The Recruitment Flex Evergreen Podcasts

This week on TRF:

TATech success! Two full days of soaking up the knowledge of the TA industry’s top thought leaders. We will deep dive next week.

In The News

Youth unemployment hits a frightful level in Toronto

Closer to home, the Oil & Gas industry seems puzzled as to why new talent is avoiding them

Women under 30 in the US have closed the gender pay gap

Tip of the Week

Help recruiters help you. Adding a descriptive sentence of each company you’ve worked for helps give context to your experience. 

Recruiting Insights

Last year, 36% of senior managers left their jobs because of mandated RTO policies, leaving a gaping hole in the succession plan.

Jobs that pay over $250K a year don't come with remote or hybrid work options this year - last year it was 10% now its 4%.

Plan for boomerang employees, let people leave for better experience and keep their seat warm as you keep the door open.

This week we welcome Lindsey Zuloaga, Chief Data Scientist at HireVue

Transitioned from academia to industry, driven by frustrations with the hiring process.

Developed and improved HireVue AI-driven video interview analysis, moving from facial analysis to focusing on language and context.

Lindsey explains HireVue processes to ensure fairness and reduce bias in AI tools.

Optimistic view of AI’s role in creating more job opportunities and better job matches by understanding skills comprehensively.

Emphasized the need for continuous adaptation and agility in the workforce as technology advances.

We discuss HireVue mention in the book "The Algorithm"

TRF for Friday May 31 2024

TRF celebrates 4 years of podcasting

Kids say the darndest things

Thank god for Ring cameras

TA Tech is June 4-6 

In The News

CBSA voted in favor of striking, not the best time to travel

Nvidia stock does a 10:1 split and Jensen Huang is now the world’s 17th richest person.

Time to fill number are out

Tip of the week

Read Tim Sackett’s new book, The Talent Fix Volume 2. Just advertise the hell out of your jobs!  See page 145

Recruiting Insights

Talent density is the hottest topic in TA. The 5 recommendations for hiring.

Advising job seekers to game their resume and beat the ATS is the hair in our sandwich

Special feature:  Masterclass in Programmatic Job Advertising. Hung Lee, host of Recruiting Brainfood Live On Air, breaks it down for us like we are 11 years old on what programmatic advertising is. The real star of the show is Yaz Dalal 

 This week on TRF we welcome Daniel Shalinsky CEO & CoFounder of Withe

A Canadian tech startup who took a page from the online shopping world when retailers were struggling in the Covid lock downs. 

Using virtual appointments to shop for clothes, the pivot over to on line job fairs was not much of a stretch. 

Some big wins with high volume hiring, imagine doing 200 interviews in one hiring event. 

Shout out to Taco-Fino as the birth place for business solutions. 

This week on TRF we cover:

Shelley enters the exclusive club, 60 is the new 50!

Countdown to TATech June 4-6 in Washington DC. 

In the News

ChatGPT4o has some impressive upgrades. Check out the Tutor function

ZipRecruiter has bad news and good news, earnings are down but free cash flow is healthy.

The backlash was swift when Shopper’s Drug Mart posted a job ad looking for volunteers to stock shelves - unpaid! 

SeekOut lays off 30% of its workforce to reduce costs after spending $2 to make $1. 

HireEZ launches their Sourcing Hub as a one-stop-shop for Sourcers that will leverage job board partners.

Tip of the Week

Your company career page is a window into your organization and its time to clean the windows. Its part of the candidate journey and pretty important to keep fresh.

Recruiting Insights

Bias against Entrepreneurs; former business owners were 35% less likely to get an interview. 

Dell takes a sharp turn from supporting work flexibility to color-coded rating based on your attendance under the veiled threat of getting on the lay off list. 

Plus is GenZ responsible for return to office mandates

The SCOOP! Plum is launching Thrive & Flourish

Knowing that 68% of hard skills wont exist in the next few years, TA and Talent Management need tools to ensure their people are in the right job.

Jason reveals what PLUM scientists have been hard at work on 

PLUM Flourish the free assessment for job seekers will now offer career mapping

For the ELT with vision to lead their company, PLUM Thrive introduces Culture Mapping

To address the culture gap, Talent Management now has the technology to align hard skills and soft skills in just over 8 minutes!  

230% growth in 2 years - PLUM is the overnight success that took 12 years to build!