In this episode of RecTalk, Nitin Sharma sits down with Marc Turner, founder of JobHack and long-time call centre leader, to explore how recruitment for entry-level roles is changing — and why the CV might finally be on its way out.

Marc shares his personal journey from redundancy during lockdown to creating JobHack, a platform designed to give candidates without polished CVs a fair shot by showcasing their skills, personality, and potential through video profiles and creative content. Inspired by social media and even dating apps, JobHack helps employers see the person behind the application while empowering candidates to present themselves authentically.

The conversation covers:

• 🚀 How Gen Z approach job hunting differently (and why the CV feels outdated).
• 🎥 Why video profiles and social media-style applications make hiring fairer.
• ❤️ Lessons JobHack borrowed from dating apps to improve recruitment.
• 📊 How companies can use JobHack to build better employer branding and boost diversity & inclusion.
• 💡 Marc’s candid insights on entrepreneurship, bootstrapping, and the lessons he learned while building JobHack from scratch.
• 🔮 The future of LinkedIn, personal branding, and whether Gen Z will need a new “career-first” social media platform.

This is a must-listen for anyone in HR, talent acquisition, recruitment, or employer branding who wants to future-proof their hiring process and connect with candidates in more authentic ways.

Who this episode is for:

• Recruitment business owners exploring innovative hiring tools.
• HR & TA leaders frustrated by traditional CV-led processes.
• Employers looking to engage Gen Z talent more effectively.
• Founders interested in the gritty reality of bootstrapping a tech startup.

🔗 Connect with Marc Turner

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcdturner/

JobHack: https://jobhack.co.uk/

Rectools listing: https://www.rectools.io/product/jobhack/

Check out Marc’s intro to JobHack in the first of a short series:

https://youtu.be/pFSViCHrAKU

🔗 Connect with Nitin Sharma

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nitin-rectools/

Discover recruitment tools and services at Rectools.io: https://www.rectools.io/

Find out about the Recruitment Curry Club:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-recruitment-curry-club/

New episodes drop every Wednesday and Friday. Stay tuned as we launch Founder Diaries, where real entrepreneurs share raw stories of building businesses in recruitment and tech.

Listen to RecTalk on another platform: https://rectalk.co.uk/

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