Change State

talent acquisition

Episode 4: Diversity, Inclusion and Equity in the George Floyd Era

This week we welcome our first guest to the show, Janine Nicole Dennis, Chief Innovations Officer of Talent Think Innovations. Janine’s career spans more than fifteen years in HR and Talent Acquisition and has taken her through the world of pharmaceuticals, healthcare, staffing and R&D. Her deep industry experience, combined with her upbringing as the child of a black NYPD sergeant, affords her a unique and invaluable perspective about the TA challenges facing police departments at this heightened moment of awareness.

Episode 2: Why Do Recruitment Marketing Agencies Have a Bad Name? And How Has The Growth of Programmatic Recruitment Impacted the Candidate Experience?

This week we discuss why the term ‘recruitment marketing agency’ has such a negative connotation in the talent acquisition world. We share our views of a flawed compensation model, and our own client frustrations that led us to start Change State.

Then we unpack Marty’s own blog post, ‘Candidate Experience and the Hidden Costs of Cheap Job Seeker Traffic,’ to highlight how the search for the cheapest ‘job seeker click’ can produce a scavenger hunt for job seekers, creating hidden costs in terms of candidate experience and employer brand.