This week we welcome Ashutosh Garg to the podcast. Ashutosh is CEO & co-founder of Eightfold.ai, the first Talent Intelligence Platform to address the talent gap by harnessing the power of AI and search, and founder of Bloomreach, a leading vendor for Digital Experience Platforms.
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Episode 29: Punk Rock HR — How to Bet on Yourself and Take Control of Your Career in 2021 & Beyond
This week we welcome Laurie Ruettimann to the podcast. As the face of the popular “Punk Rock HR” podcast, Laurie will need no introduction for many of our listeners.
Episode 27: Talking Shop — In Conversation With a Fellow Recruitment Marketing Agency Founder
This week we welcome Kelly Robinson to the podcast. Kelly has founded numerous ventures in the talent acquisition space, including a staffing firm (MECS Communications), a job distribution platform (Broadbean), a marketing content sharing tool (Paiger), and most recently, RedDotMedia, a recruitment marketing agency.
Episode 26: Relationship-Building in a Digital World — Tech Recruiting & the Future of Sourcing
This week we welcome Elliott Garms to the podcast. Elliott’s career in talent acquisition dates back to childhood, when he helped run his father’s executive search business out of the family basement.
Episode 25: Born to Recruit—D&I, AI, and the Path To Helping a Billion People Find the Right Job
This week we welcome Mahe Bayireddi to the podcast. As a member of Forbes Technology Council, Mahe has co-founded multiple startups, including BHSP Nexus Software Consulting, BijaHealth, SnipSnap, and most recently, Phenom, where he currently leads as Chief Executive Officer.
Episode 23: State of the Industry—Talent Acquisition Leadership in the COVID-19 Era
This week we welcome Richard Carsley to the podcast. Rick has led talent acquisition teams at a number of well-known brands, including Farmers Insurance, Bankers Life and Casualty Company, TSYS, IKEA, and most recently, Freedom Mortgage, where he currently serves as Director of Talent Acquisition.
Episode 20: Workforce Planning, Internal Mobility, and Company Culture
This week we welcome Lucy Williams to the podcast. Lucy’s distinguished career in talent acquisition spans more than twenty years, with stints at such organizations as RP International, IBM, and most recently, Visa, where she led a team as Regional TA Director for Central Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Episode 17: You Are What You Reward — How Incentives Reveal Your Employer Brand
This week we welcome James Ellis to the podcast. A self-proclaimed employer branding “nerd”, James is a leading voice in the world of talent branding, having led EB initiatives at GroupOn and Universum before assuming his latest role at Roku. He’s also the author of several books, including “Talent Chooses You” and “The Employer Brand Handbook Volume 1: The Real World Guide to Working With Recruiters.”
Episode 11: Talent Acquisition Analytics — How Good Data Tells Its Own Story
This week we welcome Todd Davis to the podcast. Todd’s career spans more than 25 years in talent acquisition, from his current role as a Global Talent Executive at IBM, to leadership roles at Ancestry, Amazon, and WarnerMedia.
Episode 7: Unpacking Gem’s 2020 Recruiting Trends Report
This week we discuss Gem’s recent “2020 Recruiting Trends Report.”
Topics include: the continued dominance of LinkedIn as a sourcing tool, the lack of basic email click and open tracking among recruiting teams, why a majority of TA leaders don’t think they need to understand “marketing” to do their jobs effectively, the connection between employer brand and marketing, the challenge of finding quality candidates when speed (e.g., time to hire) and cost are often the dominant metrics against which recruiters are measured, the prevalence and future growth of CRM’s, the top initiatives for TA leaders for the remainder of 2020, and the growing importance of data-driven recruitment marketing practices.