HR Interviews Playlist

Despite the current economic issues, many businesses face a talent crisis. Skill shortages are part of the picture, but perhaps most worrying for business leaders are low levels of engagement and retention as expectations of the employment experience continue to evolve rapidly.

So what can employers do to build workforce resilience and get the competitive talent advantage essential to drive long-term value?

My guest this week is Tammy Browning, President at KellyOCG. KellyOCG has recently published a comprehensive piece of research looking at workforce resilience. In our conversation, Tammy shares the findings and talks us through the three strategic pillars that are helping employers to build a resilient workforce.

In the interview, we discuss:

• The methodology behind the report

• Low levels of employee engagement and severe retention issues

• Have things gone backwards since the pandemic?

• A lack of action on DE&I

• Mental health, career pathways, and purpose

• Aligning talent acquisition, talent sustainability, and organizational resilience

• Do leaders understand the issues?

• The critical elements of workforce resilience 

• Purpose and capability

• The impact of AI

• What will the future look like?

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Landing pages? Wait, did I hear you correctly? A platform for landing pages?

That's correct and, in this Deja, vu moment Rick Maré and the team over at SHAZAMME are betting on a platform that helps hiring companies build better landing pages quicker. No question, this is definitely a case of "what is old is new again", but has the idea run full circle? Has it lost its luster or is it just in time? Will Rick receive big applause, a golf clap, or the FIRING SQUAD?

You gotta listen to find out.

We talk with Jack Berkowitz, the chief data officer at ADP.

The tech sector has been going through an unprecedented period of layoffs in the last few months. However, the demand for digital skills in the wider market will continue for years.

So what strategies are employers putting in place to ensure they have the skills they need for their businesses in the future?

My guest this week is Alexia Pedersen, VP of EMEA at O'Reilly Media. O'Reilly has been helping businesses develop digital skills for over 40 years, and Lex has insights and advice for employers looking to gain a competitive advantage through skills acquisition and development.

In the interview, we discuss:

• The current state of the tech talent market

• Will digital skills shortages continue for the long term?

• The constant demand for new skills

• How employers are investing in their future

• Understanding the internal skills gap

• Reskilling and upskilling

• Creating a culture of learning that serves different learning styles

• Breaking down silos in HR to enable talent mobility

• Implications of generaive AI

• How will the most successful companies of the next ten years think about talent?

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Four podcasters walk into a German bar in downtown Indianapolis to discuss the state of recruitment and chaos ensues. You know (and love) two of the podcasters (Chad & Cheese) but you may not be familiar with the other two: Ira Wolfe and Jason Cochran, co-hosts of The Geeks, Geezers, and Googlization Show. Everything from AI to automation to … ah, hell, there were too many German beers and links of sausage to remember, but trust me, it was entertaining. Gern geschehen!

Dedicating a career to helping job boards and businesses increase traffic, Mark, formerly the Performance Marketing brains behind Snag-a-job, set out to optimize SEO solutions for job sites on Job Hub Central.

Mark's knowledge of this space is impressive, here's what we covered:

• Google Job Ads optimization and a fore-telling of the Alpha testing going on right now in the US

• Clean up of Google for Jobs to increase trustworthiness

• The transformation of search from Yahoo to ChatGPT

• Take the best from consumer marketing

• Know your drop rate by source so you will know where to fit the leaking bucket

• HR and AI will solve the problems of the mundane, if you let AI come up with new ideas

Live from UNLEASH America in the Workhuman booth, Bennett Sung, co-founder at New Cherry and longtime industry know-it-all, joins the show to talk about everything from employer branding to the hottest takeaways from the conference to even explaining the name of his company. I mean, New Cherry? What’s that all about?

For more:

Bennet Sung - https://www.linkedin.com/in/bennettsung/

Workhuman - https://www.workhuman.com

UNLEASH America - https://unleash.ai

We talk about engagement and what’s changing with it, the impact of new ways of work, and what employees think about it all.

It's very encouraging that an increasing number of employers are committing to play their part in improving social mobility. It is becoming clear, though, that transactional and short term attempts at talent engagement do not yield the results needed for employers or the communities they seek to engage.

So what can employers learn from nonprofits that achieve positive outcomes that do improve social mobility?

My guest this week is Irene Shih, CEO of Minds Matter Bay Area. This education nonprofit connects driven and determined students from low-income families with the people, preparation, and possibilities to succeed in college. Minds Matter Bay Area has been incredibly successful with its mission, and Irene has some critical learnings to share that employers focusing on social mobility will find extremely valuable.

In the interview, we discuss:

• What is college undermatching, and why is it important to solve it

• The importance of networks

• What are the most significant barriers to top college entrance for low-income students?

• Economic connectedness and cross-class friendships

• What are the interventions that lift people out of poverty?

• Positive outcomes

• Trust and relationships

• The importance of long-term talent engagement and why transactional approaches don't work.

• Advice to employers on improving social mobility

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In this episode, Jackye and Katee chat with Lia Valencia Key about her life, her mom, and how to live your life to the fullest and share joy!

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