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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.

Latest Episodes:

Ep 418: A Mindful Return Mar 17, 2022

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For many people who take parental leave, returning to work can be a very challenging time where they are not getting the support they need from their employer. So what should employers be doing to support new parents, particularly when talent retention is such a big issue?

My guest this week is Lori Mihalich-Levin, founder of Mindful Return. Mindful Return is an organisation focused on helping parents and employers manage effective transitions back into the workplace, and Lori has some valuable insights to share.

In the interview, we discuss:

The common issues and difficulties for parents returning to work after parental leave

The dangers of managers making assumptions

What are employers getting wrong

The importance of dialogue

Making the transition an intentional and thoughtful process

A mindful mindset, logistics, leadership and community

Skills

Culture, belonging and retention

What are the best employers doing

What does the future of flexible working look like?

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Ep 417: Optimizing The Recruiting Process Mar 10, 2022

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With so many challenges in talent acquisition, process improvement and optimization are a constant theme as employers attempt to speed up their processes. But how do you speed up recruiting while protecting the integrity of quality of hire and DE&I?

My guest this week is Erin Crask, Director Solutions Architects at SHL. Erin and her team use science and data to help enhance people strategies, and she has a tremendous amount of experience helping companies to streamline their external and internal recruiting processes.

In the interview, we discuss:

Current challenges in recruiting

The danger of reactive decision making

The dangers of scaling back assessment to speed up recruiting

Making evidence based changes to processes

Protecting the quality of hire while also shortening the selection timeline

Using automation to provide feedback for all applicants

Defending the integrity of the process with internal stakeholders

Measuring the right things

The critical elements of a high quality candidate experience

Asynchronous processes to empower candidates

Automation trends

What does best in class internal mobility look like

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Ep 416: Asynchronous Working Mar 06, 2022

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For many people, remote working now feels like business as usual; however, most employers still haven't evolved their working practices to embrace its advantages.

Adopting an asynchronous model or work has been something that remote-first companies have been doing for years, and there are proven benefits in terms of both productivity and wellbeing. So what are the strategic differences between synchronous and asynchronous, how does leadership work in an asynchronous model, and what steps should employers be taking to adapt to different ways of working in a remote world of work.

My guest this week is Liam Martin, founder of a remote-first company with people in 43 different countries and no office. He is a thought leader on asynchronous work and co-organizer of Running Remote, the world's largest conference on building and scaling remote teams.

In the interview, we discuss:

The difference in mindset between asynchronous and synchronous

Advantages and disadvantages of asynchronous management

Clarity and autonomy

How did the early remote-first companies develop this way of working

The rise of the introverted leader

Reprogramming teams to work in a different way.

Issues with hybrid and the problem of distance bias

First steps to take to become autonomous

Long term implications of remote working

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Round Up February 2022 Mar 03, 2022

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Episodes mentioned in this Round Up:

Ep 409: Inclusive Hiring

Ep 410: Recruiting Fundamentals

Ep 411: EVP In A Hyper Competitive Market

Ep 412: Scaling Recruiting

Ep 413: Into The Metaverse

Ep 414: Change & Complexity

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Ep 415: LinkedIn & Career Breaks Mar 01, 2022

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Destigmatizing career breaks is something that I feel very strongly about and something that talent acquisition needs to take very seriously. With so much lip service paid to diversity and inclusion and the current difficulties of finding talent, it makes zero sense to still view career breaks negatively.

This week LinkedIn have announced Career Breaks on the LinkedIn Profile to better reflect the realities of career journeys and, in turn, begin to normalize career breaks in the recruiting process.

My guest this week is Jennifer Shappley, Global Head of Talent Acquisition at Linkedin. As well as talking us through the new career breaks feature, Jennifer discusses the key findings on LinkedIn's latest Global Talent Trends report and shares her thoughts on the future of talent acquisition.

In the interview, we discuss:

Global Talent Trends

Wellbeing and flexibility

Trust

LinkedIn's new Career Break profile section

How can talent acquisition support people who have taken a career break

How is talent acquisition changing, and where is it going?

Making interviews equitable in a hybrid world

What are the biggest challenges talent acquisition teams are facing

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Ep 414: Change & Complexity Feb 25, 2022

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One thing that really annoys me is when commentators, consultants or vendors offer advice to talent acquisition teams that doesn't recognise just how complex organisational hiring dynamics can be. Change is constant, but driving effective change in a complex organisation that radically improves talent acquisition is incredibly challenging.

My guest this week is Jenny Cotie Kangas, Director, Digital Experience Talent Acquisition at Regis Corporation. Jenny has an incredible story to tell about the power of adopting a beginner's mindset to use technology to transform talent acquisition in a highly complex company.

In the interview, we discuss:

The talent acquisition challenges in a franchised organisation

A beginner's mindset

Calibrating talent acquisition as business critical

Delivering intentionality to the candidate

Identifying a recruiting technology partner

Designing the candidate experience

Offering consistency and flexibility in the recruiting process where one size fits all doesn't work

Modular technology

The results so far and the next stages

Advice to talent acquisition leaders

What does the future of recruiting look like?

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Ep 413: Into The Metaverse Feb 23, 2022

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For over a decade now, I've been flagging up the development of virtual reality as something talent acquisition should have on their radar. It's taken a while, but with tech giants like Meta and Apple making multi-billion dollar investments in technology and infrastructure is now finally the time for our industry to fully embrace the Metaverse.

So how does would this work, and what talent acquisition and HR activities are already in play in virtual reality. My guests this week are Misha Krymov and Jennifer Regan, the CEO and Head of Experiences at Morpheus XR. Morpheus XR is already designing recruiting, onboarding and leadership development experiences in the Metaverse and have a massive amount of knowledge to share with us.

In the interview, we discuss:

What is the Metaverse, and who is building it?

Creating space for meaning and meaningful moments

How environment shapes human behaviour

How VR gives agency to users that Zoom / Teams calls don't

Unbiased recruitment using VR

Onboarding

What should talent acquisition teams be doing to learn about the Metaverse

Inclusion and alternatives to headsets

Untangling science fiction from science fact

Extending reality

What's the potential for VR, and how will it be used in the future

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Ep 412: Scaling Recruiting Feb 17, 2022

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This year, scale and speed are an essential focus for many talent acquisition teams. But how do you scale recruiting and speed up hiring in an environment where recruiting recruiters is as tough as it is right now?

My guest this week is David Spencer-Percival, CEO of Life Science People and formerly the founder of high growth recruitment businesses Huntress and Spencer Ogden. David has decades of experience scaling up and recruiting recruiters in various markets. He has developed a tried and tested methodology that many talent acquisition teams can learn from

In the interview, we discuss:

Recruiting, training and nurturing fantastic recruiters

The academy model

Selection

Building the right culture of success and incentive

The relentless pace of change

Recruiting processes for a candidate driven market

What are the most successful employers getting right?

The role of technology

Advice to TA leaders on building effective working partnerships with agencies

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Ep 411: EVP In A Hyper Competitive Market Feb 11, 2022

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Over the last few months, as I've been researching the practical effects of the Great Resignation, we've heard the stories of talent acquisition professionals from the US, Europe and Australia on what is truly a global issue. One country I really want to know more about though, is India, one of the biggest global markets for tech talent.

My guest this week is Aditya Singh, Director Head of Talent Acquisition at Informatica. Aditya has overall responsibility for designing and deploying Informatica's Talent Acquisition Strategy across India and gives us a great insight into what Informatica is doing to stand out in one of the most competitive talent markets on the planet.

In the interview, we discuss:

The Indian tech talent market

Why EVP is critical for differentiation

Gen Z's expectations from work

Constant engagement throughout the client lifecycle

The importance of campus recruiting

The rapidly changing landscape of skills and why this makes internal mobility critical

The impact of remote

The role of technology

Data and analytics

What TA innovations can we expect to see in the future

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Ep 410: Recruiting Fundamentals Feb 04, 2022

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As employers continue to struggle to find the talent they need, it is fascinating to see talent acquisition teams forensically picking their recruiting processes apart and reimagining them to reflect the reality of 2022. While talent intelligence, AI, and automation play a part, some human fundamentals sit at the heart of an effective TA strategy.

So what should recruiters be focusing on, and how different is the talent market of 2022 from those in the past. My guest this week is somewhat of a recruiting legend and has strong opinions based on his decades in the industry. Lou Adler, CEO of Performance-based Hiring Learning Systems, is a prolific author, speaker and trainer. Keep listening to hear his thoughts on how best to deal with the challenges employers are currently facing.

In the interview, we discuss:

Is the current market really unprecedented?

What should recruiters be focusing on?

Designing recruiting processes

Go to market positioning.

Results versus competencies and experience

Predictive indicators and confirming indicators

Hiring manager

The role of technology

The future

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