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Disrupting RecruitmentGoing Old School: Mastering Internal Candidate Database ManagementIn this transformative episode of **Disrupting Recruitment**, join Ketan and Brad as they dive deep into the art of "Unlocking the Gold" hidden within your candidate data. Stepping away from the frenzy of external job boards, our experts unravel how old-school methodologies combined with cutting-edge tools can revolutionize your recruitment process.
**Old-School Wisdom:** Ketan, the founder and director of RPO Arena, brings his wealth of experience dating back to 2005, emphasizing the undeniable value of internal databases.
**Unlocking the Gold:** Discover how to mine the untapped potential in your existing candidate databases, reducing external spend and significantly speeding up time-to-hire.
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Disrupting RecruitmentRevolutionizing Recruitment: Flockity and the Future of Talent EngagementIn this episode of "Disrupting Recruitment", join Brad DiPaolo and Tracey Parsons as they explore innovative approaches to revolutionize hiring. Key topics include:
- Transparency in job advertising through storytelling
- Flockity's blend of consumer and recruitment marketing
- Engaging candidates with gradual information gathering
- Employee-centric workplace perks: unlimited PTO & four-day workweek
- Importance of highlighting both positives and challenges
- Testing and learning in influencer marketing and recruitment
- Balancing friction in the hiring process
- Leveraging short-form video content to nurture talent
- Automating communications and reducing application friction
- Shifting from one-time leads to long-term...2024-06-2742 minDisrupting RecruitmentUnlocking Millions: The Untapped Goldmine of Your Candidate DatabaseJoin host Brad DiPaolo on CandidateHub as we dive deep into the world of recruitment technology with special guest Chad Sowash, co-host of HR's Most Dangerous Podcast, The Chad and Cheese Show. In this enlightening episode, we explore the transformative potential of candidate data and discuss strategies to enhance hiring velocity and efficiency. Chad provides expert insights on utilizing technology for both synchronous and asynchronous interviews and stresses the importance of maintaining engaging, meaningful communication with candidates.
Discover innovative methods to engage and build communities within your candidate database, and learn why nurturing these relationships is crucial for your...2024-05-0731 min
Disrupting RecruitmentThe Business of RecruitmentGet ready to revolutionize your approach to talent acquisition in this captivating episode featuring Brett Pollington, a seasoned talent acquisition expert and owner of a leading staffing and recruitment firm in Vancouver. Join us as we unravel the complexities of the hiring landscape and explore strategies to bridge the gap between job seekers and companies in need of skilled employees. Discover the transformative power of strategic hiring and how aligning a company's mission with employee career goals can lead to increased profitability. We also delve into high-volume recruitment strategies, the importance of cultivating a strong talent pipeline, and the...2024-03-061h 19Disrupting RecruitmentCultivating Candidate Connections: Rob Symons' Vision for SmarterRecruitersIn this episode, we'll uncover why, even in tough economic times, the struggle to find exceptional talent persists and how organizations can get ahead. Rob Symons will shed light on how AI and sophisticated tech—like CandidateHub—are not only transforming recruitment processes but also tackling bias, handling volumes, and streamlining candidate engagement.
We discuss:
1. Data Utilization: Extract valuable insights from existing recruitment databases.
2. Recruitment AI: Harness AI for biases, volume handling, and interview scheduling.
3. Market Adaptation: Continue evolving recruitment tech with open ecosystems.
4. Data Analysis: Understand recruitment metrics beyo...2024-01-3035 min
Disrupting RecruitmentGet Your Recruitment Tech Stack HereIn this Episode of Disrupting Recruitment, Brad sits down with Evan Herman to discuss current tools in the recruitment tech echo system.
We look at:
What is a recruitment tech broker?
How important is data in recruitment?
AI and how it fits into the recruitment process
Building the ideal tech stack
Creating a talent pipeline
Is recruitment a cost center or a revenue generator?
All this and so much more.
2024-01-0845 minDisrupting RecruitmentRecruiter-Less RecruitingHow much more efficient could your TA team be?
In this episode of Disrupting Recruitment, Brad DiPaolo and Stan Wasowicz talk about using AI and other technology to guide candidates down the recruitment path without the need to speak to recruiters.
We explore tech such as:
Marketing Automation
Voice Technology
Assessments
Skill Matching
Conversational AI
Web 3.0
How can these tools help a candidate make the decision to apply for a role at your company and then automatically set up meetings with the hiring manager...2023-11-0137 min
LEAP ListensEpisode 49 | Leveraging your ATS data to maximise your recruitment marketing with Bradley DiPaoloJoin Sara and Roger as they speak with recruitment marketing specialist, Bradley DiPaolo. In this episode, Brad talks about the importance of Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) in recruitment and how companies can use this data effectively. Brad also speaks about why giving candidates a good experience in the hiring process is key when it comes to attracting top talent.LEAP Listens is brought to you by LEAP Create, an award-winning people communications agency. Find out more at leapcreate.co.uk2023-10-2522 min
Disrupting RecruitmentStop Focusing on the 5%In this episode of Disrupting Recruitment, Brad DiPaolo and James Ellis talk about how companies are spending 95% of their effort on 5% of the potential candidates.
They discuss:
- How that is like fishing off the same pier as everyone else
- Will focusing on your challenges actually work better than talking about how great you are?
- We all talk about how recruitment is like sales, but is it really more like the real estate market?
- What is the key to having a successful employer brand.
And so much more....2023-10-1139 minDisrupting RecruitmentCandidate Engagement is Everything!Well, we did it! In this episode, Serge Boudreau and I solve all of recruitments problems. Or at least, we like to think we did.
Welcome to Season 3, Episode 1 of Disrupting Recruitment. It's hard to believe it took 3 seasons for us to invite Serge Boudreau to the show (yup, that's totally on us), but good things come to those who wait.
In this episode, we discuss:
How Serge and I met (can you believe I was his first HR Rep?)
How Serge was instrumental in...2023-09-2034 min
Disrupting RecruitmentAccelerating Recruitment Welcome to season two episode 13 of disrupting recruitment. On this week's episode, we will be talking with John Chintanaroad from recruiting accelerator.
If you're in a staffing firm, trying to start a staffing firm interested in starting a staffing firm. This is the episode for you. We're going to be looking at ways to get into the industry, how you can get started while you still have your nine to five. Things like automation client acquisition candidate placements and a whole lot more.2023-09-0735 min
Disrupting RecruitmentVideo is King!🎙️ Welcome to Season Two, Episode 12 of "Disrupting Recruitment"! In today's episode, we dive into the world of recruitment strategies and the power of video content. Our guest, Omar Khateeb from Job Pixel, joins us to share his insights on using video to enhance recruitment efforts, improve onboarding processes, and build a strong employer brand.
🎥 From leveraging videos for top-of-funnel engagement to capturing the essence of a day in the life at your organization, we explore the many ways video content can transform your talent acquisition strategy. Omar and our host discuss the challenges of candidate engagement, how vide...2023-08-2227 minDisrupting RecruitmentRecruitment in HealthcareIn this week's episode of Disrupting Recruitment, Brad talks with Adam Chambers about the challenges of recruitment in Healthcare today. Listen as they discuss things like:
How to attract nursers
How to re-engage previous candidates in your ATS
Puttent the Human back in Human Resources (well TA anyway) with personalized journeys
Capturing candidate attention
Converting more candidates
If you are recruiting in Healthcare, this is an episode you won't want to miss.2023-07-1135 minDisrupting RecruitmentWhat the Hell is Recruiter Enablement?In this episode, Adam Gordon sits down with us to talk about Recruiter Enablement. We will uncover strategies and tools that empower recruiters to excel in this ever-evolving world of Talent Acquisition. How Sales Enablement has help sales teams flourish for years, and why more sales and marketing strategies are making their way in recruitment. We even discuss some areas where recruitment leads the way over sales and marketing!
2023-06-1333 minDisrupting RecruitmentWhere Automation Fits In The Recruitment ProcessIn this episode of Disrupting Recruitment, Jeff Staats joins us as we talk about how to best use automation in the recruitment process. We discuss:
The main reasons to use marketing automation are the “Process gap and engagement gap.”
In marketing automation, you don't just set it and forget it. To keep it working, you must be agile.
CandidateHub was founded after noticing a gap in the recruitment industry. CandidatesHub provides a solution that isn't just task-based, but based on data-driven engagement decisions.
Are your Job Descriptions good enough to attract the right candidates?
To understand the pain points in...2023-05-3034 minDisrupting RecruitmentDo we need Marketing Operations in Recruitment?In this week's episode of Disrupting Recruitment, Brad and Matt Lauer discuss Marketing Operations and how it can play a huge role in optimizing your recruitment process, along with using Marketing Automation to increase recruiter productivity.
We discuss:
What is Marketing Operations, and how does it apply to recruitment
The role of Marketing Automation in recruitment
How Marketing Automation can help you shortlist much faster
Scoring Candidates
Building Campaigns
Identifying the Candidate Journey
Converting Candidates
We talk about all the above points and how they can...2023-04-1239 min
Disrupting RecruitmentIt's time to hire grads!In this episode, Steven Rothberg and I discuss the ins and outs of hiring college grads. We discuss key points such as:
Challenges facing college grads
3 ways recruiting is like sports (hint: we are both big football fans)
Unless you are from Pearson, Specter, Litt, don't limit yourself to one college or university
Treating your job board or career site like an e-commerce site
What Gen Z candidates are looking for
The importance of good data analytics and how it can help you save money
All of that and more, but...2023-03-2344 minDisrupting RecruitmentConverting more candidatesOur guests this week include Nicole Clarke and Rick Mare from Shazamme.
Shazamme uniquely allows users to transform their digital recruiting brand, utilizing the latest drag & drop no-code technology & industry expertise, we are radically disrupting the industry.
The Shazamme platform allows anyone to rapidly create and maintain recruitment websites so anyone can evolve, integrate and update their recruitment website.
In this episode we discuss:
How Shazamme is like the Canva of Career Sites
How your career site should operate like an e-commerce site
Job Shoppers vs Job Hunters
Converting more candidates
Using...2023-03-0132 minDisrupting RecruitmentJob Shoppers or Job Hunters?This week, Brad and his guest Carson Dimond discuss the similarities between recruitment marketing and E-Commerce. We'll ask the burning questions like:
How do we do a better job of converting candidates who are browsing our career sites?
What do E-commerce and Recruitment Marketing have in common?
How to reach the right candidates at the right time?
The role of automation in the candidate journey and creating personalization.
And much more!
Of course, the question we all want answered, if Carson doesn't use job boards, how does he find so many great candidates?
2023-02-0827 minDisrupting RecruitmentIn the News - We need NursesIn this "In the News" episode, Brad and James talk about the critical nursing shortage in the Healthcare industry. Nurses are leaving the industry, but application flow is down, application frequency is down, and hiring costs are rising. We discuss possible solutions for Hospitals and Clinics, starting with reviving your ATS data. 2023-01-1718 minDisrupting RecruitmentStaying Social on SocialIn this episode, Brad sits down with Candidate Advocate Michelle Marquardt to discuss candidate advocacy (I mean, what is that anyway?), candidate experience, employer branding and much more.
Michelle shares her thoughts on why it is important to stay social on social and how to write better candidate-centric job posts. We discuss the best ways to engage with candidates, create true pipelines of talent and how to build an employer brand that will resonate with the right candidates for your organization.2022-12-2042 minDisrupting RecruitmentWhat's in a metric?In this week's episode of Disrupting Recruitment, Brad sits down with James Mackey of SecureVision to talk about all things Employer Branding, Recruitment and, most importantly, Metrics. They discuss the strategy to build a strong TA process and which metrics need to come first, starting with Offer Acceptance Rate and working your way up the funnel from there. But what work needs to be done before you even think about tracking any sort of metrics? Hear what James has to say about that!2022-11-3037 minDisrupting RecruitmentThis Is The WayIn this week's episode, Brad and James Hornick talk about recruiter layoffs, the value of a strategic relationship with the right recruitment agency partner and ask the question, is there really a talent shortage?
Who knows if we have all the answers, well, we know we don't, but it was a fun journey trying to figure it all out. 2022-11-1537 minDisrupting RecruitmentIn the newsIn this bi-weekly series, Brad DiPaolo and James Whitelock discuss top news stories around the world as they relate to recruitment. This week listen in as they discuss:
Elon Musk and the mess that is Twitter, would you go back?
Hiring in the Metaverse, is it worth it?
Retirement rate is up in Canada, and the effect that has had on the labour market
The city of Toronto is using TikTok as a recruitment strategy, should you?
2022-11-0919 minDisrupting RecruitmentThe Cand-E'sIn our first episode of Season 2, Kevin Grossman and I talk about some of the major pitfalls in the Candidate Experience, what companies are nailing it and capturing data on candidate drop-off points. We know A LOT of people have said this, but we are saying it again, go apply for your own jobs to see what the experience is like. 2022-11-0138 minDisrupting RecruitmentWhere has all the talent gone?In this week's episode of Disrupting Recruitment, we are excited to have Shelley Billinghurst, co-host of The Recruitment Flex on the line. Whenever Shelley and Brad get on a call it always leads to fantastic conversation and this was no exception. We talk about candidate journey, shortages of talent like Line Cooks and where all of the talent has gone and much more. Not an episode you are going to want to miss.2022-07-2837 min
Disrupting RecruitmentWhat would make a great TA Team?We are excited to have Shannon Pritchett, Head of Marketing and Community at HireEZ on this week to discuss inbound vs outbound recruitment strategies, the make-up of the ideal TA team and much more. We share some great, and not-so-great recruitment stories and the challenges faced by having too many applicants (yes that can happen).2022-06-2936 minDisrupting RecruitmentThe Employer Brand NerdIn this episode of Disrupting Recruitment, we have none other than James Ellis, the Employer Brand Nerd. We talk about saffron, his views on employer branding, how to differentiate, his $400 employer branding campaign and sidewalk chalk.2022-06-0148 minDisrupting RecruitmentRecruitment Marketing Automation - Part 1In this episode, we have a special guest, James Whitelock from Think In Circles and host of The Marketing Rules podcast. This is the first part of a home and home between Brad and James (part 2, will be on The Marketing Rules). Brad and James talk about Recruitment Marketing, Automation, Ideal Candidate Profiles and the fun that goes along with hosting a podcast. You don't want to miss this episode.2022-05-1934 minDisrupting RecruitmentStop working for BeerIn this episode, we talk to Brent Lazanik from Go Auto about their recruitment marketing strategies, challenges and what makes their culture so great. We focus on content, like their stop working for beer ad and more in their quest to bring in the top talent in the automotive dealership industry. Lot's of good stories, laughs and Brent has lots of great advice.2022-05-0328 minDisrupting RecruitmentThe benefit of benefitsIn today's episode, we speak with benefits expert Robert McGuire about health benefits and how they can be used as part of your overall talent attraction strategy. 2022-04-2129 minDisrupting RecruitmentBuild your personal brandIn this episode of Disrupting Recruitment, we follow up on our conversation with Kim Schell of Refine Labs about building personal brands. Will Aitken joins up to talk about how he built his personal brand, how it helped him in his career and how he wishes he knew then what he knows now (hint: he used to be a recruiter).
Will has a great view of how to encourage and support employees who want to build a personal brand without losing them, how to get started, and the dangers of Feature Dumping in sales and recruitment. AND I...2022-04-0632 min
Disrupting RecruitmentKid in a candy storeSo by now, you have probably figured out, I'm a big fan of Chris Walker and Refine Labs. This week, we sat down with Kim Schell from Refine Labs to talk about creating demand for their roles, how Chris attracts talent with his presence, creating a strong brand and culture, and encouraging their employees to have a voice online.
We'll see what impact their disruption is making on their recruitment, how their culture worked and was built, and finally, building a solid ICP (Ideal Candidate Profile) or Talent Persona.2022-03-2923 min
Disrupting RecruitmentBefore you applyIn this episode, we talk to Nate Guggia from Before You Apply about his thoughts on recruitment marketing and why it makes sense to have the right conversation with the right person at the wrong time. We talk about being top of mind when need and timing align, and of course, we may or may not mention Refine Labs.2022-03-2331 min
Disrupting RecruitmentThis is the wayIn this week's episode of Disrupting Recruitment, we speak with Tim Sackett about inbound vs outbound recruitment, agency vs corporate, companies like HireEZ and Appcast and finally the problem we would all like to solve, ghosting! Find out what Tim thinks is missing from recruitment in North America (hint, it's not missing, it just needs to be better adopted).2022-03-1531 min
Disrupting RecruitmentDown the rabbit holeIn this episode of Disrupting Recruitment we're going to be going down several rabbit holes with Nathan Jefferson. We will be talking about things like talent pipelines, meeting talent on the right platforms, recruitment metrics, what we should actually be measuring, funnels and candidate journeys, as well as the importance of giving employees a voice of their own.
2022-03-0134 min
Disrupting RecruitmentThink DifferentlyIn our inaugural episode, we talk all thinks recruitment marketing with expert Travis Scott. We discuss his book, Think Differently, how to create demand for your roles and the emotional job to be done when thinking about your recruitment campaign.2022-02-1618 min