The Recruitment Flex this week features David Bernstein VP Partnerships and Industry Relations. Solving TA problems we know we have - yet tolerate - that’s what David taught us today. When most of our tech stack is 13 or 14 systems, how to get it all to flow nicely seems to confuse us in TA. David shared his journey from Berkeley Psychology to a little start up, at the time, called PeopleSoft to where he is today. The native apply on Linked In and Indeed has a dark side Where TA practitioners should start automating turned into David breaking up a fight between us Natural evolution and what being in the gig work economy give us - David’s psych degree was showing

HR Tech Series Feat NudgeJobs by Buoyancy Anyone out there ever had a WOW experience with an Outplacement firm? Spoiler Alert:​ This is going to rattle the Outplacement Industry A start up before it is started; we met with Jon MacConnel the founder of Buoyancy.works and NudgeJob The journey of a great idea rooted in behavioral science, Jon comes fresh off the world’s most prestigious Masters program in the world. With deep empathy for the real human journey of looking for a new job, when you are not working. Nudgejobs V1 was launched looking a bit like a Trello Board Deep understanding of the emotional journey of looking for work Keep the job seeking on task and anticipate the lull and discouraging times We challenged the notion of charging the job seek

Serge and Shelley try to keep warm by tackling a ton of topics this week including Bell Let’s talk, EVP now TVP? Serge was right on WFH changes and outcome based work environment.

Special new series where we talk to startups in HRTech space. Dan Giurescu founder of TerraHub Technologies & Blockchain Guru joins the Recruitment Flex and we tried to be easy on him We figured this was a good time to see if we could get our heads around what Blockchain is and what this means for recruitment. Turns out, this technology will be left on HR’s chair! The future for recruitment would look very different if everyone had their resume as a verified document. Dan gives us some real world examples of how Blockchain is being used in lots of industries. We think we get it….. Digital Identity explained…. I think HR needs to understand this to support the business and protect their employer

Chad is the co- founder of the #1 podcast in the HR industry, The Chad and Cheese Show with over 600 episodes in their catalog they are responsible for setting the pace on what’s going on around the world. Shelley & Serge are huge fans so this was a blast to have an exclusive time with him. Chad schools Serge on why programmatic advertising for job ads suck *Bonus material, a recommendation from Chad on which programmatic vendors are doing it well - Jovio, Pandalogic Chad & Serge join forces to convince Shelley the value of 1-way video interviews and Shelley is still not buying it Future predictions on the job board industry for 2021 and will in-person events ever return?

The Recruitment Flex Feat Mark Stelzner and Mary Faulkner Shake up recruitment and stop with the bullshit of aspirational EVPs. Its time to get real about who you are. We clearly understood why Mark was in the top 100 HR Tech Influencer for 2020 after this episode! Clearly ahead of their time, Mary & Mark are the pacesetters for how large global organizations are seeing the future of work. What if we dissolved job descriptions? Let go of the age old idea of jobs being permanent Chime in on being paid MORE to work from home

Feat. Rod Miller President & CEO of CPHR Alberta There are so many HR professionals who bravely steered their organization through 2020, we knew the CPHR Alberta served it’s 6,000 members well! Looking back and looking forward was the theme of our conversation with Rod. Fitness and more time to think were the unexpected gifts of being in lockdown Where is the role of HR evolving to in a company Predictions of the future of HR and hopes for the new year Resources and professional development for the ever change expectations of HR Professionals

The Recruitment Flex Feat. Laurie Ruettimann - Author of Betting on You

 Crowned as the original HR Influencer, Laurie joins us for a great conversation and true to her Punk Rock HR style, she leaves it all on the dance floor. 

The impossible task of pay transparency, it goes deeper than just printing pay bands or advertising how much the job pays on your posting.

 Reality check on why you complain about work.

 Are you ready to hear this? HR Tech will never fix what’s wrong with employee engagement

 We are stoked to read Laurie’s new book, Betting on You - available on Amazon January 13, Serge and I have preordered a copy!

Jeremy Tiffin Horizon Recruitment 6 Steps to Hire the Best. Jeremy Tiffin wrote an eBook and we grilled him on a few sections; he was so on point! We talked about the distinction between recruiting and hiring and the most misunderstood talent trend in Fall 2020. Getting into recruitment means a lifelong learning mindset; business acumen is essential The classic triangle - speed, quality & price & the reason staffing agencies will continue to answer a demand in the market Talent pipeline in the staffing industry is essential & how to build it.

Joining us is Michelle Berg to talk about the big 3 of 2020. She shares her journey as an entrepreneur and on being human in HR is a real thing.

Will employers make Covid vaccine mandatory

The best gifts of WFH

Announcing a new web series for HR professionals that will be sure to entertain & inform

We all chime in on our favorite DisruptHR YYC speakers. Topping the list is none other than our very own Serge!