The Recruitment Flex Evergreen Podcasts

This week we had the honour to welcome Kshitij Jain CEO of Joveo to the podcast. KJ has a truly global view of the job board industry. He took Monster.com around the world, working with the top TA Leaders in several countries, he saw patterns emerge. The challenges TA faced were rooted in the infinite combinations for job titles and job descriptions.  

Tracing his steps after Monster leads us to the quick apply process as his last company was acquired by Indeed.com in 2014.

From the start in 2017, Joveo’s vision has never wavered, “Do 1 thing & do it right”.

More KJ wisdoms:

Recruiters are not marketers
80% of TA is doing it wrong
Job advertising hasn't changed since 1995   

All this from a CEO whose annual salary is $0.96 per year.  

This week on TRF:

Taylor Swift swept the world away with 1 BILLION Spotify streams in 1 week, Shelley was one of them!

And some other news you will need to listen to find out!

IN THE NEWS

The FTC proposal to ban non-competes is ruffling lots of feathers in the US. Just another day in the office here in Canada.

Foreign job seeker interest in Canada is down 40% since mid-2023

Google fires employee who bring their politics to work & protest at the office, 48 people so far.

More layoffs at Google, Nike and Tesla - all for very different reasons. 

TIP OF THE WEEK

Where do you see yourself in 5 years? Dumb question or legit.

RECRUITING INSIGHTS

War for AI talent has been declared. Shots fired from Meta, Google and Amazon have Elon Musk calling it ‘crazy’.

$81,822 is the lowest pay to change jobs. The gap between what men will accept and what women will accept just got even bigger. 

This week we welcome longtime TA practitioner Author of Hiring Humans Craig Fisher

Craig brings a wealth of experience and passion to his new book, Hiring Humans. 

Practical tips and key takeaways are written for HR and TA as deskside reference and refresher.

The 5:1 content generation template gives you the cadence and consistency to build your personal brand as a recruiter. 

Craig has built a community for TA with TalentNet events.Twice a year, the conference is a safe space with honest conversations, case studies and featured speakers. 

This week on TRF we cover:

7 weeks to TATech, Should Serge wear a Bond Tux to MC the event at the International Spy Museum in Washington?

Fun private client and friends dinner event with @Plum and coming up.

In The News

HiBob launches Bob Hiring

Pandlogic and Broadbean become Veritone Hire

Try getting a candidate to move cities when they're on a low rate mortgage? The data is showing that's it's nearly impossible.

Kenya cracking down on recruitment agencies scamming job seekers


Tip of The Week (Brought to you by Plum)

We're not a "family" I think Netflix got it right: it's a professional team. One where colleagues earn a spot by being really good in their given position.


Recruiting insights (Brought to you by Metova)

CEO's turnover is huge right now, hitting a record high last year

Which candidate attraction channels work best, we dig in

HR has a lot of work to do for skills based hiring to succeed.

This week on TRF we welcome Adam Godson CEO at Paradox

Freshly into his new promotion from President to CEO, Adam is confident this role is perfect for him and for Paradox. 

With incredible growth, 90 to 600 employees and 1,000’s of clients, many prestigious brands. Adam shares the simple truth for their success. 

Loaded with case studies showcasing outcomes of their clients, 

Want fries with your AI? Macdonald’s took their days to hire ratio from 71 to 3 days.

Staying true to their core values, Paradox listened to their clients to bring on their own ATS.

Olivia, their chatbot, gets better with time. 

And we finally understand why they called the company Paradox!

This week on TRF we cover:

Blink and we missed it. From our part of the world, there wasn't much fanfare over the solar eclipse. 

Fama’s newest product inspired a #MagiOfFit on several channels and gave us a chance to share how hiring the right fit will raise everyone’s game. Leah Sobering was Shelley’s Instant Fit.

In the News

Angela Hood named by Inc. as 106 out of the 250 top female founders. Big round of applause for Angela and This Way Global. 

Canada’s unemployment rate jumps to 6.1% in March, yet the job numbers remain flat.

US Economists are still shaking their heads as 303,000 jobs were added in March plus the unemployment rate edged down to 3.8%

109 young men for every 100 young women in Canada giving us the widest gap in nearly 50 years. Our liberal immigration policy is a key factor. 

Tip of the Week

The less talking from the recruiter, the better the interview. Favourite interview question: When were you happiest at work? What were you working on? 
Your only job is to listen.

Recruiting Insight

New catch phrase alert: The Great Talent Grab. ZipRecruiter survey reveals incredible growth of new hires reporting they were recruited in. Speculation on why?

VP of HR claims she was not moved forward in the hiring process because of her natural appearance, no make-up. 

Internal mobility is a belief that the best new talent are those who already work for you. Hiring Managers struggle to get on board with letting their top performers move internally.