Joel Cheesman the Co-Host of the Chad and Cheese Podcast, Founder of Poach and industry veteran joins Serge and Shelley for a fun conversation. We talk about everything including Canadian Pop Culture, how Joel came up north like an American Viking to poach our Canadian women. We also talk about poach, podcasting, industry news etc..

Bill Banham, HR Gazette, Host of HRChat Podcast, Founder of InnovateWork Ten short years ago, with suitcase in hand, Bill brought his talents across the Atlantic Ocean. Hear his story as Shelley & Serge chat throw a few curve balls at him.  We hear how InnovateWork grew and continues in the face of COVID! Find out what are the biggest changes in our industry in the last few years. Will we ever see in-person conferences? Hear the latest in Global HR conferences - all brain-children of our very own Bill Banham Find out what it takes to convert Bill into a Blue Jay’s fan!

#FlexFridays is back with another episode of The Recruitment Flex. This week we welcome a true giant of the industry Jerome Ternynck CEO of SmartRecruiters and author of Hiring Success: How Visionary CEOs Compete for the Best Talent. We tackle critical issues in the Talent Acquisitions world such as how do we get Talent Acquisitions leaders and practitioners to choose technology they leverage on a daily basis instead of IT, Finance or HR. Companies with the best talent win. Period! Why the skills gap is not going away and how you can adjust. Why recruiters are more salespeople than HR. Metrics you should be measuring and so much more. We encourage everyone to get the Hiring Success book and gift it to their CEO.

Serge and Shelley had the pleasure to present at CPHR Alberta on the topic of Elevating Recruitment in HR. Here are some of the key topics we covered - It's Ok to for HR Professionals to admit they dislike recruitment - Why skillset for Recruitment and HR are different - Roles that exist in Recruitment - What you should measure in Recruitment We had lots of fun so hopefully you enjoy!

GTKY Interview with Serge We work from home, in our basement or off the side of the living room, we have all adapted. This episode gets a little more personal as Shelley gets to show off her interview chops and Serge is in the hot seat. Where did Serge take his inspiration as a young man? Love tech? What’s worth falling in love with. When it comes to leadership, some lessons are learned the hard way. Are we having fun yet? YUP

We celebrate a milestone in the podcast world This is episode 21! The Flex Friday feature is Serge & Shelley talking about our WFH experience and give advice to Recruiters who are looking for work What's the secret sauce in WFH world Find out why resumes will soon disappear & what is replacing them The number one reason Recruiters will get the offer All this from TRF and a shameless plug for our webinar coming up and none of which we make any money from. But HEY! If we thought we’d get rich we’d have chosen different careers.

Jay Kipps, Managing Director at Universum Canada

Jay brings the perspective of the candidate experience to the front of the line. In the episode we talked about employer branding – Canadian style!

Starting in the late 90’s ATS salespeople started talking about talent pipeline; which, was the biggest unfulfilled promise (read: lie) ever perpetrated on recruitment. They were selling pipe-dreams. It wasn’t until the CRM technology started to evolve and someone dared show it to Talent Acquisition Adam created one of the best solutions in Talent Acquisition. Find out how it cleans up the mess we & our ATS left behind. In this episode, we learn the challenge of building a talent pipeline is the same in North America as it is in Europe.

With 2 of Canada’s thought leaders in D&I, we realized you can all relax a little here. In fact, we give you permission to just abandon your D&I program. Joining this episode are Zohra Halani, National Leader, Gender Equality Network of Canada and Micheal Bach, CEO of the Canadian Centre for Diversity & Inclusion.

Serge joins Prasanthi on Pulse by HealthJobHub to discuss the importance of Employment Brand.