HR Interviews Playlist
Episodes
Ep 727 Becoming A Long-Haul Leader
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The modern workplace has created an epidemic of burnout that's quietly destroying careers and companies alike. Many professionals are quietly battling...
Ep 726: How AI Is Finally Killing The Resume
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The explosion of AI-generated applications isn't just breaking traditional recruiting - it's creating an unprecedented opportunity by making sophistic...
Ep 723: The Impact Of Career Gap Bias
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For too long, gaps in resumes have been a red flag for recruiters. But what if this outdated bias is costing you your best hires? In today's world, wh...
Ep 719: Recruiting for Skills That Don't Exist Yet
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recruiting Future is a podcast that helps Talent Acquisition teams drive measurable impact by developing their strategic capability in Foresight, Infl...
Ep 716: Using AI To Transform Quality of Hire
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recruiting Future is a podcast that helps Talent Acquisition teams drive measurable impact by developing their strategic capability in Foresight, Infl...
Ep 714: Navigating AI In Talent Acquisition
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recruiting Future is a podcast that helps Talent Acquisition teams drive measurable impact by developing their strategic capability in Foresight, Infl...
Ep 713: What Drives Talent Innovation?
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recruiting Future is a podcast that helps Talent Acquisition teams drive measurable impact by developing their strategic capability in Foresight, Infl...
Ep 712: Is Workforce Planning Obsolete?
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recruiting Future is a podcast that helps Talent Acquisition teams drive measurable impact by developing their strategic capability in Foresight, Infl...
Ep 711: How AI Agents Are Driving Recruiting Results
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi there, welcome to episode 711 of Recruiting Future with me, Matt Alder. Recruiting Future is a podcast that helps Talent Acquisition teams drive...
Ep 708: Winning Talent When Markets Freeze
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recruiting Future is a podcast that helps Talent Acquisition teams drive measurable impact by developing their strategic capability in Foresight, Infl...
Ep 707: AI Agents - Cutting Through The Hype
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recruiting Future is a podcast designed to help Talent Acquisition teams drive measurable impact by developing strategic capability in Foresight, Infl...
Ep 706: Driving AI Adoption At H&M
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recruiting Future is a podcast designed to help Talent Acquisition teams drive measurable impact by developing strategic capability in Foresight, Infl...
Ep 705: Defending The Integrity Of Recruiting
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recruiting Future is a podcast designed to help Talent Acquisition teams drive measurable impact by developing strategic capability in Foresight, Infl...
Ep 704: Transforming Recruiting With Conversations Not Clicks
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recruiting Future helps Talent Acquisition teams drive measurable value by developing strategic capability in Foresight, Influence, Talent, and Techno...
Ep 703: Making Great Hires Stick
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Employee turnover continues to undermine talent acquisition efforts, with many organizations investing heavily in hiring only to watch new talent walk...
Ep 702: Solving Talent Scarcity
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recruiting Future is the podcast that helps Talent Acquisition teams drive measurable impact by developing strategic capability in Foresight, Influenc...
Ep 701: Solving The Early Careers Crisis
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The early careers landscape is experiencing unprecedented disruption. While AI technology offers opportunities to transform how organizations operate,...
Ep 700: Are You Fit For The Future?
03 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrating 10 years of Recruiting Future! Over the last 10 years, I’ve interviewed hundreds of TA Leaders as well as CEOs, thought leaders, and th...
Ep 699: AI, Regulation, and the Human Touch
26 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The entire recruiting landscape is undergoing a profound transformation as organizations grapple with the implications of AI and the economic disrupti...
Ep 698: From AI Anxiety to AI Advantage
26 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI adoption is still slow in talent acquisition. Employers are experimenting with AI for tactical tasks while missing its transformative potential. Th...
Ep 696: Can AI Make Hiring More Human?
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The acceleration of AI in talent acquisition has sparked both excitement and concern across the industry. While many fear automation might make recrui...
Ep 695: How To Thrive In The AI Revolution
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I firmly believe that AI is the most significant technological transformation of our lifetime. What will separate talent acquisition professionals who...
Ep 693: Are We Getting Happier At Work?
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Research consistently shows that happy employees are more engaged, more productive, and stay with their companies longer. While many organizations rec...
Ep 692: Labour Markets In Transition
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Understanding today's complex labor market requires accurate data rather than just following headlines or anecdotes. For businesses and talent profess...
Ep 691: Are We Thinking Big Enough About AI?
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The pace of AI adoption is accelerating rapidly, yet most organizations aren't integrating it effectively into talent acquisition—and they certainly...
Ep 690: How Can TA Make A Measurable Impact?
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There have never been as many forces driving change in Talent Acquisition as there are in 2025. Skills-based thinking, economic pressures, the rise of...
Ep 689: How TA Can Adopt A Change Mindset
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The talent acquisition landscape is fundamentally transforming. AI and automation are eliminating repetitive tasks and creating space for recruiters t...
Ep 688: Is AI’s Impact On TA Underhyped?
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The conversation around AI in talent acquisition often focuses on incremental improvements and point solutions – better job descriptions, faster can...
The Power of Diversity with Paige Elliott
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Live from the Shaker Green Room at RecFest USA, The Chad & Cheese Podcast welcomes Paige Elliott, Global Employer Brand Manager at Veeam Software. Pai...
Ep 687: Agile EVPs For Faster Employer Brand Impact
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The traditional approach to developing employer value propositions can often be complex and time-consuming. While this in-depth methodology might work...
Ep 646: Personalizing The Employee Experience
15 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Technology-driven mass personalization has completely transformed how we engage with brands as consumers. However, while companies have raced to deliv...
Ep 685: Rethinking Skills In An AI-Powered Workplace
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI is starting to drive a profound shift in the workplace. The skills we've prioritized for decades are becoming automated, with uniquely human capabi...
Personal Branding for Recruiters with Orlando Haynes
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Live from RecFest USA, The Chad & Cheese Podcast welcomes Orlando Haynes, North American talent acquisition lead at Mosaic. Orlando breaks down why pe...
A New Era for Employer Branding with Ashten Fizer
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Live from the Shaker Green Room at RecFest USA, Chad & Cheese chat with Ashten Fizer, a dynamic talent brand creator, who brings fresh insights on emp...
Ep 684: Are We Now Living In A Video First World?
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ep 684: Are We Now Living In A Video First World? Using video is no longer optional in talent attraction. Candidates now expect to engage with short-...
2025 Vision Report for Talent
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Chad & Cheese Podcast, hosts Joel Cheesman and Chad Sowash team up with the marketing maestro, Gina Alioto from Shaker Recruitm...
Round Up February 2025
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Round up is the monthly show on The Recruiting Future Podcast channel that highlights episodes you may have missed and gives you my take on some of th...
Ep 683: The AI Revolution Is About People, Not Technology
01 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI isn't just a technology revolution—it's a people and talent revolution. AI could transform businesses at every level, but many HR and TA teams ar...
Ep 682: What Can Talent Acquisition Learn From Network Science?
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if everything we thought about how organizations function was wrong? For decades, businesses have been structured around hierarchies and rigid pr...
Ep 681: Can AI Fix TA's Biggest Problem?
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
People are worried about the use of AI in recruiting. Headlines warn us that artificial intelligence might amplify biases and automate unfairness. Reg...
Firing Squad: Candidly's Hannah Peet
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the boys chat with Hannah Peet, the co-founder of Candidly, an ATS so generic it's called "white-label." Hannah waxes poetic about he...
Ep 680: How To Secure A Budget For TA Technology
23 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
According to Gartner 83% of HR technology buying decisions end in regret. In a world where talent acquisition is more complex and business-critical th...
The Shifting Sands of DEI with Torin Ellis
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Live from the Shaker Green Room at RecFest USA, Torin Ellis sits down with Chad & Cheese to tackle the evolving landscape of diversity and inclusion (...
Ep 679: The Future of TA - Breaking Silos and Embracing Change
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Talent acquisition is evolving faster than ever. With AI reshaping the hiring landscape, skill gaps widening across industries, and businesses facing ...
The Future is Now with Stefan Youngblood
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI, bias, the metaverse, and... J.Cole? 🤯 This week, Chad & Cheese sit down with Stefan Youngblood, the founder of Black AI Think Tank and hirebla...
Ep 678: Assessing Durable Skills To Future Proof Hiring
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For as long as we can all remember, hiring has been built around resumes detailing previous experience, qualifications, job titles, and technical skil...
Ep 677: Rethinking Recruiting For AI
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Eleven years ago, I wrote a blog post with a title that asked the question, “Can you replace a recruiter with an algorithm?”. It provoked an insta...
Revamping Visa’s Brand: Data & Engagement Journey
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ Chad & Cheese sit down with Celinda Appleby, Visa’s global director of talent attraction, for an in-depth discussion on navigating 2025’s ...
Ep 676: Why Behavioral Science Is The Future Of Talent Acquisition
09 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Talent acquisition is fundamentally about people making decisions, but how often do we stop to consider why people make the decisions they do? Wheth...
Ep 675: Hiring Without Limits: Why Accessibility Matters
09 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At a time when DE&I initiatives are facing increasing hostility, it's more important than ever to highlight the real value of inclusive hiring. Beyond...
Ep 673: Seeing Skills Differently: Lessons from Elite Sports
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wondered how an elite baseball player can track a 95-mile-per-hour fastball and actually connect? Or how a Premier League footballer can...
Ep 673: The Route To Skills-Based Hiring
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The move towards skills-based strategies in organizations is still a big topic. This is unsurprising, as the advantages are significant. Skills-based ...
Embracing Upskilling and Micro-Learning w/ Darnell Hill
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the Shaker Green Room at RecFest USA, Darnell Hill, Vice President of Talent Acquisition at AAA Mountain West Group, joins The Chad & Cheese to d...
Ep 672: Are Career Sites Evolving Quickly Enough?
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Career Sites still play a central role in talent acquisition, but are they evolving quickly enough? With many employers still working in career site r...
Ep 671: Balancing AI & The Human Touch
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Frontline hiring is more competitive than ever, with speed and efficiency now critical for success. However, the challenge doesn't stop at making the ...
HR Trends and AI Risks: Keith Sonderling
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Onstage at Outsolve's HR Gumbo Conference in New Orleans, Keith Sonderling, the former Commissioner of the EEOC, joins Chad & Cheese to discuss major ...
Ep 670: Jeff Taylor: Rethinking Hiring for the AI Age
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It feels like Recruiting has come a long way since the days of help-wanted ads in newspapers, but are we genuinely innovating or just consistently rep...
Europe: Sex Workers, AI, and Start-Ups
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this hilarious installment of The Chad & Cheese Podcast Does Europe, Lieven joins the boys as they embark on a wild ride through Europe, sharing ta...
Ep 669: How L'Oréal Group is Using AI To Evolve Talent Acquisition
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With 1.5 million applications each year, L'Oréal Group's talent acquisition team faces challenges on a scale most organizations would never experienc...
Ep 668: Strategic Budgeting For TA Leaders
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Budgeting has long been challenging for talent acquisition teams, but the stakes have never been higher in today's volatile economic environment. Many...
Mastering Recruitment with Gerry Crispin
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gerry Crispin crashes into the Chad & Cheese podcast live from the Shaker Green Room at RecFest USA. With a cool 53 years in recruiting under his belt...
Smarter Hiring and Stronger Retention with Joe Shaker
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Live from the Shaker Green Room at RecFest USA, Joe Shaker dropped recruitment truth bombs with a side of optimism. Want to know the secret to winning...
Ep 667: Traditional HR is Dead, Here's What's Next
12 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
HR is at a crossroads. The rapid pace of change, shifting employee expectations, and technological disruption have rendered traditional approaches ine...
Ep 666: The ROI Of Employer Branding
11 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Employer branding is often misunderstood or undervalued, especially in a landscape of shrinking budgets and rising expectations. Yet, in today’s com...
Trust Issues with AI in Recruiting
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Live from the Shaker Green Room at RecFest USA, Jason Pistulka—Assistant VP of Talent Acquisition Operations at HCA Healthcare—graces us with his...
Ep 665: Aligning HR With Business Strategy
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this disruptive time, HR and Talent Acquisition must be perfectly aligned with organizations’ business strategies. However, recent research from ...
Top 2024 Topics & Expert Insights
27 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Behold! A holiday spectacle so dazzling, so insightful, it’ll practically guarantee you a promotion (results may vary, void where prohibited, don't ...
Ep 664: Failure and Authenticity In Employer Branding
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There has probably never been a more difficult time to work in employer branding. Survey after survey shows that employers consider it vitally importa...
Cringeworthy Mistakes: with Tim Sackett
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Broadcasting live from the Shaker Green Room at RecFest USA, Tim Sackett—dropped some truth bombs with Joel Cheesman about the cringe-worthy mistake...
Ep 663: Personalizing The Candidate Experience At Scale
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For years, a candidate experience that delivers truly personalized feedback at scale has been an unattainable dream for talent acquisition teams. Cand...
Ep 662: Talent Acquisition On The Brink
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The rapid evolution of AI is reshaping talent acquisition, but many TA teams are struggling to keep pace. While AI offers the potential to revolutioni...
Using Internal Comms to Shape Employer Brands
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Live from the Shaker Green Room at RecFest USA, Chad & Cheese corner Audra Knight, the employer branding wizard at Foundation Medicine, to spill the t...
Firing Squad Illoominus' Noelle London
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Chad and Cheese podcast, Noelle London, founder and CEO of Illoominus, discusses her AI-powered people intelligence platform de...
Ep 661: Auditing AI For Fairer Hiring
15 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The adoption of AI in talent acquisition continues to accelerate, promising efficiencies and new possibilities for hiring. However, as AI tools become...
Meta, Microsoft, and Google Go Nuclear
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Chad and Cheese Podcast, hosts Joel and Chad discuss a variety of topics ranging from personal anecdotes about pets and sleep d...
Ep 660: Recruiting Rewired by AI
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
AI has profoundly impacted talent acquisition in 2024, but its influence has been far from uniform. In some areas, little has changed, while in others...
Navigating DEI's Shifting Landscape in Recruitment
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From the Shaker Green Room at RecFest USA, Julie Sowash, executive director of Disability Solutions, survived Chad & Cheese’s snarkapalooza to talk ...
Targeting Candidates with AI and LLMs
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to HR's Most Dangerous Podcast, where Chad and Joel serve up spicy takes and recruiting truths hotter than a Nashville summer. This week...
Rippling Snakes Deel
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Chad and Cheese podcast, Joel and Chad discuss various topics including their experiences with Chipotle and the implementation ...
If It Ain't Broke, Break It with General Honoré
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Brace yourselves: The Chad & Cheese Podcast is back, this time with retired Lieutenant General Russell L. Honoré—who proves you can train and lead ...
The Evolving World of Recruitment Marketing and Employer Branding
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
John Graham, Shaker’s VP of Employer Brand Strategy, hit RecFest USA with a mic drop on recruitment marketing and employer branding as we careen int...
Ep 659: Talent Complexity
30 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With organizations now having to navigate the rapid changes brought about by geopolitical instability, economic uncertainty, the ongoing climate emerg...
Ep 658: TA As A Service
29 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Transforming a business function is a difficult process. It can become impossible if no one knows what the function is transforming into. It is vital ...
Film Room - Debbie Spander
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Athletes, Burnout, and Plumbing Emergencies Grab your popcorn and buckle up for this episode of the Talent Chasing Podcast! Jasper, Brian, and Chad di...
Ep 657: The Future Of TA Technology
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After all the commentary and debate about AI and talent acquisition over the last two years, we are finally starting to see what this brave new world ...
Ep 656: Strategic Transformation in TA
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After many years of being seen as tactical, TA has the unique opportunity to reposition itself as a strategic function with insights to shape business...
Revolutionizing HR with Stefan Premdas
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From the SmartRecruiters booth at the HR Tech conference, the guys interviewed Stefan Premdas, who transitioned from a background in biomedical engine...
Ep 655: Using Culture As A Talent Magnet
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Company culture is a fundamental selling point for attracting the right talent to an organization. However, in many cases, it is talked about in a cli...
Why AI Can't Replace Recruiters (Yet)
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From the Shaker Green Room at RecFest USA, Dean Da Costa joins Chad & Cheese to share fresh recruitment advice. He urges recruiters to challenge norms...
400,000 Referrals with Patti Tabris
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Live from the SmartRecruiters booth at the HR Tech conference in Las Vegas, the boys hosted a session with Patti Tabris, Senior Director of Talent Acq...
Ep 654: The Power Of Great Questions
17 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Whenever we talk about recruiting automation, there is always a persistent narrative in favor of retaining the human touch in some way, shape, or form...
Ep 653: Assessing the impact of AI
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I know that many of you would agree that we are now beyond saturation point with the hype around AI in TA. It's clear that one way or another, gen AI ...
Chasing Debbie Spander
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Get ready to dive into the wild world of sports biz with Debbie Spander, the CEO of Insight Sports Advisors—a boutique sports media agency where dea...
Inclusive Recruitment in 2025 and Beyond
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Broadcasting from the ever-glamorous Shaker Green Room at RecFest USA, Chad & Cheese sit down with the powerhouse of DEI herself, Novonda Lilly, Direc...
Firing Squad: MyStandard's Josh Sklüt
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Firing Squad, Josh Sklüt, co-founder and Chief People Officer of My Standard, discusses the innovative approach of his company as ...
Breakdown: Shohei Ohtani
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This "Talent Chasing" podcast episode provides a look at Shohei Ohtani, his historic baseball journey, and the broader impact on the business of baseb...
Authenticity Over Algorithms w/ Mary Battle Broxton
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Live from the Shaker Green Room, Mary Battle Broxton from Tractor Supply Company joined The Chad & Cheese at RecFest USA to talk AI, authenticity, and...
Round Up October 2024
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Round up is the monthly show on The Recruiting Future Podcast channel that highlights episodes you may have missed and gives you my take on some of th...
HR Tech Talks: Give 'Em the Bird w/ Tracey Parsons
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Live from the SmartRecruiters booth, Tracey Parsons, the CEO of Flockity, shared insights at the HR Tech conference in Las Vegas, drawing from her ext...
Ep 650: A Strategic Approach To Skills
03 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I've done a lot of research this year around the move to skills-based hiring and skills-based organizations. Having spoken to a large number of employ...