In this episode Bas, Matthias and Oana discuss the month of August in the European TA landscape. We start talking about the weather and how that is changing the preferred location to work. The European North has discovered... heath... And we talk about adapting to a warmer world based on this article: https://laetitiaatwork.substack.com/p/what-future-of-work-in-a-warmer-world We talk about leadership and growing to leadership positions in Talent Acquisition based on Linkedin...

In this case study narrator Bas van de Haterd tells you the case of hiring air traffic controllers and how they got to 160% increase in quality of hire, while lowering their requirements on education. By using technology to test all applicants they were able to better select candidates and they learned that educational success had very limited correlation with the qualities you needed to have to become a great air traffic controller.

In this case study Bas van de Haterd tells you about an old award winning case from the Airport of Schiphol. It's about a recruitment marketing campaign actually from some years ago, but that still holds it's place. The excellence of this campaign was that is started with persona's, and really did what you are supposed to do with persona's, personalise the campaign based on them. So different ads, with different photo's, different motivators to want the job and different landing pages that...

Talent Savvy presents case studies, short description of cases that we think are too good not to share. In this case study one where narrator Bas van de Haterd was personally involved, hiring in (very) niche communities. How do you know about them? (Spoiler: the people doing the job) How do you get involved with them? (Spoiler: you don't, others do) And how do you get your non recruitment staff to help you identify them?

You co hosts this week are Bas van de Haterd, Marlies Farril and sofia Broberger. This week we talk review sites, like Glassdoor. How do we deal with it as recruiter? The article we reference is: https://www.careerfair.io/company-reviews We of course will not promote fake reviews, but how and who do you as to do a review? Hoe do you use it as a review tool? Can you point to certain departments that are not giving the candidate a great experience. And we disagree on the future of...

In this episode Oana and the new co host Martin Dangerfield review the year so far. What's going on in the world of talent acquisition? Is it doom and gloom? When do we expect things to change and how will they change?

In this episode Matthias and Alexa talk setting up TA teams when scaling up your company. What type of roles do you prioritize at what point? How many people do you need for jow many reqs? How do you report to senior management?

In this weeks episode Bas van de Haterd, Kelly Robinson and Marlies Farril talk about several things. Kelly starts with a few Linkedin tips he learned from a report by pager. Download the entire report here: https://paiger.co/linkedin-algorithm/ The topic we talk about is fixing staffing shortages and we talk about the award winning case by Schiphol. Where they basically fixed the problem in a way most companies can if they want to. Be decent to candidates: Call them in a day, or two,...

In this episode Bas van de Haterd, Oana Iordachescu and Matthias Schmeisser talk about generative AI and ChatGPT in particular and the expectations we have on new products that suppliers will come up with in the next 6 to 12 months. We'll be talking about what we expect from AI to change for TA. An episode that might actually be inspirational for many providers. We talk how Generative AI can leapfrog the companies with technical debt to the front of the pack and how it can help...

In this weeks podcast Kelly Robinson talks with Alex Churchill They talk about why internal recruiters are better than external one Why Employer branding is essential What AI will and will not do for recruiting The base for this weeks discussion is the Linkedin Talent Insights report 2023. The Linkedin talent insights report that's being discussed: https://business.linkedin.com/talent-solutions/resources/future-of-recruiting

In this episode Oana, Sofia and Michael talk about quality of hire The article Oana references https://directionallycorrectnews.substack.com/p/people-analytics-primer-quality-of

Since there is still lot of talk about a recession looming, we thought we'd reply an episode recorded last year in June when there was lots of talk about a recession as well and how should you as a recruiter handle this. In this weeks episode Bas is joined by Kelly and Sofia to talk about recruiting in a recession or downturn.  First we'll talk about the question is a recession is imminent. The short answer is: it seems that way but it won't be as bad as we've seen before because there...

This week we have a rerun from an earlier episode from august 2022. In this episode Bas, Olga and Matthias discuss strategic TA metrics.  Olga has extensive knowledge of TA metrics from a corporate perspective, having lots of experience at companies like PepsiCo and NielsenIQ while Matthias has mainly worked at scale ups and start up, like Zalando and Scout24.  The article that's the basis of our discussion is:  https://www.visier.com/blog/top-10-strategic-hr-ta-metrics/ We'll be...

Scenario planning are answering the big 'what if' questions. It's not just the likely scenario, the most common what if's, but also highly unlikely. Only one company in the 1970's had scenario's on 'what if OPEC limits oil severely'. That was Shell, that profited from the crisis and became the worlds largest oil company. In TA we don't do enough scenario planning and most people don't even know what it means. So in this episode we try to do in 30 minutes what normally takes half a day to...

In this weeks episode we try something new. Kelly interviews Jim Durbin, aka the Indeed whisperer. Jim trains people on using software, basically Linkedin and Indeed. Understanding Indeed saves you a lot of money in advertising. This episode is full packed with advise from a trainer on using Indeed, Linkedin and other 'recruiting software'. Connect with Jim via: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimdurbin/

This week we talk Strategic Recruitment and becoming a strategic department. The base for todays conversation is the newsletter by Kevin Wheeler: https://fotnews.futureoftalent.org/p/why-has-recruiting-been-hit-so-hard The podcast where Matt Alder with Kevin Wheeler we mention: https://recruitingfuture.com/2023/03/ep-505-accelerating-change/ We talk about how you can get the respect from the board. We talk about system integrations, not technically, but mentally. Should learning and...

In this podcast Olga, Michael and Sofia talk about hybrid, remote and back to the office policies. Sofia works for a full office organisation and wouldn't want it any other way. Olga works full remote and wouldn't want it any other way. Michael works hybrid with 2 days a week in the office. The article mentioned in the podcast by Michael: https://hbr.org/2022/11/revitalizing-culture-in-the-world-of-hybrid-work?registration=success

In this episode Bas, Olga and Dez talk about bias in algorithms.  We talk about ChatGPT and the research about bias in their job descriptions.  The Danish article we reference on bias in ChatGPT: https://bootstrapping.dk/ny-forskning-drop-chatgpt-hvis-i-bekymrer-jer-om-inklusion/?fbclid=IwAR3HGFVikzo1daoykxOLIippwmrCp7P5GWL-fZiEoGw4OS--gQXtlRrfi6I The Textio article on bias in ChatGPT: https://textio.com/blog/chatgpt-for-hr-4-questions-to-ask-before-you-buy-a-new-ai-tool/103481698366 We...

In this episode Matthias, Akbar and Sofia talk about Bias in hiring. They go through the entire proces from Intake meetings, sourcing of candidates, to selection and the hiring decision and talk how bias can creep in and what role there is for TA to combat this.  The show is full of advice on how to combat bias on every stage of the recruitment process. 

In this episode Dez, Matthias and Bas talk about two CEO reports. Both mention talent and talent acquisition as top priorities for the C suite.  We talk about the global leadership report https://www.dropbox.com/s/536o80740ss51fm/Global%20Leadership%20Forecast%202023.pdf and Forresters CEO report. https://www.forrester.com/bold/navigating-the-downturn/ Why you should know these reports, what you should know about them and how a TA manager can better speak to their C suite when they do.

In this episode Oana Iordachescu, Chantelle Jones and Marlies Farril talk about how layoffs are impacting overall recruitment practices.  The base for the conversation is an article in Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rodberger/2023/01/24/layoffs-at-tech-giants-impacting-recruiting-practices/?sh=482e8be51f03 Are the current lay offs a result of bad workforce planning? And is it the time for Talent Acquisition to start engaging with this capacity. Can and should Talent Acquisition take...

In this episode of Talent Savvy Bas van de Haterd talks with Kelly Robinson and Matthias Schmeisser about what jobseekers really want and what companies can do about this, without having to involve lots of management or C suite executives.  What jobseekers wish the employers knew is a massive research by Boston Consultancy Group. Over 90.000 people from 160 countries were interviewed and the results are staggering. Read the entire report...

This week we talk about outreach messages. How do you reach out to candidates yo are sourcing?  Bas van de Haterd is joined today by two expert sourcers, Sofia Broberger and Dez. S. Papp.  We talk about what you should do, and shouldn't to. We talk about basing outreach messages on data, on how ChatGPT might effect the outreach messages.  Sofia says a message should be personalised in two ways, both personalise to the recipient, but also your own personal way of speaking.  And we...