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

This week sees a first for the show, rather than me just interviewing one guest, in this episode I’m interviewing two. I recently headed down to Pepsico’s UK offices in Reading to have a conversation with Kevin Hough, their Head of Talent Acquisition for the UK and Ireland, and Dan Fitzpatrick, Talent Acquisition Lead for PepsiCo Global Concentrate Solutions.

We covered a lot of ground in our discussion and it was great to hear Kevin and Dan talk about some of the everyday realities of in house recruitment within a large corporate.

In the interview we discuss:

    •    PepsiCo’s recruiting challenges

    •    Anticipating STEM recruitment needs

    •    How Talent Acquisition is changing as a discipline

    •    Is recruiting the same as marketing?

    •    The changing skill set of the in house recruiter

    •    Rethinking relationships with recruitment agencies

    •    The role of technology

Kevin and Dan also give us their views on the likely future for talent acquisition.

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The future of job boards has been an ongoing debate in our industry for years. A debate that has been dominated by predictions of their demise. These predictions have so far proved to be erroneous. But what is their future?

Who to better to ask than my guest this week Peter Weddle. Peter is the CEO of TA Tech, the trade association for the global talent acquisition technology industry. He has been a close observer of the job board market since its inception in the 1990s and has some great insights to share.

In the interview we discuss:

Peter’s history in the industry and some of the changes he has seen

Why talent acquisition vendors are looking at solution stacking and building partnerships and alliances

The potential of programmatic advertising and what recruiting can learn from mistakes made in e-commerce advertising

The challenge of transitioning from duration based advertising to performance based advertising

Other ways that Job Boards are changing.

Peter also shares his views on the future and gives us details of several unique events being run by TA Tech during 2017


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The future of job boards has been an ongoing debate in our industry for years. A debate that has been dominated by predictions of their demise. These predictions have so far proved to be erroneous. But what is their future?

Who to better to ask than my guest this week Peter Weddle. Peter is the CEO of TA Tech, the trade association for the global talent acquisition technology industry. He has been a close observer of the job board market since its inception in the 1990s and has some great insights to share.

In the interview we discuss:

Peter’s history in the industry and some of the changes he has seen

Why talent acquisition vendors are looking at solution stacking and building partnerships and alliances

The potential of programmatic advertising and what recruiting can learn from mistakes made in e-commerce advertising

The challenge of transitioning from duration based advertising to performance based advertising

Other ways that Job Boards are changing.

Peter also shares his views on the future and gives us details of several unique events being run by TA Tech during 2017


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Time for something completely different. One of my favorite industry podcasts is Hiring On All Cylinders produced by the lovely people at Entelo. This week, in the interests of friendly podcast co-operation, I’m doing a podcast exchange with them.

I’m interviewed in the latest episode of Hiring On All Cylinders, talking about my new book and everything I’ve learned from interviewing all my wonderful podcast guests. Meanwhile on this week’s Recruiting Future Podcast my guest is Jill Witty, VP of Talent and Operations at Entelo. Jill has helped the company scale up from 7 employees to a 120 employees and has some fascinating insights into the modern world of Talent Acquisition.

In the interview we discuss:

    •    Innovative recruiting approaches

    •    Diversifying talent pools at the top of the funnel

    •    Establishing a compelling and competitive employer brand

    •    Values based recruiting that focuses on culture add rather than culture fit

Jill also gives us her take on the future of talent acquisition technology and in particular the potential role of artificial intelligence in recruiting.

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Time for something completely different. One of my favorite industry podcasts is Hiring On All Cylinders produced by the lovely people at Entelo. This week, in the interests of friendly podcast co-operation, I’m doing a podcast exchange with them.

I’m interviewed in the latest episode of Hiring On All Cylinders, talking about my new book and everything I’ve learned from interviewing all my wonderful podcast guests. Meanwhile on this week’s Recruiting Future Podcast my guest is Jill Witty, VP of Talent and Operations at Entelo. Jill has helped the company scale up from 7 employees to a 120 employees and has some fascinating insights into the modern world of Talent Acquisition.

In the interview we discuss:

    •    Innovative recruiting approaches

    •    Diversifying talent pools at the top of the funnel

    •    Establishing a compelling and competitive employer brand

    •    Values based recruiting that focuses on culture add rather than culture fit

Jill also gives us her take on the future of talent acquisition technology and in particular the potential role of artificial intelligence in recruiting.

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Over the last few  weeks a number of guests on the podcast have mentioned that they have been included in Glassdoor’s Best Places To Work list and I’m sure many of you are interested in finding out more about what this actually means.

My guest this week is Lisa Holden , Employer Communications Manager at Glassdoor. I spoke to Lisa to find out how the Best Places To Work list is put together and also to understand more about the growing correlation between employee voice and employer brand.

In the interview we discuss:

    •    The origins of Best Places To Work

    •    Debunking some common myths

    •    What are the common traits that propel employers up the list

    •    Why the relationship between employee voice and employer brand is so important

    •    The vital importance of transparency

Lisa also talks us through some of the more surprising inclusions in the list and gives us her thoughts on future trends

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ANNOUNCEMENT: You can now download a dedicated Recruiting Future Podcast app for your smart phone or tablet. Just search for “Recruiting Future” in the Apple or Google Play app stores.

Over the last few  weeks a number of guests on the podcast have mentioned that they have been included in Glassdoor’s Best Places To Work list and I’m sure many of you are interested in finding out more about what this actually means.

My guest this week is Lisa Holden , Employer Communications Manager at Glassdoor. I spoke to Lisa to find out how the Best Places To Work list is put together and also to understand more about the growing correlation between employee voice and employer brand.

In the interview we discuss:

    •    The origins of Best Places To Work

    •    Debunking some common myths

    •    What are the common traits that propel employers up the list

    •    Why the relationship between employee voice and employer brand is so important

    •    The vital importance of transparency

Lisa also talks us through some of the more surprising inclusions in the list and gives us her thoughts on future trends

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ANNOUNCEMENT: You can now download a dedicated Recruiting Future Podcast app for your smart phone or tablet. Just search for “Recruiting Future” in the Apple or Google Play app stores.

Over the last few years, we have seen the development of a new type of recruiting technology, the recruitment marketing platform.

Designed to make Talent Attraction more strategic and bring marketing technologies and techniques to recruiters, these platforms are certainly making an impact but I sense that there is still a lot of confusion surrounding them.

My guest this week is Madeline Laurano, principal analyst and co-founder of Aptitude Research Partners. Madeline has recently authored a market report on recruitment marketing platforms which is designed to give potential buyers much needed insight into this emerging space.

In the interview we discuss:

    •    What recruitment marketing platforms are and what they are not
    •    The changes in Talent Acquisition that are driving the market for this type of technology
    •    The key features and capabilities of recruitment marketing platforms.
    •    The value and results clients are seeing from using these platforms
    •    What buyers should be looking for when selecting a recruitment marketing platform

Madeline also gives us her view on the likely future of this market in terms of partnerships and consolidation.

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Over the last few years, we have seen the development of a new type of recruiting technology, the recruitment marketing platform.

Designed to make Talent Attraction more strategic and bring marketing technologies and techniques to recruiters, these platforms are certainly making an impact but I sense that there is still a lot of confusion surrounding them.

My guest this week is Madeline Laurano, principal analyst and co-founder of Aptitude Research Partners. Madeline has recently authored a market report on recruitment marketing platforms which is designed to give potential buyers much needed insight into this emerging space.

In the interview we discuss:

    •    What recruitment marketing platforms are and what they are not
    •    The changes in Talent Acquisition that are driving the market for this type of technology
    •    The key features and capabilities of recruitment marketing platforms.
    •    The value and results clients are seeing from using these platforms
    •    What buyers should be looking for when selecting a recruitment marketing platform

Madeline also gives us her view on the likely future of this market in terms of partnerships and consolidation.

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One of the things I’ve learned from interviewing people for the podcast is that very often the most effective recruiting innovations come from the recruiting teams at tech start-ups who have successfully scaled. This is normally as a result of the size of the recruiting challenges they tend to face and the speed at which they must overcome them.

My guest this week is Anna Lambert, Director of Talent Acquisition at Shopify. Shopify is a great example of a tech company that has scaled massively and Anna has some great insights on recruiting innovation to share.

In the interview we discus:

    •    How to maintain quality of hire as you grow

    •    The life story approach to recruiting

    •    Interview shadowing

    •    Effective strategies to overcome human unconscious bias

    •    The critical importance of employer brand

Anna also talks about the advantages of her non-recruiting background and gives her view on the outlook for the future.

Shopify are currently looking for new recruiters to join their team, more details are available on their careers site

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