Coffee with a Recruiter

Annie Jackson (Head of Talent Acquisition) from Cleo joins us to discuss life at a fast-growth, diverse tech company:(00:45) Intro to Annie, career and growing into a head of talent(01:30) Cleo's mission, products, history(04:00) What makes Cleo a great place to work?(09:00) Diversity at Cleo(13:00) What type of person would thrive in your environment?(16:00) What are the onboarding and Benefits? Where can we go for more info?

Danny Crook (Talent Acquisition Manager) from Kognity joins us to discuss life at an ed-tech company and what makes Kognity a unique workplace:(00:45) Intro to Danny, differences between the UK and Swedish workplace(06:50) Kognity's mission, products, history(11:30) What makes Kognity a great place to work?(23:35) What type of person would thrive in your environment?(28:00) What are the onboarding and Benefits? Where can we go for more info?Enjoy!

We're joined today by Ellie (Senior People Partner - Birdie) and Max (Head of People - Intruder), where we discuss the PeopleOps function, their day-to-day tasks, and future developments in the people function.(00:00) Intro to Ellie, Max(03:40) What is PeopleOps, day to day examples (09:40) transitioning to PeopleOps(13:10) working with recruiters(16:40) What advice can you give people wanting to move over?(24:10) Future of people teamshttps://resources.workable.com/hr-terms/people-operations-vs-hr-management#:~:text=People%20Operations%20proactively%20focuses%20on,including%20legal%2C%20ethical%20and%20structural

Zumar Dean joins me in discussing ChatGPT and the potential impact of AI on recruitment. We start with what ChatGPT is and then go into how to apply it for:(06:00) job intakes, job descriptions, bias in AI(15:10) sourcing, reach outs, LinkedIn posts, salary ranges, market mapping, boolean search(24:00) employer branding, writing blogs, career pages(29:00) assisting but not replacing recruiters and limitations of ChatGPT(34:30) candidates, students using ChatGPT to cheat?Some links:Coldfusion's video on ChatGPTHung Lee's podcast episode

Zumar Dean (Director of Talent - StackAdapt) joins me as a co-host on the podcast to discuss the job market, hiring freezes, layoffs and what recruiters can do during these moments.(1:20) Intro to Zum and StackAdapt(3:50) The UK/US labour market, hiring freezes and layoffs(9:15) What caused these layoffs, differences between the US and UK(18:30) What can recruiters do in these circumstances?I cite the following articles from Yahoo, Information Age and Forbes.Enjoy!

Today I rant about the need to be a proactive driver as an internal recruiter and how agency recruitment teaches us the poor habit of being passive passengers at work.I also give a quick summary and opinion on the first rule of the book, 7 Rules of Power, by Jeffrey Pfeffer.Finally, check out The Infographics Show for exciting videos relating to international politicshttps://www.youtube.com/@TheInfographicsShow/featured