HR Interviews Playlist

Coming down from the high of the recent iCIMS acquisition of CandidateID, former CEO Adam Gordon of CandidateID and Mike Wilczak, chief product & development officer at iCIMS, join Chad & Cheese for the "morning-after" recap of the deal. Included are tips for startups who want to be acquired, whether it's better to buy or build your next feature set, and what the future looks like for iCIMS and CandidateID customers alike.

With a growing number of use cases, people analytics continues to develop both in sophistication and the amount of value it drives for employers. However, despite the quantum leap in recruiting technology we've seen in the last few years, I still feel that talent acquisition is significantly lagging behind where it should be in terms of data and analytics. 

My guest this week is Vic Akosile, an HR Strategy Consultant at Humananalytics. Vic is a highly experienced people analytics specialist. He gives us an excellent overview of what is going on in the space and what talent acquisition leaders need to consider if they want to develop their data and analytics capability.

In the interview, we discuss:

• The evolution of People Analytics

• Cutting edge use cases

• Increasing digital interactions mean increasing amounts of data.

• People Analytics in talent acquisition

• How to develop more sophistication in People Analytics

• What trends is technology driving

• Using sentiment and network analysis to help with retention

• Where is People Analytics going in the future?

Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts

Skuid CEO Ryan Niemann talks about the impact of low-code development on HR and technology.

Some of my favourite conversations in the last six months have been around inclusive hiring. Many people are doing brilliant work to support people from marginalised groups into the workforce, and I've learnt a lot from talking to employers like Timpson and organisations like The Bridge of Hope.

In this episode, we're going to explore what happens when an employer removes all screening, all background checks and all education and experience requirements from their hiring to be more inclusive. What are the advantages, the challenges, and the results?

My guest this week is Nykeba King, Global Head of Inclusion at The Body Shop. A few years ago, The Body Shop created an Open Hiring program to ensure they were being as inclusive as possible. It's a strategy that has produced some amazing results, and it is now giving them a unique competitive advantage in today's challenging talent markets.

In the interview, we discuss:

• Recruiting challenges at The Body Shop

• What is Open Hiring, and how does it work?

• No background checks, no screening, no education requirements

• How Open Hiring is helping The Body Shop in the current talent markets

• Making recruiting more purposeful with "Targeted Recruitment."

• Replacing scrutiny with trust

• Removing barriers and removing bias

• Implementation challenges

• The danger of second-guessing someone's ability to do a job

• Wrap-around support to build an inclusive workplace

• Time to hire, performance and retention

• What's next for Open Hiring

Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts.

We discuss the craziness of today’s labor market, as well the adaptive employee experience and the company’s approach to people analytics,

What happens when you get HR's most dangerous podcast together with the industry's most popular TikTok celebrity?

Yup, insanity!

The boys bring on Leigh Henderson, A.K.A., HR Manifesto, to reveal the secrets of TikTok success for employers. We also dig-in to hear Leigh's story of how she went from Fortune 100 executive to social media darling. We'd write more, but you people apparently have no attention span whatsoever ... thanks, TikTok!

Background screen keeps getting more complex. And so does the technology behind it.

Whether it's the Great Resignation or the Great Reset, whatever you choose to call it, it is undeniable that employers are currently finding it extremely challenging to attract and retain talent.

So which strategies should companies be exploring to improve their odds in such a difficult market? 

My guest this week is Christine Wzorek, CEO and Founder of White Label Advisors. Christine is a highly experienced HR leader and has essential advice about building holistic human capital strategies to deal with these incredibly challenging times.

In the interview, we discuss:

• What is driving the Great Resignation?

• Employer engagement, happiness and fulfilment

• Adapting to the new reality

• Why talent acquisition needs to mirror sales

• Treating candidates in a hospitality orientated way

• Transparency in reward strategies

• Scaling L&D with technology

• Levelling the playing field for diverse talent

• Gender equality

• The future of talent acquisition and HR

Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts.

I've been a keen follower of the Job Board market for several decades. It's been a market that has often been very slow to evolve, but the pace of innovation has increased considerably over the last few years. So what effect has the pandemic had on the job board industry, and what is its likely future direction?

My guest this week is Steven Rothberg, Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of College Recruiter. Steven has been in the job board industry since it started, and I could think of no better person to give us an update on the current state of the market. 

• How have job boards evolved over time

• The programmatic revolution

• Recruiting marketing budget consolidation

• How has the pandemic changed things for job boards

• Why do job boards need to reduce the friction they are causing in the candidate journey.

• Market consolidation

• What is the future of job boards?

Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts.

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In this episode, Jackye and Katee get to talk to Julien LeFort. Julien has a passion for developing people and for empowering them to learn, grow and discover their inner selves.

His journey has taken him through the implementation of people development programs around topics such as culture and values, employee engagement, mentoring, training, leadership development, and building competency-based frameworks. We talk about this and about how to become more resilient.