This week on TRF we cover:

• Hear what Serge did with a room of over 100 Recruiters at the Canadian Recruiters Networking Group. All good fun.

• Tim Sackett composes a hilarious list of HR’s results of Dating at Work, there is always truth in jest. 

Events

• March 11 Hiring Branch presents, Demystifying Ai and Skills Based Hiring Workshop; send us a DM if you are interested!

• June 6-9 TA Tech Conference in Washington, DC where we will be the MC’s!

In the News

• Big acquisitions going down this week, Workday acquires HiredScore and Deel acquires Zavvy. 

• Canada picks up the pace on post-graduation work permits offering Masters and PhD graduate 3 years to work and hopefully stay.

Tip of the Week

• Saying NO is a good thing. Never leave candidates hanging, if they are not getting the job, we have a responsibility and professional courtesy to let them know.

Recruiting Insights

• Harvard & Burning Glass Institute release their findings on the impact of removing degree requirements in job postings. We highlight their key findings. 

• Centralized vs Decentralized - the Global Candidate Experience Benchmark Report; we deep dive into what TA Teams from around the world are doing and how they are changing. 

This week Serge (Sans Shelley) interviews Richard Collins, CEO of CVWallet,

• Richard shares insights from his career in recruitment and advertising, including the sale of ClickIQ to Indeed in 2019.

• CVWallet was founded to help job seekers prove their credentials, but shifted focus towards solving the recruiter paradox due to generative AI's rise.

• Some challenges generative AI, including an increase in applications and the need for verification to ensure candidate data reliability.

• He advises talent acquisition leaders to adopt scalable solutions capable of handling increased application volumes due to AI advancements.

• Some disappointment over Google discontinuing its job ads product, seeing it as a missed opportunity to shake up the recruitment advertising market.

This week on TRF we cover:

• We may need to call for a security escort after Serge presents at the CRNG event in Calgary. On one hand for the riots that may ensue and on the other hand, the ladies who will be storming the stage. 

• Work assignments gone wild. We rip into Eight Sleep for thinking getting hired by them is like an audition for SNL - Saturday Night Live is notorious for stealing comic’s material in their auditions. 

In The News

• Air Canada tries to blame their own chatbot for giving out the wrong information to a customer. The ruling was watched around the world and is a clear indication that companies will be held accountable for their rogue chatbots!

• Indeed will be the headline partner for RecFest UK and RecFest USA. A little late to the party but the wallet is open.

• CRA clarifies how employers must determine the province of employment for remote workers.

Tip Of The Week

• If your interview process is greater than 3, take this as your warning, the company you are recruiting for is dysfunctional .

Recruiting Insights

• Mercer gives us the measuring stick for how big your TA team should be. 

• We arent making this up, job search is rigged. We pull back the covers on how companies are behaving badly.

TRF welcomes Chano Fernandez Co-CEO of Eightfold

• Chano brings an impressive track record with his career built in the HR Tech world and his incredible depth of knowledge from industry giants like SAP and Workday

• We tackle the topic of how Eightfold, by design, has 2 CEOs.

• Chano shares his expertise on how AI is being applied for the betterment of HR within organizations. 

• Internal mobility is the top trend in our space, identifying skills development opportunities and how generative AI, like Chatbots can help co-pilot the HR professional and Leaders. 

• Advice for organizations considering Talent Intelligence platforms; ask yourself, “Am I ready for this?”  

This week on TRF:

• Research takes on a whole new meaning as Serge prepped for co-hosting on the Chad & Cheese podcast. 

• Famous by 8, Mallory gets a big round of applause and a Taylor Swift hoodie.

• Lucky 13 and the power of Swifty nation dominated social media speculation after the Super Bowl. 

In the News

• PLUM.io shares positive news

• GenZ and not Baby Boomers are most afraid of AI, some fatherly advice from Serge to GenZ.

• Bell Canada cuts 4,800 job even when they had revenue growth in Q4/23, there is more to this headline

Tip of the Week

• Reverse engineer your TA metrics. Define the problem first, then the metrics. 

Recruiting Insights

• Chocolate for TA Professionals, the Appcast 2024 Recruitment Benchmark Report.

Interesting facts: 

• Career change or industries to pursue in recruitment, we list the top 10

• Quality of Hire, don't give up yet, just take a simple approach. One job at a time. 

One of the most interesting and controversial book in the HR section in a long while! Hilke brings the investigative journalist and an industry outsider to her new book “The Algorithm: How AI decides who gets hired, monitored, promoted & fired & why we need to fight back now.”

• A fateful cab ride was the genesis of the book, when the Lyft driver was gobsmacked by being interviewed by a robot for a baggage handler job at the local airport, Hilke began her quest to learn more. 

• The one-way video interview and its inevitable demise when HireVue’s claims of facial expressions to predict candidate’s honesty was proven to be crap.

• Talent Intelligence platforms like Eightfold can prove to be a positive force in helping organization know who to promote and like any double edge sword, cursed for its contribution on who should be laid off, 

• How do we fight back? Hilke gives some sound advice to HR Leaders. 

• Crystal ball predictions for 2030, sound pretty accurate to us!

This week on The Recruitment Flex we have a special guest co-host Deanna Brousseau as Shelley is travelling somewhere (maybe a hedonism island?!)

We Cover:

• Super Bowl predictions and over/under of 12 on Taylor Swift cutaways

In The News

• Google Job Ads gets killed before even being born

• 4 Million Canadians have a criminal record, a lot of them can't find a job

Tip of the Week

• How to spot a toxic environment, hopefully you're not recruiting in one!

Recruiting insights:

• Should you give directions to job seekers to what is acceptable Generative AI usage in your hiring process?

• Sometimes not recruiting is the best recruiting!

Bonus: Listen to Chad & Cheese Podcast out Friday as Serge will try to fill Chad's shoes!

TRF feat Trent Cotton, VP of Talent & Culture at Hatchworks and Author of High Performance Recruiting - The 7 Traits, 7 Environments, 7 Leadership styles needed

• An industry guy who hated HR only to become a recruiter. Trent has gone on to be a thought leader and author of 2 of the ‘must read’ books for TA leaders. (Sprint Recruiting and High Performance Recruiting)

• Trent is quick to point out there is no science behind this, just 20 years first hand experience

• Hear us smile as we dive into 3 of the 7 top traits of high performing recruiters

• KPIs to measure in the recruitment process - surprised?

• High performing leaders - sign me up if you have someone with these qualities. 

• The NO RULES rule.

• Predictions for 2024

This week on TRF we cover:

Riots in the streets of Calgary! The little bylaw was not very well thought out.

In the News

• Remote workers face the cold facts, they are 35% higher risk of being laid off.

• Salesforce joins the flood of tech industry lay offs

• UPS cuts management and contractors in a bid to save $1BB in costs, that is out of the $100BB in sales in 2022

• In happier news, the global online recruitment market is set to reach $49.2 BB by 2030

Tip of the Week

3 simple things to improve your job ads. 

Recruiting Insights 

• Linked In XRay search options, including key fields like job title will have an impact on sourcing tools. SeekOut and hireEZ have a work around.

• More on skills based hiring. When 46% of workers say their formal qualifications are not relevant to what they are doing in their current job. You need to ask yourself why the fixation on that bachelor’s degree.

• Bigger isn't better. 85% of mid-sized companies reported ZERO layoffs last year. 

The Recruitment Flex welcomes Mike Ehrle CEO at Click Boarding

Bringing an impressive background in the employee benefit industry, Mike knows a great technology when he sees it. 

• The launch of their Click Retain product and the partnership with Alight to name a few. 

• Best practices for pre-boarding to eliminate day one ghosts

• Onboarding, listen to why anything above zero, is a problem.

• Prepare to be impressed, Mike give us some well informed predictions for 2024