TaPod - We Talk Talent Acquisition.

It’s your weekly TA & Recruitment news blast with the Scoop from TaPod. We have all kinds of stories, including fun and frivolity in Hobart, police recruitment in the mud, plenty on LinkedIn, data centre recruitment thriving, ADF improving the trade drain, Snoop Dogg recruits an ice cream taster, and much more. And hey, don’t forget to check out upcoming events. 

Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us to bring you the Scoop.

This week on Tapod, we catch up with Kimberley Manning, Director of TA – Australia & NZ at Delaware North, and Aaron Smith, co-founder & CTO at Check Work Rights, who won the Best Vendor Solution Award at the 2026 Internal Talent Awards sponsored by TaPod. Championing compliance is a real point of difference in Delaware North’s GTM, and with over 7000 employees, this can be a huge challenge. Join us as we breakdown ‘Check Intelligence’, AI and compliance fraud. 

Thanks to Greenhouse for partnering with us for this episode. 

It’s your weekly TA & Recruitment news blast with the Scoop from TaPod. This week Lauren is off, and Bonnie is back and misbehaving. We have all kinds of stories including, working for free is not on, candidates prefer to interview with bots, Christmas comes early, Aussies scrambling for second jobs, the ‘profiler’ is the recruitment superhero we all need, Gen Z looking for new roles and much more. And hey, don’t forget to check out upcoming events. 

Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us to bring you the Scoop.

This week on Tapod, we catch up with Kristy Glew and Jessica Raslan from Each, who won the Excellence in Candidate Experience Award at the 2026 Internal Talent Awards sponsored by Havas People. Servicing over 36,000 applicants, CX is a real focus for the team at Each. From their recruit and onboard hub to support hiring managers, to over 70 language translations, to accessibility enhancements to a careers website redesign and much more.

Thanks to Smart Recruiters for partnering with us for this episode. 

It’s your weekly TA & Recruitment news blast with the Scoop from TaPod. This week Craig is off, Bonnie jumps into his seat, and we are in for a bucket of fun, including Gen Z turns up to interviews with an iced coffee, Fair Work in the news again, Virgin cancels flights over cabin crew resourcing, changes to skilled migration visas, brutal UK numbers for over 50 job seekers, transgender social worker wins case  and much more. And hey, don’t forget to check out upcoming events. 

Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us to bring you the Scoop.

This week on Tapod, we catch up with Emma Cassidy – Group Head of Talent Acquisition & Workforce Solutions at Ampol. In a triple threat, Ampol won the Enterprise Talent Team of the Year, and the Best Contingent Workforce Program at ITAs’ 2026… throw in Emma’s own individual award for Enterprise Talent Leader of the Year and it was an exclamation point on a year of transformation and success. Join us as we breakdown these winning submissions across, EVP revamp, careers site upgrade, tech implementation, workforce structure and redesign,  AI enablement and more. It’s the industry benchmark and you really need to hear about it!

Thanks to Smart Recruiters for partnering with us for this episode. 

It’s your weekly TA & Recruitment news blast with the Scoop from TaPod. This week we cover all kinds of angles including, AI redundancies being hired back, Japanese are getting recruitment creative, non-compete clauses being removed under legislation, WFH changes stall, crazy reason a candidate was rejected, surge in AI-generated applications pushing recruitment processes out, judge blocks Trump culture-fit question and much more. And hey, don’t forget to check out upcoming events. 

Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us to bring you the Scoop.

This week on Tapod, we catch up with Rebecca Houghton, Australia’s leading Middle Management Expert, Founder of BoldHR, Speaker, Best-selling Author and a brilliant person to boot!

Today, we’re discussing the ‘B-Suite Benchmarks Report', the only comprehensive study of Middle Managers in Australia. We drill down on a variety of statistics, causes, risks and remedies including 21% of Middle Managers are operating in the ‘AI-Risk zone’, 63% report high frustration and influence takes over from burnout as the primary leadership challenge… And this is just the tip of the iceberg. Join us as we place ourselves firmly in ‘the middle’.

Thanks to Smart Recruiters for partnering with us for this episode. 

It’s your weekly TA & Recruitment news blast with the Scoop from TaPod. This week we cover all kinds of angles including, WFH laws might just be unconstitutional, recruiter rocks up for an interview straight from Vegas, talent gaps driving jobs offshore, bots keep interviewers on their toes, over 1 million holding down 2 (or more) jobs in Australia, man pretends to hallucinate in a job interview, AI work colleagues described as genius, sociopathic five-year-olds and much more. And hey, don’t forget to check out upcoming events. 

Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us to bring you the Scoop.

This week on Tapod, we catch up with Jake Ellul, TA Manager at Consolidated Power Projects, all the way from Adelaide. They are doing great things at CPP – moving from a recruitment delivery function to a full strategic workforce partner. We talk tech, ‘C’ suite buy-in and transformation. And it all starts with trust and relationships.

Thanks to Smart Recruiters for partnering with us for this episode.