Innovating the future of Recruiting, Talent Acquisition, and HR Technology. Matt Alder interviews thought leaders who are influencing and changing an industry
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Katrina Collier, Author of The Robot-Proof Recruiter, Facilitator and Keynote Speaker, and Glenn Martin, talented Talent Acquisition Professional, chatted to people in the HR, Talent Acquisition, Recruitment, and Employer Branding space about all things recruiting, marketing, sourcing, employer branding, social media, diversity and inclusion, and more. Ran from October 2015 - October 2020. Rated: PG - though headset use is recommended! 😉
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Ep 637: Reinventing the ATS for a New Era
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TA Transformation has been a recurring theme on this podcast in recent months. A unique combination of macro and micro forces is driving the need for substantial change, compelling TA leaders to respond swiftly and strategically. Technology, particularly AI and automation, is very much at the heart of this transformation. But what does this mean fo…
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The world of work is changing rapidly, and this swift pace of change is forcing employers to rethink the kind of talent they need within their organizations. Traits like curiosity, innovation, agility, flexibility, and problem-solving are now more in demand than ever. However, despite the desire to attract and retain individuals with these qualitie…
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We're living in a time of unprecedented disruption in Talent Acquisition. Exponential advances in AI, shifting attitudes toward work, the ever-shrinking life span of skills, aging populations, and global workforce accessibility are all converging to create a revolutionary moment in our industry. Any one of these factors would be transformative on i…
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Get my free whitepaper "10 Ways AI Will Transform Talent Acquisition" – Download Now Transform Talent Acquisition – Find out how my digital course will help you shape the future of talent acquisition in your organization – Click Here Traditionally, hiring has been anchored around getting the right talent into the organization. However, in these hig…
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Ep 633: The Strategic Importance Of Wellbeing
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Get my free whitepaper "10 Ways AI Will Transform Talent Acquisition" – Download Now Transform Talent Acquisition – Find out how my digital course will help you shape the future of talent acquisition in your organization – Click Here The pandemic created a moment of realization and momentum about the importance of wellness at work and employers' ro…
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Ep 632: Attracting, Retaining, and Empowering Gen Z Talent
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Get my free whitepaper "10 Ways AI Will Transform Talent Acquisition" – Download Now Transform Talent Acquisition – Find out how my digital course will help you shape the future of talent acquisition in your organization – Click Here A whole new generation is entering the workforce at a time when work is changing for everyone. Getting the right tal…
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Get my free whitepaper "10 Ways AI Will Transform Talent Acquisition" – Download Now Transform Talent Acquisition – Find out how my digital course will help you shape the future of talent acquisition in your organization – Click Here Round up is the monthly show on The Recruiting Future Podcast channel that highlights episodes you may have missed a…
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Get my free whitepaper "10 Ways AI Will Transform Talent Acquisition" – Download Now Transform Talent Acquisition – Find out how my digital course will help you shape the future of talent acquisition in your organization – Click Here Assessment is the one area of talent acquisition practice where we have proper peer-reviewed science about what is a…
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Ep 630: Assessment in Skills-Based Organizations
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Get my free whitepaper "10 Ways AI Will Transform Talent Acquisition" – Download Now Transform Talent Acquisition – Find out how my digital course will help you shape the future of talent acquisition in your organization – Click Here One key aspect of any journey to becoming a skills-based organization is having effective skills assessment strategi…
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Ep 629: A Personalized Candidate Experience
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Get my free whitepaper "10 Ways AI Will Transform Talent Acquisition" – Download Now Transform Talent Acquisition – Find out how my digital course will help you shape the future of talent acquisition in your organization – Click Here Providing a quality candidate experience remains a significant challenge for many organizations. This challenge has …
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Ep 628: The EVP & Employer Brand Landscape
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Get my free whitepaper "10 Ways AI Will Transform Talent Acquisition" – Download Now Transform Talent Acquisition – Find out how my digital course will help you shape the future of talent acquisition in your organization – Click Here It has been a highly volatile few years for talent markets and hiring. So, how is all the uncertainty and disruption…
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Get my free whitepaper "10 Ways AI Will Transform Talent Acquisition" – Download Now Transform Talent Acquisition – Find out how my digital course will help you shape the future of talent acquisition in your organization – Click Here The distribution patterns of the global working-age population are starting to change dramatically. North America an…
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Ep 626: Taking A Strategic Approach To AI
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Get my free whitepaper "10 Ways AI Will Transform Talent Acquisition" – Download Now Trend Spotting – Find out how my digital course will help you shape the future of talent acquisition in your organization – Click Here It is becoming clear that company CEOs are taking AI very seriously, and it is starting to inform the strategic direction of many …
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Round up is the monthly show on The Recruiting Future Podcast channel that highlights episodes you may have missed and gives you my take on some of the key learnings from the guests. Episodes mentioned in this Round Up: Ep 619: TA On The Brink Of Revolution Ep 620: Hard Skills & Soft Skills Ep 621: Rain, Whisky and Robots Ep 622: Redefining Experti…
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Get my free whitepaper "10 Ways AI Will Transform Talent Acquisition" - Download Now Trend Spotting - Find out how my digital course will help you shape the future of talent acquisition in your organization - Click Here The hype around the arrival of Gen AI was off-the-scale crazy. Now that things have calmed down and the use of LLMs is starting to…
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Get my free whitepaper "10 Ways AI Will Transform Talent Acquisition" - Download Now Trend Spotting - Find out how my digital course will help you shape the future of talent acquisition in your organization - Click Here Much of the conversation about the future of talent acquisition focuses on absolutes. The questions debated revolve around whether…
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Ep 623: An Inclusive Candidate Experience
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Get my free whitepaper "10 Ways AI Will Transform Talent Acquisition" - Download Now Trend Spotting - Find out how my digital course will help you shape the future of talent acquisition in your organization - Click Here When we talk about employers becoming more inclusive, the focus is often on big strategic thinking and a long process of organizat…
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Get my free whitepaper "10 Ways AI Will Transform Talent Acquisition" - Download Now Trend Spotting - Find out how my digital course will help you shape the future of talent acquisition in your organization - Click Here It's been clear for a long time that the way we traditionally think about skills and expertise is out of step with our fast-changi…
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Get my free whitepaper "10 Ways AI Will Transform Talent Acquisition" - Download Now Trend Spotting - Find out how my digital course will help you shape the future of talent acquisition in your organization - Click Here If you listened to the TA Leader interviews in Episode 619, you'd know that Recruiting Future recently collaborated with The Chad …
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Get my free whitepaper "10 Ways AI Will Transform Talent Acquisition" - Download Now Trend Spotting - Find out how my digital course will help you shape the future of talent acquisition in your organization - Click Here The shortening shelf life of skills, shifting business priorities, and the surge in AI-driven job applications are compelling many…
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Download My Free Whitepaper - “10 Ways AI Will Transform Talent Acquisition” https://recruitingfuturefeast.com/transform Check out my new course on planning strategically for the future - Trend Spotting https://matt-alder-s-school.teachable.com/p/trendspotting Round up is the monthly show on The Recruiting Future Podcast channel that highlights epi…
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Get my free whitepaper "10 Ways AI Will Transform Talent Acquisition" - Download Now Trend Spotting - Find out how my digital course will help you shape the future of talent acquisition in your organization - Click Here During May, Recruiting Future combined forces with The Chad and Cheese Podcast to run two face-to-face TA leader meet-ups in Edinb…
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Get my free whitepaper "10 Ways AI Will Transform Talent Acquisition" - Download Now Trend Spotting - Find out how my digital course will help you shape the future of talent acquisition in your organization - Click Here Currently, there are only four LGBTQ+ CEOs in the Fortune 500 and none in the FTSE 100. This really illustrates the hidden challen…
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Ep 617: The Practicalities of Skills-Based Hiring
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Ep 615: Building Inclusive Hiring Practices
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Get my free whitepaper "10 Ways AI Will Transform Talent Acquisition" - Download Now Trend Spotting - Find out how my digital course will help you shape the future of talent acquisition in your organization - Click Here Inclusive hiring is vital to building inclusive organizations, and the benefits of getting it right are considerable, both at a hu…
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Ep 614: Reinventing The Recruiting Process
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Get my free whitepaper "10 Ways AI Will Transform Talent Acquisition" - Download Now Trend Spotting - Find out how my digital course will help you shape the future of talent acquisition in your organization - Click Here The pace of change in recruiting technology continues to accelerate, and with it come opportunities to improve hiring outcomes, st…
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Get my free whitepaper "10 Ways AI Will Transform Talent Acquisition" - Download Now Trend Spotting - Find out how my digital course will help you shape the future of talent acquisition in your organization - Click Here As I've said many times before, automation in recruiting and HR is inevitable. This means that every TA and HR leader should be th…
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Get my free whitepaper "10 Ways AI Will Transform Talent Acquisition" - Download Now Trend Spotting - Find out how my digital course will help you shape the future of talent acquisition in your organization - Click Here It is becoming clear that job seekers' use of AI tools in the application process has profound implications for talent acquisition…
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Get my free whitepaper "10 Ways AI Will Transform Talent Acquisition" - Download Now Trend Spotting - Find out how my digital course will help you shape the future of talent acquisition in your organization - Click Here Many aspects of how companies hire talent have been set in stone and unquestioned for decades. Even if Talent Acquisition wants to…
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Get my free whitepaper "10 Ways AI Will Transform Talent Acquisition" - Download Now Trend Spotting - Find out how my digital course will help you shape the future of talent acquisition in your organization - Click Here It's becoming evident that we are at a critical pivot point for talent acquisition. While the debates around AI are sucking up mos…
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Ep 609: Building A Neuro-Inclusive Hiring Process
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Somewhere between 15% and 20% of the population is neurodivergent. The majority have yet to receive a formal diagnosis, and a significant number of those with a diagnosis choose not to share it publically. Over the last few years, we've seen a growing number of employers taking steps to be more neuro-inclusive, which is great to see. However, there…
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Economic challenges, technology innovations, changing attitudes to how and where we work, and a new, very different generation entering the workplace. These are just some of the forces driving change across the whole of the people function. In this second compilation episode of interviews I recorded at Transform earlier in the year, I speak to two …
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It's been nearly 18 months since ChatGPT launched and sparked a lively debate about the future of Talent Acquisition. While it's important to consider the long-term implications, a crucial part of building a strategy is embracing the potential of current technology through experimentation and skill development. My guest this week is Andy Headworth,…
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Ep 606: Empowering Gen Z & Building A Social Brand
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A few weeks ago, I spent a couple of days recording at the excellent Transform conference in Las Vegas, and this is the first of two episodes with a compilation of some of the conversations I had. My first guest is Danielle Farage, a renowned Gen Z Futurist, Educator, and Community Builder. Danielle shares her perspective on why it's crucial to giv…
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Ep 605: Can AI Be Biased? Legal Implications for Recruiting
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Talent Acquisition stands on the edge of revolution, with AI tools promising to make recruiting faster and more effective. But will it make hiring fairer? Recruiting and HR are already a key focus for governments as they develop legislation for AI, and employers are already at risk of breaking existing laws if they use AI tools that discriminate ag…
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Ep 604: Building Talent Pipelines With Internships
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Many employers regularly offer internships, but the role of these internships in long-term hiring strategies can be pretty tenuous. So what happens when a company puts internships at the centre of its hiring strategy and proactively leverages this to build long-term pipelines of valuable talent? My guest this week is Leah Bourdon, Vice President of…
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Round up is the monthly show on The Recruiting Future Podcast channel that highlights episodes you may have missed and gives you my take on some of the key learnings from the guests. Episodes mentioned in this Round Up: Ep 597: Talent Acquisition Excellence Ep 598: Building Exec Search In House Ep 599: Data Sophistication Ep 600: Did We Predict The…
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Companies can learn a massive amount from elite sports in terms of spotting and nurturing the talent required to build highly effective teams. Having an adaptable, flexible, and self-aware mindset is critical in these disruptive times, and professional sports have coaching models that can help leaders develop this mindset in their teams. I was luck…
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Skills-based hiring is a hot topic as many employers seek to better understand the skills they need in their businesses both now and in the future. With the shelf life of hard skills shortening by the day, companies need to bridge the gap between talent acquisition and talent management to ensure that they are hiring for the skills that actually dr…
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Skills shortages, shortening skills lifespans, digital transformation, the AI revolution, hiring freezes and layoffs. These are just some of the factors currently reshaping how companies think about talent. It's clear that this level of disruption is now the new normal rather than a short-term trend. So, how do TA teams respond, and what role do th…
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I launched Recruiting Future nine years ago to attempt to understand the future of talent acquisition. Back then, social media was the biggest driver of change, and we were starting to realize how much new technologies would change the world. Predicting the future is always risky; however, if you approach things correctly, you can spot the trends t…
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We live in a world of work where understanding, interpreting and telling stories with data has never been more critical. Although Talent Acquisition has become more data-centric in recent years, many TA functions rely on summary statistics that don't provide a sophisticated enough platform to use data to inform and influence their organizations pro…
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Executive Search is often considered so specialized that it should always remain the preserve of Exec Search agencies. However, an ever-increasing number of large employers are now choosing to build in-house executive search functions. So what are the advantages of doing this, how do you do this, and what is the ongoing impact from tighter talent m…
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I was delighted to hear two of my regular guests on Recruiting Future were writing a book together. “Talent Acquisition Excellence” by Kevin Wheeler and Bas Van De Haterd is now available, whether you get your books, and it is brilliant to welcome them both back to the podcast to talk about it. Kevin is the founder of The Future of Talent Institute…
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Round Up is the monthly show on The Recruiting Future Podcast channel that highlights episodes you may have missed and gives you my take on some of the key learnings from the guests. Episodes mentioned in this Round Up: Ep 591: Is AI Changing Jobseeker Behaviour? Ep 592: Understanding Skills Ep 593: The Career Forward Mindset Ep 594: Recruiting Dat…
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It is almost four years since the first pandemic lockdowns, and even now, it doesn't seem long enough to get a proper perspective on how much the pandemic has changed things. It is already pretty clear that expectations of and attitudes to work have shifted considerably, with significant implications for recruiting and retention. My Guest this week…
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Ep 595: Proving The Value Of Talent Acquisition
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These are turbulent times for talent acquisition, particularly for those teams operating in the technology sector. Despite the continuing demand for technology skills, layoffs are still happening, with many TA teams now considerably downsized from where they were a couple of years ago. Proving TA's strategic and monetary value has never been more c…
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With the development and adoption of AI accelerating at an unprecedented pace, the demand for data scientists and data skills in general is snowballing. To recruit successfully in this competitive talent market, TA teams must understand the specific data skills their organisation needs and the intrinsic career motivations of the data professionals …
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