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Rebecca George CBE is one of the UK’s leading experts on skills, serving as the Skills Advisor at the Department for Education and a Non-Executive Director at the Metropolitan Police. With twenty years at IBM and nearly fifteen years at Deloitte under her belt, Rebecca is a staunch supporter of skills reform –– her insights into the skills shortage, inter-employer partnerships, and the necessity of innovation to address talent scarcity in our pipelines are crucial messages for all talent acquisition teams to consider.

Whether you want a deep dive into skills-based hiring, upskilling, or cutting-edge insights from a disruptor who balances innovation with pragmatism, this episode is a must-watch.

Join Rebecca and Robert Newry for episode one of Season two of the TA Disruptors podcast as they discuss…

💡​ How the UK Government is thinking about skills reform, why we’re actually in the skills crisis, and why collaboration between the education system and employers –– focusing on skills not vacancies –– is vital for unlocking economic growth

📉 Why our future workforce needs diverse capabilities that blend technical skills with versatility, and how failing to select for or nurture this unique skillset means the UK risks lagging further behind

👀 Why employers might be thinking too narrowly about the skills they need for future growth, and how to reframe your thinking around talent acquisition, skill development, and succession planning

💥​ Why scrapping the CV and hiring for potential is the key to opening up alternative talent pools and plugging skills deficits; the rigorous assessment process required to enable this shift; and the consequence of not doing so on social mobility

🔥Why using AI to look for people with a 100% skills match and simply reinforce the process you have today could lead to failure, and what to do instead 

⏭️ What does it really mean to be a skills-based organisation really mean and are we really doing enough to upskill our employees? 

And don’t forget to hit ‘subscribe’ to be sure not to miss more episodes of the TA Disruptors podcast. 

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Talent acquisition is changing faster than it ever has before. ChatGPT and other GenAI tools are literally turning the selection process on its head. This podcast is designed for disruptive Talent Acquisition leaders who want to get ahead. For the innovators, the movers and shakers, and the TA leaders who will survive and thrive in this new era by moving quickly to future-proof their recruitment processes. Even when you’re feeling overworked and overwhelmed, we’ll help you keep up with the latest ideas from the industry’s brightest innovators and the freshest need-to-know data from new research. TA Disruptors has got you covered. 

All brought to you from the team behind Arctic Shores.

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Somehow we’ve reached the end of season one of the TA Disruptors podcast… and what a ride it’s been.

If you want to remind yourself of the biggest takeaways from this season all in one place, you’ll want to listen to this episode. Join Robert as he shares the best bits from season one and reflects on what we’ve learned throughout our first season of the TA Disruptors podcast, as well as sharing his thoughts on where Talent Acquisition will go next.

As an increasing number of candidates started to use AI to land their dream roles, we kickstarted the season with a breakdown of new data that helped us understand the repercussions for assessment and selection –– according to research conducted by data scientists and post-graduate researchers at UCL. 

As the season went on, we got practical with insights from the likes of HelloFresh, the Government Skills and Curriculum Unit, and AMS –– who shared practical advice on navigating the era of the AI-enabled candidate and tips on how AI to drive efficiencies and save time. 

👉​ Listen carefully as there’s also a season two teaser in store for you…

Don’t forget to hit ‘subscribe’ to be sure not to miss more episodes of the TA Disruptors podcast. 

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Talent acquisition is changing faster than it ever has before. ChatGPT and other GenAI tools are literally turning the selection process on its head. This podcast is designed for disruptive Talent Acquisition leaders who want to get ahead. For the innovators, the movers and shakers, and the TA leaders who will survive and thrive in this new era by moving quickly to future-proof their recruitment processes. Even when you’re feeling overworked and overwhelmed, we’ll help you keep up with the latest ideas from the industry’s brightest innovators and the freshest need-to-know data from new research. TA Disruptors has got you covered. 

All brought to you from the team behind Arctic Shores.

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Claudia Nuttgens is a TA powerhouse. As a Chartered Occupational Psychologist and Executive Coach with over 20 years of experience –– and as the leader of the highly-regarded Assessment Advisory team at AMS –– Claudia’s perspectives on where we must innovate across our assessment and selection strategies this year are ones that every TA team needs to hear. 

Whether you’re looking for advice on how to redesign your selection process in light of candidate adoption of GenAI or whether you’re curious about where an experienced and innovative psychologist thinks our traditional assessment methods are falling short, you won’t want to miss this episode. 

Join Claudia and Robert Newry for episode seven of the TA Disruptors podcast as they discuss…

🤖​Why GenAI means there’s now a big validity problem within traditional assessment tools –– dive into the data behind why you need to stop using verbal reasoning tests and simple SJTs to maintain a predictive, scalable assessment process 

⏭️​ What comes next –– Practical ideas on how to efficiently and predictively screen candidates at high volume and why going back to first principles to look holistically at the design of the assessment process should be fun 

📚​ Theories on why adverse impact is getting worse in some areas of cognitive ability testing –– Robert and Claudia debate the flaws in the education system which mean that –– especially in Early Careers –– candidates are ill-equipped to complete cognitive ability testing in the way they once were, effectively de-leveling the playing field

📉​ The erosion of skills –– If the education system failing candidates wasn’t enough, is GenAI now also leading to an erosion of candidate skills? How do we differentiate between what a machine can do and what a human can do? And which skills are about to become most important?

🧠​ The challenges that opening up your funnel to improve diversity now presents for TA teams –– as well as the benefits, plus insights into how improve your assessment and selection to help high-potential neurodiverse candidates thrive

💥​ Finally, why the era of the AI-enabled candidate means we need to stop trying to take power away from hiring managers and why it’s time to show them a bit more empathy 

Download the episode now for unmissable insights. We promise it will be the most valuable podcast you listen to this week 👉​ *link*

Don’t forget to hit ‘subscribe’ to be sure not to miss more episodes of the TA Disruptors podcast. 

Thanks for listening, and here are some helpful links:

Connect with Robert on LinkedIn:

https://hubs.li/Q0282KjJ0

Download this data-backed report on the Impact of Generative AI on recruitment and why it will make traditional selection processes redundant:

https://hubs.li/Q0282Gbq0

Sign up for the TA Disruptors newsletter - it's the easiest way to be updated with the industry’s brightest ideas and the freshest need-to-know data - every week:

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We’re starting 2024 with a bang, as we dive head-on into some of the most controversial questions TA teams must find an answer to this year with Recruiting Brainfood’s Hung Lee. 

Before you switch off, this is not another 2024 trends report. Instead, it’s a thoughtful, deeply considered, scarily accurate deep dive into the reality facing TA teams this January… with some uncomfortable truths that the less disruptive among us might not want to hear. 

With a community of more than 60,000 recruiters at his fingertips, if anyone has their finger on the pulse of the reality for TA teams… it’s Hung. 

Here are the big questions that put TA teams into very uncomfortable ground… 

💥 What does the AI-enabled candidate mean for the future of recruitment and can we really still get away with calling candidate use of GenAI cheating?  

🎪 Is the only answer to battling ‘Mass Apply’ technology to go back to open hiring, what does that mean for social mobility, and are some TA teams seriously considering making getting a job feel as potluck as getting tickets to Glastonbury? 

🧠​ Will AI force a wave of de-skilling? Are human qualities less relevant than they were before? And can we imagine a world in which AI could adopt or replace skills like critical thinking, creativity, and coachability? 

🤖 In a world where TA teams and candidates can take advantage of new tech, what does a world of recruitment look like where we simply have AI talking to AI? Is that scalable, does it offer the same level of accurate screening, and is it even ethical…? 

😱 Is asking the state to mandate how we develop and recruit future talent the only answer to creating a truly equitable hiring process? 

Finally, if you want to hear the hot take that inspired Robert to call “Hung for Prime Minister!” you won’t want to miss this episode.

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Talent acquisition is changing faster than it ever has before. ChatGPT and other GenAI tools are literally turning the selection process on its head. This podcast is designed for disruptive Talent Acquisition leaders who want to get ahead. For the innovators, the movers and shakers, and the TA leaders who will survive and thrive in this new era by moving quickly to future-proof their recruitment processes. Even when you’re feeling overworked and overwhelmed, we’ll help you keep up with the latest ideas from the industry’s brightest innovators and the freshest need-to-know data from new research. TA Disruptors has got you covered. 

All brought to you from the team behind Arctic Shores.

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Amanda Pleasant is JLL’s Global Talent Sourcing Director. She's responsible for a global team of Sourcers across 80 countries, filling around 30,000 roles a year. And she’s taking every single one of them on a journey to embrace GenAI. 

If you’re wondering how to drive internal transformation, embed a culture of experimentation, and drive the adoption of new tech across a global team, you’ll want to hear what Amanda has to say.  

From inspiring change to getting her team to think more like marketers, to improving the diversity of their talent pools, this episode is full of practical insights you’ll want to action right away.

Join Amanda and Robert Newry for episode five of the TA Disruptors podcast as they discuss…

• How to build people's confidence in experimenting with GenAI and drive widespread adoption

• How to use your internal training mechanisms to take people from feeling fear to getting curious and excited about the possibilities new tech presents for them

• Why JLL built their own version of ChatGPT –– JLL-GPT –– and why it means they’re redefining productivity internally, plus insights into how they’re using their custom-GPT  to remove dull, repetitive tasks and free up their sourcing team to focus on being human

• How Generative AI actually enables a shift to skills-first hiring, which means you can lower degree requirements, and activate internal mobility.

Download the episode now for unmissable insights. We promise it will be the most valuable podcast you listen to this week.

Don’t forget to hit ‘subscribe’ to be sure not to miss more episodes of the TA Disruptors podcast. 

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Talent acquisition is changing faster than it ever has before. ChatGPT and other GenAI tools are literally turning the selection process on its head. This podcast is designed for disruptive Talent Acquisition leaders who want to get ahead. For the innovators, the movers and shakers, and the TA leaders who will survive and thrive in this new era by moving quickly to future-proof their recruitment processes. Even when you’re feeling overworked and overwhelmed, we’ll help you keep up with the latest ideas from the industry’s brightest innovators and the freshest need-to-know data from new research. TA Disruptors has got you covered. 

All brought to you from the team behind Arctic Shores.

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Siadhal Magos founded Metaview after going through an intense period of scaling at Uber. The business went from 7,000 to 15,000 people in just 24 months. And while he was highly tech-enabled in other areas of his work, hiring felt like it was lagging behind. 

Even as a hiring manager he felt the pain, inefficiency, and toil of the hiring process, and realised that TA teams must have been feeling this ten-fold. 

That’s where Metaview was born. And four years later, Generative AI exploded into the world and helped him and his team advance the much-loved service they offer recruiters by light years. And in just a few months. 

As an AI expert with a philosophical viewpoint, Siadhal joins Robert in the latest episode of the TA Disruptors podcast to dive into the big questions like…  

• The ethical conundrum of AI-driven decision making… If AI now exhibits Mensa-levels of reasoning capability… should it be allowed to make a hiring decision?  

• In a world where AI can process 25,000 to 50,000 data points at lightning speed, is the human still the alpha? 

• Which drudgery work can AI take away and which human, recruitment skills have suddenly become worth their weight in gold? 

• If a lot of instances of bias come from people taking ‘shortcuts’, is there a role for AI to intervene and actually reduce bias in the interview process?

• How much do TA teams really need to know about AI to make good decisions about where to use it? 

If you’re wondering what AI is capable of and how it could be solving the thing that keeps your team up at night – whether it’s hours of laborious manual processes to try and find high-quality candidates, inconsistent decision-making between hiring managers, or trying to stop your team from burning out – this podcast is for you. 

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Talent acquisition is changing faster than it ever has before. ChatGPT and other Generative AI tools are literally turning the selection process on its head. This podcast is designed for disruptive Talent Acquisition leaders who want to get ahead. For the innovators, the movers and shakers, and the TA leaders who will survive and thrive in this new era by moving quickly to future-proof their recruitment processes TA leaders are some of the hardest-working folks we know, so even if you’re overworked or overwhelmed, we’ll help you keep up. Get the latest ideas from the TA industry’s brightest innovators and the freshest need-to-know data from the latest research 🚀

All brought to you from the team behind Arctic Shores.

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The Director of Government Skills at the Cabinet Office, Sonia Pawson IS currently spearheading a team of 250 talent professionals responsible for delivering some of the most highly regarded graduate programmes in the UK, including the Civil Service Fast Stream.   

As a chartered occupational psychologist, Sonia is one of a rare breed able to balance being an academic and a practitioner to deliver outstanding results. In fact, Sonia and her team are already approaching AI with cautious optimism, redesigning their selection process to embrace Generative AI while still capturing an accurate picture of a candidate’s true potential...

For episode three of the TA Disruptors podcast, you'll discover…

• How and where her team are embracing and integrating AI into the selection process, and how they’re balancing improving efficiency with maintaining high ethical standards, and predictability

• How they brought together analysts, data scientists, and psychologists to experiment with a new algorithm to reduce their internal mobility process by 10 working days, how they use ‘sandboxes’ to safely test new ideas –– from chatbots to algorithms –– in a controlled environment, and how they make sure these new AI tools are fair and bias-free together 

• Details into the analysis that Sonia’s team did to conclude that the CV is not as predictive as an assessment, why the age of ChatGPT means the CV is now well and truly unreliable and outdated. Plus, Sonia shares how the civil service are moving away from traditional language-based psychometric tests, towards an assessment that is task-based and interactive to measure behaviours in a way that is truly accurate and predictive.

• The data points that show that candidate use of Generative AI is here, and why now it’s time for TA leaders to tackle usage head-on. Robert and Sonia pose the question… can you really afford to wait to do the same? 

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Talent acquisition is changing faster than it ever has before. ChatGPT and other GenAI tools are literally turning the selection process on its head. This podcast is designed for disruptive Talent Acquisition leaders who want to get ahead. For the innovators, the movers and shakers, and the TA leaders who will survive and thrive in this new era by moving quickly to future-proof their recruitment processes. Even when you’re feeling overworked and overwhelmed, we’ll help you keep up with the latest ideas from the industry’s brightest innovators and the freshest need-to-know data from new research. TA Disruptors has got you covered. 

All brought to you from the team behind Arctic Shores.

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Yasar Ahmad is the Global Vice President of Talent, Mobility and Rewards at HelloFresh. And he WANTS candidates to apply for roles at HelloFresh using GenAI. Join our TA Disruptors podcast host, Robert Newry, as he and Yasar unpack:

• How HelloFresh are approaching Talent 6.0

• Why candidates applying for 100s of roles with just one click is a GOOD thing for TA teams… And why we need to act now to adapt the selection process so we’re climbing a hill, not a mountain.

• Why getting candidates to disqualify themselves actually drives UP engagement EVEN when you make the process harder (we’re talking 20% > 90%)  

• Why you need to rethink your recruitment funnel and how to use guerilla marketing tactics to drive up conversion rates at every stage 

• How Yasar’s 200-strong team live the Fast Followers mantra, how they’re experimenting with GenAI for themselves to claw back 40% of their workload, and why that isn’t as complicated as you think 

• Why GenAI means the death of the vanity metric once and for all and why MORE candidates doesn’t mean BETTER candidates.

Download the episode now for unmissable insights. We promise it will be the most valuable podcast you listen to this week. 

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Download the new report on the impact of Generative AI on recruitment and why it will make traditional selection processes redundant:

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Talent acquisition is changing faster than it ever has before. ChatGPT and other GenAI tools are literally turning the selection process on its head. This podcast is designed for disruptive Talent Acquisition leaders who want to get ahead. For the innovators, the movers and shakers, and the TA leaders who will survive and thrive in this new era by moving quickly to future-proof their recruitment processes. Even when you’re feeling overworked and overwhelmed, we’ll help you keep up with the latest ideas from the industry’s brightest innovators and the freshest need-to-know data from new research. TA Disruptors has got you covered. 

All brought to you from the team behind Arctic Shores.

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Why are some Talent Acquisition leaders having to resift, scrap text-based applications altogether, or go back to manually screening every candidate? 

What does the education sector’s approach to Generative AI tell us about the tidal wave of change that is about to make itself known in assessment and selection? When people talk about the ethical conundrum that tools like ChatGPT put recruiters in, what do they actually mean? 

Arctic Shores CEO and co-founder, Robert Newry, is joined by Senior Data Scientist, Jasper Wolf, as they unpack the results of a scientific study on ChatGPT’s capabilities and a survey of more than 2,000 students and recent graduates on their adoption and attitudes towards GenAI. 

Join them as they uncover the research methodology used to test ChatGPT vs Verbal Reasoning Tests, Aptitude Tests, Personality Assessments, and Task-based Assessments, and what they found about where it can outperform the average human candidate and where it can’t. Plus, their predictions on what this means for the future of skills-based hiring. The usage of Generative AI in assessment and selection isn’t going anywhere. If you are in any doubt or if you want to know what to do next, you must listen to this podcast 🚀​

There’s a tidal wave of change coming our way, and this is only the start. 

Thanks for listening, and here’s some helpful links👇​

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Talent acquisition is changing faster than it ever has before. ChatGPT and other Generative AI tools are literally turning the selection process on its head.  This podcast is designed for disruptive Talent Acquisition leaders who want to get ahead. For the innovators, the movers and shakers, and the TA leaders who will survive and thrive in this new era by moving quickly to future-proof their recruitment processes TA leaders are some of the hardest-working folks we know, so even if you’re overworked or overwhelmed, we’ll help you keep up. Get the latest ideas from the TA industry’s brightest innovators and the freshest need-to-know data from the latest research 🚀

All brought to you from the team behind Arctic Shores.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.