The Recruiting Brainfood Podcast

By Hung LeeBusiness

The Recruiting Brainfood Podcast episodes

July 02, 2021 Brainfood Live On Air - Ep115 - Headcount Planning for HyperGrowth
HEADCOUNT PLANNING FOR HYPERGROWTH
When you are working TA in a rapidly scaling business, business as usual won’t suffice because nothing at all is usual about the circumstances you’re in. As the recruiter / Head of TA (guess what, at early stage chances are, you are both!) the founding team is going to look at you to make it happen for the business.
- What roles to hire first at Seed, Serie A, Serie B?
- How to prioritise, based on need for business or difficulty in hiring?
- How to ensure diversity & inclusion when the pressure is to hire today and yesterday?
- How to keep track of all of this, what are tools we can use to manage & report?
- What are the essential tools TA needs to use?
- When do we expand the TA team?
- How do we structure it?
We’re with Matthias Schmeißer, Director of Talent (Beamery), Robert Krzyzaniak, Head of Talent (Taxfix) and Sanne Goslinga, Director of Talent (Marathon VC)
Ep115 is sponsored by our buddies Charthop.
ChartHop delivers a fresh take on People Analytics, bringing disparate sources of people data together in a dynamic platform that’s visual and actionable. Unlike legacy People Analytics solutions, ChartHop is designed to be used by the whole organization. This helps companies improve organizational health, drive alignment and accountability, and save time and money.
ChartHop plays well with dozens of platforms through robust integrations across the HR tech stack, and serves companies like BetterCloud, Lightspeed, Starburst and InVision.

Head to the ChartHop website to learn more!
1 hr 21 min
June 25, 2021 Brainfood Live On Air - Ep114 - The Ethics of AI in Recruiting
THE ETHICS OF AI IN HIRING

OK I think we ‘get it’ - Artificial Intelligence or ‘AI’ is no silver bullet for the removal of bias in recruiting. In fact, we’ve seen no shortage of reports over the past few years that illustrate that perhaps AI powered solutions might inadvertently make the situation worse.
And yet we are faced with the unavoidable reality that a hiring process involved only human beings is already bias and in desperate need of improvement.
How can we use AI to help us recruit in a less bias way?
- what do we need to know about forms of bias?
- where does technology need to applied / withdrawn?
- what role should the candidate have in deciding this?
- what is the ideal relationship between human intelligence vs artificial intelligence?
We’re with renowned industry expert John Sumser, founder of HR Examiner, and Rob McCargow, Director of AI at PwC amongst others to talk through how AI can be ethnically used in recruiting.
We’re on: Friday 25th June, 3.00pm BST / 7.00am PDT
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Ep 114 is sponsored by our buddies Bryq
Bryq blindly screens your candidates, resulting in more diverse and equitable hires – and less hiring mistakes. DE&I is crucial to a productive and profitable workplace.
Ready to get started? Sign up for free no obligation 14 day trial now
1 hr 8 min
June 18, 2021 Brainfood Live On Air - Ep113 - How to Hire More Women Into Engineering
HOW TO HIRE MORE WOMEN ENGINEERS?
If you’re in tech recruiting, diversifying the composition of your engineering team must be one of your top priorities - and most persistent challenges. We’re gathering together an elite panel of guests - tech recruiters, tech vendors and CTO’s to try and figure out what the best options are for recruiters who want to hire more women into tech roles.
- Is it just better sourcing?
- do we need to differentiate outreach?
- how significant is hiring manager buy in?
- do we need to reexamine who we know what good looks like?
- what is the impact of credentialism and tenure when it comes to gender diversity?
We’re with Alla Pavlova, Tech Recruiter (Miro), Joshua Hoffman, CTO (ex-Blendle, Soundcloud) and Oana Iordachescu, Head of Tech TA (Wayfair) on the panel, Markellos Diorinos, (CEO Bryq) steps into the co-pilot.
Ep 113 is sponsored by our buddies Bryq
Bryq blindly screens your candidates, resulting in more diverse and equitable hires – and less hiring mistakes. DE&I is crucial to a productive and profitable workplace. Ready to get started? Sign up for free no obligation 14 day trial here
1 hr 23 min
June 11, 2021 Brainfood Live On Air - Ep112 - Problems with Hybrid
PROBLEMS WITH HYBRID?
As we begin to think about the bounce back from the pandemic, the growing consensus is that the ‘hybrid’ model of working - flexibility for staff to work either from home, with an office provided - is going to be the default setting for the majority of businesses.
Candidates and employees seem to want this flexibility…..but does it really work? Are there any trade offs with hybrid? What are we losing if we work this way? What worries business owners, managers, CEO’s - key executives with a responsibility for the health of the business - about this modus operandi?
This is the topic of Brainfood Live On Air
We’re with Alex DePledge, MBE, CEO of Resi, Neil Carberry, CEO of Recruitment & Employers Confederations and Nims Dhawan, Organisational Design at the UK Ministry of Defence.
We’ve heard from the employees; now we have to hear from the bosses 👇

Ep 112 is sponsored by our buddies ESIX
Executive Search Information Exchange or ESIX is the world's leading membership network exclusively for Corporate Talent Officers involved in Executive hiring. Featuring members from around 100 of the leading employers in the world, it is the one stop shop for networking amongst peers, information exchange, personal and career development. Buy their book ‘Leadership Recruiting’ or find out more about membership here
1 hr 12 min
June 05, 2021 Brainfood Live On Air - Ep112 - How To Be A Better Storyteller
How To Become A Better Story Teller - Top Tips for Recruiters

If you conduct a keyword search on 'storytelling' on LinkedIn, you'll find that it is one of the fastest growing skills on the platform. There's probably not an employer branding profile which doesn't contain the term!

And yet, what exactly IS storytelling? Isn't this just a new / old term for marketing? How do you get better at it?
- story telling techniques
- best mediums for your style of storytelling
- psychology of story telling
- why it works
- how can you do it

Ep111 is sponsored by our buddies CA3
CA3 is an award-winning employer brand agency that helps organisations attract, onboard and engage with talent through compelling creative comms. Great work, great relationships is their raison d'être, the reason their clients (the likes of Expedia Group, Johnson Matthey, Smartest Energy, Audley Group, Aviva, GE Healthcare and NatWest Group) love working with them, and their people come to work smiling (even on Mondays apparently). Perhaps that’s also why they picked the Grand Prix award at the RMAs last November.
If your EVP or employer brand is in need of a little love and attention after a tough 2020 why not check out their website today or email [email protected]
1 hr 21 min
May 27, 2021 Brainfood Live On Air - Ep110 - Recruiting in MENA (Middle East, North Africa) in 2021
RECRUITING IN THE MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA IN 2021
Brainfood virtual roadshow is taking a long overdue visit to the Middle East & North Africa!

There are recruiting challenges unique to every region on earth, that is under served by universalistic approaches, so it is vital that we connect with recruiters & HR community members from everywhere on the globe.

There are so many brainfooders in the Middle East, especially based in UAE, so we are taking this week to speak to professionals in the region and learn about their challenges and solutions for 2021

- How has Covid-19 impacted recruitment?
- What is the status of remote work in MENA?
- What do we mean when we talk about DE&I?
- Are into AI for assessment or not?

Ep110 is sponsored by Daxtra.

Daxtra is on a mission to make data more useful for recruiters. Transform your dormant and disorganised database into your primary source for making actual hires. Download the Data Nexus Search guide here
1 hr 18 min
May 21, 2021 Brainfood Live On Air - Ep109 - From Agency Recruiter to In-House Recruiter
FROM AGENCY TO INHOUSE - TOP TIPS

I've been fielding a lot of questions lately from recruiters agency side who are keen to explore the challenges of the working in-house, so this is a show dedicated to those folks who are thinking about making this move!

Almost all in-house recruiters worked formerly agency side and the rise of direct hiring by employers has led to explosive growth of the in-house recruiter business. What are the differences, what are the similarities? How does a recruiter move from 3rd party to in-house - and for that matter, vice versa?

Ep109 is sponsored by our buddies Occupop
Attract, manage and hire the right people for your business with software designed for in-house recruiters in mind. Looking to upgrade from spreadsheets or swap out your legacy ATS? Check out Occupop, start with a free extended 30 day trial here
1 hr 20 min
May 14, 2021 Brainfood Live On Air - Ep108 - LinkedIn Updates With Andy Foote
LINKEDIN UPDATES; WHAT'S NEW for Q2?

We use LinkedIn everyday - weirdo's that we are - and we simply must keep on top of what is happening on the platform.

Turns out, there is huge amount going - LinkedIn audio? LinkedIn newsletter? LinkedIn magic sourcing tools? All stuff that we need to know but few of us do.

Good job we have brainfood favourite's LinkedIn expert - Andy Foote himself - to come on down and talk with us every quarter to keep us regulated on LinkedIn updates.

Can't miss this one folks - if you're into Recruiting Brainfood, you're going to be into this

Ep108 is sponsored by our buddies Occupop
Attract, manage and hire the right people for your business with software designed for in-house recruiters in mind. Looking to upgrade from spreadsheets or swap out your legacy ATS? Check out Occupop, start with a free extended 30 day trial here
1 hr 16 min
May 07, 2021 Brainfood Live On Air - Ep107 - Post Pandemic Crisis - Employee Retention
Is there going to be a wave of resignations post pandemic? This is a concern for many in our industry as the return to the office clashes with elevated expectations of flexibility from the employee population used to setting their own schedules, their own mode of work, their own rules.....

It makes sense for any HR / TA / People Ops professional to anticipate the challenge and mitigate for it.

- how to improve retention rate (and is it too late?)
- how much accommodation is too much?
- how clear are our communications?
- has compensation changed, should it change
- how we redesign career paths which encourage retention?

All this and more as we talk about the next major challenge in the world of HR / TA.

Ep107 of Brainfood Live On Air is supported by our buddies Kelly Services.
Kelly Services are a global specialty talent solutions provider, connecting great people with great companies in fields including Science, Engineering, Office, Light Industrial, Education, and more. Whether you’re a job seeker or an employer, we’ll help you ditch the script on old ways of thinking, so you can meet your goals and reach your potential.
Find out more about our services here
1 hr 4 min
May 04, 2021 Founder's Focus - Ep7- Up close and personal with Jerry Collier, MD of Hourly, by AMS
Founders Focus is the show where we get up close and personal with the leaders of the recruitment technology businesses changing the way we work today
Next up is Jerry Collier, MD of Product Innovation at AMS, leading a new tech startup within AMS. Hourly is the first solution built by AMS from the ground up, targeting the growing demand for an improved experience in high-volume hiring.
- Who is Jerry Collier?
- What are his leadership values?
- How do you lead in an enterprise size business like AMS?
- What do you exactly run a startup within AMS?
- What are the leadership lessons that he's learned during his time leading this new business unit?
- What is the future for recruitment technology, especially in relation to the rise of alternative work?

All this and more, as we take a deep dive into getting to know the people behind the technology.

Ep7 of Founder's Focus is sponsored by Hourly, by AMS

When you have high-volumes of applicants, sifting through them to find qualified candidates can feel impossible. Hourly harnesses the power of artificial intelligence and scientifically-proven assessment insight to help you identify the very best-fit applicants for every role.

Want to get control over your way too high applicant flow? Self schedule a demo here
1 hr 1 min