The Recruiting Brainfood Podcast Hung Lee

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


 


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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.


 


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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


 


 


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