Recruiting is No Joke
By Joel Lalgee
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Welcome to "Recruiting is No Joke" with your host, Joel Lalgee – the realest recruiter. Get ready for raw, no-BS conversations that delve into the latest trends in the recruiting space. Joel holds nothing back, providing a fresh and entertaining take on the world of recruitment.
With no filter, Joel gives you an inside look at the industry like never before. If you're craving to be part of the conversation with leaders in the field, this podcast is your ticket. Discover the ins and outs of talent acquisition trends, hear the captivating stories of top talent thought leaders, and gain valuable perspectives on current industry happenings. You will also learn what talent and HR leaders actually care about, bridging the gap between job seekers and talent leaders.
With a decade of recruiting experience, Joel's content has made waves, generating over 200 million views. Joel brings you insights that matter, resonating with both recruiters and job seekers alike. Tune in and join the conversation!
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From 30 to 130 Employees Without VC Money: Here’s How It Was Done with Tristan Mackrory
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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The Challenges of AI and Spam Candidates in Recruitment with Erin McCann
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Why Human-First Recruiting Still Wins (Even in an AI World) with Nicole Hirsch
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Reinvent Yourself or Get Left Behind: The Future of Recruiting with Jeremy Lyons
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Inside the Black Hole: What Really Happens After You Apply with Julia Levy
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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How to Build Credibility with Hiring Managers Before You Even Speak with Caroline Kiesler and Kearstin McGinnis
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Why Your 401(k) Might Be the Best Recruiting Tool You’re Not Using
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Episode 119: The Rinse Cycle of Work: Are You About to Be Left Behind? with Cassandra Rose
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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Episode 118: The Secret Sauce Behind High-Volume Hiring That Actually Works with Preston Sharpston
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Episode 117: Recruiter Enablement: The Quiet Revolution Changing Talent Acquisition with Molly Sly
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Episode 116: The AI illusion: Why recruiters still can’t be replaced with Steve O'Brien
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Episode 115: The Recruiting Ops Blueprint They Don't Want You to Know with Alexa Lane
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Episode 114: The Hidden Talent Goldmine: Why Recruiters Should Look Beyond Tech with Michele Sutton
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Episode 113: AI and the Future of Recruitment: Solving Talent Acquisition Challenges with Adam from Talent Llama
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Episode 112: Why HR Might Be the Secret Growth Engine in Your Company with Robert Buckley
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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Episode 111: Technology + Humanity in Hiring: AI, Candidate Experience & Real Talk with Ben Eubanks
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Episode 110: How AI is Transforming Recruitment and Hiring with Tom Lott of BAL Law Firm
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Episode 109: From Headhunting to Transformation: AI, Talent Strategy, and the Future with Jess Von Bank
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Episode 108: From CVs to Gamified Assessments: The Future of Retail Hiring with Giorgio Benassi
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Episode 107: How Ashby’s TA Leader Designs Systems That Scale with Jim Miller
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Episode 106: 20 Years as a Recruiter: Crafting the Perfect Resume and How AI is Changing the Game with Tony Le
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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Episode 105: Startups, Burnout & Boundaries: The Realities of Culture at Speed with Tannum Sullivan
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Episode 104: Why Can't Restaurants Keep Staff? (And What Carl's Jr Is Doing About It) with Chrystal Gualtieri
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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Episode 103: The Recruiting Secret Weapon: Meet-and-Greets, Not Just Job Posts with Stephanie Murray
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Episode 102: Breaking Into Construction: Career Pivots & Recruiting in Hard-Hat Industries with Kala Kapahalou
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Episode 101: How Emotional Intelligence is Changing the Hiring Game with Napoleon "Napo" Rumteen
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Episode 100: How to Find Real Talent in a Sea of AI with Erin Turnmeyer
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Episode 99: AI Won’t Replace You—But Ignoring It Might: Real Talk with Logan Marsh
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Episode 98: Inside Talent Strategy, Retention, and Employer Expectations with Matt Lowney
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May 28, 2025 |
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Episode 97: Hiring Smarter, Not Harder: Real Talk on Recruiting Challenges with Trisha Degg
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May 21, 2025 |
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Episode 96: Candidate Experience Is Broken, Here’s How to Fix It with Cailean Bailey of Design Pickle
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May 14, 2025 |
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Episode 95: Recruiting in a Hypergrowth Era, Tackling AI Hiring Fraud, and How Real Networking Wins Jobs with Glenn Lindley
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May 07, 2025 |
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Episode 94: Scaling Talent Experience with AI, Reinventing Onboarding, and Mastering Interview Training with Sarika Lamont
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Episode 93: AI vs. Humanity: The Future of Recruitment in Cybersecurity with Anna Taylor
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Episode 92: Bootcamps: Can They Really Launch Your Tech Career with Daniel Odegaard
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Episode 91: How Can Recruitment Thrive in a Tech-Driven World While Maintaining Human Connection with Ginnette Harvey
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Episode 90: Recruitment’s Dark Secret: The Truth About Ghost Jobs & AI
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Episode 89: The Silent Takeover: Is AI Killing Human Connection in Hiring?
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Episode 88: The Evolution of Recruitment: From Rolodexes to AI with Matt Pietsch
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Episode 87: The Greatest Disconnect: Corporate Profits vs. Employee Satisfaction
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Episode 86: Recruiting Top Talent in Government & Defense Tech with Tommy Weinert of Mount Indie
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Episode 85: Why Return-to-Office Policies Are Failing: Dell’s Latest Misstep and Empathy in Layoffs
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Episode 84: Why Job Seekers Struggle in 2024: Networking Tips, Market Realities, and What Economists Keep Getting Wrong with Joel Lalgee
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Episode 83: Talent Acquisition in 2025 and Beyond with Amy Cropper, Asud Anderson, and Brian Fink - Live from RecFest USA 2024 Part 2
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Episode 82: The Future of Employer Branding and Recruitment with Maria Katris, Tannum Sullivan, and Celinda Appleby - Live from RecFest USA 2024 Part 1
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Episode 81: Job Hunting Struggles and Market Realities: Breaking Down the Numbers with Joel Lalgee
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Episode 80: Job Offer Scams, Career Cushioning, and Labor Strikes with Joel Lalgee
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Episode 79: Is the Job Market as Strong as It Seems with Joel Lalgee
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Episode 78: The Role of AI in the Future of Recruitment with Benjamin Mena
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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Episode 77: Navigating Job Hopping, Layoffs, and the New Job Market Landscape
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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Episode 76: The Brutal Reality of Job Openings: Why People Aren't Leaving Their Jobs
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Episode 75: Changing the Candidate Experience with Mike Peditto
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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Episode 74: Effective Job Search Strategies in a Tough Market with Melissa Grabiner
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Episode 73: Navigating Gen Z in the Workforce with Danielle Farage
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Episode 72: The Reality of Office Culture: People are Speaking Out with Hebba Youssef
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Episode 71: How Can Recruiters Adapt to the Changing Landscape of Communication Methods in Recruitment with Lysha Holmes
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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Episode 70: The Challenges of Remote Work and Political Conversations in the Workplace with Devyn Mikell
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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Episode 69: Navigating the Changing Dynamics of Job Search: Insights from Industry Experts with Serge Bourdreu and Shelley Billinghurst
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Episode 68: How Can AI Revolutionize Recruitment Workflows with Gary Elden OBE and Dan Malka
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Episode 67: Unlock the Secrets of Sales Success with Scott Littrell
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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Episode 66: The Power of Community and Trust in Recruitment
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Episode 65: Transforming Recruitment with Automation and AI
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May 29, 2024 |
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Episode 64: The Future of Recruitment: Unveiling Trends, AI, and People Analytics
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May 22, 2024 |
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Episode 63: Redefining Networking and Content Creation in the Recruitment Industry with Adam Posner
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May 15, 2024 |
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Episode 62: Exploring the Evolving Landscape of Talent Acquisition and Job Searching with Marcus Sawyerr
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May 08, 2024 |
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Episode 61: The Most Misunderstood Aspects of Job Searching with Russell Ayles
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May 01, 2024 |
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Episode 60: Understanding and Communicating a Company's Compensation Philosophy: The Key to Successful Hiring with Rani Mavram
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Episode 59. Finding the Job That Best Matches Your Skills with Tom Woodhams
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Episode 58: Finding the job, Remember the Gratitude with James Hudson
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Episode 57: Recruiting Is No Joke: We're Back and Better Than Ever!
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Episode 56: The one and only Tim Sackett
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Episode 55: TA week - a great recruiting conference Kara Mignanelli TA Week
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Episode 54: The impact networking team - Tech recruitment in the future
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Episode 53: Amit Parmer Employer branding and social media content
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Episode 52: How to create an internal agency Meghan Immordino
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Episode 51: The true Agency Legend Danny Cahill
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Episode 50: RPO ABC's with Tim Farrelly
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Episode 49: How to build relationships the right way with Dan Lockhart
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Episode 48: When recruiting moves you - Jennifer Kusch
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Episode 47: The high level job search Michael Kascsak
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Episode 46: A fresh take on Hiring and recruitment with Yasar Ahmad
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Episode 45: The Agency tech perspective with Joe Aburdene
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Episode 44: The Employer branding masterclass Riley Stefano
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Episode 43: The best recruitment live event - Recfest with Jamie Leonard
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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Episode 42: When you can't recruit on Linkedin, with Kirk Kimball
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Episode 41: What is people Analytics and why does it matter with Konstantin Tskhay
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Episode 40: Why candidate experience actually matters in 2023 Kyle Connors
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Episode 39: The employer branding round circle
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Episode 38: New Sponsor - AI and Recruiting with Siadhal Magos
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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Episode 37: Candidate Experience matters - Darren Bush
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Episode 36: Social media for recruiters Solo episode Joel Lalgee
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Episode 35: Leading a Global Tech recruitment team straight from the Agency world. James Lafferty
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Episode 34: From running a profitable Agency to head of talent at a start up - Krista Tan
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Episode 33: Katie Conti - From Management Consulting to Internal TA Leader
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Episode 32: Video in the recruiting process - Job pixel and Omar Khateeb
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Episode 31: Kelly Burlage - How to build a recruitment engine responsible for thousands of hires
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Episode 30: Destiny Quinn - A true leader in the TA space, how to build an excellent team
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Episode 29: Andrew Lewis - From Internal to external, building teams the right way
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Episode 28: A masterclass on fractional HR work
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Episode 27: Christine Redd - The ups and downs of recruiting life
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Episode 26: Leah Daniels why the application process is usually so terrible.
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Episode 25: Community Recruiting with Joy Banfield.
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Episode 24: High volume, High value recruiting David Jaramillo
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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Episode 23: Attracting talent by having fun and crushing your goals. Deanna Brousseau
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Episode 22: Leading by example Donald Knight
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Episode 21: Recruiting at a high level - Erin Peterson
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Episode 20: Video is the recruiting future
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Episode 19: How the world of work is changing
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Episode 18: Remote work can work when you are smart
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Episode 17: Humble and in touch with the people
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Episode 16: Growing in your recruiting Kraft
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May 31, 2023 |
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Episode 15: Building community with Blind - Peter Ludden
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May 17, 2023 |
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Episode 14: How to manager 30,000 thousand hires in a year! Jane Curran from JLL breaks it down for us!
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May 03, 2023 |
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Episode 13: How can marketing and recruiting work together - Mackenzie and Austin from Arc talk about inbound recruitment
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Episode 12: From Netflix to no-name, Join us as Scott talks about what it's like going from a household brandname like Netflix to a startup like Gordion
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Episode 11: The Highs and lows, but mainly highs of cannabis recruiting and the recruitment market with Laura Gassman
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Episode 10: The Refine Labs team - Jessica and team break down how they run talent and deal with layoffs.
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Episode 9: Getting tech talent back to the office in Boston - Petar and Team discuss the nuances of attracting top talent back to the office
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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Episode 8: Leading recruiting and tips on how to influence real DEI change - Clarisce Tolston shares her wisdom
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Episode 7: How to get a 95% Rate acceptance from Candidates - Bonnie from Zapier
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Episode 6: What's life at Twitter really like - Brian Fink the legend of sourcing
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Episode 5: Contracting your skills as a recruitment leader
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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Episode 4: Leading recruitment and DEI at a start up
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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Episode 3: Life at Barstool, leading talent at your dream company
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Episode 2: Leading recruitment at a Startup, the truth behind the hype
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Nov 19, 2022 |