HR Interviews Playlist

If you attended UNLEASH in Paris earlier this month, you know what a must-attend event it is.

If you didn’t attend, well, we’d better see you there next year. Marc Coleman, the man behind the conference, sat down with Chad & Cheese for a rundown of the highlights, as well as preview the show in Vegas next spring. 

We joke about VONQ sounding like an STD our "roommate" caught in college, as well as saying their executive teams look like the bad guys from the Bruce Willis classic Die Hard, but truth be told, they're a company making waves in the employment space. That's why we recently sat down with CEO Arno Schäfer to dig into what's going on at the company. Turns out they're doing some really interesting things, like private labeling their tech so applicant tracking systems can make even more money.

What a world, amirite!?!?!

Enjoy this one, live from UNLEASHworld in Paris.

One of the most encouraging aspects of our changing world work has been the number of employers actively seeking to recruit neurodiverse talent. However, it is estimated that 15-20% of the world's population is neurodivergent, and there is still a vast amount of work to do to ensure that our workplaces are inclusive for all and that employers benefit from supporting everyone to work to their full potential. 

My guest this week is Genie Love, an Executive Function Coach who works with neurodiverse professionals to help them achieve their personal and professional goals. In our conversation, she offers many practical insights into how employers can support their people at work.

In the interview, we discuss:

• Understanding the unique strengths of neurodivergent people

• Time, attention, decision making, and organization

• Energy levels and strategies for deep work

• How can employers be more inclusive?

• Re-imagining job descriptions and interviews

• The power of thinking differently 

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Anyone who has seen me speak this year knows that I consider personalization the next big trend in talent acquisition. If they get their strategies right, the rapid growth in automation technologies allows employers to offer a bespoke candidate experience at scale. So which employers are doing this well, and what can we learn from them?

My guest this week is Lisa Scales, Head of Talent Acquisition for the UK and Ireland at Nestle. In our wide-ranging conversation, recorded at UNLEASH World in Paris, Lisa talks us through Nestle's strategies around personalization and the results they're getting.

In the interview, we discuss:

• The turbulent market and conflicting tensions for talent acquisition

• Scarcity of skills

• Removing repetitive transactional tasks

• Using conversational AI to answer previously unanswered questions

• The power of personalization

• The time, place and wishlist for automation

• Personalized onboarding

• Why automated selection can amplify systemic bias

• Moments that matter, interesting technologies, and the deskless workforce

• What does the future look like

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Mary Faulkner talks to Mark Feffer about the drive to learn: Many organizations seem to lose sight of the learning experience, and then they wonder why people quit.

How often do you hear an interview with a recruiter who’s done time at Cisco, Facebook, Docusign, eBay, Robinhood and now Gem? Well, today’s your lucky day. Chad & Cheese has a chat with Richard Cho, Chief Recruiting Officer at Gem to talk about a wide variety of challenges around being a CRO, like recognizing that the bottom-line rules all, navigating the Chief People Officer and managing a down economy. We even veer off course down Memory Lane once or twice. Enjoy. 

Maya Huber, CoFounder and CEO of TaTiO.io joins The Recruitment Flex.

With a Phd in Occupational Therapy and 15 years in HR, Maya knows exactly where the problem is. Resumes are a one dimensional piece of paper with your work history and can not convey the work you are actually good at.

With HQ in TelAviv and a presence in the USA, these issues are a global problem 

Enter TaTiO.io

• First reverse engineer the hiring process

• Get rid of the resumes 

• Create a tool to simulate the work to be performed & make it fun 

• Next build a 2 way marketplace for employers and job seekers

An American and a Finn meetup on Reddit and a startup is born. Finland-based Hireproof promises to make anyone a world-class interviewer just by clicking a link. Really? Yeah, really. Cofounder Nick Barth joins Chad & Cheese for a lively episode of Firing Squad, pitching his product that promises "delight," "happiness" and "less bias" in the hiring process. Is Hireproof primed to set the world on fire, or is it a wet blanket. Gotta listen.

Wow! Wow! Wow! In this episode, Katee and Jackye get to speak with Dr. Kimberly Young-McLear. She is a Black, queer, scholar, activist, strategist, engineer, cyber professional, and educator who is unreservedly committed to human resilience, human dignity, and human rights. She is an innovation and anti-oppression thought leader focused on results.

In 2019, she was one of few LGBTQ active duty service members invited as a State of the Union Guest of Honor. Kimberly represented Connecticut’s 2nd District for her tireless efforts to stand against systemic bullying and harassment in the Coast Guard. Following her public testimony at a joint Congressional hearing co-led by Chairman (late) Elijah Cummings and Chairman Bennie Thompson, she has been credited for the advancement of various work environment policy and legislation. As a whistleblower and survivor of workplace psychological bullying and other forms of violence, she leverages her own experiences to build coalitions centered on dignity, systemic change, justice, and liberation. Kimberly has numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals and has been invited to speak at national events on a wide range of justice topics. She has been featured in numerous outlets, including, The New York Times, Associated Press, Reuters, Forbes, and a cover issue of Glamour.

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Over 8 million workers in the U.S. identify as LGBT. Spoiler alert: That's a lot! Yet, corporate America isn't very hospitable to this influential demo when it comes to work. In fact, a recent UCLA survey found 50 percent of LGBT employees are not 'out' to their supervisors, and 34 percent of LGBT have left their job due to treatment by their employers. What's the problem? Never fear, we have answers. That's why we invited Sara Grossman, founder & CEO of CODE-MKTG, and Sabrina Kent, EVP of programs and external affairs for the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) to come on the pod and set us straight. Did we learn a lot? You bet we did. And you will too.