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Recruiting Future with Matt Alder – What’s Next For Talent Acquisition, HR & Hiring?

Talent acquisition is undergoing unprecedented disruption as AI, economic uncertainty, and the ever-shortening lifespan of skills radically reshape recruiting. On Recruiting Future, Matt Alder explores this evolving landscape, using insightful interviews with transformational TA practitioners and forward-thinking experts to spark your imagination and provide the insights you need to shape the future of talent acquisition in your organization.
Each episode explores topics such as AI, recruiting automation, recruitment marketing, employer branding, skills-based hiring, assessment, candidate experience, DEI, internal mobility, and the transformation of TA teams. Recruiting Future is an essential resource for everyone involved in hiring.
Matt Alder is a globally respected talent acquisition futurist, author, and speaker with over 25 years of experience exploring what’s next in recruiting. Renowned for his expertise in strategic foresight and technology trends, Matt provides a unique perspective that empowers leaders to navigate disruption. His deep industry knowledge and ability to spark meaningful conversations make Recruiting Future a must-listen for talent acquisition and HR professionals everywhere.

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Ep 436: Diversifying Talent Pools May 20, 2022

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Diversity in hiring is a critical issue for all employers, but many are still struggling with it. So who is doing it well, and how much of a role can recruiting technology play in diversifying talent pools.

My guest this week is Shaun Daly, Head of Resourcing at The Open University. Over the last few years, The Open University has been increasing the diversity of its organisation by rethinking how it does hiring, building an inclusive employer brand and deploying point solution technology which helps to enable these strategies.

In the interview, we discuss:

Recruiting challenges at The Open University

Operating with legacy systems

Developing a compelling employer brand

Anonymous recruiting and diverse interview panels

Making the candidate experience more engaging

Recruitment marketing automation

Online events

Talent pool segmentation

Future innovations

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A full transcript will appear here shortly.

Ep 435: Personalization (Part Two) May 19, 2022

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This is part two of my mini-series on personalization. So to recap, I feel very strongly that personalization is the new Megatrend in Talent Acquisition. Offering personalized recruitment marketing, candidate journies, assessments, feedback, onboarding, and communication will be critical objectives for employers over the next few years. Candidates are demanding it, the technology is here to facilitate it, and the amount of friction that will get removed from recruiting processes will be a win for candidates, recruiters and hiring managers.

So what is possible, and how are employers dealing with the practicalities of personalization in talent acquisition?

A few weeks ago, the awesome team at Paradox invited me to speak and record some interviews at their client board event in Scottsdale, Arizona. Paradox is a technology that is really driving the progress of personalization. It was very insightful to talk to some of their clients about the need for personalization in their TA processes and the change journies they are taking their recruiters and hiring managers on to make personalization happen.

In this second set of interviews from the event (check out Episode 435 if you want to hear the others), you'll hear from Derek Braun, Staffing and Recruiting Manager at GoWireless and Steffanie Chaviano, VP of Talent and Patient Access at Autism Learning Partners. Derek and Steffanie talk us through their experiences of using conversational AI to transform the effectiveness of their recruiting strategies. First up, though, is Adam Godson, Chief Product Officer at Paradox, talking about some of the psychology behind conversational interfaces.

These are some of the topics you'll find discussed in this episode:

Personalisation at scale

The psychological elements of conversation design

Using conversation to drive processes

Connect with people, not software

How technology is affecting recruiter career choices

Handling high volumes of applicant flow is an engaging way.

The importance of being user friendly for hiring managers

What does the future of talent acquisition look like

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Ep 434: Personalization (Part One) May 13, 2022

Show notes

Those of you who have read my book Digital Talent (available wherever you get your books!) will know that I feel very strongly that personalization is the new megatrend in talent acquisition.

Offering personalized recruitment marketing, candidate journies, assessments, feedback, onboarding, and communication will be critical objectives for employers over the next few years. Candidates are demanding it, the technology is here to facilitate it, and the amount of friction that will get removed from recruiting processes will be a win for candidates, recruiters and hiring managers.

Two weeks ago, the awesome team at Paradox invited me to speak and record some interviews at their client board event in Scottsdale, Arizona. Paradox is a technology that is really driving the progress of personalization. It was really insightful to talk to some of their clients about the need for personalization in their TA processes and the change journies they are taking their recruiters and hiring managers on to make personalization happen.

I'll be sharing these interviews over two episodes of the show. Later in this episode, you'll get to hear from Adam Chen, Chief Marketing & Experience Officer at The Amenity Collective, Rachel O'Connell, VP of HR at Great Wolf Lodge and the return to the show of Victor Gaines SVP of Talent Acquisition at Aveanna Healthcare.

But first of all, I sat down with the amazing Madeline Laurano, Founder of Aptitude Research, to get her views on the drive towards greater personalization.

These are some of the topics you'll find discussed in this episode:

How technology is driving personalization

Creating experiences through conversation

High volume recruiting challenges

Significantly reducing time to hire

Change management

Building a consumer grand candidate experience

Using personas to differentiate the employee value proposition

The role of technology in personalization

Implementing technology

The future of talent acquisition

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Ep 433: Global Employer Branding May 12, 2022

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Employer branding has always been important, but it is now absolutely critical to employers if they want to connect, engage and influence in demand talent. Employer branding isn't easy and for larger organisations building a global employer brand is a significant undertaking.

So how do you make the business case for employer branding, and how does employer brand activation work amid all of the challenges 2022 poses for employers?

My guest this week is Marije van der Togt, Head of Employer Branding at Just Eat Takeaway.com. Marije is highly experienced at building successful employer brands across multiple countries and has a massive amount of valuable insight to share.

In the interview, we discuss:

Challenges of becoming one company with one story

Evolving recruiting challenges

How strong consumer brands create challenges for employer brands

The importance of culture in candidate choice

Why invest in a global employer brand?

How employer brand strategy enables the business strategy

Storytelling and linking authentic people centric stories to EVP pillars

Strategically positioning podcasting as long form content.

The role of data and technology

Segmentation

Advice to other employers on developing a global employer brand

What does the future look like?

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Round Up April 2022 May 05, 2022

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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 425: Building A High Performing Talent Acquisition Team

Ep 426: AI Driven Talent Intelligence

Ep 427: The Job Board Market

Ep 428: Strategies For The Great Resignation

Ep 429: Open Hiring

Ep 430: Developing People Analytics

Ep 431: Talent Density

Ep 432: Long Term Trends

A full transcript will appear here shortly

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Ep 432: Long Term Trends Apr 30, 2022

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After over two years of unprecedented disruption, it has become evident that things have changed forever. However, many employers are still attempting to stick with the talent acquisition and employee experience strategies they had before the pandemic.

So what are the dangers of behaving as if nothing has changed, and how should companies now set their strategies for the long term?

My guest this week is Amanda Black, Director of Inclusive Search at Good Works Consulting. Amanda has wide-ranging experience in talent acquisition and DE&I and has some expert insights to share on the long term impact of The Great Resignation.

In the interview, we discuss:

A disrupted talent market

Shifts in the employer/employee model

Revealing inequalities in the system

Permanently changed expectations

Long term solutions and The Great Opportunity

How successful employers are shifting their employee experience

Modelling and demonstrating values

Are companies taking DE&I seriously?

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Ep 431: Talent Density Apr 28, 2022

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The challenges of 2022 are causing many organisations to think very differently about talent. The employers who are getting it right are looking holistically at talent acquisition, development, retention and attrition to create the opportunity to build a talent dense organisation.

So what does this look like in practice, and how can your company get there?

My guest this week is Taylor Roa, Director of Talent at Wistia. Wistia is a growing technology company with an incredible culture and a big focus on talent density. They also use video as their superpower to showcase their unique employer brand.

In the interview, we discuss:

Recruiting challenges at Wistia

Meaningful work and culture versus cash and compromise

Using video to represent the company culture authentically.

Making a competitive advantage of putting people first

Becoming a talent dense organisation

Why retention is not about trapping people

Being a business that it is good to be from

How the pandemic has changed work

Advice on getting more from video in employer branding

A defining decade in the future of work

A full transcript will appear here shortly.

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Ep 430: Developing People Analytics Apr 22, 2022

Show notes

With a growing number of use cases, people analytics continues to develop both in sophistication and the amount of value it drives for employers. However, despite the quantum leap in recruiting technology we've seen in the last few years, I still feel that talent acquisition is significantly lagging behind where it should be in terms of data and analytics.

My guest this week is Vic Akosile, an HR Strategy Consultant at Humananalytics. Vic is a highly experienced people analytics specialist. He gives us an excellent overview of what is going on in the space and what talent acquisition leaders need to consider if they want to develop their data and analytics capability.

In the interview, we discuss:

The evolution of People Analytics

Cutting edge use cases

Increasing digital interactions mean increasing amounts of data.

People Analytics in talent acquisition

How to develop more sophistication in People Analytics

What trends is technology driving

Using sentiment and network analysis to help with retention

Where is People Analytics going in the future?

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Ep 429: Open Hiring Apr 21, 2022

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Some of my favourite conversations in the last six months have been around inclusive hiring. Many people are doing brilliant work to support people from marginalised groups into the workforce, and I've learnt a lot from talking to employers like Timpson and organisations like The Bridge of Hope.

In this episode, we're going to explore what happens when an employer removes all screening, all background checks and all education and experience requirements from their hiring to be more inclusive. What are the advantages, the challenges, and the results?

My guest this week is Nykeba King, Global Head of Inclusion at The Body Shop. A few years ago, The Body Shop created an Open Hiring program to ensure they were being as inclusive as possible. It's a strategy that has produced some amazing results, and it is now giving them a unique competitive advantage in today's challenging talent markets.

In the interview, we discuss:

Recruiting challenges at The Body Shop

What is Open Hiring, and how does it work?

No background checks, no screening, no education requirements

How Open Hiring is helping The Body Shop in the current talent markets

Making recruiting more purposeful with "Targeted Recruitment."

Replacing scrutiny with trust

Removing barriers and removing bias

Implementation challenges

The danger of second-guessing someone's ability to do a job

Wrap-around support to build an inclusive workplace

Time to hire, performance and retention

What's next for Open Hiring

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Ep 428: Strategies For The Great Resignation Apr 15, 2022

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Whether it's the Great Resignation or the Great Reset, whatever you choose to call it, it is undeniable that employers are currently finding it extremely challenging to attract and retain talent.

So which strategies should companies be exploring to improve their odds in such a difficult market?

My guest this week is Christine Wzorek, CEO and Founder of White Label Advisors. Christine is a highly experienced HR leader and has essential advice about building holistic human capital strategies to deal with these incredibly challenging times.

In the interview, we discuss:

What is driving the Great Resignation?

Employer engagement, happiness and fulfilment

Adapting to the new reality

Why talent acquisition needs to mirror sales

Treating candidates in a hospitality orientated way

Transparency in reward strategies

Scaling L&D with technology

Levelling the playing field for diverse talent

Gender equality

The future of talent acquisition and HR

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