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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:

Future Live: Recruitment Advertising May 21, 2021

Show notes

Back in April, I ran a live podcast conference on the future of talent acquisition in partnership with the team at TA Tech. We had ten excellent speakers across five topic sessions, and I'm delighted to now be able to bring you the content to you as a series of podcasts. I'm releasing these every Friday for the next few weeks, so if you don't want to miss them, make sure you have subscribed to the show.

Following on from the Recruitment Marketing session last week, this week's release is the panel debate on Recruitment Advertising. My highly knowledgeable guests were Ellie Harte, Recruitment Partner Talent Attraction from Atkins and KJ, CEO of Joveo.

We are at a real inflection point with recruitment advertising now, and this discussion will give you some clear insights into the strategies and technologies that will shape the future.

In the conversation, we discuss:

▪ The current state of the market

▪ Shortening attention spans and changing media consumption habits

▪ The imbalance between supply and demand

▪ How can employers stand out

▪ Outcome-based advertising

▪ Data and predictive analytics

▪ Understanding target audience and segmentation

▪ Testing messaging

▪ The power of authentic content

▪ Automation

▪ What future shifts can we expect to see?

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Ep 355: Global Talent Survey May 20, 2021

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There is currently daily speculation about what the future of work will now look like and how employees might be feeling about it. Rather than trading in speculation and assumptions, I wanted to bring you some proper data to help us find out what is actually happening.

With that in mind, my guest this week is Jon Wilson, CEO of Totaljobs. Every year Totaljobs work with their international partners in The Network in conjunction with Boston Consulting to produce the largest survey of employees and job seekers in the world. The latest research is built on data gathered from over 200,000 respondents across 190 countries and looks at the pandemic's impact on employment preferences and global talent mobility trends.

In the interview, we discuss:

▪ The methodology behind the research

▪ Remote work and whether employees expect it to continue

▪ The advantages and implications of remote work across borders

▪ Employee experience, what is important to people now

▪ DE&I

▪ Sustainability and environmental issues

▪ Reskilling and career changes

▪ What happens next

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Ep 354: Technology Market Update May 19, 2021

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The last 12 months have been transformational for recruiting technology, with both employers and vendors having to adapt very quickly to the new market realities. So what does the technology landscape now look like in talent acquisition, what are the key trends and what do we need to keep an eye for the future.

My guest this week is David Wilson, CEO of industry analysts Fosway Group. Fosway. as ever, have been watching the market closely and have just released an updated version of their influential 9 Box Grid on TA technology. Keep listening to hear David's insights on how technology has evolved in the last 12 months and where it is going.

In the interview, we discuss:

▪ The 9 Box Grid methodology and the type of vendors included

▪ How vendors have responded to the pandemic

▪ The pandemic as a catalyst for change in TA technology

▪ The ATS, CRM, TRM evolution

▪ Talent mobility and talent marketplaces

▪ Room for improvement in data analytics

▪ What will the next 12 months look like

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Future Live: Recruitment Marketing May 14, 2021

Show notes

Back in April, I ran a live podcast conference on the future of talent acquisition in partnership with the team at TA Tech. We had ten excellent speakers across five topic sessions, and I'm delighted to now be able to bring the content to you as a series of podcasts. I'll be releasing these every Friday for the next five weeks, so if you don't want to miss them, make sure you have subscribed to the show.

First up is our session on the future recruitment marketing featuring Allyn Bailey from Intel and Chris Forman from Appcast. This was a really lively debate with a big focus on the current inversion we are seeing in the talent market and the transformative effect it is likely to have on recruitment marketing.

In the conversation, we discuss:

▪ The inverted job market and the change it might drive in recruitment marketing.

▪ What is driving the change in job seeker behaviour?

▪ A critical need to think differently

▪ Precision targeting and segmentation

▪ Recruitment marketers need to be technology wizards.

▪ The rise of the dedicated recruitment marketing function

▪ Autonomous matching

▪ What recruitment marketing will look like in two years

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Ep 353: Do You Have The Authority? May 13, 2021

Show notes

Virtual communication has been the mainstay for all of us for nearly 18 months now. As employers consider how they will work post-pandemic, the debate about what stays virtual in the future is going to dominate the next few months. There is always lots of discussion about the negative aspects of endless Zoom or Teams calls, but what would we lose if we return to our old ways of working?

To help provide some perspective on this, I have a very special guest. Jackie Weaver became an instant celebrity after a Zoom recording of a chaotic meeting of Handforth Parish Council went viral. As well as cheering us all up during a very long miserable locked down winter, Jackie has used her platform to champion the work of town and parish councils and increase the diversity of their membership. There are some interesting parallels for employers here, and Jackie most definitely does have the authority.

In the interview, we discuss:

▪ That Zoom meeting and instant global internet fame

▪ The positives of virtual communication

▪ Engaging with diverse audiences through virtual platforms

▪ Inclusivity and accessibility

▪ Virtual, face to face and hybrid

▪ What can employers learn from what is now happening to parish and town council meetings?

▪ What Jackie Weaver is doing next

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Ep 352: Solving The Talent Crisis May 12, 2021

Show notes

The challenges for recruiting in hospitality at the moment are unprecedented both in the US and the UK. The jobs market has inverted, and there are currently many more roles than there are people searching for jobs. The extent of this imbalance has taken the industry by surprise and put many companies on the back foot and struggling to reopen fully. So what can employers do to get the talent they need, not just in the hospitality industry but also in other sectors where talent is in short supply.

My guest this week is Brandon Batt, Director of People at Savory Restaurant Fund. Savory has several restaurant brands and is being very successful at staffing them despite the current talent market crisis.

In the interview, we discuss:

▪ The current challenges in the hospitality industry

▪ An unprecedented imbalance in supply and demand

▪ The importance of thinking creatively

▪ Focusing on the fundamentals of culture

▪ What is important to employees

▪ Telling employee stories and reflecting the EVP

▪ Equipping employees with the right tools for referrals

▪ Using recruiting technology to its full extent

▪ Thinking outside of the ATS

▪ Communicating with candidates in their chosen channels.

▪ What does the future look like for recruiting?

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Ep 351: Health, Wellbeing & Experience May 07, 2021

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Health and wellbeing are now front and centre of the employee experience and fast becoming a critical factor in talent acquisition and retention.

This is especially true in the retail industry, whose employees have had to face massive amounts of uncertainty during the pandemic and genuine concerns about their personal safety.

Next week retail industry charity retailTRUST is holding an online event to champion the health and wellbeing of the retail workforce following the reopening of non-essential shops across the UK. As part of the build-up to the event, I spoke to Chris Brook-Carter, CEO of retailTRUST and Louise Stonier, Chief People Officer at Pets at Home, about the renewed focus on health and wellbeing in the employee experience.

In the interview, we discuss:

▪ The work of retailTRUST and how it has been supporting the industry during the pandemic

▪ What is essential to retail employees right now

▪ The vital importance of transparent and clear communication

▪ Building a coalition of employers to champion health within the sector

▪ Retail as a post-pandemic force for good

▪ How health and wellbeing are now critical for talent acquisition and retention

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Ep 350: The End Of Talent Acquisition? May 05, 2021

Show notes

It's becoming increasingly clear to me from the conversations I'm having with talent acquisition professionals worldwide that what happens in the coming months will set a course for a wholesale transformation of our industry. Talent markets are changing, technology is changing, employers are changing, and the very nature of work itself is changing.

So how do we navigate these disruptive times? My guest this week is Joe Mullings, Chairman and CEO of the Mullings Groups of Companies. Joe has some very strong and very well informed opinions on what the future looks like for talent acquisition. Take a listen to our conversation, and I would love to know whether you agree or disagree with him.

In the interview, we discuss:

▪ What happens next?

▪ The challenges of the hybrid workforce

▪ Disruptive forces in the talent market

▪ Building a hiring brand

▪ The golden age of recruiting

▪ The difference between HR and Talent Acquisition

▪ Who has the leverage?

▪ Talent Acquisition versus Talent Access

▪ Advice for Talent Acquisition and HR professionals

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Round Up April 2021 May 03, 2021

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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 342: Trust & Accountability

Ep 343: Scaling Up

Ep 344: The Future Of Talent Acquisition

Ep 345: How To Work Alone

Ep 346: Emotional Wellness

Ep 347: Change Management & Adoption

Ep 348: Diversity and Disability

Ep 349: Automation & Candidate Experience

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Ep 349: Automation & Candidate Experience Apr 30, 2021

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As the adoption and sophistication of recruiting automation gather pace, it's essential to understand its constituent parts and the advantages and disadvantages of automating specific recruiting processes.

One area of the recruiting experience that doesn't get much attention is interview scheduling. A recently published research report from Cronofy has shed new light on the impact interview scheduling has on the candidate experience. I wanted to explore this in more detail.

With that in mind, this episode has a bit of a different format. My first guest is Adam Bird, CEO Cronofy, to talk us through the report's findings. I then expand out the conversation and bring in talent acquisition leaders Izzy Hung, Global Executive Hiring Lead at Forgerock and Ben Gledhill, Head of Resourcing at Thames Water, to get their thoughts on interview scheduling and recruiting automation in general.

In the conversation, we discuss:

▪ The report's methodology and key findings

▪ The impact of a poor interview scheduling experience on candidate decision making

▪ Does automation work for all levels of recruiting?

▪ The impact of the pandemic

▪ Candidate feedback

▪ Using technology to facilitate workflows

▪ Technical integration

▪ Driving differentiation through tech stacks

▪ The future for recruiting automation

Download the report

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