EXPANDING SCOPE: FROM TALENT ACQUISITION TO TALENT EVERYTHING   Talent Acquisition has spent the past two decades attempting to create an identity distinct from HR....was this mistake, and do we now need to discreetly reverse course??   Apologies for the provocation but I suspect this is more or less what we NEED to be doing, especially as the employers everywhere demand more from people teams, forcing us all to expand scope to take on work that was previously someone else's theatre. Additionally, our understanding of the human journey through a company tells us that we need break functional siloes which emerged in a different era of business.   What is it like to expand scope beyond TA? Should more of us do it? Let's speak to TA professionals who have already.   - How did this journey start? - Was it a strategic decision to expand scope from just TA? - What new functions are most interesting for you? - Which ones are most difficult for a person coming from a TA perspective? - What have you learned ABOUT TA since you expanded scope BEYOND TA? - What skills should professionals develop in order to best position for future expansive roles like this? - What next, what else do you personally need to learn about your current career path? - How do you envisage the future of TA / Talent Everything?   All this and more on Brainfood Live On Air, We're with Manjuri Sinha, VP of Talent Success, OLX Group, Yasar Ahmad, VP of People (HelloFresh), Christine Ng, Head of Talent & Communication (Quantum Motion) and on Friday 31st May, 2pm BST / 9am ET     Follow the channel here (recommended) and click on the green button to register for this show.       Ep259 is sponsored by our buddies Maki People   AI powered one stop shop to engage, assess and develop talents across the globe. Allowing to assess 300+ skills from coding to cognitive, langage to soft skills, video interviewing to personality traits etc in real time using speech to text and AI/LLMs module while offering a great immersive experience to candidates.   Book a demo with our friendly team today

PROGRAMMATIC JOB ADVERTISING: THE MASTERCLASS   I am convinced that programmatic job advertising will become a necessity for the employers hiring at any kind of scale. Applicant overflow will become untenable without automated system which can respond to flow rate by either increasing or decreasing the visibility of the advert. And yet the solutions remain mysterious for the majority of recruiters, most of whom have never used programmatic job advertising tools; market penetration in the UK is here (recommended) and click on the green button to register for this show.       Ep258 is sponsored by our buddies Joveo     Transform your talent sourcing with the global leader in programmatic job advertising. Joveo is revolutionizing recruitment for the world’s most prominent employers, staffing firms, RPOs, and media agencies. Our advanced platform ensures you attract, engage, and hire the best candidates efficiently and within budget. Powering millions of jobs daily, Joveo leverages cutting-edge data science and machine learning to optimize your recruitment process across all online channels. Experience unparalleled control and insights, from initial click to final hire, making your talent acquisition seamless and effective.   Embrace the future of hiring with Joveo — where precision meets performance. Schedule a demo with one of our friendly experts today here

Founders Focus is the show where we get up close and personal with the leaders of the businesses changing the way we work today   Scotty AI is a technology business where the market has finally caught up with the vision. Their pioneering software provides the sort of automation of workflow which recruiters have been screaming out for, especially in the era of 'do more with less'   Let's hear from the man who built the thing - Engineer, CTO and Co-founder Reiner Bruns.     - What important thing did you have cancel to appear on Founders Focus today? - What does a day in the life look like for a CTO of Scotty AI? - Could a different personality do your job? If so, how would their impact differ? - Exec team...how do you agree to disagree? - Building a team..what are the main principles you have when hiring for your own department? - Were you always destined to be CTO? - How is founding a business different from being a senior employee? - What do you think the world of recruitment look like if Scotty reached its goals? - Can you explain what value Scotty provides, and to whom? - What expectations can customers of Scotty have the rest of this year? - Back in time: if you timewarp back to the start of your journey with Scotty what advice would you give to younger Reiner?   All this and more as we take a deep dive into the business leaders building the technology changing the way we work today.   Tuesday 21st May, 12pm BST / 1pm CEST   Click on the green button to save your spot and follow the channel here (recommended) for further updates     Ep43 of Founders Focus is supported by Scotty

RECRUITMENT AUTOMATION TIPS YOU CAN DO RIGHT AWAY   As the case studies accumulate, we are beginning to see the outline of what an AI-enabled recruiter looks like: it is indeed x10 more productive, perhaps even x100 more productive in certain tasks and functions. It's time to stop watching folks, and time to start doing.   - Examples of Recruitment Automation which can be done today - What areas of in the workflow should recruiters be focussing on automating? - What are the impediments to automation beyond the individual recruiter? - Or should the automation always be individuated? - How do recruitment leaders coach their teams to improve using AI? - What the best tools to use today? - Why is Ai-enabling a process so difficult? - How do we get the pay off? - How do we know when to abandon a bad idea?   All this and more on Brainfood Live On Air. We're with Martyn Redstone, AI Automation Consultant (PPLBOTS), Bret Feig, VP Talent Acquisition (Zip Co), Mike Wolford, AI Implementation Consultant (Eponymous) and friends, on Friday 17th May, 2pm BST / 9am ET   Follow the channel here (recommended) and click on the green button to register for this show.       Ep257 is sponsored by our buddies Metaview     Still furiously scribbling or typing interview notes? It’s time to leave note-taking in the pre-AI era and join the thousands of recruiters already using Metaview.   With the magic of Metaview’s AI-powered recruiting notes you’ll:   Cut hours of admin out of your week: Never waste time cleaning up notes or writing candidate reports for hiring managers again. Metaview’s AI records and transcribes your most important recruiting conversations, then crafts perfectly-structured, accurate summaries. All without you having to do anything.   Upgrade the candidate experience: Put 100% of your focus on the candidate in the moment. Not worrying about capturing detailed notes.   Supercharge your efficiency: Whether it’s automatically generated candidate TL;DRs, auto-filled scorecards, or any of our other AI-assisted features, Metaview makes every step of the interview process delightfully efficient.   Make more confident hiring decisions: With perfect, instantly-queryable candidate data at your fingertips, you can be sure you’re making hiring decisions based on what actually happened in interviews.   Don’t just take our word for it. Here’s what Hung himself had to say about the power of Metaview in his 2023 recruiting roundup:   “For the employers who think seriously about talent acquisition and recruitment efficiency, interview intelligence is no longer any kind of secret.”   The secret’s out, so don’t get left behind.   Get up and running in minutes & try Metaview for free today.

Founders Focus is the show where we get up close and personal with the leaders of the businesses changing the way we work today   VONQ has been one of the recruitment technology providers who have undergirded the recruitment advertising eco-system, often in a way unknown to recruiters at the operations side of the business. What a better opportunity to find out more about this company than getting face time with one of the founders, Tycho van Paassen?   - Why is VONQ organised the way it is? - What was the plan when the company started - was there a clear vision or a matter of step by step problem solving? - What have you learnt about yourself as an executive in your various roles at the company? - Exec / leadership hiring - how do you select leaders for the company, is there a formula? - VONQ culture...was this something you thought about it or did it emerge through the building the business? - Can you explain to the audience where VONQ sits in the tech eco-system? - What do you think will be the main value for customers of VONQ in 2024 and beyond? - How do you think AI will change jobs advertising? - How do you think AI will change VONQ? - What exciting things can customers expect to see from the company in 2024? - If you could do it all over again, what decision would be stick to, and which one would you change?     All this and more as we take a deep dive into the business leaders building the technology changing the way we work today.     Ep42 of Founders Focus is supported by VONQ   VONQ simplifies job publishing online, serving over 1,000 top companies, including 25+ Fortune 500 firms. Integrating with over 100 ATS and HCM platforms, we reach 80% of US and EU talent teams. Our network spans +5000 media channels, leveraging automation, data insights, and recruitment marketing to target the right talent efficiently. Recognized by Fosway as a Strategic Leader in Talent Acquisition, VONQ continues to lead in innovative recruitment solutions

HOW TO SET UP A RECRUITMENT ANALYTICS DASHBOARD   Having strong analytics is critical to increasing the degree of your hiring success. Much more challenging is how best to set up a dashboard which works best for your organisation and your needs. We're going to get some expert advice from talent leaders whose speciality is enabling organisations to have access to, and make better quality decisions on, the data from the talent team.   - What metrics do elite organisations use? - Are there common analytics themes amongst high vs low performing TA teams? - Give us the metrics that matter - please no context! - How long do you go back in history when you get there? - What method do we have to connecting performance data back to the assessment flow? - Do we need a specialist analytics function to do this? - How does Ai help us identify important metrics - can we now find / use more? - What software works best? - Can we see a few examples here??   All this and more on Brainfood Live On Air. We're with Luke Eaton, Head of Talent Operations (WellTech), Michael Talarek, Senior Analyst (Zalando) & Jeremy Thornton, Senior Project Manager (Citi) on Friday 10th May, 2pm BST / 9am ET   Follow the channel here (recommended) and click on the green button to register for the show.     Ep256 is sponsored by friends at Greenhouse   Greenhouse is your all-together hiring platform — there to meet your company’s needs at every stage with comprehensive solutions that power your hiring process.   Bringing together technology and expertise, scalable workflows from Greenhouse help you connect recruiters, interviewers, hiring managers, and candidates. Use smart sourcing tools that help you discover and engage top talent, and create organized interview plans that empower your team to make their best hiring decisions with fairness. And when new hires start onboarding, you can easily track and manage the process, complete essential to-dos, and orchestrate next steps.   At each stage of hiring, you can set goals and get meaningful insights — so your team can make measurable improvements.   With Greenhouse, hiring is more than a series of tasks — it’s strategic and purposeful, delivering value at every step, helping you connect teams and achieve the best outcomes.   Hire better, all-together... with Greenhouse. Visit Greenhouse to learn more.

NO LINKEDIN X-RAY? WHAT NEXT?   The sourcing community has been monitoring the changes on LinkedIn, particularly on the availability of public data to search engines. 2 months since the news first broke that 'LinkedIn X Ray is dead', what is the latest from the front lines of the sourcing world. And...if LinkedIn X-Ray IS on its last legs, what does that mean for people aggregators, data enrichers and the like?   - Latest on LinkedIn X-Ray - update - Implications for recruiters, more upgrades to LinkedIn Recruiter? - Implications for sourcing for diversity...good or bad? - Implications for the freelance recruiter - Workable workarounds - Shift to alternative models of sourcing / people finding - Present and future of sourcing - Can next generation sourcing solutions provide?   All this and more on Brainfood Live On Air. We're with Brian Fink, Talent Acquisition Partner, (McAfee), Erin Mathew, Exec Search (PayPal), Dean da Costa, Senior Staff TA (Lockheed Martin) & friends on Friday 26th April, 2.00pm BST. Follow the channel here (recommended) and register by clicking on Save My Spot       Ep255 is sponsored by our buddies HireFast   Attract, source, engage, and hire the most relevant candidates on time, within their budget.

DATA OR ADS: FUTURE OF JOB BOARD ADVERTISING IN THE ERA OF GENERATIVE AI   Job Boards are going through a moment. What had felt like a clear progression of business model towards Pay-Per-Applicant, is now changing in the era of GenAI, especially with the AI-enabled job candidate conducting mass apply. Opportunities and risks have both increased for the job board vendors, and the decisions that these players make will have downstream impact on the sort of services employers and job seekers alike can expect.   What is the state of job board advertising in 2024? What do we expect to see in next year, next 5? We're bringing together the top experts in the job board field to talk us through the future of job board advertising.   - Macro View: State of Job Boards - Volume of job ads vs Revenue - Programmatic vs non-programmatic - Impact of GenAI for job boards - New GenAI job board features - will internal search change? - Data and LLM, what is the real value of job board data? - What is the impact of job board users - job seekers and employers?   All this and more on Brainfood Live On Air. We're with Yazad Dalal, Chief Growth Officer (Joveo), Bill Fischer, CTO (VONQ), Louise Triance, Founder (UK Recruiter) Alexander Chukowski, Senior AI Advisor (Job Boards),Chris Russell, Founder (RecTech Media) & Steven Rothberg, Founder (College Recruiter) on Friday 19th April, 2.00pm BST. Follow the channel here (recommended) and register by clicking on Save My Spot       Ep254 is sponsored by our buddies Joveo   Transform your talent sourcing with the global leader in programmatic job advertising. Joveo is revolutionizing recruitment for the world’s most prominent employers, staffing firms, RPOs, and media agencies. Our advanced platform ensures you attract, engage, and hire the best candidates efficiently and within budget. Powering millions of jobs daily, Joveo leverages cutting-edge data science and machine learning to optimize your recruitment process across all online channels. Experience unparalleled control and insights, from initial click to final hire, making your talent acquisition seamless and effective.   Embrace the future of hiring with Joveo—where precision meets performance. Schedule a demo with one of our friendly experts today here

SKILL BASED ORGANISATION: REALITY VS RHETORIC?   The consensus in the industry is that Skill Based Hiring and Skill Based Organisation is the way forward for the next generation of future fit organisations, but what does successful implementation actually look like? We're beginning to see the emergence of a debate on the wisdom and practicality of the idea - can it even be done?   Join us, as we discuss the issue from different points of view from the TA Leadership community   - Definitions: What is Skill Based Hiring? - Isn't this just ignoring credentials on the CV? - Isn't this just ignoring the CV? - What does a Skill Based Organisation look like, after the external recruitment has been through Skill Based Hiring? - What does this mean for jobs - are they being unbundled? - How do we recruiters assess for skills? - What are the problems of Skill Based Hiring? - What are the advantages?   We're with Matthias Schmeißer, Global Senior Director, (Emnify), Andrew Grier, Head of TA (Helping Hands Home Care), Dan Logan, Director of Transformation (Advance) & Marija Kose, CPO (Human Edge) and on Friday 12th April, 2.00pm BST.   Follow the channel here (recommended) and register by clicking on Save My Spot       Ep253 is sponsored by our buddies TechWolf   Everyone is talking about skills. But what does it mean?   Research by Deloitte found that less than 20% of companies have embarked on the transformative journey toward becoming a skill-based organisation (SBO). Taking action requires more than just recognition. Amidst the strategic shift towards skills, many business and HR leaders find themselves navigating through a maze of information, unsure of where to start.   This guide demystifies the process with three practical tips to guide you on the path to implementing a skill-based approach:   Why go skill-based?   - The obstacles to becoming an SBO - Practical tips to get you started with skills   Read our latest guide today

HOW TO PULL OFF A GLOBAL TA ORG RESTRUCTURE   The post 2021 drive for optimisation has led to a global wave of organisation restructuring, as every department, in every company, probably in every country comes to terms with a world of high interest rates, slowing growth, tougher margins and ever increasing volatility.   How have multinational TA teams responded, and reorganised?   - What prompted the decision to reorg? - How long a run way do you need to even think about this?? - What are the most important elements of a successful reorganisation? - Bundling and unbundling jobs into tasks create more opportunity to radical moves? - Forex arbitrage - how much does this factor into the thinking? - Any technology solutions that help? - What are the main challenges of making a shift of this type? - How do you keep the car going whilst changing out (all) the tires?   All this and more on Brainfood Live On Air. We're with Martin Thomas, Head of Workforce Strategy, Philips, Jennifer Cunningham,VP Global Talent Acquisition (Pearson) & Christine Ng, Head of Talent, (Quantum Motion) on Friday 5th April, 2.00pm BST. Follow the channel here (recommended) and register by clicking on Save My Spot       Ep252 is sponsored by our buddies Metaview     Still furiously scribbling or typing interview notes? It’s time to leave note-taking in the pre-AI era and join the thousands of recruiters already using Metaview.   With the magic of Metaview’s AI-powered recruiting notes you’ll:   Cut hours of admin out of your week: Never waste time cleaning up notes or writing candidate reports for hiring managers again. Metaview’s AI records and transcribes your most important recruiting conversations, then crafts perfectly-structured, accurate summaries. All without you having to do anything.   Upgrade the candidate experience: Put 100% of your focus on the candidate in the moment. Not worrying about capturing detailed notes.   Supercharge your efficiency: Whether it’s automatically generated candidate TL;DRs, auto-filled scorecards, or any of our other AI-assisted features, Metaview makes every step of the interview process delightfully efficient.   Make more confident hiring decisions: With perfect, instantly-queryable candidate data at your fingertips, you can be sure you’re making hiring decisions based on what actually happened in interviews.   Don’t just take our word for it. Here’s what Hung himself had to say about the power of Metaview in his 2023 recruiting roundup:   “For the employers who think seriously about talent acquisition and recruitment efficiency, interview intelligence is no longer any kind of secret.”   The secret’s out, so don’t get left behind.   Get up and running in minutes & try Metaview for free today.

HIGH VOLUME HIRING: FASTER, BETTER, CHEAPER?   Recruitment optimisation gets more serious at scale. 1% efficiency improvement means a lot more when you're hiring for 10,000 people vs hiring for 100. What can we learn from high volume hirers when it comes to increasing efficiency?   - Why radical solutions are required - How to determine where gains can be achieved? - What areas of inefficiency to be tackled first? - What is the relationship between C-level and TA in high volume hiring companies? - Does this give you more, or less room for maneuovre? - Budget allocation & spend - Typical KPIs for TA - do they apply at high volume? - Major lessons learned - What techniques are most transferrable to other hiring scenarios?   All this and more on Brainfood Live On Air. We're with Thomas Waldman, Global Head of Talent Acquisition & Contingent Workforce (Action), Becky Lee, Global TA Lead (ex-EY) & friends on Wednesday 27th March, 2.00pm GMT. Follow the channel here (recommended) and register by clicking on Save My Spot       Ep251 is sponsored by our buddies Scotty     Hi! It's me, Scotty.   I could tell you that I'm a next-gen conversational AI solution, crafted on top of my very own proprietary LLM, built on open source code (making me independent) while having clever guardrails (making me safe and reliable). But that would be booooorrrrring.   Let me put it a different way. I'm here to change the way you engage with candidates and employees. And I mean really change it. And how am I going to do that?   By having up to half a million conversations at the same time, in 140 different languages. Without bias, prejudice, or unfair judgement. Through simple chats, whether via text or voice, that source, qualify and onboard the perfect people for your team.   For the techies reading this, ‘Integration’ is my middle name. If I had a passport, it’d say Scotty ‘Integration’ AI. Which, now I’ve said it out loud, sounds odd. I seamlessly connect with any system of records, doing practically everything a recruiter can, from taking a brief, to sourcing, pre-screening, interviewing, scheduling, transferring calls, onboarding, workforce management, internal mobility, and offboarding, all while keeping your stakeholders informed and measuring experience to help you with improvements.   I don’t eat, get sick, and I won’t cost you a ticket to the end of year party either. I’m a sleepless, tireless, ridiculously-efficient machine that you can simply plug into your recruitment and HR processes.   Want to know more? Schedule a meeting today and we will show you what Scotty can really do

WHAT DO DEVELOPERS WANT? SKILLS & SENTIMENT REPORT 2024   One of the annual must read reports in the recruiting industry is the HackerRank's Developer Skills Report. With huge changes in the skills make up of the software developer workforce of tomorrow, we need to review what kind of skills developers care about, are getting good at and are letting go as the future leaves them behind.   Who better to talk us through the insights than Vivek Ravisankar and Juan Herrera, the senior hombres of HackerRank. Millions of data points from developer behaviour on the platform, as well as 5000+ survey responses from developers, managers, talent acquisition managers and candidates.   You will learn - What are developers concerned about? - Do engineers feel that there industry is growing or contracting - How do developers think AI will change skills demand / skills development - How do layoffs impact developers think about the job market? - What languages are up / down in popularity from employer side? - Is this a vibecession? - Has the value of a CompSci degree changed? - How do we really assess technical skills? - How do developers think about remote vs RTO? - Why do developers stay in their jobs? Why do they go?   All this and more. We're with Vivek Ravisankar, CEO (HackerRank), Juan Herrera, President, Global Field Operations (HackerRank) & friends on Friday 22nd March, 2.00pm GMT.   Follow the channel here (recommended) and register by clicking on Save My Spot       Ep250 is sponsored by our buddies HackerRank   HackerRank is a technology hiring platform that is the standard for assessing developer skills for over 3,000 companies around the world. HackerRank helps companies hire skilled developers and innovate faster by enabling tech recruiters and hiring managers to objectively evaluate talent at every stage of the recruiting process.   Download the 2024 Developer Skills Report here

FUTURE OF WORK: TALENT ACQUISITION...NOT INVITED?   Talent Acquisition has long fought a battle for a 'seat at the table' when the big decisions are made about the future of an organisation but we really need to come to that table with unique perspective, value and confidence.   With the era of Generative AI already upon us, let's do a sense check on where Talent Acquisition is when conversations about the future shape of an organisation takes place.   - Do we know what the CEO vision of an AI-enabled company looks like? - Do we know what the CFO vision is? - Do we understand how these visions impact the future of TA? - How do we position so that we lead the change to AI-enablement rather than become victim to it? - What steps do we need to take today to get this moving?   All this and more as we dive in to real talk with industry experts Jason Seiden, VP Growth & Innovation (Cielo Talent), Paul Maxin, Founder (MaxinTalent), Madeline Laurano, Founder (Aptitude Research), Jane Curran, Global Head of Talent Acquisition (JLL) and Lavanya VNV, on Friday 15th March, 2.00pm GMT. Follow the channel here (recommended) and register by clicking on Save My Spot       Ep249 is sponsored by our buddies Checkr     Checkr builds people infrastructure for the future of work. And we believe everyone should have a fair chance to work. That's why we've designed a faster—and fairer—way to screen job seekers. Trusted by companies such as Uber, Warby Parker and monday.com.   For more information on our mission and products, visit http://checkr.com.

TALENT TRENDS REPORT: SOURCING IN 2024   Sourcing has returned to being a hot topic in 2024 in light of the recent restrictions on Linkedin data which may be significantly altered the efficacy of previously reliable sourcing techniques. We've had the expert sourcing view - lets now look at what data can tell us as CRM / ATS provider Ashby takes a deep dive on actual recruiter behaviour on their platform .   Find out about:   - Outreach volume change over time - Candidate response rates to recruiter outreach - segmented regionally, sectionally, chronologically - Ideal message length to response - Frequency of contact per response - CRM activity mapped to ATS data - Difference between top performing recruiters and employers and the rest of the pack - Impact on hiring volume on candidate experience   All this and more, we bring in Community & Talent Advisory Lead Willem Wijnans to lead us through the findings of this latest report.         Ep248 is sponsored by our buddies Ashby     Ashby is what an ATS should be: an integration of sourcing automation, AI-supported outreach sequencing, native interview scheduling, a searchable CRM, and advanced analytics – all in one ATS++ system. That means better data, less context switching, and more streamlined workflows.   Chosen by over a thousand companies, including Quora, Docker, Ironclad, and Multiverse, Ashby stands out as the top-rated ATS on G2. It is renowned for its real-time and reliable reporting, the ability to centralize the entire hiring process, and unparalleled customer support.   Elevate your recruitment process with Ashby:   Subscribe to their Talent Trend Reports for in-depth analysis and industry benchmarks from over 14 million jobs. Tune into the Offer Accepted Podcast for strategic insights from leading industry experts. Join their Live Product Demos, conducted by seasoned TA professionals.   As a special offer for Recruiting Brainfood readers, the first 50 demo bookings will receive an exclusive 20% discount for their first year with Ashby. Book your demo here.

The State of Hiring Market Intelligence Report 2024   Continuing with our theme of showcasing companies who are conducting research valuable to the recruiting community, today we focus on the work our friends at Willo have done over the past year, surveying customers on hiring trends from AI, remote work, candidate experience and focus for 2024.   Find out what other TA, HR and Senior level execs are saying about:   - Headcount growth for 2024 - Role of AI in recruiter enablement - Remote & Flexible working relationship to talent attraction - The balance between recruiting and retention - The framework for moving from commitment to implementation with AI   All this and more, as we grab the two founders of Willo - Euan Cameron and Andrew Wood to come on screen to discuss this research, how it impacts their customer base of both 3rd party and in-house recruiters and how this informs the Willo roadmap for 2024.     Ep247 is sponsored by our buddies Willo   Willo is the virtual interviewing platform trusted by thousands of recruiters worldwide. - Receive video responses to your questions remotely, from anyone, anywhere in the world. 1000's of organisations already use Willo to hear from more people, in less time, and never have to worry about scheduling calls or meetings again.   Join them, it is free to get started and we have no setup fees or contracts.   Plus our incredible UK-based support team is available 24/7 to help you transform your interviewing process.   Schedule a demo with one of our friendly team members today.

The State of Background Screening Compliance 2024   Checkr have released the definitive research piece on the State of Background Screening Compliance and we will use this week's Brainfood Live On Air to interview Su-Han Wang, Managing Litigation & Compliance Counsel at Checkr to better understand:   what percentage of US employers are compliant with Federal regulations on background screening which segments / states are most / least compliant what are the potential hazards for employers who are out of compliance how realistic are these scenarios, and what degree of virulence? what steps can employers take today to ensure that they are on the road for compliance in 2024         Ep246 is sponsored by our buddies Checkr   Checkr builds people infrastructure for the future of work. And we believe everyone should have a fair chance to work. That's why we've designed a faster—and fairer—way to screen job seekers. Trusted by companies such as Uber, Warby Parker and monday.com.   For more information on our mission and products, visit http://checkr.com.

LINKEDIN X-RAY: DEAD OR DYING OR WHAT?   Using a search engine to 'X-ray' an ostensibly closed social network is the quintessential activity of a sourcer. You could probably argue that the entire sourcing discipline emerged as a result of recruiters discovering sophisticated ways to interrogate a system to retrieve information about potential candidates.   Consequently, the news that LinkedIn had begun to suppress important biographical data from being crawled by search engines (especially Google) brought alarm to the entire recruiting community.   We need to come to the bottom of it, so we're bring together expert sources from around the world together to share information on the state of LinkedIn X-Ray   - what has changed from the latest update? - what can be seen / can't be seen using the old techniques? - is this search engine specific or are all search engines no longer able to see this information? - what does this mean for people aggregators / data enrichers? - what are the workarounds? - what are the implications for sources?   All this and more as we try to figure out the future of sourcing with Marcel van der Meer, Global Sourcing Trainer, (Klikwork), Irina Shamaeva, Partner (Brain Gain Recruiting), Alla Pavlova, Recruiter (Riot Games), Mike Santoro, Talent Sourcing, (AllSearch) & Balazs Paroczay, Founder (The Source Code Agency)         Ep245 is sponsored by our buddies Ashby     In this week's Recruiting Brainfood, we spotlight Ashby. Ashby is what an ATS should be: an integration of sourcing automation, AI-supported outreach sequencing, native interview scheduling, a searchable CRM, and advanced analytics – all in one ATS++ system. That means better data, less context switching, and more streamlined workflows.   Chosen by over a thousand companies, including Quora, Docker, Ironclad, and Multiverse, Ashby stands out as the top-rated ATS on G2. It is renowned for its real-time and reliable reporting, the ability to centralize the entire hiring process, and unparalleled customer support.   Elevate your recruitment process with Ashby: Subscribe to their Talent Trend Reports for in-depth analysis and industry benchmarks from over 14 million jobs. Tune into the Offer Accepted Podcast for strategic insights from leading industry experts. Join their Live Product Demos, conducted by seasoned TA professionals. As a special offer for Recruiting Brainfood readers, the first 50 demo bookings will receive an exclusive 20% discount for their first year with Ashby. Book your demo here.

OFFBOARDING: HOW TO AVOID PR DISASTER!   We have seem the company wide Zoom call, the recorded 1-2-1 videos, the mass email and even the classic no notice account lock out - it seems that whatever method an employer takes, there is always a risk of PR disaster when making lay offs.   Is this a matter of training, tooling or values? How can we create the right sort of process which humanises this hardest of moments within a business?   You will learn   - Psychology of lay offs - Impact of transparency and forewarning - Most important components for an effective and humane exit - Balance between need to protect the organisation vs need to take care of former colleagues - Role of the manager, CEO, colleagues and People team - Post lay off support   We're going to examine this topic from all angles, with the help of Leslie Kivit, CPO (ex-Xapo Bank), Sophie Power, People & Talent Advisor (TA Leader, TTC), Bharath C, Recruiter (Meta), Jean-Marie Caillaud, Founder (WorkMeTender) & Arielle Kilroy, CEO (Dado).         Ep244 is sponsored by our buddies Dado   On a mission to empower excellent employee experiences at scale. From pre-boarding to promotions to off boarding, Dado has you covered.   Test drive Dado today!

Happy New 2024 Everybody!   We're back with the series where we get up close and personal with the tech entrepreneurs changing the way we work today.   Next up we've got we've got one of the most unique stories to come out of the UK recruitment tech scene in recent years. Richard and Beverly Collins, Co-founders of CVWallet are not only manage to be successful entrepreneurs, coming around for the second time after successfully exciting previous startup ClickIQ to Indeed.com, but also life partners being one of the few married couples building technology businesses.   Lets find out what these two have learned about life and business. How to choose the problem the tackle What are the unique challenges of building tech in the TA / HR space? What prompted a return to the startup after ClickIQ exit? Why CVWallet? What are the repeatable components of success in this game? What are the unique conditions, which cannot be repeated? All this and more - join us on Weds Feb 7th 12pm GMT

HOW TO HIRE AI (10 THINGS RECRUITERS HAVE TO KNOW)   There is likely no major corporate employer on the planet that isn't interested in becoming more 'AI-enabled'. And traditionally the quickest way to get there is to hire elite AI skills into the our organisation. The demand for the AI at elite level - data engineers, research scientists and the like - is going through the roof and it is high time we recruiters figured out how best to hire for those skills.   - What are the roles in AI? - How do they differ? - How is a typical AI department structured? - Where do we source for AI skills? - Which Universities are top ranked? - Are they on LinkedIn, and if not, what / where? - Employer branding - how do we become an attractive employer for AI talent? - What are the key benefits and attractors for these in-demand skills? - Is immigration the answer - if so, how to conduct effective, 'destination branding' - How do we assess for skills? - What does DEI look like in AI? - What type of tenure can we expect?   All this and more as we take a deep dive in the segment where there is a genuine 'war for talent'   We're with John Rose, Talent Sourcer (Volvo Cars), Christine Ng, Head of Talent & People (Quantum Motion), Leslie Kivit, CPO (ex-Xapo Bank), Yves Greijn, Founder (Maven).       Ep243 is sponsored by our buddies Otta     Looking for the most efficient, cost-effective and candidate friendly way to build your tech team in 2024? If so, you need to check out Otta today.   Otta is the leading tech recruiting platform that helps innovative companies engage and hire the best software engineers, data scientists, UX designers and product managers. Join hundreds of selected companies who have access to our global network of qualified candidates.   - 3 x more responsive than LinkedIn - Build a diverse workforce from our global network of candidates - Strengthen your employer brand with the leading professionals in their industry   If you're ready to start hiring the best tech talent, contact Otta today.