HR Interviews Playlist

Everyone is talkin' internal talent mobility and workforce agility these days ... and for good reason. Empowering your current talent pool to fill the opportunities of the future is an incredibly powerful tool for blowing up the bottom line. That's why we had Jo Mills, Chief Experience Officer at Fuel50, to help us make sense of the topic and explore ways companies can take better advantage of this exceptional opportunity. If you're looking to make the most out of your current workforce - and who isn't? - this interview from UNLEASH in Paris is a must-listen.

I published three interviews in October to mark National Disability Employment Awareness month. What particularly struck me was the amount of work going into neurodiversity hiring, and I want to dive deeper by finding out how specific employers are developing their programs.

My guest this week is Neil Barnett, Director, Inclusive Hiring and Accessibility at Microsoft. Neil helped to develop Microsoft’s Neurodiversity Hiring Program, which has been in place since 2015. He has excellent insights and valuable advice for employers looking to establish similar programs.

In the interview, we discuss:

• Are employers getting any better at disability inclusion?

• The story behind Microsoft's Neurodiversity Hiring Program

• Screening in rather than screening out

• Changing the hiring process to set people up for success

• Providing tangible feedback

• How the success of the program has changed aspects of Microsoft's other hiring programs

• Building an inclusive workplace

• Non-apparent disability and self-disclosure

• ERGs and growing internal communities

• Building the business case to get started

• How Microsoft collaborates with other employers

• Advice for parents on the future of neurodiversity in the workforce

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Live at the HR Tech 2022 conference, our guest Tim Sackett, President of HRU Technical Resources and creator of the Tim Sackett Project, speaks with Mark Feffer about building an inventory of skills, enhancing learning environments, and being data rich yet information poor.

On the topic of skills, it's easy to not fully grasp the abilities of your workforce. If you don't successfully get an inventory of skills for your team, you might let a really amazing worker transition into a different company. Building talent isn't the only step, however. You need to cultivate a positive work environment so that these employees have the inclination to stay. Building skills doesn't always foster loyalty, that's a whole separate ballgame.

We've built a culture around YouTube centric learning environments, where the younger generation understands that learning can happen in short and efficient segments. Gone are the days of hour long classroom marathons. We in the industry have started to make multi channel engaging content that delivers the information while actually engaging the viewers.

We would like to extend a warm thank you to our friends at Fuel50 for sponsoring this podcast.

Hiring globally is all the rage, thanks to a pandemic that supported the growth of an anywhere workforce. To compliment this growth, many organizations are looking to grow their footprint of products and services all over the world. That's why we brought Oana Iordachescu, Head of Talent Acquisition, Technology and Analytics at Wayfair (you've got just what I need!) on the pod while hangin' out at UNLEASH in Paris this past Oct. Turns out, creating large technology teams when no consumer or employer brand exists in new markets is no easy task. But don't worry, we got you. Well, technically, Oana's got you, but you know what we mean.

Talent Intelligence is on the rise, with an increasing number of TA teams putting data at the core of their strategy. However, do employers genuinely understand the full potential of TI, how do you get started, and what is the business case for building a specialist resource?

My guest this week is Toby Culshaw, Talent Intelligence Leader at Worldwide Amazon Stores. Toby is one of the global pioneers of talent intelligence, having built teams and Philips and Amazon. He has also recently released his first book, "Talent Intelligence - Use Business and People Data to Drive Organizational Performance" Suffice to say, this is a must-listen interview for anyone who wants to know more about the development of talent intelligence. 

In the interview, we discuss:

• What is Talent Intelligence, and how is it developing

• The business outcomes and value of TI

• What areas of TA is data intelligence being applied to?

• Where should TI sit within the organization?

• Maturity model

• When TI isn't TI

• What skills does a TI function need to be successful?

• Building capability

• What will be possible in the future?

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Hourly hiring remains challenging for many employers, and despite the worsening economic outlook, it will likely remain a huge challenge for several years to come.

So what innovations are we seeing in how employers approach hourly hiring and in the technology they are using? What does good look like now, and how will automation define the future?

My guest this week is Sean Behr, CEO of Fountain. Over the last few years, Fountain has helped companies hire over 13 million hourly paid workers in more than 75 countries, meaning Sean has a lot of insight to share.

In the interview, we discuss:

• The current talent marketing in hourly hiring

• The challenges of the last few years

• Fundamental changes in the workforce that will see hourly hiring continue to be challenging for years to come.

• What makes employers successful in this market

• The vital importance of speed in hiring

• Recruiting automation

• Using technology to provide a quality candidate, hiring manager, and recruiter experience at scale

• Really human hiring

• Personalization

• Quality versus quantity

• Why hourly hiring is the most innovative place to be in talent acquisition

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It’s been a year since Textkernel acquired Sovren, creating a Wonder Twin-style deal that brought the two most well-known resume parsing solutions together. So what better time to catch-up with Textkernel CEO Gerard Mulder to see how things are going while we were in-person at UNLEASH in Paris in October. Lots going on, a lot of growth globally, and maybe even a scoop or two. Enjoy this frank conversation with a Chad & Cheese longtime sponsor. 

With high-profile layoffs in some large technology companies, it is perhaps easy to forget that digital transformation is still driving a massive need for tech talent in employers all over the world.

Despite the current economic headwinds, long-term trends are in play that require specific operating and employer brand strategies, particularly in companies that are not traditionally seen as being digital.

My guest this week is Blair Bennett, Senior Vice President Global Talent Acquisition at PepsiCo. Digital transformation is creating a significant need for tech talent in their business. In our conversation, Blair talks about the strategy they are putting in place to hire the people they need.

In the interview, we discuss:

• The size and scale of talent acquisition at PepsiCo

• Market trends and challenges

• Digital transformation and bringing in new capabilities

• Repositioning talent acquisition strategy

• Personalizing candidate experience in competitive talent markets

• Automation in the TA operating model

• EVP and employer brand for specific talent cohorts

• Talent intelligence

• Geographical targeting and segmentation

• The role of technology

• The long term demand for digital talent

• The future of personalization in talent acquisition

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Skills based hiring continues to be a growing trend as employers rethink how they attract and assess talent. So how do you define what good looks like and identify the right hires for your organisation?

My guest this week is Leadership Strategist and Talent Consultant Ginny Clarke, who formerly ran executive hiring programmes at Google. Ginny is a strong advocate of competency-based recruiting and has some invaluable advice to share. 

In the interview, we discuss:

• Spotting competencies and demonstrated behaviours

• Talent reviews and performance evaluations

• How do you define and identify talent?

• Looking more broader to increase diversity

• Psychological safety and equity

• The relationship between leadership and culture

• Competencies as skills plus knowledge plus ability

• Deconstructing job roles

• Looking past employment history and education

• What does the future of work look like, and how should employers be preparing

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In this episode, Katee and Jackye chat with Brandolon Barnett. Brandolon is the author of Dreams Deferred: Recession, Struggle, And The Quest For A Better World. An agent of change in the social impact area, speaker and philanthropist, Barnett was recently elected as @ANC1A commissioner for District 1A06 in Washington, D.C. He was formerly head of corporate social responsibility industry solutions in Salesforce.org’s philanthropy cloud and is the founder of the Democratize Ventures investing and advisory institute. Barnett has promoted development and volunteerism on three continents, led the Bill and Melinda Gates-funded Growfund donor-advised fund effort, and participated in research and consulting engagements at the Council on Foundations and Global Impact.

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