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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 322: The Transformation Of Careers Sites Dec 17, 2020

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Careers Sites continue to be a much-neglected aspect of recruitment marketing. The fact that they receive so little attention has always been a pet hate of mine. Careers Sites are critical. They are also being required to do more heavy lifting than ever before, with the ever-increasing levels of interest employers are getting in their open jobs, ongoing talent shortages in specific markets and the need to showcase effective, authentic employer brands.

So what can employers do to make their careers sites fit for purpose? My guest this week is Bas Van de Haterd, a consultant and leading global expert on careers site. Bas publishes some annual research in this area and has some hugely valuable insights to share.

In the interview, we discuss:

▪ How the market has developed

▪ What makes a good careers site

▪ The importance of total experience

▪ Why you shouldn't let your ATS dictate your application experience

▪ Careers Site Systems and middleware

▪ Who is doing this well?

▪ What to focus on first

▪ The future of careers sites

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Ep 321: The End Of Jobs Dec 11, 2020

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The Future Of Work has always been a popular topic on this podcast; however, it is also a topic that needs some serious recalibration in light of the events of 2020. Remote working, flexible working and automation are just three of many areas that have seen an utterly unpredicted acceleration in the last few months. So what does the future of work now look like and how should talent acquisition leaders be preparing for it?

My guest this week is Jeff Wald, serial entrepreneur and co-founder of WorkMarket. Jeff has recently published a brilliant book on the future of work which is based on historical analysis and robust data. I have to say that this is one of my favourite ever conservations that I had on this topic. It's a must-listen.

In the interview, we discuss:

▪ Why Jeff wrote his book

▪ How to learn from past historical shifts in work and jobs

▪ Fluid always-on work from anywhere jobs and the pressures that come with them.

▪ Remote work versus flexible work

▪ What is an agile corporation?

▪ Technology, automation and the future of jobs

▪ What do talent acquisition leaders need to be doing right now?

▪ The Future Of Work Prize

▪ What does the near term future of work look like

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Ep 320: Culture & Wellness Dec 09, 2020

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With work stress levels at all-time highs and remote working set to continue at scale for the foreseeable future, one of the essentials things that 2020 has given us focus on is the necessity to build and scale cultures for both productivity and wellbeing.

My guest this week is Ruth Penfold, People Practice Lead at Launchpad, a start-up accelerator focused on clean energy. Ruth has helped codify culture in several high growth companies and has a personal mission to improve wellness and wellbeing at work.

In the interview, we discuss:

▪ Bringing your whole self to work

▪ Building, codifying and scaling culture

▪ Honesty

▪ How cultures evolve

▪ Co-creating the culture story with employees

▪ Wellbeing and productivity

▪ How leaders need to show up for themselves

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Ep 319: Driving Diversity With AI Dec 04, 2020

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As employers increase their efforts to improve diversity in their hiring, there is a growing debate about the role technology can play in solving diversity challenges. It is evident that tech isn't a silver bullet here with something that is very much a human problem; however, there are certainly ways that technologies such as AI can help to identify the scale of the problem.

My guest this week is Mahe Bayireddi, CEO and Co-Founder of Phenom. Mahe is a thought leader in the AI space and has some valuable insights to share on the role it can play in diversity, equity and inclusion.

In the interview, we discuss:

▪ Bias in recruiting

▪ Why D&I issues can't be solved with AI

▪ When AI makes things worse

▪ How AI can create an awareness of bias that can be used to change human thought processes

▪ Leadership, accountability and the importance of C Suite goals

▪ Redesigning talent and reimagining work for the future

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Ep 318: Hire By Design Dec 03, 2020

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Back in May, I spoke to author Scott Berkun about Design Thinking, and we touched on some of the ways it can be used in talent acquisition. I now wanted to dig a bit deeper into some of the practicalities of this and explore the value that design thinking can bring to recruiting.

My guest this week is Jodi Brandstetter, talent strategy consultant and author of the book Hire By Design. Jodi has previously worked as a Director of Talent Acquisition and has some great experience of applying design thinking to recruiting challenges.

In the interview, we discuss:

▪ The current state of the market

▪ What is design thinking?

▪ How can design thinking be applied to talent acquisition?

▪ The importance of empathy

▪ Improving the candidate experience

▪ Journey mapping

▪ The role of technology

▪ What should talent acquisition leaders be doing now to prepare for the future

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Ep 317: Employee Burnout Nov 27, 2020

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To say that 2020 has been a tough year would be somewhat of an understatement. The health and economic challenges have put massive pressure on everyone and changed working life dramatically. Unsurprisingly some recent research from employee engagement specialists Glint reports a 33% rise in employees reporting burnout.

So what can employers do to deal with this burnout crisis and what support are employees asking for? To answer these questions and talk about their research, my guest this week is Steven Buck, Head of People Science at Glint.

In the interview, we discuss:

▪ What is employee burnout?

▪ The decline in connectedness and belonging

▪ What can employers do to help?

▪ No one size fits all solutions.

▪ Wellbeing and work/life balance

▪ Building habits around conversations fed by good data.

▪ What is the role of HR Technology?

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Ep 316: Recruiting Utopia Nov 26, 2020

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Recruiting transformations are currently underway in many companies to solve both the problems of the present and create a vision of the future. Change is tough, and it's always good to hear from talent acquisitions leaders who have been successful in innovating their company's approach to recruiting.

My guest this week is Trent Cotton, Director of Talent Acquisition at BBVA. Trent has successful transformed BBVA's approach to talent acquisition with the heavy influence of agile methodology and design thinking. He is now seeking Recruiting Utopia and has the vision to get there. This is a must-listen interview for everyone.

In the interview, we discuss:

▪ Adopting Agile and Design Thinking in talent acquisition

▪ The development of Sprint Recruiting

▪ Priorities and feedback loops

▪ The four principles of Sprint Recruiting

▪ WIP limits on candidate submissions

▪ Managing the change

▪ The role of recruiting technology

▪ What is Recruiting Utopia and how might we get there

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Ep 315: Employer Branding Trends Nov 24, 2020

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Employer Branding, it's a been a topic we've mentioned in passing a lot on the show this year, but unusually we haven't done a deep dive into it for a quite a while. So what are the current trends in employer branding, how are the events of this dystopian year shaping what employers are doing and what should employer brand strategies for the future look like?

My guest this week is the perfect person to answer all of these questions. David Thompson is a highly experienced employer brand consultant and the founder of Employer Branding Made Easy. Keep listening to hear his thoughts on the present state and future direction of employer branding.

In the interview, we discuss:

▪ Employer brand trends that are being accelerated by the pandemic

▪ Three key areas where employer brand is now having an impact

▪ The importance of great stories and how to tell them

▪ Keeping employees engaged by strengthening emotional ties

▪ Managing reputation

▪ Where should employer brand sit within organisations?

▪ Do we overcomplicate employer brand?

▪ How should employers be shaping their employer brand strategies for the future?

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Ep 314: Recruiting Unbound Nov 20, 2020

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The changing relationship between talent acquisition and talent management is something we've been talking about a lot in 2020. With accelerated digital transformation causing a skill crisis for many employers, the role of learning across the talent acquisition journey is increasingly important. Upskilling recruiters and hiring managers is an obvious part of this, but what about the potential for employers to use digital learning systems to upskill talent pools of potential hires.

To explore this in more detail, my guest this week is Peter Gold, Manager of Recruiting Solutions EMEA for Cornerstone On Demand. Cornerstone is doing some pioneering work in this area, and with over 30 years of experience in recruiting, Peter has a lot of insights to share.

In the interview, we discuss:

▪ Recruiting resilience

▪ The changing relationship between skills and talent acquisition

▪ Skills matching and gap analysis via machine learning

▪ Upskilling talent pools

▪ Moving to a buy and build model of talent acquisition

▪ Providing learning content on a limited budget

▪ Hiring Heroes

▪ Predictions for the future of talent acquisition

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Ep 313: Are You AI Ready? Nov 18, 2020

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The world of work has changed more this year than any of us could have ever imagined back in January. However in the all the discussion around working from home the future of flexible working we are often not taking into account the radical changes that technology and Artificial Intelligence will bring to jobs and the workplace over the next few years.

The implications for talent acquisition and talent management are enormous as companies will need to continuously find and develop new skills as well as managing the evolving relationship between humans and ever more intelligent machines.

My guest this week is Amanda Fajak, Executive Director at Walking The Talk. Walking the Talk have recently published some research on employers cultural readiness for the transformations AI will drive, and Amanda has some interesting insights, and actionable advice to share

In the interview, we discuss:

▪ What changes is AI driving for companies and workplaces?

▪ Digitization versus Digital Transformation

▪ The dangers of compartmentalization

▪ Relationship between humans and AI

▪ What role should an employer play in someone's career?

▪ Transforming and shaping skills

▪ Why talent acquisition needs to play catch up

▪ The importance of caring and the implications for leadership

Download the report - “Is your culture Digital & AI-ready?”

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