This week week we welcome Micole Garatti. Micole is the CEO of SocialMicole.com, Director B2B Marketing at Fairygodboss.com and together we try to solve all the problems in the talent community.- How men can be allies to women in the workforce (and at home!)- The pandemic has proven to be disastrous for women in the workforce, how can we reverse this?- What will the biggest disruptors in the in HR and recruitment Plus we cover the he Most Inclusive HR Influencer List and much more!

Serge notices some subtle and not so subtle events happening that will have a ripple effect in the service industry sector. Staking his claim as a capitalist, there is no sympathy for corporate giants who whine about their entire staff quitting.A big assortment of topics today- ”Must be a team player” says every single job posting out there. Isn't everyone? Let's talk more about the use of jargon in our job ads.- “As God is my witness” I will never work for minimum wage again. Could this be at the heart of all the corporate crying over trying to find someone to cook burgers or stock grocery shelves?- It's official, TikTok has a job board. A perfect answer for the 18-29 year job seeker. Or is it? Where is this headed?

Will the workplace be forced to shun those who are unvaccinated? How will this affect recruitment?Discuss.- The US court have made a clear and swift ruling on the matter when it comes to mandating vaccination as a pre-hire requirement- Jump off the bandwagon, put some effort into your employment brand statements.- Trouble is brewing when both ZipRecruiter and Indeed are reporting the same warning signsListen in and join the conversation

The importance of mastering the job order intake will never be lost on us. Those who rely on a 1-dimensional piece of paper as their mandate to recruit will fail. We cover the idea that sourcing candidates should be a separate function from the transaction work of Recruiters.Full Cycle Recruiting and how it sets up successful careersGreat Sourcers share these traitsThis is AWKWARD  - 2 episodes in a row, we bring the hottest controversy on Linked In onto the episode** Being in HR does NOT qualify you to lead DE&I. Maybe HR is part of the problem?

Another action packed episode as we unpack what 7 Economists believe is next up for the world of work - post covid. What the F&@! is happening in the labour market? Job postings are up, candidate traffic is down - nobody predicted this was going to happen!! Or did we? Everyone calm down, this is a temporary bottleneck & yes, this too shall pass We set Serge’s hair on fire & Shelley threw gasoline on it with the winey blog article of the most entitled Developer she could find. There is much debate over office chairs, gaining an extra 20 lbs and how Japan gets their workers to stop smoking

<p>Serge has mountains to climb before he has some of his kids graduating from University unlike Shelley as she is 2 down and 1 to go! In this episode we try to figure out if Marketing or Talent Acquisition owns Employment Brand.<br><br>We also deep dive into these topics:<br><br>- JobVite 2020 Recruiter Nation Survey - Candidate Dealbreakers https://www.jobvite.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Jobvite-RecruiterNation-Report-Final.pdf</p><p>- The education system is broken! Will a 4 year degree be always relevant?<br><br>- Shelley and Serge are everywhere!&nbsp;</p><p><br></p>

If you want to hear the simple truth about DE&I in the workplace - you have come to the right place. Dr. Leeno Karumamchery from Mesh/Diversity breaks it down it down for us.Let's begin with the simple facts of the human brain and neurons. OK, so there is nothing simple about the human brain yet Leeno explains this in a way we grasp.In this episode we hear:- Culture fit’ is a smoke bomb- Elephants look different to everyone- Employee surveys might not be the best way to approach DE&IWhen you hear; “We have an inclusive culture, but we promote based on merit” Just run away!

Kicking off the summer of love, Serge has big plans for his 10 year wedding anniversary!Class act James Ellis as he shares his book, Talent Chooses You with the world as a google doc. Making it an interactive discussion for Employer Branding and Talent Acquisition pros who need to understand how to harness the power of their EB. You can find it here http://employerbrandbook.com/Big Talk on today’s episode7 habits of effective recruiters - pick 2 and run with itAre agency recruiters missing out with WFH?Will LinkedIN fade in our lifetime?

The day has finally arrived after months of Serge’s wild predictions that Recruit Holdings would buy up ZipRecruiter, we find out he was dead wrong.- Shelley’s birthday and the best birthday gift EVER! Shocking to hear it involved shopping, eating and 5 types of rum in 1 drink!- Staffing industry trends and who are the top dogs- Women in software engineering - what can we learn from most progressive markets in the world.Bonus material - how dating and recruiting are kinda the same thing. The link to the video is below.https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jobsyncio_dont-be-this-guy-activity-6803386816868208640-CDl9https://amazinghiring.com/how-hard-is-it-to-hire-a-female-senior-software-engineer-in-europe/?utm_campaign=Recruiting%20Brainfood&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter

<p>Shelley is a bit of jealous of how easy it is to be able to record your young kids now compared to the days she had young kids where the slide carousel was the standard ;). Quite a few disagreement in this episode!</p><p>&nbsp;- Diversity Statements, should you have one?&nbsp;</p><p>- Are fortune 500 companies leveraging AI correctly?&nbsp;</p><p>- Unique or "weird" interview question, should it be a thing?</p><p>Serge disagree's Chad and Cheese and they're take on TikTok for jobs.</p>

This week The Recruitment Flex we welcome Alex Murphy CEO of JobSync. We dig into why are Talent Acquisition process so different from company to company plus we dig into,- What is your conversion rate of candidates clicking to apply to your jobs, if it's not 20% or above you probably have an issue.- How can you save more time as a recruiter by automating or replacing time spent with technology- Why is it important for your process to be consistent no matter where the candidate found your job.- Are you taking too long to reach out to your candidates.

Find out why you should never call Shelley a #GirlBoss. Is TikTok for jobs going to be a thing? Plus some ‘healthy’ banter on the new recruitment metrics.Time to applyApplicant to hireSourcing channel effectivenessTime to interviewOffer AcceptanceAlso Coinbase tries to solve the gender wage gap.

The busiest man in recruitment technology Chris Russell joins us to talk all things recruitment related.- Why rejecting candidates properly is so important and how Rejobify can help.- The future of gig platforms and who is Indeed pissing off now.- How Google for Jobs and Facebook are trying to grab strong market share in the job board world- What's next for Zip Recruiter and Talent.comAs always great insights from Chris! www.rejobify.com, hrlancers.com 

<p>Should political discourse happen at work? what is considered political? We try to figure what happened at BaseCamp. Shelley buys a new car and we try to solve all the worlds talent challenges.&nbsp;</p><p>- Are people excited about going back to the office?</p><p>- What are candidates profile? - We talk about roles in Talent Acquisition that might never heard of&nbsp;</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d291pcxKtK4&nbsp;</p><p>https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/4/22419512/basecamp-political-speech-policy-fallout</p>

<p><strong>How do you know you’ve hit the big time as a software start up? When the lawyers from Craigslist send you a ‘cease and desist’ letter! Hear the whole story on this week’s episode.</strong></p><p><strong>Terry talks about the history of Pandologic and how they resisted the swirl of programmatic companies being swallowed up in 2019.</strong></p><p><strong>Programmatic job advertising explained by the original visionary who invented the space.</strong></p><p><strong>TRY THIS:</strong></p><p><strong>Its Tesla Autonomous Driving VS basic cruise control for advertising jobs</strong></p><p><strong>Having 90% accuracy in predicting where your job posting will attract the right candidates</strong></p><p><strong>Bonus material: what’s the future of programmatic</strong></p>

Serge and Shelley are back after brief hiatus! As always we cover recruitment tips and news on the Recruitment industry. This week we also talk about Shelley shopping for a new car, is it different for a woman buying a car then a man?Topics for the week- How do you recruit in a tight labour market?- Training new recruiters.- Jobvite Acquires JazzHR and NXXThing RPO- Zip Recruiter prepping for IPO

<p>This week we welcome Brad DiPaolo CEO of Candidate Hub. We find out if Brad is the source of many of Serge's emotional scars around HR!<br><br>We deep dive on Candidate Hub and why nurture marketing to candidates is especially critical in this economy. We also try to figure out all the worlds problem including&nbsp;</p><p>- Talent pipelines and why they're critical<br>- What is the difference between an ATS CRM and Candidate Hub<br>- Why do hiring managers not held accountable to hire<br><br>And so much more! <br><br></p>

<p>Do you wait 3 weeks or a month before calling your candidates for roles. Serge and Shelley explain why that's probably a bad idea. Shelley still not impressed by Wedge (She loves Matt BAXTER though!) even after a great performance on the Chad and Cheese firing squad. <br><br>Topics this week</p><p>- LinkedIn gets in the re-skilling game.<br>- " Creative Job Titles" and why it's hurting you<br>- Setting expectations with hiring manager<br><br><br><br></p>

The question was asked to Joe 6 years ago why most marketing material were visual but not in the recruitment space where we we have been using for the last 80 years text based job description. Joe decided to change that and voila! He created visual job ads.We cover a broad range of topics including- Why Shelley loves Vizi Recruiter- How does a serial entrepreneur who has run a yogourt company, bakery and market research firm gets involved in HRTech- Why visual job ads over text based- The future of Job Boards- Z vs. Zed

Tales from the road, Serge and Shelly are sharing their top tips this week.The best advise to win the heart of your top candidate! Old school is back in style.Looking at a new ATS, we have a tip for you.Stop calling your employer brand your EVP, you are confusing everyone!Three cheers for Linked IN.

The Recruitment Flex is launching a new schedule which this is our first Tuesday episode. Many more updates coming up as well.This week we welcome Adam Chambers President of Applichat! Adam is an impressive person and has created a compelling RPO service targeted at Healthcare around the world.We cover some great topics including- Who is Adam Chambers and why does his mom still does his laundry?- What is Applichat and what problem are they trying to solve?- Facebook Targeted Ads for recruitment.- Influencer marketing for recruitment??- Where in the world is Adam this week

More great suggestions from 2 people who have lived through the challenges faced by Talent Acquisition practitioners in every type of business.Tangai - the Swedish invention launched in 2018 using a robot that looks like something from I, Robot! How would you feel about being rejected for a role from a robot?You will never out recruit what good retention will do. Gets some practical tips on how TA can support the businessCandidates ghosting recruiters? Is this an American thing?Google in the news - they are mandating employees back to the office. Grab your kombucha mug and get on the bus, they are going back to the billion dollar palace!

Serge and Shelley try to figure out this current recruiting landscape including mass movement of employees happening, should you be transparent of the pay range on your jobs ads? plus Shelley gets nominated for another award and Serge complains about a mancold.

Coming to us from the tech hot spot of Michigan, Matt Baxter the CEO of Wedge tell us how they are changing 1-way video interviewing.The great debate continues as Shelley continues to endure the lashings from Serge on this topic.It was starting to feel like the deck was stacked against Shelley, but the 1-way video interview industry has a lot of wounds they need to heal before candidates consider this as a better way to interview.Win for Serge - top talent get a custom video welcome from the Hiring Manager, brilliant.Win for Shelley - messed up recruitment process will not be cured with 1-way video interviews; it only gets worse.Win for Matt - rave reviews from 100s of candidates who landed their next role and Wedge was a big part of it.Settle the score - who won this battle?

Resumes SuckWe decided to make this International Women’s Week, we invited an incredible entrepreneur, tech startup founder, mom and wife to celebrate her success; and wonder, how does she do it?Digging deep to understand how ResumeFree is going to change how companies hire, Allie has passion to solve the biggest problem the world is facing - social injustice in the hiring process.Hiring people based on how well they write a resume is crap!In this economy? During a pandemic? YUP - she did itMBTI and DiSC are a jokeHas Allie found the ideal candidate formula?Will we ever get Boomers to let go of the old ways of hiring or do we have to wait until they all retire?Answers to these life changing questions and more on this weeks episode.