Recruiting Future with Matt Alder - What's Next For Talent Acquisition, HR & Hiring?

Matt Alder talks to William Uranga from GoDaddy

Over the last few weeks I’ve been deep in research mode looking in detail at how the best in house recruiters are finding tech talent in increasingly competitive marketplaces.

The most competitive market of all for tech talent is Silicon Valley and it is always interesting to get an insight into the strategies its most successful tech business are using to keep ahead of the pack.

My guest this week is William Uranga, Director of Technical and Corporate Recruiting at GoDaddy.

In the interview we discuss:

    •    Why Employer Brand should be every recruiting team’s secret weapon

    •    The collaboration and creativity required to craft the compelling stories the recruiting team use to engage with top talent

    •    What specifically motivates people to join GoDaddy

    •    How his team use technology as a force multiplier and the tools that are working for them.

William also gives us his future vision and discusses the pivotal role their employees social media presence is playing in GoDaddy’s success

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In this episode Matt Alder talks to Matt Bradburn Talent Acquisition Manager at Lyst

Talk of analytics and data has been everywhere this year with their importance empathised by numerous, blogs, whitepapers and conference presentations.  Very often though getting started with analytics can be difficult and with a seemingly endless array of technologies on the market many Talent Acquisition professionals are confused about how to get started.

My guest this week is Matt Bradburn, Talent Acquisition Manager at Lyst where he has spent the last few months implementing recruiting analytics.

In the interview we discuss:

    •    How data can’t predict the future but can help you to make incremental gains by understanding what has happened in the past

    •    Why you should ignore some of generic advice on analytics and focus on what is useful for you

    •    How Lyst have used metrics to reduce interviewing time while simultaneously raising quality

    •    How his team measured the engagement of their sourcing outreach and now achieve a 60% response rate from the messages they send

    •    Why you don’t necessarily need complex technology to be successful with analytics

Matt also gives us his views on the future and talks about the one metric which he would love to able to measure.

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In this episode Matt Alder talks to Matt Bradburn Talent Acquisition Manager at Lyst

Talk of analytics and data has been everywhere this year with their importance empathised by numerous, blogs, whitepapers and conference presentations.  Very often though getting started with analytics can be difficult and with a seemingly endless array of technologies on the market many Talent Acquisition professionals are confused about how to get started.

My guest this week is Matt Bradburn, Talent Acquisition Manager at Lyst where he has spent the last few months implementing recruiting analytics.

In the interview we discuss:

    •    How data can’t predict the future but can help you to make incremental gains by understanding what has happened in the past

    •    Why you should ignore some of generic advice on analytics and focus on what is useful for you

    •    How Lyst have used metrics to reduce interviewing time while simultaneously raising quality

    •    How his team measured the engagement of their sourcing outreach and now achieve a 60% response rate from the messages they send

    •    Why you don’t necessarily need complex technology to be successful with analytics

Matt also gives us his views on the future and talks about the one metric which he would love to able to measure.

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This week I’ve been at HR Tech World in Paris, where over 3000 HR and Recruiting professionals in European came together to listen to their peers, industry thought leaders and a line up of key note speakers which included Sir Richard Branson.

In this episode you’ll hear from some of the attendees in addition to two interviews round the topic of digital transformation.

Lisa Nelson is the Global VP of HR for Match.com and tells us how HR changed its focus to align with the technical transformation that was taking place in the business and talks about a surprising outcome from their Social Recruiting activity.

Jane McConnell is an analyst and advisor on Digital Workplace strategies and she talks about the role HR needs to play in digital transformation.

You’ll also hear Johnny Campbell, Bill Boorman and Chris Hoyt give their thoughts on the event

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This week I’ve been at HR Tech World in Paris, where over 3000 HR and Recruiting professionals in European came together to listen to their peers, industry thought leaders and a line up of key note speakers which included Sir Richard Branson.

In this episode you’ll hear from some of the attendees in addition to two interviews round the topic of digital transformation.

Lisa Nelson is the Global VP of HR for Match.com and tells us how HR changed its focus to align with the technical transformation that was taking place in the business and talks about a surprising outcome from their Social Recruiting activity.

Jane McConnell is an analyst and advisor on Digital Workplace strategies and she talks about the role HR needs to play in digital transformation.

You’ll also hear Johnny Campbell, Bill Boorman and Chris Hoyt give their thoughts on the event

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In this episode Matt Alder talks to Jennifer Boulanger Head of Global Recruitment at Booking.com

It has become very clear from the research I’ve been doing this year that Talent Acquisition is developing in complexity at the fastest pace we have ever experienced. To be truly successful at recruiting in today’s agile business environment employers needs the right mix of  expertise, technology, process and data.

My guest this week is Jennifer Boulanger who is Head of Global Recruitment at Booking.com.

 In the interview we discuss:

    •    The challenges Booking.com have faced recruiting 5000 people in the past year

    •    Global mobility in tech hiring and the tools and techniques that make it successful

    •    Applying marketing thinking to Employer Branding

    •    The journey Booking.com is taking towards data driven Talent Acquisition

Jennifer also discusses the technology Booking.com use to manage recruiting and provide a great candidate experience and shares her thoughts on technology trends for the future

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In this episode Matt Alder talks to Jennifer Boulanger Head of Global Recruitment at Booking.com

It has become very clear from the research I’ve been doing this year that Talent Acquisition is developing in complexity at the fastest pace we have ever experienced. To be truly successful at recruiting in today’s agile business environment employers needs the right mix of  expertise, technology, process and data.

My guest this week is Jennifer Boulanger who is Head of Global Recruitment at Booking.com.

 In the interview we discuss:

    •    The challenges Booking.com have faced recruiting 5000 people in the past year

    •    Global mobility in tech hiring and the tools and techniques that make it successful

    •    Applying marketing thinking to Employer Branding

    •    The journey Booking.com is taking towards data driven Talent Acquisition

Jennifer also discusses the technology Booking.com use to manage recruiting and provide a great candidate experience and shares her thoughts on technology trends for the future

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In this episode Matt Alder talks to Doug Shaw from What Goes Around

The importance of creativity in business is well documented, particularly when it comes to transformation and innovation. However what has become clear during my on-going research into recruiting innovation is that many companies struggle to think creatively.

My guest for this episode is Doug Shaw, an HR consultant with a particular focus on creativity and collaboration.

In the interview we discuss:

    •    Why you don’t have to be a creative business to think creatively

    •    Why creatively should be a coactive exercise rather than a coercive one

    •    The business outputs that creativity collaboration can drive

Doug also describes how companies can literally sketch their future into existence and give us his three key principles which can help companies to be more creative

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In this episode Matt Alder talks to Doug Shaw from What Goes Around

The importance of creativity in business is well documented, particularly when it comes to transformation and innovation. However what has become clear during my on-going research into recruiting innovation is that many companies struggle to think creatively.

My guest for this episode is Doug Shaw, an HR consultant with a particular focus on creativity and collaboration.

In the interview we discuss:

    •    Why you don’t have to be a creative business to think creatively

    •    Why creatively should be a coactive exercise rather than a coercive one

    •    The business outputs that creativity collaboration can drive

Doug also describes how companies can literally sketch their future into existence and give us his three key principles which can help companies to be more creative

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In this episode Matt Alder talks to Jason Seiden from Brand Amper

Some of the most popular podcast episodes so far have been the ones that cover employer branding. We discussed how to measure the impact of employer brands as well as innovative ways of communicating them. Up to this point though we’ve not looked at the work involved in building them and the way in which some the traditional methods of employer brand research are being challenged by new approaches.

My guest for this episode is Jason Seiden who is challenging established thinking about employer brand development via his company Brand Amper.


In the interview we discuss:

    •    Why traditional employer brand research takes too long

    •    Turning employees stories into employer brand equity

    •    The power of Social Proof in recruiting

    •    Thinking about employer brand the same way as product placement

    •    Why companies who are afraid of giving their employers a voice will fail

Jason also talks about the fundamental changes happening in the way people in organizations relate to each other and the importance of company culture in this context.

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