The Recruitment Flex

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Serge and Shelley share their expertise and opinions from a collective 40+ years in the recruitment profession. The podcast is all things recruitment - from the latest trends, industry news, technolog... more

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The podcast currently has 366 episodes available.

The Recruitment Flex episodes:

October 22, 2021Free(Lance)dom
Shelley was a cat person, I know surprising right?? but now she has decided it's time for a dog so we're looking for recommendations on breeds that she should look at.
As always we cover loads of Talent Acquisition and labor market topics.
Millenials and Gen Z look at the 9-5 model and decide "nope not for me". Is freelance the new way to work?
Why are very few companies hiring junior developers?
Have you ever lied on your resume? research shows that 40% of us do.
Business in Florida are complaining they can't find anyone to work so someone did an experiment of applying for 60 companies that he was fully qualified for the role. You will be shocked by how many response he got.
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35min
October 19, 2021Class in Session with Steven Rothberg
Recruiting grads or recent grads? This is a must listen episode as Steven Rothberg Founder and Chief Visionary at CollegeRecruiter.com joins Serge and Shelley.
Steven is the only person in history that has ever moved to Minnesota for the weather (Not Really but it's a good story!)
Do you need a degree to be in sales?
Emphasizing GPA is not helping your DEI strategy.
Employers should focus on building relationships with Career Services
What is Handshake?
Concerned about young employees job hopping? treat them well and pay them fairly
Steven explains succinctly programmatic vs. performance based job advertising.
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37min
October 15, 2021What Recruiters Want
This is a time that recruiters have leverage when it comes to picking the right role with the right company at the right price. We offer our insights on what recruiters should be looking for when looking at new jobs as we're joined by recruitment and HR tech savant Allie Knull.
Allie ask the question what the difference is between Job Boards vs. Aggregators
How do you avoid getting into indeed Jail
Stop enabling hiring managers..time to say no (in a nice way)
Technology and Brand Reputation are key points you should consider before joining a company as a recruiter.

Plus find out why Shelley is addicted to Squid games and why Serge always has the last word.
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36min
October 12, 2021Coming up for Air with Adam Gordon
Our favourite Scots! Adam Gordon joins The Recruitment Flex. Adam's knowledge and passion on recruitment marketing shines through in this episode.
Adam shares how CandidateID plans to spend to spend their latest round of funding.
Why is North America slower to adopt recruitment technology then UK and Europe?
How can organisations help recruiters come up for air.
Onboarding new employees, who should own it?
Is being a recruiter the most stressful job in the world? (Hint: it's not)

Plus we find out what a utility kilt is!
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29min
October 08, 2021It's Raining Men
Serge drops that he will be retiring from recruitment to run for city council next election in 2025. Will the things he's said on this podcast hurt him in his political careers?! Both Serge and Shelley have to be censored this week, that won't help.
We cover a lot of segments this week that focus on men and their place in the future workforce.
Men are opting out of University, what's causing this and what does it mean to the future workforce?
Truck drivers, why is it impossible to recruit them? maybe treat them better.
Pizza Hut is trying to hire 40,000 service workers in 3 months with no new benefits, wage hike but instead hold a Career Development Event with motivational speakers and bs benefits... just embarrassing!
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33min
October 05, 2021Passion Shortage not a Labor Shortage
Excited to have Jason Putnam from PandoLogic join us to help Serge in his journey for everyone to understand programmatic recruitment advertising.
PandoLogic made some major moves this year by first acquiring Wade & Wendy a conversational AI tool then getting acquired by a new player in the HRTech space Veritone.
The what, why and how of programmatic recruitment advertising. Jason tries to demystify for us.
The Old Saying 50% of advertising is wasted, knowing which 50% is what PandoLogic is trying to help you uncover.
Supply and demand of talent is forcing companies to rethink what skills are needed to be successful in their roles.
There's no labor shortage, just a passion shortage.
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32min
October 01, 2021Hiring Events vs. Career Fairs
This week we bring one of our favourite person in recruitment Allie Knull. Allie shares some exciting personal news and brings the fire!
We deep dive on the one question to ask if you want to know if your candidate is full of s***
Are Career Fairs still a thing? Who actually gets value from them...not the candidate and not the company...maybe the company hosting them?
Where do you start to build an inclusive recruitment process
Is HR the right department to handle DE&I

Lots of opinions....tell us how you feel?
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41min
September 28, 2021 Lori Sylvia - Rally Recruitment Marketing
With a solid track record as a CMO who introduces new concepts to consumers; she made the leap over to HR & Recruitment where Lori has been instrumental in building the Recruitment Marketing profession. Taking Rally members from 100 to 30,000 strong.

For recruiters who are sick and tired of chasing the next requisition with nothing but crayons & string maybe it's time for an upgrade.

Rally is your next stop to get your marketing skills up to speed and trade up for a better job in recruitment marketing.

Time to pull down all those cheesy stock photos on your career page and get serious about talent attraction for your company.
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35min
September 24, 2021Vaccine Requirements on Job Ads?
We have the ultimate jack of all trades in recruitment Will Van Middendorp join Serge and Shelley as a co-host. We cover some really controversial topics and you might not agree with some of the opinions.
Can you add Vaccination requirements on your job ads?
Will the office ever be the same?
Bad apples in recruitment

Tell us what you think, are we off base?
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32min
September 21, 2021 The Doctor is in
Jeff holds the record for gathering the biggest crowd on The Recruitment Flex podcast, so we knew our listeners needed more from The Job Board Doctor. Jeff brings his deep knowledge and global perspective on the job board industry
Diagnosing when to use programmatic advertising?
Is Appcast the Leader of the Pack?
Prescription written for anyone thinking they want to start their own job board.
We get the full medical history on job boards and aggregator sites.
Will Zip overtake Indeed as the dominant jobsite?
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30min

FAQs about The Recruitment Flex:

How many episodes does The Recruitment Flex have?

The podcast currently has 366 episodes available.