This week on The Scoop – your weekly TA & Recruitment News the team from TaPod tackles all the BIG issues. It’s Gen Z, AI, Christmas Hiring, Gender Pay Gap and much, much more. Thanks to Indeed for supporting the industry news.

This week on TaPod, we catch up with the ever-brilliant Lizzie Ibeakanma – Talent Manager @Starbucks. From recruiting for an extremely well-known brand… to implementing AI and automating mundane tasks… to engaging a high-volume TA team… to building a successful Tech Stack, we uncover a treasure trove of tricks and tools to update your recruiting function. We love talking with really smart people!Speaking of smart…thanks to SmartRecruiters for your ongoing support (see what we did there?).

This week on TaPod, we have a real gift for you! In conjunction with Nadine O’Regan from TQ Solutions we speak with Bjorn Jarvis – Head of Labour Statistics from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. We go straight to the source for up-to-date data and trends for unemployment, immigration, inflation and how it impacts the labour market, wage growth, productivity and predictions over the next 12 months. It is an absolutely fascinating discussion based on real data and commentary. If you want to...

This week on The Scoop – your weekly TA & Recruitment News the team from TaPod tackles all the BIG issues. Callam Pickering, Senior Economist at Indeed joins us for an update on economic indicators, strange reasons recruiters give for missing out on roles, best places to work for wellness, AI, Gen Z and much, much more. Thanks to Indeed for supporting the industry news.

This week on TaPod, we tackle a really important issue – Women’s Health in the Workplace. We are joined by the amazing Jess Gibson-Jones and Kaz Thorley who first shared their personal stories at the Sydney Talent Meet Up a week earlier. From Periods to Peri-Menopause to Menopause to Miscarriages to Endometriosis to Hysterectomy to Cancer and more, we highlight how Women’s Health Issues are not regarded, or even accepted in many workplaces. It’s raw. It’s educational. And it’s essential...

The Solution Series - by Tapod is committed to bringing you the best 'New HRTech', State-of-the-Art Solutions and Products to make your life as a TA Professional easier.Today we speak with Elliott Gibb - Co-Founder at Mercu and be prepared to be blown away!Mercu's AI-powered platform automates all repetitive recruiter tasks: Candidate screening, communication, and interview scheduling. Either stand-alone or by integrating with an existing ATS. If you like simplicity and ease of communication,...

This week on The Scoop – your weekly TA & Recruitment News the team from TaPod tackles all the BIG issues. From tripping over a puppy fence to NZ jobless rate to employers valuing digital skills over AI skills to emerging roles to Gen Z’ers copping a bake and much, much more. Thanks to Indeed for supporting the industry news.

This week on TaPod, Lauren has a week off and Craig flies solo with the joint winners of the 2024 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion ITA – MYOB and Bendigo & Adelaide Bank.DE&I is such a massive undertaking and both organisations demonstrate their commitment to change with Belinda Leon talking through Bendigo’s strategy to create greater opportunities for people with disabilities, cancer sufferers and First Nations Candidates and Kristina Nutt leads us through the amazing ‘Develop Her’ i...

We love to speak with our partners at TaPod and in this special episode we catch up with Rich Lewis-Jones VP AsiaPac @SmartRecruiters to introduce us to Winston the heart, soul, and brains behind “the new” SmartRecruiters as your AI ‘sidekick’.Not only will Winston help save time by taking over your repetitive admin tasks, but also learns from you, to support you as a recruiter. Auto interview scheduling, suggestions on PDs, process and candidates all based on your past interactions. And don’...

This week on The Scoop – your weekly TA & Recruitment News the team from TaPod tackles all the BIG issues. From Kiwis and remote work to emails flouting the right to disengage laws to AI with a side of bias to Gen Z’ers being Gen Z’ers and much, much more.Thanks to Indeed for your support and commitment to bringing you unfiltered news!

This week on TaPod we sit down with Francesca Watkins, Talent Matchmaker… Inclusivity Champion and TA Manager @AIA NZ – Winner of the ITA for Corporate Talent Team of the Year – sponsored by @Paradox. AIA NZ is the first winner from New Zealand and their submission was amazing!We look at success measures including baselines, targets and outcomes. It’s a great way to measure success. From Talent referrals to 97% Acceptance Rates to Internal Mobility to Gender Pay Gap – AIA NZ is a Talent Funct...

This week on TaPod we are lucky to spend with some time the ATC Innovation Lab Judges award winner – Stan Wasowicz from Scotty AI and Richard Barnett from award sponsor Hays.Stan is adamant we are entering the age of automation and Scotty has the capacity to complete the recruitment process from start to finish. And that’s not all he has in store for us. His presentation at ATC was controversial and today he gets to drill down on the detail… fascinating. Thanks to SmartRecruiters for you...

This week on the Scoop the team from TaPod brings us all of the weekly TA & Recruitment News including Gen Z’ers do it again… LinkedIn & GDPR… How long should a notice period be? Is Tech finally bouncing back? White collar and AI and much, much more.Thanks to Indeed for your continued support in bringing you the news.

This week on TaPod we sit down with the great Kevin Wheeler from The Future of Work. Big Kev made some BIG statements at the recent ATC Fearless Forecast and today we are going to drill down on metrics that matter. From Cost per Hire to Time to Hire. Are they really what we should be measuring? Or should we be focusing more on elements within our control… We’ll let Kev answer that!Thanks to SmartRecruiters for your continued support.

This week on the Scoop the team from TaPod brings us all of the weekly TA & Recruitment News including most current employment data, AI is being differently by males and females in their job search, but shows great savings for workers overall, Mr Beast enters the recruitment market, Lauren is ‘pinging’, remote work still growing and much, much more.Thanks to Indeed for your continued support in bringing you the news.

This week on TaPod Lauren and Craig catch up with Steph Langford – Lead TA Consultant @MarshMcLennan and winner of the 2024 Enterprise Talent Professional of the Year at the #ITAs. Steph is a real livewire and has learnt how to build effective relationships with Hiring Managers and HR Leaders. Her enthusiasm is infectious and her results are amazing! From Indigenous Employment Initiatives to Gender Pay Parity and even a TA Boot Camp... Steph can get you in shape!Thanks to the amazing SmartRec...

This week on the Scoop the team from Tapod brings you all of the weekly TA & Recruitment news. This week we are live from the ATC2024! News this week includes TikTok job losses, migration disaster, gaps in TA skills and strategy, who the hell is Gen Z?... a four-day week in fintech, we hear from our friends at Indeed, Lauren has a rant and much, much more… Thanks to Indeed for your ongoing support.

This week on TaPod we report directly from SmartRecruiters Hiring Success APAC in sunny Melbourne. And we have a couple of BIG Guests… Rebecca Carr – Global CEO of SmartRecruiters and the Tay Tay of TA - Hung Lee from Recruiting Brainfood. We talk the evolution of the ATS, the proliferation of AI and a helluva lot more. This is one of those episodes that demands you skip your weekly dose of The Joe Rogan Experience, or Mummamia and find some time for your friends at TaPod. We promise you’ll w...

This week on the Scoop the team from TaPod brings you all of the TA & Recruitment News from the last week including the end of WFH – what’s the real reason behind it? Doctors driving Ubers… And do you want to drive a bus in Tassie? What about undeniable proof that recruiters don’t ghost candidates… post offices do!Thanks to our friends at Indeed for your continued support.

This week on TaPod we catch up with Neeti Karranth – Global TA Manager at Pepperstone and winner of the Corporate TA Leader of the Year at the ITAs. How do you recruit across 10 regions from Melbourne, including Cyprus, UK, Dubai, Kenya, Chile, South Africa, Bahamas and the Philippines with a team of 2? Listen to Neeti to find out!Thanks to SmartRecruiters for your continued support!

This week on the Scoop the team from TaPod brings you all of the TA & Recruitment News from the last week including Gen Z’ers getting fired… Give up the fags and get more holidays… Aussies love remote… watch what your AI spits out and loads more.Thanks to our friends at Indeed for your continued support.

This week on TaPod we speak with Kirsten Covey – Group Manager TA at Aveo Group. What happens when you roll out a new video strategy and you improve your LinkedIn awareness by 71%... or increase your Indeed & Glassdoor Brand Impressions by 68%... or your Talent Pipeline by 385%? You win an ITA that’s what! Join us as we unpack Aveo’s video strategy – it’s a real success story.Thanks to SmartRecruiters for your continued support!

This week on the Scoop the team from TaPod brings you all of the TA & Recruitment News from the last week including buzzword bingo, resumes on pizza boxes, unemployment and job ad data, investment raises in NZ and loads more.Thanks to our friends at Indeed for your continued support.

This week on TaPod It’s week 2 of Craig flying solo on the poddie and he’s really hitting his straps! We caught up with Nick Stebbings from Jumbo Interactive – recent winner of the Excellence In Candidate Experience award at the ITAs (sponsored by Workpro).So what is the big deal about CX and how do you achieve excellence? Listen here and you may just find out!Thanks to SmartRecruiters for your support