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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 28: Can You Automate Assessment? Sep 16, 2015

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In this episode Matt Alder talks to Gareth Jones from Chemistry
A few episodes back I spoke to Matthew Jeffery about an innovative global graduate recruitment campaign SAP had been running. On this week’s episode I dig a bit deeper into the story behind its success by talking to Gareth Jones from Chemistry who were the company who designed the recruitment process.
We also talk about technology and assessment in general covering a number of areas including:
• The biggest mistake most companies make when they are recruiting
• Using personal data to predict future performance
• The current and future role of algorithms in assessment
Gareth also shares his thoughts on the future of work and some of the emerging technology he is seeing in the assessment space.

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Ep27: The Belated Rise Of Social Referral Schemes Sep 10, 2015

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In this episode Matt Alder talks to Guido Niewkamp from SocialReferral
The concept of super charging employee referral schemes by plugging them into employee social networks has been hyped as the next big thing in recruitment for at least the last five years.
It now seems that the tools and approaches that power this concept have matured and are bringing huge benefits to the early adopting employers who bought into them. Social referrals are now hitting the mainstream and in this week’s episode I talk to Guido Niewkamp the co-founder of SocialReferral to discuss what is working and why.
In the interview we discuss:
• How employees become brand ambassadors
• Why 50% of employees won’t refer and how employers can motivate the other 50% to do it
• Success stories including a retailer who recruited 200 people in a month from their social referral scheme
Guido also gives his take on the future of the referral space and we discuss why referral schemes will need to be more about employer branding stories and less about just sharing jobs.
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Ep26: Pipelining, Persuasion and Early Onboarding Sep 02, 2015

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In this episode Matt Alder talks to Ina Bourmer of Goodgame Studios
Tech Recruiting is a hot topic at the moment for a vast majority of employers. I’ve been doing a lot of research recently into the similarities of the challenges in this area in different markets and geographies and very consistent themes are coming through.
My guest for this episode is Ina Bourmer Head of HR and Talent Acquisition for Goodgame Studios in Germany. Goodgame Studios is currently the fastest growing employer in Europe in the games sector and they are recruiting talent from 21 countries into their Hamburg HQ with a 100% direct sourcing model.
In the interview we discuss:
• The techniques they use to get a 60% response rate and 40% interest rate from their proactive sourcing
• How their onboarding team start working with candidates at first interview stage to help with the persuasion process
• The benefits of candidate experience SLAs
Ina also talks about the importance of People Analytics and what she is looking forward to at HR Tech World Congress in October
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Ep25: Busting Tech Recruiting Myths Aug 26, 2015

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In this episode Matt Alder talks to Ken Ward of Winter Court Consulting
There is a huge amount on content published on a weekly basis detailing tools and techniques that can help employers recruit software engineers and other digital professionals. It can be very difficult to separate what is sound advice from all the click bait and product spin.
My guest for this episode is Ken Ward from Winter Court Consulting. Ken has two decades worth of practical experience in tech recruitment and is keen to bust a number of popular tech recruitment myths and truisms.
In the interview we discuss:
• Key motivations that make tech professionals move jobs
• How to design a recruitment process that works
• The often-disputed role of LinkedIn, Email and Job Boards in tech recruitment
• The “Cult of The Engineer”
• Why most new recruiting products designed to help with tech recruitment are focusing on the wrong thing
Ken also gives a number of practical tips for all employers who are recruiting in this area
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Ep 24: Solving Skill Shortages With Apprenticeships Aug 19, 2015

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In this episode Matt Alder talks to Melanie Hayes Head of Organisational Development at Compass

Over the last few years an increasing number of employers have been developing apprenticeship programmes to address long term skill shortages in their industries. One company who are doing this very successfully are Compass who have offered over 3000 Apprenticeships in the last five years and have achieved a Grade 2 Ofsted rating for their programme.
My guest for this episode is Melanie Hayes Head of Organisational development at Compass and it was very interesting to hear more about the programme and the value it brings to her organisation.
In the interview we discuss:
• Why Compass have an apprentice strategy
• The different types of value it brings to the business
• How apprentices are recruited
• Differing candidate expectations
• The number one reason why every employer should invest in apprenticeships
Mel also talks about the changing landscape in experience hire recruitment and shares her thoughts on the future
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Ep 23: Transforming Talent Attraction At LV= Aug 12, 2015

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In this episode Matt Alder talks to Kevin Hough Head of Resourcing at LV=
Responding to changing markets by evolving new approaches to talent attraction is a big challenge for many large employers. Over the last few years I’ve been very impressed with a number of the employer branding and recruitment marketing initiatives I’ve seen coming out of financial services company LV=.
It was great to get to talk to LV=’s Head of Resourcing Kevin Hough and get the inside track on some of their successful initiatives, as well as his thoughts on social media, data and employer branding.
Topics we discuss include:

How LV= has used community engagement to implement a successful social recruiting strategy.
The importance of brand ambassadors and how they can come from surprising sources
The power of learning via mistakes and challenges
The economics of the candidate experience

Kevin also talks about why an EVP can be like owning a bidet and how LV= found out they were sponsoring the wrong station!
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Ep 22: Talent Marketplaces - The Three Trillion Dollar Future Of Work Aug 05, 2015

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In this interview Matt Alder speaks to Stephane Kasriel CEO of Upwork.
A recent report published by McKinsey indicates that the digital talent marketplaces driving the “gig economy” could play a significant role in increasing global GDP by $2.7 Trillion by 2025.
Upwork is currently the biggest talent marketplace place in the world and I was delighted to get the chance to speak to Stephane Kasriel their CEO for this week’s podcast.
The topics we discuss include:
• The merger of Elance and oDesk that created Upwork
• How a talent marketplace actually works
• The huge diversity of skills represented on the platform
• Remote working and dynamic corporate talent pooling
• Solving the global digital skills crisis
• What the future of work will look like
Stephane also talks about Upwork’s experience of having an employee base that is 70% freelance and distributed across the world
Links from this episode:
The Future of Work, published by Faster Future Publishing

McKinsey Report: Connecting Talent With Opportunity In The Digital Age

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Ep 21: Implementing Recruiting Innovation At SAP Jul 29, 2015

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In this interview Matt Alder talks to Matthew Jeffery VP Head of Global Sourcing & Employment Branding at SAP
As I do more and more podcast interviews it is becoming very clear that recruitment innovation is a complex subject. Every employer is in a different position and what is innovative for one company can just be normal recruitment practice at another.
Matthew Jeffery has always been someone at the cutting edge of innovation in our sector and in this episode we talk about some of the work he has done at SAP as well as his wider views on what is happening in the industry.
Topics discussed include:
• How SAP have “democratized” graduate recruitment by using technology to reach a broader audience
• How to give a good candidate experience at scale to 50,000 applicants
• What algorithms can do that recruiters can’t but why they won’t be replacing humans any time soon
Matthew also gives us his views on why he feels recruitment isn’t being properly discussed at government level.
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Ep 20: A Strategic Perspective on Resourcing Jul 21, 2015

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In this episode Matt Alder talks to Adrian Thomas Chair of The Recruitment Society
There is a tendency in the social media world in which we now live for content published about recruitment to focus on instant gratification via tactical quick fixes. In reality the issues many employers face can’t be solved that simply and resourcing can be very complex.
In this interview Matt and Adrian discuss a number of resourcing related topics including the case for In house recruitment over RPO, which metrics organisations should measure to ensure great recruitment practice and how employers should align Talent Attraction with Talent Management. Adrian also shares his thoughts on the differences between working with the public sector and private sector and what the future might hold for resourcing strategies.

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Ep 19: How Do You Measure An Employer Brand? Jul 07, 2015

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In this episode Matt Alder talks to Andy Curlewis of Cielo Talent 

Employer Brand is a very hot topic at moment and the number of episodes of this podcast which have been dedicated to it recently reflect the level of interest in the market. The one vital element that is often missing from the employer brand conversation though is how you measure effectiveness.

In this episode Matt and Andy discuss employer branding’s relationship to both talent attraction and talent management, the five core areas where the effectiveness of an employer brand can be measured and what this means in the social media age of truth and transparency. Andy also share his thoughts on the importance of content marketing and what the future of employer branding might look like.

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