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

In this episode Matt Alder talks to Melanie Hayes Head of Organisational Development at Compass

Over the last few years an increasing number of employers have been developing apprenticeship programmes to address long term skill shortages in their industries. One company who are doing this very successfully are Compass who have offered over 3000 Apprenticeships in the last five years and have achieved a Grade 2 Ofsted rating for their programme.

My guest for this episode is Melanie Hayes Head of Organisational development at Compass and it was very interesting to hear more about the programme and the value it brings to her organisation.

In the interview we discuss:

    •    Why Compass have an apprentice strategy
    •    The different types of value it brings to the business
    •    How apprentices are recruited
    •    Differing candidate expectations
    •    The number one reason why every employer should invest in apprenticeships

Mel also talks about the changing landscape in experience hire recruitment and shares her thoughts on the future

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In this episode Matt Alder talks to Kevin Hough Head of Resourcing at LV=

Responding to changing markets by evolving new approaches to talent attraction is a big challenge for many large employers. Over the last few years I’ve been very impressed with a number of the employer branding and recruitment marketing initiatives I’ve seen coming out of financial services company LV=.

It was great to get to talk to LV=’s Head of Resourcing Kevin Hough and get the inside track on some of their successful initiatives, as well as his thoughts on social media, data and employer branding.

Topics we discuss include:

Kevin also talks about why an EVP can be like owning a bidet and how LV= found out they were sponsoring the wrong station!

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In this episode Matt Alder talks to Kevin Hough Head of Resourcing at LV=

Responding to changing markets by evolving new approaches to talent attraction is a big challenge for many large employers. Over the last few years I’ve been very impressed with a number of the employer branding and recruitment marketing initiatives I’ve seen coming out of financial services company LV=.

It was great to get to talk to LV=’s Head of Resourcing Kevin Hough and get the inside track on some of their successful initiatives, as well as his thoughts on social media, data and employer branding.

Topics we discuss include:

Kevin also talks about why an EVP can be like owning a bidet and how LV= found out they were sponsoring the wrong station!

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In this interview Matt Alder speaks to Stephane Kasriel CEO of Upwork.

A recent report published by McKinsey indicates that the digital talent marketplaces driving the “gig economy” could play a significant role in increasing global GDP by $2.7 Trillion by 2025.

Upwork is currently the biggest talent marketplace place in the world and I was delighted to get the chance to speak to Stephane Kasriel their CEO for this week’s podcast.

The topics we discuss include:

    •    The merger of Elance and oDesk that created Upwork
    •    How a talent marketplace actually works
    •    The huge diversity of skills represented on the platform
    •    Remote working and dynamic corporate talent pooling
    •    Solving the global digital skills crisis
    •    What the future of work will look like

Stephane also talks about Upwork’s experience of having an employee base that is 70% freelance and distributed across the world

Links from this episode:
The Future of Work, published by Faster Future Publishing

McKinsey Report: Connecting Talent With Opportunity In The Digital Age

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In this interview Matt Alder speaks to Stephane Kasriel CEO of Upwork.

A recent report published by McKinsey indicates that the digital talent marketplaces driving the “gig economy” could play a significant role in increasing global GDP by $2.7 Trillion by 2025.

Upwork is currently the biggest talent marketplace place in the world and I was delighted to get the chance to speak to Stephane Kasriel their CEO for this week’s podcast.

The topics we discuss include:

    •    The merger of Elance and oDesk that created Upwork
    •    How a talent marketplace actually works
    •    The huge diversity of skills represented on the platform
    •    Remote working and dynamic corporate talent pooling
    •    Solving the global digital skills crisis
    •    What the future of work will look like

Stephane also talks about Upwork’s experience of having an employee base that is 70% freelance and distributed across the world

Links from this episode:
The Future of Work, published by Faster Future Publishing

McKinsey Report: Connecting Talent With Opportunity In The Digital Age

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In this interview Matt Alder talks to Matthew Jeffery VP Head of Global Sourcing & Employment Branding at SAP

As I do more and more podcast interviews it is becoming very clear that recruitment innovation is a complex subject. Every employer is in a different position and what is innovative for one company can just be normal recruitment practice at another.

Matthew Jeffery has always been someone at the cutting edge of innovation in our sector and in this episode we talk about some of the work he has done at SAP as well as his wider views on what is happening in the industry.

Topics discussed include:

•    How SAP have “democratized” graduate recruitment by using technology to reach a broader audience
•    How to give a good candidate experience at scale to 50,000 applicants
•    What algorithms can do that recruiters can’t but why they won’t be replacing humans any time soon

Matthew also gives us his views on why he feels recruitment isn’t being properly discussed at government level. 

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In this interview Matt Alder talks to Matthew Jeffery VP Head of Global Sourcing & Employment Branding at SAP

As I do more and more podcast interviews it is becoming very clear that recruitment innovation is a complex subject. Every employer is in a different position and what is innovative for one company can just be normal recruitment practice at another.

Matthew Jeffery has always been someone at the cutting edge of innovation in our sector and in this episode we talk about some of the work he has done at SAP as well as his wider views on what is happening in the industry.

Topics discussed include:

•    How SAP have “democratized” graduate recruitment by using technology to reach a broader audience
•    How to give a good candidate experience at scale to 50,000 applicants
•    What algorithms can do that recruiters can’t but why they won’t be replacing humans any time soon

Matthew also gives us his views on why he feels recruitment isn’t being properly discussed at government level. 

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In this episode Matt Alder talks to Adrian Thomas Chair of The Recruitment Society

There is a tendency in the social media world in which we now live for content published about recruitment to focus on instant gratification via tactical quick fixes. In reality the issues many employers face can’t be solved that simply and resourcing can be very complex.

In this interview Matt and Adrian discuss a number of resourcing related topics including the case for In house recruitment over RPO, which metrics organisations should measure to ensure great recruitment practice and how employers should align Talent Attraction with Talent Management. Adrian also shares his thoughts on the differences between working with the public sector and private sector and what the future might hold for resourcing strategies.

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In this episode Matt Alder talks to Adrian Thomas Chair of The Recruitment Society

There is a tendency in the social media world in which we now live for content published about recruitment to focus on instant gratification via tactical quick fixes. In reality the issues many employers face can’t be solved that simply and resourcing can be very complex.

In this interview Matt and Adrian discuss a number of resourcing related topics including the case for In house recruitment over RPO, which metrics organisations should measure to ensure great recruitment practice and how employers should align Talent Attraction with Talent Management. Adrian also shares his thoughts on the differences between working with the public sector and private sector and what the future might hold for resourcing strategies.

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In this episode Matt Alder talks to Andy Curlewis of Cielo Talent


Employer Brand is a very hot topic at moment and the number of episodes of this podcast which have been dedicated to it recently reflect the level of interest in the market. The one vital element that is often missing from the employer brand conversation though is how you measure effectiveness.

In this episode Matt and Andy discuss employer branding’s relationship to both talent attraction and talent management, the five core areas where the effectiveness of an employer brand can be measured and what this means in the social media age of truth and transparency. Andy also share his thoughts on the importance of content marketing and what the future of employer branding might look like.

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