettes, we are kind of glad we didn't go to Unleash World in Paris.

In the News

• LinkedIn does some right sizing with laying off 668 positions, including more in talent acquisition. 

• Stack Overflow hired too many sales people with no direction, at least thats our conclusion with their lay off announcement.

• AI for headshot, the jury is out.

Tip of The Week

• Book recommendations: The Talent Fix by Tim Sackett, Hiring Humans by Craig Fisher, Full Stack Recruiter by Jan Tegze and our all time favorite The Robot Proof Recruiter by Katrina Collier.

Recruiting Insights

• By the year 2030 staffing agencies are expected to increase their market size by 12.7%, doing the math, thats $1778.29 Billion. Let’s unpack how and why that might be.

• Moonhub’s claim of 1 billion public profiles sounds a bit of an exaggeration. We’d like a demo please!

• Candidate experience platforms seem a bit optimistic when their success is hinged on hiring managers are tasked with designing the experience. A chatbot wont solve the problem!

• When designing your campus recruitment program get clarity on what new grads say they ideally want vs what they end up accepting as their first job out of school.

Having covered both topics extensively on the podcast this year, I'm very much of the opinion that the move towards skills-based thinking will be more disruptive to recruiting norms than the rapid adoption of generative AI.

The adoption of skills-based hiring and the move towards skills-based organizations is still happening slowly. However, as more organizations question blanket requirements for college degrees, new upskilling and reskilling initiatives are emerging that could help move the needle quicker.

My guest this week is Michelle Westfort, Chief University Officer at InStride. InStride works with businesses to use skill-based hiring to expand talent pools by partnering with employers to construct career education paths to provide employees with the skills they need to do their jobs.

In the interview, we discuss:

• Why some employers are moving away from degrees

• Do employers understand skills-based hiring?

• Diversifying talent pools with more equitable hiring processes

• Understanding the skills needed for specific roles

• Just in time, skills development

• Evolving the relationship between Universities and employers

• Deconstructing the degree

• Strategies for long-term professional development

• Mapping education to skills requirements

• What does the future look like?

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The business world is changing quickly, and the skill sets that employees need are constantly shifting, developing and evolving. So, how can companies develop strategic workforce plans and build long-term talent pipelines in such an unpredictable and fast-changing environment?

My guests this week are Jennifer Longworth, Director of People and Culture at Entuitive, and Ugo Orsi, Chief Customer Officer at Digitate. Jennifer and Ugo have a unique combination of perspectives on how AI is shaping the workforce of the future and some solid practical advice to share

In the interview, we discuss:

• Current talent challenges

• Hiring for the skills of the future

• The importance of a growth mindset

• Building trust and motivation

• The current use and future potential of AI

• The emotional impact of the AI

• Powerful automations

• Embracing change management and curiosity

• Adoption issues within middle management

• Ageing populations and reducing labour markets

• Thinking instead of executing

• Strategic workforce planning

• Increasing the ability to collaborate

• What might work look like in 10 years?

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The HR Technology Conference gave us the opportunity to interview some brilliant minds and this episode is no exception as we welcomed Anoop Gupta CEO Seekout.

• Over time, job descriptions become the ‘kitchen sink’ - no one can really tell if it's realistic or capturing what is needed. SeekOut Assist solves for this and was recognized by the Human Resource Executive as Top HR Tech Product for 2023. 

• Working for MicroSoft and reporting to Bill Gates, Anoop shares the inside scoop of Bill’s beverage of choice.

• A concise explanation of how to build a diverse candidate pool at the top of the funnel and ensure you dont overlook the talent that exists inside your organization. Pro Tip: Start with over 1 Billion candidate profiles!

• The benefits of generative AI in a sourcing tool will open your eyes to the positive changes coming and see what is already possible.

She’s got stories about all that, as well as remote work

Recruiting startups hoping to replace human beings in the hiring process - or at least minimize them - litter the landscape. Chatbots, for example, are all the rage. At least one startup, however, thinks you can have the best of both worlds: scale and high touch. Amber Wanner, founder and CEO of Vette, brings her message to the Firing Squad to see if Chad & Cheese can be convinced that there’s still a place for humans in Human Resources. Does she survive? Gotta listen to find out.

What ServiceNow does for HR, how businesses navigated the turn toward remote work and what they’ve learned from the experience.

We discuss smart apps, building products around data and what comes after ADP's Roll?

In this episode, Jackye and Katee chat with Dr. Peter Huang. Dr. Huang is the author of Disrupting Racism: Essays by an Asian American Prodigy Professor, a book that explores racism particularly as it relates to Asian Americans, including its causes, consequences, and theoretical frameworks that may be used to understand and overcome racism.

It draws on Dr. Huang's personal experiences as a Taiwanese American and his extensive scholarly work in mathematical economics, law, and education to argue that racism is a complex problem that requires a fresh, multifaceted solution.

Using mathematical economics, cognitive neuroscience, communication, psychology, and even humor strategies as a supplement to existing anti-racial legislation are some of the racism remedies Dr. Huang suggests in his book.

To buy Dr. Huang's book:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/disrupting-racism-essays-by-an-asian-american-prodigy-professor-peter-huang/19900457?ean=9781736873465

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