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The Recruiting Brainfood Podcast: Your weekly 60 minute dose of brilliant conversation about Recruiting & HR
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Saturday Feb 10, 2024
Saturday Feb 10, 2024
OFFBOARDING: HOW TO AVOID PR DISASTER!
We have seem the company wide Zoom call, the recorded 1-2-1 videos, the mass email and even the classic no notice account lock out - it seems that whatever method an employer takes, there is always a risk of PR disaster when making lay offs.
Is this a matter of training, tooling or values? How can we create the right sort of process which humanises this hardest of moments within a business?
You will learn
- Psychology of lay offs
- Impact of transparency and forewarning
- Most important components for an effective and humane exit
- Balance between need to protect the organisation vs need to take care of former colleagues
- Role of the manager, CEO, colleagues and People team
- Post lay off support
We're going to examine this topic from all angles, with the help of Leslie Kivit, CPO (ex-Xapo Bank), Sophie Power, People & Talent Advisor (TA Leader, TTC), Bharath C, Recruiter (Meta), Jean-Marie Caillaud, Founder (WorkMeTender) & Arielle Kilroy, CEO (Dado).
On a mission to empower excellent employee experiences at scale. From pre-boarding to promotions to off boarding, Dado has you covered.
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
Happy New 2024 Everybody!
We're back with the series where we get up close and personal with the tech entrepreneurs changing the way we work today.
Next up we've got we've got one of the most unique stories to come out of the UK recruitment tech scene in recent years. Richard and Beverly Collins, Co-founders of CVWallet are not only manage to be successful entrepreneurs, coming around for the second time after successfully exciting previous startup ClickIQ to Indeed.com, but also life partners being one of the few married couples building technology businesses.
Lets find out what these two have learned about life and business.
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How to choose the problem the tackle
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What are the unique challenges of building tech in the TA / HR space?
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What prompted a return to the startup after ClickIQ exit?
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Why CVWallet?
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What are the repeatable components of success in this game?
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What are the unique conditions, which cannot be repeated?
All this and more - join us on Weds Feb 7th 12pm GMT
Friday Feb 02, 2024
Friday Feb 02, 2024
HOW TO HIRE AI (10 THINGS RECRUITERS HAVE TO KNOW)
There is likely no major corporate employer on the planet that isn't interested in becoming more 'AI-enabled'. And traditionally the quickest way to get there is to hire elite AI skills into the our organisation. The demand for the AI at elite level - data engineers, research scientists and the like - is going through the roof and it is high time we recruiters figured out how best to hire for those skills.
- What are the roles in AI?
- How do they differ?
- How is a typical AI department structured?
- Where do we source for AI skills?
- Which Universities are top ranked?
- Are they on LinkedIn, and if not, what / where?
- Employer branding - how do we become an attractive employer for AI talent?
- What are the key benefits and attractors for these in-demand skills?
- Is immigration the answer - if so, how to conduct effective, 'destination branding'
- How do we assess for skills?
- What does DEI look like in AI?
- What type of tenure can we expect?
All this and more as we take a deep dive in the segment where there is a genuine 'war for talent'
We're with John Rose, Talent Sourcer (Volvo Cars), Christine Ng, Head of Talent & People (Quantum Motion), Leslie Kivit, CPO (ex-Xapo Bank), Yves Greijn, Founder (Maven).
Looking for the most efficient, cost-effective and candidate friendly way to build your tech team in 2024? If so, you need to check out Otta today.
Otta is the leading tech recruiting platform that helps innovative companies engage and hire the best software engineers, data scientists, UX designers and product managers. Join hundreds of selected companies who have access to our global network of qualified candidates.
- 3 x more responsive than LinkedIn
- Build a diverse workforce from our global network of candidates
- Strengthen your employer brand with the leading professionals in their industry
Friday Jan 26, 2024
Friday Jan 26, 2024
MEASURING THE QUALITY OF HIRE (IN THE AGE OF AI)
My most popular post of 2023 was one I wrote on the How to Measure Quality of Hire. It was certainly not the quality of the writing which made it a hit - it was the obviously more that we hit a sore point for Talent Acquisition leaders and Hiring Managers on how we actually know whether we are doing a good job or not, in terms of raising the the talent density of the organisation.
Let's review what we know already about QoH and ask the question: how does AI impact how we measure it?
- What is Quality of Hire?
- What are the main ways we know this is measured?
- What are the main mistakes we make when measuring QoH?
- What is the right time frame to measure QofH?
- How does AI impact QoH?
- Do we need to adjust how we measure performance now that employees are AI-enabled?
- Do we need to revise how we map assessment vs job performance in light of AI use in either case?
- Can AI be used to calculate QofH?
We're bringing the experts: Geraldine Butler-Wright, Founder (RorCas), Tush Wijeratne, Global Talent Acquisition Director (WPP) & Matt Bradburn, Growth & Ecosystem (People Collective).
Looking to hire the right talent to meet your next milestone?
Hire like a tech unicorn, with Otta.
48% of hires on Otta are senior or expert level candidates. They have experience creating and scaling commercial functions, building scalable tech infrastructures, and developing winning strategies. They have the right mindset to get stuck in, to challenge the way things are done and drive your business forward.
Scaling businesses like Octopus Energy Group, JustEat, Cleo, Wise trust Otta to quickly attract the right people across teams and experience levels to fuel their growth.
If you’re looking to get in front of senior, highly-engaged talent who wouldn’t normally come to you – Otta helps you hire like a tech unicorn.
Friday Jan 19, 2024
Friday Jan 19, 2024
STATE OF TECH HIRING IN 2024
In 2021 the Brainfood community was 50% self identified as 'tech recruiters'
Since that time, we've seen a huge changes in the world - the collapse of VC investment, the end of zero interest rate policy, the advent of generative AI and the shift of focus from intangible to tangible value economy. Where does that leave tech in 2024?
I've asked our friends at Otta to dive into their proprietary platform data and share with us their view on the state of tech hiring
- Front-end Engineers
- Back-end Engineers
- Full Stack Engineers
- UX / UI
- Product Managers
- Data Engineers
- Data Scientists
- DevOps Engineers
- Most popular programming languages
- Most popular cities / regions
- Highest density of tech talent (UK)
Deep dive into platform data with Finlay Clark, VP of Commercial of Otta.
Finding it hard to engage senior and technical talent?
Hire like a tech unicorn, with Otta.
Like fintech unicorn Checkout.com, who trust Otta as a one-stop solution for filling critical roles - boosting inbound applications and outbound sourcing. In fact, Otta has helped them hire over 35 senior and technical talent to drive their post-Series D growth.
48% of hires made on Otta are for expert, leadership or technical roles - including software engineering, data, product and design.
If you’re looking to get in front of the right talent who wouldn’t normally come to you – Otta helps you hire like a tech unicorn.
Hiring for tech talent in 2024? Get started with Otta today
Friday Jan 12, 2024
Friday Jan 12, 2024
FORECASTING THE YEAR IN RECRUITMENT 2024,Pt2
Part Two of our two-part forecast series, where we look forward to what we think is going to happen in the year ahead. Lets see if we can make some S.M.A.R.T (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-bound) predictions on the following topics:
- SMB Recruitment Agency Market
- D&I, especially Gender and Pay Equity
- Labour Market Economics (EMEA/APAC)
- Assessments and Career Sites
- In-house Recruitment market
All this and more with Kalpesh Baxi, Partner (Critical Talent), Laetitia Vitaud, Director (Cadre Noir), Pawel Adrjan, Director Economic Research (Indeed), Bas van de Haterd, Founder (Digitaal-Werven) & Emma Mirrington, Founder (FIRM) & friends on Friday 12th January 2.00pm GMT.
Looking for the most efficient, cost-effective and candidate friendly way to build your tech team in 2024? If so, you need to check out Otta today.
Otta is the leading tech recruiting platform that helps innovative companies engage and hire the best software engineers, data scientists, UX designers and product managers. Join hundreds of selected companies who have access to our global network of qualified candidates.
- 3 x more responsive than LinkedIn
- Build a diverse workforce from our global network of candidates
- Strengthen your employer brand with the leading professionals in their industry
Friday Jan 05, 2024
Friday Jan 05, 2024
FORECASTING THE YEAR IN RECRUITMENT 2024,Pt1
Start of the New Year and we are going to collate our thoughts and project forward on what we think is going to happen in 2024. None of us are prophets but can we gather together enough intuition and trends analysis to produce some viable forecasts? Lets try:
- Global Economy in 2024
- State of VC / Investment Markets
- Tech Hiring will it bounce back?
- What is happening in the world of RPO?
- Where in the world are we continuing to hire?
- Which segments will remain challenging / difficult?
- How will recruitment shift in dealing with a variable market?
All this and more as we bring back Brainfood Live for the first show in 2024
We're with Amit Taylor, Founder (TrueUp), Sarah White, Founder (Aspect 43), Richard Bradley, OVP of Global RPO (Kelly Services) & Shereen Ghanem, Head of TA (Medtronic)
"This is a blueprint for improving our talent acquisition maturity." TA Leader, Engineering
Poetry is a recruiter workspace including solutions for recruitment marketing, recruitment operations, recruiter learning and a launchpad for all the other tools you need to accomplish your daily tasks.
We enable recruiters to be better marketers through enhanced collaboration, genAI assistance and automatic recommendations. These are the days of brilliant content. Gone are the days of re-writing InMails, social media posts and email copy.
We save you considerable 'toggle tax' by providing so many solutions within the one app. Rapidly locate your job ad templates, competitor intelligence, interview policies and TikTok sourcing tools. Everything's in the one place.
Managers, this is for you too. Our workspace analysis and reporting tells you how the team are using the solutions and provides you with automatic coaching, recommendations and ROI.
Get started for free at www.poetryhr.com
Friday Dec 22, 2023
Friday Dec 22, 2023
2023 Year in Review: Labour Market, Jobs, Vacancies, Work
Final part of our 4 part series looking back at the year 2023. This time, we are zooming out to the macro and looking at state of the economy, the labour market, the vacancy market and our verdict of the year in the recruitment really has been.
- Economy in 2023 - US, UK and elsewhere
- Impact of high interest rates
- Labour supply
- Economic growth
- Company formation vs company growth
- Job applicant behaviour
- Workforce participation
- Impact of AI, if any?
- Sector specificity
- White collar recession?
- Market for recruiters....are we good canaries for this coal mine?
We're with Emma Mirrington, Founder (The Firm), Neil Carberry, MD (Recruitment and Employers Confederation), Dr Sarah Ali, VP of Economic Forecasting (Indiana Economic Development Corporation)
"This is a blueprint for improving our talent acquisition maturity." TA Leader, Engineering
Poetry is a recruiter workspace including solutions for recruitment marketing, recruitment operations, recruiter learning and a launchpad for all the other tools you need to accomplish your daily tasks.
We enable recruiters to be better marketers through enhanced collaboration, genAI assistance and automatic recommendations. These are the days of brilliant content. Gone are the days of re-writing InMails, social media posts and email copy.
We save you considerable 'toggle tax' by providing so many solutions within the one app. Rapidly locate your job ad templates, competitor intelligence, interview policies and TikTok sourcing tools. Everything's in the one place.
Managers, this is for you too. Our workspace analysis and reporting tells you how the team are using the solutions and provides you with automatic coaching, recommendations and ROI.
Get started for free at www.poetryhr.com
Friday Dec 15, 2023
Friday Dec 15, 2023
2023 Year in Review: LinkedIn Content Marketing & LinkedIn Sourcing
Part 3 of our 4 part series looking back at the year 2023. This time, we're looking back at our old and necessary friend, LinkedIn! Recruiters No1 most important platform, how did it treat you in 2023? We're going to review the major changes on:
- LinkedIn Newsfeed algorithm
- Post types
- Creator Mode / Livestream / Audio Event
- LinkedIn Newsletters
- LinkedIn Talent Solutions
- LinkedIn Recruiter
- Search on LinkedIn
- AI features
- BTS with LinkedIn Engineering
We're with Andy Foote, Founder (LinkedInsights) & Irina Shamaeva, Partner (Braingain Consulting)
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Your ATS should make that easier to do, not harder.
Enter Pinpoint: Our intuitive platform means it will always be easy-to-use for your talent team, hiring managers, and candidates. And under the surface, you’ll find the flexible tools you need to continue evolving. Stay agile as you grow your company, advance your talent strategy, or hire across different markets.
Fast, flexible software and unlimited help from our team means you'll attract the right candidates, select the best, and wow your new hires from the moment they say ‘yes.’
Friday Dec 08, 2023
Friday Dec 08, 2023
2023 Year in Review: Recruitment Advertising & Employer Branding
Part 2 of our 4 part series looking back at the year 2023. This time, focus is on Recruitment Advertising and Employer Branding. What the heck happened on these two domains this year?
- SEO / Changes on Google Jobs
- Behavioural ad targeting / retargeting
- Impact of Search Generative Experience
- CPC vs CPA
- State of Job Boards
- State of Programmatic Advertising
- Employer branding during recession / lay offs
- Rise of candidate ghosting as recruiters get overwhelmed
- Career site chatBots to deal with FAQ
- Candidate portals....did this become a thing?
We're with Alex Chukovski, Founder (Crypto Careers), Robin Stander, VP Sales (Appcast), Josh Willows, Head of Programmatic Sales (Veritone), Jeff Dickey-Chasins, (The Job Board Doctor), Steve Ward, Head of Employer Branding Solutions, (Universum) & Vicki Saunders, Founder (EVP) & Charu Malhotra, Head of Global Talent Branding (PA Consulting)
"This is a blueprint for improving our talent acquisition maturity." TA Leader, Engineering
Poetry is a recruiter workspace including solutions for recruitment marketing, recruitment operations, recruiter learning and a launchpad for all the other tools you need to accomplish your daily tasks.
We enable recruiters to be better marketers through enhanced collaboration, genAI assistance and automatic recommendations. These are the days of brilliant content. Gone are the days of re-writing InMails, social media posts and email copy.
We save you considerable 'toggle tax' by providing so many solutions within the one app. Rapidly locate your job ad templates, competitor intelligence, interview policies and TikTok sourcing tools. Everything's in the one place.
Managers, this is for you too. Our workspace analysis and reporting tells you how the team are using the solutions and provides you with automatic coaching, recommendations and ROI.
Get started for free at www.poetryhr.com