The Recruiting Future Podcast - Innovation In Hr And Recruitment

In this episode, Matt Alder speaks to industry consultant Elaine Orler about what it takes to get competitive advantage in Talent Acquisition

In this episode of the podcast, Matt Alder talks to Kerstin Wagner from Deutsche Bahn about innovation in talent acquisition

In this episode, Matt Alder talks to Jez Langhorn, Senior HR Director at MacDonald's about mobile recruiting innovation

In this episode Matt Alder talks to Tim Sackett about the complexity of the Talent Acquisition Technology market.

In this episode Matt Alder speaks to Bogomil Balkansky, VP at Google about Google entry into the recruiting market

In this episode Matt Alder speak to Mike Bailen, VP of People at Lever, about a modern approach to Recruitment Marketing

I launched The Recruiting Future Podcast in early 2015 as a way of making sense of what was going on in the Talent Acquisition space. The intention was to seek out stories and opinions from the people who are working on the front line of our changing industry and share them as widely as a possible. I’m absolutely delighted to have reached episode 100 and I’m hugely thankful to everyone who has helped to make the podcast so successful. It couldn’t happen without the brilliant guests, the supportive sponsors and the amazing listeners. There are over 45 hours of content across the recorded shows and to mark the 100th episode I wanted to do something to make it easier for people access some of the brilliant thinking and case studies that have been featured over the last two and half years. In this episode, you can hear extracts from 10 of my favourite interviews covering some of the key trends in talent acquisition including Recruitment Marketing, Recruiting Strategy, Data & Analytics, Recruiting Technology a

Matt Alder talks to Louis Halton-Davies about the huge benefits of using Programmatic Advertising for Recruitment Marketing

Despite all the recent advances in recruitment technology focused on improving recruitment efficiency, speed of hiring remains a significant issue for the vast majority of organisations. In fact there is actually a growing body of evidence that suggests speed of hiring is slowing down. So what can employers do to improve this situation? My guest this week is author and consultant Scott Wintrip. Scott has developed a methodology to eliminate hiring delays which he sets out in his recently published book, “High Velocity Hiring” In the interview we discuss:     •    Why time to hire is such a problem     •    The concept of Candidate Gravity     •    How employers can enrich the flow of talent into their organizations     •    Why common interview techniques don’t work and what should be used to replace them     •    Maintaining an inventory of talent for on demand hiring Scott also shares his thoughts on recruitment technology and tells us the single most important question employers should be asking th

Employer Branding has changed significantly in the last few years. Challenges round talent availability and evolving communication trends are forcing companies to think more strategically about the way they get their message out to their markets. We often hear about Employer Brand innovation in technology companies but how are things now working in more traditional companies? My guest this week is Euan McNair, Talent Acquisition and Employer Brand Consultant at Standard Life who are based in Edinburgh. Standard Life have been doing some interesting employer branding work recently and I know you’ll find the insights that Euan shares fascinating. In the interview we discuss:     •    Why Euan is so passionate about Employer Branding and how he defines it     •    The end of job adverts and the rise of employee story telling     •    Who owns Employer Brand     •    Channels, data and formats     •    Having a candidate centric approach Euan also shares his view on the likely future of the Employer Brand

Ever since my earliest of days in this industry I’ve be fascinated by Corporate Career Sites. It’s also become very clear to me in recent years that career sites should absolutely be the focal point of the new approaches we are seeing in recruitment marketing. Unfortunately I don’t think many employers have realised just how critical their career site is to their recruiting success. One person who does understand this though is my guest this week. Adam Templeman is Head of Commercial Staffing at QuintilesIMS. He has recently helped launched a new careers site for the organization and has some great insights to share. In the interview we discuss:     •    How recruitment marketing challenges have stayed the same but the answers to them have changed     •    The vital importance of engaging with target audiences     •    Using rich, dynamic and targeted content on career sites     •    Getting ATS integration right to increase conversions and improve candidate experience     •    Matching employer brand

Data and analytics continue to be key topics in Talent Acquisition. But what should employers be measuring, what value can the data give them and how widely is a data driven approach to recruiting actually being adopted? To answer these questions as well as many others, I’m delighted to welcome Kyle Lagunas, Research Manager at IDC, as my guest for this week’s show. Kyle has been intensely studying the development of data driven recruiting for several years and has some very interesting insights to share. In the interview we discuss:     •    The gap between current technologies and adoption     •    The evolution of measurement practices in recruiting     •    Recruiting skills versus Recruitment Marketing skills     •    How data can be used to optimize a recruiting operation     •    What is possible with analytics and how to measure beyond the usual activity metrics     •    An example strategic framework for developing data driving recruiting Kyle also give us his view on the future of some othe

The trends in tech recruiting are something that every employer should be following with interest. Even if your company isn’t currently recruiting tech professionals, it is important to know what is happening in the sector as the methodologies and practices being used for tech recruiting today, are likely to be used by everyone tomorrow. Tech Recruiting is the bellwether sector of our industry. Who better to get us up to speed with developments in this area than my guest this week, Hung Lee the founder of Workshape.io. Hung always has some great insights to share and it was brilliant to have him on the show. In the interview we discuss:     •    The current challenges in tech recruiting and the strategic decisions companies need to make to deal with them     •    The importance of mind-set shift     •    Having an “Always On” attitude to recruiting     •    Myth busting     •    The re-invention of the recruitment process     •    Interoperability, modularisation and decoupling Hung also gives us his

This week we don’t just have one guest, we have eight guests! A couple of weeks ago the guys at TA Tech invited me to the Rec Tech conference in Barcelona. Rec Tech is one of the biggest global trade conferences for the Job Board and Recruitment Technology industry. In this episode of the podcast you’ll here from eight senior leaders from the industry talk about the future of their industry, the changing nature of candidate expectations, the threat from Google and the potential of programmatic advertising and artificial intelligence. Thanks to the following people for taking part     •    Dennis Alshuler - Zip Recruiter     •    Renato Profico - Job Cloud     •    Dominique Cerri - InfoJobs     •    Monis Rahman - Rozee.pk     •   Ben Sole - Reed.co.uk     • Angela Hood - This Way Global     •  Josh Gamble - Recruitics     •    Sergio Gonzalez - Cornerjobs Subscribe to this podcast in iTunes

During the research process for my book, Exceptional Talent, it became clear that the importance of the concept of Employee Experience was growing rapidly. To talk us through the reasons behind this and to break down the key elements of the employee experience, I’m delighted to welcome eminent futurist and best selling author Jacob Morgan to the show. Jacob has recently written a new book called “The Employee Experience Advantage” which is based on detailed research into over 250 global employers. In the interview we discuss:     •    The three systems that make up Employee Experience     •    Corporate culture as the “side effects” of working for a particular organization     •    The four attributes of physical space     •    Tools to get the job done     •    The ROI of having a great Employee Experience     •    The future of HR Jacob also give us some examples of employers who are doing great work shaping their Employee Experience and the trends we can expect to see in the coming few years Sub

One of the most talked about areas of HR and Recruiting is People Analytics. But why is it such a popular trend and, in practical terms, what does People Analytics actually even mean? I can think of no one better qualified to answer these questions than David Green, Global Director of People Analytics Solutions at IBM and one of the world’s leading commentators on this topic. I’m delighted to have David as my guest on the show this week. In the interview we discuss:     •    David’s definition of People Analytics     •    The difference between analytics and reporting     •    Specific use cases of People Analytics across the talent lifecycle     •    Why recruiting is such a good fit for People Analytics     •    Predicting the future with Predictive Analytics     •    Internal and external data sources     •    AI and why we should believe some of the hype David also shares his views on using analytics to improve the employee experience and gives us his predictions for the future of this space P.

A bit of a special episode this week. As regular listeners will know, “Exceptional Talent” the book I’ve co-authored with Mervyn Dinnen has just been published. With so many of the themes covered in the book crossing over with those that get covered on the podcast I thought it would make sense to give you a deep dive into the book’s content. My guest this week to help me do this is, of course, my co-author Mervyn. Topics we discuss:     •    What is the book about and why did we write it     •    Our definition of Exceptional Talent and the Talent Journey     •    Getting Talent Attention     •    Recruitment and Marketing     •    Art vs Science in the reinvention of Assessment     •    Continuous Onboarding     •    HR as Talent Producers     •    Developing The Employee Experience     •    Engagement and Retention     •    The implications of more technology in the workplace You can buy the book here directly from Kogan Page and if you use discount code FHRET20 you’ll get 20% off. If you want

This week sees a first for the show, rather than me just interviewing one guest, in this episode I’m interviewing two. I recently headed down to Pepsico’s UK offices in Reading to have a conversation with Kevin Hough, their Head of Talent Acquisition for the UK and Ireland, and Dan Fitzpatrick, Talent Acquisition Lead for PepsiCo Global Concentrate Solutions. We covered a lot of ground in our discussion and it was great to hear Kevin and Dan talk about some of the everyday realities of in house recruitment within a large corporate. In the interview we discuss:     •    PepsiCo’s recruiting challenges     •    Anticipating STEM recruitment needs     •    How Talent Acquisition is changing as a discipline     •    Is recruiting the same as marketing?     •    The changing skill set of the in house recruiter     •    Rethinking relationships with recruitment agencies     •    The role of technology Kevin and Dan also give us their views on the likely future for talent acquisition. Subscribe to this p

The future of job boards has been an ongoing debate in our industry for years. A debate that has been dominated by predictions of their demise. These predictions have so far proved to be erroneous. But what is their future? Who to better to ask than my guest this week Peter Weddle. Peter is the CEO of TA Tech, the trade association for the global talent acquisition technology industry. He has been a close observer of the job board market since its inception in the 1990s and has some great insights to share. In the interview we discuss: Peter’s history in the industry and some of the changes he has seen Why talent acquisition vendors are looking at solution stacking and building partnerships and alliances The potential of programmatic advertising and what recruiting can learn from mistakes made in e-commerce advertising The challenge of transitioning from duration based advertising to performance based advertising Other ways that Job Boards are changing. Peter also shares his views on the future and gi

Time for something completely different. One of my favorite industry podcasts is Hiring On All Cylinders produced by the lovely people at Entelo. This week, in the interests of friendly podcast co-operation, I’m doing a podcast exchange with them. I’m interviewed in the latest episode of Hiring On All Cylinders, talking about my new book and everything I’ve learned from interviewing all my wonderful podcast guests. Meanwhile on this week’s Recruiting Future Podcast my guest is Jill Witty, VP of Talent and Operations at Entelo. Jill has helped the company scale up from 7 employees to a 120 employees and has some fascinating insights into the modern world of Talent Acquisition. In the interview we discuss:     •    Innovative recruiting approaches     •    Diversifying talent pools at the top of the funnel     •    Establishing a compelling and competitive employer brand     •    Values based recruiting that focuses on culture add rather than culture fit Jill also gives us her take on the future of talen