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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 88: The Programmatic Future Of Job Boards Apr 19, 2017

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The future of job boards has been an ongoing debate in our industry for years. A debate that has been dominated by predictions of their demise. These predictions have so far proved to be erroneous. But what is their future?
Who to better to ask than my guest this week Peter Weddle. Peter is the CEO of TA Tech, the trade association for the global talent acquisition technology industry. He has been a close observer of the job board market since its inception in the 1990s and has some great insights to share.
In the interview we discuss:
Peter’s history in the industry and some of the changes he has seen
Why talent acquisition vendors are looking at solution stacking and building partnerships and alliances
The potential of programmatic advertising and what recruiting can learn from mistakes made in e-commerce advertising
The challenge of transitioning from duration based advertising to performance based advertising
Other ways that Job Boards are changing.
Peter also shares his views on the future and gives us details of several unique events being run by TA Tech during 2017
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Ep 87: Hiring On All Cylinders Apr 13, 2017

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Time for something completely different. One of my favorite industry podcasts is Hiring On All Cylinders produced by the lovely people at Entelo. This week, in the interests of friendly podcast co-operation, I’m doing a podcast exchange with them.
I’m interviewed in the latest episode of Hiring On All Cylinders, talking about my new book and everything I’ve learned from interviewing all my wonderful podcast guests. Meanwhile on this week’s Recruiting Future Podcast my guest is Jill Witty, VP of Talent and Operations at Entelo. Jill has helped the company scale up from 7 employees to a 120 employees and has some fascinating insights into the modern world of Talent Acquisition.
In the interview we discuss:
• Innovative recruiting approaches
• Diversifying talent pools at the top of the funnel
• Establishing a compelling and competitive employer brand
• Values based recruiting that focuses on culture add rather than culture fit
Jill also gives us her take on the future of talent acquisition technology and in particular the potential role of artificial intelligence in recruiting.
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Ep 86: How To Be A Best Place To Work Apr 05, 2017

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Over the last few weeks a number of guests on the podcast have mentioned that they have been included in Glassdoor’s Best Places To Work list and I’m sure many of you are interested in finding out more about what this actually means.
My guest this week is Lisa Holden , Employer Communications Manager at Glassdoor. I spoke to Lisa to find out how the Best Places To Work list is put together and also to understand more about the growing correlation between employee voice and employer brand.
In the interview we discuss:
• The origins of Best Places To Work
• Debunking some common myths
• What are the common traits that propel employers up the list
• Why the relationship between employee voice and employer brand is so important
• The vital importance of transparency
Lisa also talks us through some of the more surprising inclusions in the list and gives us her thoughts on future trends
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Ep 85: Recruitment Marketing Platforms Mar 31, 2017

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Over the last few years, we have seen the development of a new type of recruiting technology, the recruitment marketing platform.
Designed to make Talent Attraction more strategic and bring marketing technologies and techniques to recruiters, these platforms are certainly making an impact but I sense that there is still a lot of confusion surrounding them.

My guest this week is Madeline Laurano, principal analyst and co-founder of Aptitude Research Partners. Madeline has recently authored a market report on recruitment marketing platforms which is designed to give potential buyers much needed insight into this emerging space.

In the interview we discuss:
• What recruitment marketing platforms are and what they are not
• The changes in Talent Acquisition that are driving the market for this type of technology
• The key features and capabilities of recruitment marketing platforms.
• The value and results clients are seeing from using these platforms
• What buyers should be looking for when selecting a recruitment marketing platform
Madeline also gives us her view on the likely future of this market in terms of partnerships and consolidation.

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Ep 84: An Innovative Approach To Recruiting Mar 24, 2017

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One of the things I’ve learned from interviewing people for the podcast is that very often the most effective recruiting innovations come from the recruiting teams at tech start-ups who have successfully scaled. This is normally as a result of the size of the recruiting challenges they tend to face and the speed at which they must overcome them.
My guest this week is Anna Lambert, Director of Talent Acquisition at Shopify. Shopify is a great example of a tech company that has scaled massively and Anna has some great insights on recruiting innovation to share.
In the interview we discus:
• How to maintain quality of hire as you grow
• The life story approach to recruiting
• Interview shadowing
• Effective strategies to overcome human unconscious bias
• The critical importance of employer brand
Anna also talks about the advantages of her non-recruiting background and gives her view on the outlook for the future.
Shopify are currently looking for new recruiters to join their team, more details are available on their careers site
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Ep 83: Persona Based Recruiting Mar 17, 2017

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I’ve noticed that there is an increasing amount of discussion about the use of personas as a tool for sourcing and recruitment marketing. However I also suspect that is still not a great deal of understanding about what personas actually are and just how useful they can be.
I can think of no better person to shed some light on this top than John Vlastelica from Recruiting Toolbox. John returns for a second visit to the show after his incredibly popular interview last year on hiring managers
In this interview we discuss:
What are personas, how can they be used and what are their advantages
The key components of a persona and how you go about creating them
How personas can be used to build pipelines in a way that massively accelerate time to hire
Using personas to help shape the recruiting sell by defining magnet people and magnet projects
John also give his thoughts on the future role of technology in this area and explains why he wants to see more employers using these persona based methodologies.
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Ep 82: Content Marketing For Employer Branding Mar 10, 2017

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Employer Branding and Content Marketing are two phrases that are being used more and more frequently these days. But what do they actually mean? How do they work together and why should employers be investing time and money into them?
My guest this week is someone who knows the answer to all of these questions, James Ellis from Bex Consultants. James is an Employer Brand and Content Marketing specialist who has some really interesting insights into these topics.
In the interview we discuss:
• The definition of an Employer Brand
• How employers can use re-framing to influence the perception of their brand
• How Content Marketing can be used for Employer Brand activation
• Brand patterns and story telling
• The evolution of content formats
James also talks us through the employers who he thinks are doing this well and give his advice for companies who are just getting started on this journey
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Ep 81: The Perspectives Of A Group HR Director Mar 03, 2017

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As part of my continuing focus on getting a diverse range of opinions and voices on the show, this week I thought it would be interesting to get the views of a Global HR Director.
My guest for this episode is Graeme Cook, Group HR Director at ground engineering specialist Keller, a company who employ 10,000 people across 40 different companies. Graeme’s career has itself been a global one and he has worked in several different countries for his past employers, giving him a genuinely global perspective.
In the interview we discuss:
• Some of the key considerations and challenges of operating HR at a global level
• Skill shortages in the Oil, Gas and Engineering sectors
• The three key parts of the HR Director’s role and HR’s position within the organization
• Technology, automation and the future of HR
Graeme also talks about his transition from working in finance to working in HR and gives his views on the challenges of managing a multi-generational workforce.
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Ep 80: An Untapped Talent Pool Feb 24, 2017

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It has become very clear from the conversations I’ve been having with employers this year that the problems posed by current and future skill shortages have never been higher on their agenda. The best companies are acting to solve these problems by thinking differently and tapping into some extremely valuable pools of talent that they may have previously overlooked.
My guest this week is Jane Hatton Director of Evenbreak, a job board that matches talented disabled job seekers with inclusive employers.
In the interview we discuss:
• The strong business case for employing disabled people
• Popular misconceptions round the implications of employing disabled people
• How people with particular impairments (autism as one example) can bring particular skills to the workplace
• How employers should go about attracting disabled people to their organization and how they should be adapting their recruitment processes to get the best talent
• Which employers are doing this well
Jane also shares her advice on the first steps employers should take to gain access to this valuable pool of talent
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Ep 79: Understanding Talent Acquisition Technology Feb 15, 2017

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Over the last few years there has been a massive proliferation in the number of talent acquisition tools and technologies on the market. The pace of change shows no sign of slowing down and it is increasingly difficult for talent acquisition leaders to know just where they should be focusing.
My guest this week is Lance Haun, Practice Leader at The Starr Conspiracy Intelligence Unit. The Starr Conspiracy have recently published their 2017 Talent Acquisition Brandscape Report. A piece of research designed to help make sense of a confusing and fast moving market.
In the interview we discuss:
• How do you categorize and segment such a “nebulous” market sector
• The current biggest area for innovation in talent acquisition
• Dealing with the potential implications of Microsoft’s purchase of LinkedIn
• The two key future trends everyone should be aware of
Lance also gives us his view on the future pace of change in the sector and the likely impact of any potential global economic slow down
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