Overview:
Our fourth ‘Hiring Happenings’ podcast sees host Angela Cripps discuss what is currently happening in the UK in relation to technological factors and how this relates to the recruitment industry with guests Rohit Kapoor and Wendy McDougall.
They get into data and it’s usage, automation, targeted
sales, AI and how it’s impacting everything, social media posting, industry reports and skills shortages, leveraging technology and more!
Guests:
Wendy McDougall of Firefish Software
Time stamps:
0 m 17 s: Welcome
0 m 52 s: Introduction to Wendy McDougall
1 m 47 s: Introduction to Rohit Kapoor
2 m 41 s: Thank you to sponsors - Monster
3 m 17 s: Data – intelligence, utilisation, driving behaviours, client meeting note-taking
9 m 30 s: Automated job alerts – by company/location instead of ‘ambulance chasing’
11 m 09 s: Targeted sales with ‘deep & meaningful’ conversations
and content
15 m 30 s: AI – your starting point, utilising with job
specs and CVs, embedding it, early-adopters, keeping control
20 m 46 s: McKinsey report – 30% of jobs automated by 2030
24 m 09 s: The displacement of the jobs in the markets
27 m 45 s: Forbes report – IT skills gap in the UK job market, changes in the skills required, the evolution of the tech market
33 m 12 s: Leveraging technology, networks and teams, valued content and consistency
38 m 22 s: The customer experience
40 m 45 s: Thank you and goodbye
Links & resources:
Implementing generative AI with speed and safety
McKinsey Technology Council report
PESTLE stands for:
🗳️ Political
💰 Economic
🏘️ Sociological
🤖Technological
⚖️ Legal
♻️ Environmental
It’s a strategic tool to understand the macro-environmental factors impacting an industry. In 'Hiring Happenings', this approach is applied to dig beneath the news and keep you well informed.
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