The Chad & Cheese Podcast

FIRING SQUAD: HR Lancers CEO, Chris Russell

17 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today freelancing is hot, either as a side hustle or a full-time affair and the Gig Economy seems to be getting bigger and bigger every day. Are HR gi...

Amazon Ruins Everything

13 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Remember liking that tweet 3 years ago expressing disdain for the president? Imagine if it gets you fired 10 years from now? Well, welcome to the futu...

#Blessed that Recruiters Suck

13 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Sourcing extraordinaire Mike "Batman" Cohen is not the kind of cat who pulls punches, which makes him the perfect guest for the podcast. In this can't...

Another ATS Bites the Dust

12 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Shred is a bite-sized bit of recruitment news to help make sure you’re in-the-know, even if you’re on-the-go. The Shred is brought to you by R...

Symphony Talent CEO, Roopesh Nair

10 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Roopesh Nair is president and CEO at Symphony Talent, the recent acquirer of SmashFly, which listeners will remember from the podcast. Well, we though...

Indeed Switcharoo

06 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Do you like magic? Then you'll love this week's episode, featuring another good ole' fashioned Indeed.com switcharoo! Want more? The boys talk about h...

LinkedIn Loses Its Weiner

06 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Shred is a bite-sized bit of recruitment news to help make sure you’re in-the-know, even if you’re on-the-go. The Shred is brought to you by R...

VOICES: Does HR Care About Candidate Experience?

06 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Do hiring companies really care about the candidate experience? Robert Ruff, President of Sovren Technology tackles the hard questions as he and the...

Everything Must Go! CareerBuilder's Latest Sell-Off

05 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Shred is a bite-sized bit of recruitment news to help make sure you’re in-the-know, even if you’re on-the-go. The Shred is brought to you by R...

CULT BRAND: Chris Kneeland CEO of Cult Collective

03 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Whose fault is it Marketing or HR? Chris Kneeland Cult Brand creator and co-founder of The Gathering of Cult Brands joins the show to debate. Market...

New Glassdoor... Who Dis?

30 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tim Sackett steps in for a napping Joel during this week's podcast. Chad & Tim talk about Glassdoor's new car smell, Delta creating a legion of Iron M...

Facebook Jobs Strategy?

29 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Roberto Angulo, CEO of After College and Recruitology join the HR's Most Dangerous pod to talk about the survival of newspaper, Facebook's possible st...

FIRING SQUAD: Real Links' CEO Sam Davies

27 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Referrals rock! Ask most companies and they'll tell you referrals are the best resource for candidates they currently employ. Unfortunately, vendors h...

Carolina Start-Up Secures $3M

24 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Shred is a bite-sized bit of recruitment news to help make sure you’re in-the-know, even if you’re on-the-go. The Shred is brought to you by R...

Facebook Goes Google 4 Jobs

23 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Just when you think Facebook is about the bow out of the employment game, something new happens and the boys talk about something new this week. What ...

CULT BRAND: Make Plan B Decisions

22 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

​What happens when the New York Attorney General slaps a subpoena on the young upstart Airbnb in 2013 to access all host data for 15,000 hosts? Do...

VOICES: hiQ. LinkedIn's Salvation?

21 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

If you think the battle between LinkedIn and hiQ is over, think again. While hiQ seems to have won over the judges, LinkedIn is currently appealing th...

Robot Lump Theory

16 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Thanks to last week's "predictions show," this episode encompasses a whopping two weeks of news from the world of recruitment. On tap, let's start wit...

Phenom Lands Phenomenal Investment

16 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Shred is a bite-sized bit of recruitment news to help make sure you’re in-the-know, even if you’re on-the-go. The Shred is brought to you by R...

Cult Guac w/ Chipotle

15 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I'm so hungry right now... Why? Mike Miller and Joe Albano from Chipotle's Talent Acquisition team joins The Chad & Cheese to talk about food, brand,...

Me and Mr. Jones

13 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Hello, Cleveland! And hello Mark Jones, Senior Vice President at Alexander Mann Solutions, who came by the Evergreen Podcast studios in Cleveland to t...

Predictions 2020 w/ Tim Sackett

09 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It's January. And you know what that means: Predictions for the New Year. Joining Chad & Cheese this week is long time predictor and industry icon Tim...

Bullhorn Acquires Herefish

09 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

So why did Bullhorn pull out the checkbook? "On average, Herefish automates 7.2 million actions per month and saves over 2 1/2 hours per recruiter pe...

ATS is Bad Ass?

08 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It's not every day you get to talk to someone who's been in the online recruitment industry as long as Chad & Cheese have, but that's just what happen...

Decade Top Tens

02 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Christmas is over, and business is business! The boys cover items this week from Indeed-owned ClickIQ and Monster's BetterThing. Better who? Exactly. ...

College Recruiting Start-Up Raises $8.5M

31 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The Shred is a bite-sized bit of recruitment news to help make sure you’re in-the-know, even if you’re on-the-go. The Shred is brought to you by R...

A Nurturing Acquisition

31 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We've saved the best for last!  Danielle Weinblatt joins Chad & Cheese to talk about ConveyIQ's acquisition by Entelo. What missing pieces will Conv...

2019 Naughty & Nice

26 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone wants to know! Who was naughty? Who was nice? Bill Boorman joins Chad and Cheese on stage to announce their 2019 Naughty and Nice lists at T...

WTF WT?

19 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The only thing warmer than the chestnuts roasting on our open fire is the heat coming out of the world of recruitment. This week, the boys 1) uncover ...

FIRING SQUAD: Jobsync's Alex Murphy

17 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Murphy is a gnarly veteran of the recruitment technology industry. Will his Jobsync.io pitch have what it takes to win big applause or a shove in...

R.I.P. WT Employ

16 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

WT Employ was created to provide a bounty of employment-related solutions. ALTHOUGH Steven Rothberg was notified today that WT EMPLOY will STOP servic...

Adzuna Shade

12 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Don't shoot your eye out, kids, The Chad & Cheese Podcast is back this week with top news from the world of recruiting. The boys are pulling zero punc...

Crowded Gets Acquired

11 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The Shred is a bite-sized bit of recruitment news to help make sure you’re in-the-know, even if you’re on-the-go. The Shred is brought to you by R...

A Righteous Fiasco

10 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Fiasco is a cool name, but what does it mean? Chaos. So what's in a name and does it really matter? How do customers and employees engage with the BRA...

DEMOpocalypse: MYA chatbot!

10 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Everybody loves the thought, the idea, the possible application of a chatbot. But not all chatbots are created equal... In this DEMOpocalypse Eyal Gr...

Neuvoo's Sexual Chocolate Moment

08 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It's like a damned variety show during this podcast, recorded LIVE from a posh Dallas Hotel lobby, where The Chad & Cheese talk: - Neuvoo's got Talent...

Talent.com had me at "Hello"

05 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Neuvoo - also known as - The polite Indeed - is becoming.... Drumroll please Talent.com, wait.. Talent.com? Yes, Talent.com... Gone will be the days ...

Programmatic Fire Sale

04 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This episode features Jason Roberts a guy who knows recruitment, process, and technology. This podcast is jam-packed with topics like: - It's a "Prog...

Plump Acquisitions

28 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On this thankful episode, JZ lands a new gig, ClickIQ is hiding something (probably in their comfy pants) and Cielo enjoys a Visage. Whether you prefe...

When Brand Meets Tragedy

26 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

How do you prepare for a crisis? A tragedy? How do you prepare your people? Remember your people are your brand, right? How do you ensure the people a...

WTF is RXO?

26 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Technology disruption. We hear it a lot, but what does it really mean in the world of work? Pontoon's Tim Meehan seems to have it all figured out, as ...

The Crowd Wins Over Robots

25 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It's The Shred a mini Chad and Cheese bite of Breaking News -- This is Chad Sowash The Shred is brought to you by Recruitology -- Recruitology brings...

Google for Jobs is ALIVE

21 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

LIVE from sunny Arizona... Ummm wait., no that's rain-soaked Arizona for the iCIMS iNFLUENCE conference. We're talking: - Google for Jobs LIVES - Inde...

Indeed Goes Gig

20 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The Shred is a bite-sized bit of recruitment news to help make sure you’re in-the-know, even if you’re on-the-go. The Shred is brought to you by R...

Firing Squad: Applichat's Adam Chambers

19 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Is it a chatbot? Is it a Facebook advertising platform? Is it bound for global domination? Well, let's not get carried away here, but Adam Chambers an...

Hell Hath No Fury

14 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Hell hath no fury like a bunch of salespeople screwed over by a greedy company, which is why CareerBuilder's back in court. In addition to this news, ...

DEATH MATCH: Seekout's Anoop Gupta

14 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

And the DEATH MATCH winner is ... The competition for Death Match dominance was hard-fought, bloody and mind-blowing, but at the end of the day, only...

Chatbot Queen Talks Whitespace

13 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Quincy Valencia (aka Queen of the Chatbots) joins the menz to talk chatbots, programmatic, and industry whitespace. Whitespace? WTF is WHITESPACE?  ...

OUTTAKE: Veterans Day

12 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This segment was originally scheduled to air with last Friday's show, but we felt it was important enough all by itself.  Taking a single day for ve...

Brew Review

12 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Audio Only. You've heard it... Now see it! ThisWayGlobal CEO, Angela Hood treats Chad and Cheese to beer and industry conversation. Enjoy! For the ...

Upwork Goes Down

11 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Things for the freelance marketplace are getting bumpy. The Shred is sponsored by Recruitology.

Symphony Talent Gets Smashed

07 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We're back for another week of podcasting glory. Think another week closer to the holidays would mean a slowdown in the news? Slow your roll, player. ...

CULT BRAND: Turning Old to Cool

06 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

How does an old stodgy bank start-up a new cool brand? Is a bank even allowed to build a cool brand? Is that a thing? It certainly is and Alexandra ...

DEATH MATCH: Job.com's Arran Stewart

06 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Death Match North America 2019 - part three of four. This Chad and Cheese Death Match episode features Arran Stewart, Founder and Chief Vis...

The Money Shot

05 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Would you believe the amount of money going into HR tech decreased last quarter? Well, it did. But money man George Larocque ain't scared. In fact, he...

Symphony Acquires SmashFly

04 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Symphony Talent has just acquired SmashFly Technologies

The Big Halloween Show!

31 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Chad and Cheese are handing out tricks and treats this Halloween. - VONQ wants more candy! - Engage Talent breathes a sigh of relief... - Joel says...

DEATH MATCH: Assess First CEO, David Bernard

31 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Death Match North America 2019 - part two of four. This Chad and Cheese Death Match episode features a contestant all the way from France -...

Does Your Brand Suck? Unleash LIVE!

28 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Conferences are fun when Chad & Cheese take the stage. And they're twice as fun when big brands and influential voices join the boys on stage. That's ...

Indeed Throttling and Glassdoor Shakedowns?

25 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Recorded LIVE from UNLEASH World in Paris' showfloor. Brought to you by our friends at Sovren, Canvas, and JobAdX. 

Cult Brand: Ellie Doty, CMO at Chili's

23 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

How does a Cult Brand lose its luster? Losing Cult Brand status and then making a comeback is not an easy task.  Ellie Doty, CMO of Chili's Grill an...

Drones, Architects, and Hiring (and More Drones)

22 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ed Sayson is a TA leader at ARC Document Systems. Yeah, sounds kinda boring, but hold on, the company is a drone trendsetter. By employing a lot of dr...

LinkedIn Gets Touch-Feely

19 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Falls is here and the leaves may be dropping, but it's nothing to the news-breaking and the knowledge-droppin' that's going down on The Chad & Cheese ...

Programmatic Be Scary

18 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Chad & Louise speak with Thomas Prince, co-founder, and an uber-smart programmatic dude from Talent Nexus, talk about the simplicity and efficiency of...

DEATH MATCH: Pez.AI's Brian Rowe

17 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Death Match, North America, 2019, part one of four. This Chad and Cheese Death Match episode features Brian Rowe, CEO of Pez.AI. Death Matc...

RecruiterLESS RXO... WTH?

16 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Teasing Tim Meehan's Chad & Cheese visit around "recruiter less" systems, what the Hell is RXO and taking a dive into just how technology is disruptin...

You've Been Wonged!

16 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Mason Wong, is a VETERAN of recruiting and currently responsible for Lyft's applicant tracking system to support their recruitment team. Mason has his...

TMP/AIA acquires Carve

15 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

TMP / AIA / CKR / Maximum acquires Carve Who is Carve Carve, a London social media firm, has a rich heritage (13 year or so) of framing global socia...

Social Data Dies a Prophet's Death

15 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Do you believe in something so much that you would shut down a product because of that belief? Hiring Solved explains data, HiQ ruling impact, and wh...

Study Reveals Median Referral Bonus Offered by Staffing Firms

11 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Sponsored by Happy Recruiter, The Shred is a bite-sized bit of recruitment news to help make sure you’re in-the-know, even if you’re on-the-go.

HackerRank, LinkedIn add Buffalo Wings

11 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

- HackerRank playing it smart with LinkedIn - Jobiqo finds them a sugar daddy - Talenya joins the "bot craze" - The Irish & Techfynder are Comin' to A...

Cult Brand: What Happens in Vegas ...

10 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

When you think of iconic brands, names like Nike, Budweiser and Apple come to mind. However, cities can become cult brands, just like products. And pe...

Firing Squad: Collegia.io

09 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

You probably know Mailchimp. And if you don't know them, you've definitely received an email via their platform, which enables marketers to send messa...

Brew Review: This Way Global from Austin

07 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Chad & Cheese are always looking for legitimate excuses to consume beer, chat-up start-ups and provide quality podcast content. Enter Brew Review, whe...

Fear and Loathing from HR Tech in Vegas

04 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What do you get when you combine one of the industry's most popular conferences, free booze and a hoard of ravenous Chad & Cheese fans? A weekly podca...

Recruiter Nation Live: David Draper

04 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We chat with a lot of recruitment solution makers, but it's great to connect with the actual buyers and users whenever possible. Jobvite's Recruiter N...

Bullhorn Acquires Erecruit

02 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The Shred is a bite-sized bit of recruitment news to help make sure you’re in-the-know, even if you’re on-the-go. Sponsored by Dora from Happy Rec...

Intel Corp: Talent Analytics and Automation

01 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Recruiting at Intel is becoming smarter and smarter. Driven by PhD Tyler Weeks, the company is strongly committed to analytics and automation. The boy...

Neuvoo Thrives, Uncommon Dies

30 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What a week. A Death Match winner was announced Alexa is serving up jobs with McDonald's fries Indeed competitor neuvoo gets paid Nike puts on a cult ...

Monster Layoffs!

29 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Checkout The Shred, sponsored by Happy Recruiter.

Cult Brand: Purpose Must Come First

26 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Best-selling author, branding expert and former Airbnb global head of community, Douglas Atkin, joins Chad & Cheese in their Cult Brand Series of podc...

Interview: HackerRank CEO

25 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Nothing quite compares to U, and nothing compares to tech recruiting. To say it's a competitive landscape is a major understatement, and HackerRank is...

Neuvoo Breaks the Bank

20 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Someone got paid. Enjoy this Happy Recruiter exclusive.

Indeed Rumspringa!

20 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

All the big boys were active this week. Indeed made a big rebrand, which its sales people will love because prospects may return calls now, LinkedIn a...

Recruiting Sucks!

18 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

There are a lot of myths floating around out there about recruiting. Contrary to popular belief, the sky really isn't falling, Chicken Little. Not at ...

Delivering Value To Business w/ Jobvite CEO, Aman Brar

18 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

"We (Jobvite) have a responsibility to empower hiring companies with the data to explain the business outcomes they are achieving." - Aman Brar, CEO J...

Evergreen Podcasts Land...

17 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It's The Shred - a mini-Chad and Cheese bite of Breaking News -- This is Chad Sowash The Shred is brought to you by HappyRecruiter.com, check out the...

What's Next for Job Boards?

17 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It's more Recfest gold from London.  What should job boards do to survive and thrive in the age of AI, RPA and all of the other noisy acronyms?    ...

LinkedIn Suffers Legal Smackdown

13 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

You heard it first on The Shred, and the boys go deep into the legal case pitting hiQ against 800-lb. gorilla LinkedIn that’s left LinkedIn licking ...

CULT BRAND: Living Your Purpose w/ Douglas Atkin

12 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Best-selling author, branding expert and former Airbnb global head of community, Douglas Atkin, joins Chad & Cheese in their Cult Brand Series of podc...

Best-Selling Author Dan Pink

10 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

You may know best-selling author Dan Pink for well known books like When, To Sell is Human and Drive, but you’ve never heard him like this. A must-l...

Indeed.com Conspiracy!

10 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Grab your aluminum foil-covered cap and check-out our recent convo with Dennis Tupper, who thinks Indeed has delusions of staffing business grandeur. ...

LinkedIn Loses in Court

09 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Scrape away! LinkedIn gets smacked in court. The Shred is sponsored by HappyRecruiter.com.

Death of Video Recruiting?

06 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Video recruiting has been touted pretty much since the dawn of the Internet. And we’re still waiting for it to be the huge success it was supposed t...

Moonlighting CEO Dumps Cold Water on Gig Economy

05 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It’s not all confetti and rainbows in the gig economy. The Shred is sponsored by Happy Recruiter.

Indeed.com’s Masterplan?

05 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Think you know what Indeed is up to? Well, we have someone on who might definitely know in Alex Murphy. Grab your aluminum foil hat and enjoy.

RPA! AI is for Suckas

04 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Artificial intelligence is so last month. Meet your future in RPA.

Google Goes Limp

03 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The Labor Day edition of this week’s Chad & Cheese Podcast is full of goodness: Hire by Google shuts it down, Entelo and ConveyIQ get cozy, AllyO ma...

Ding-Dong! Hire by Google is Dead

28 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welp! Didn’t see that one coming.

Coming Soon: Cult Brand Series

27 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Chad & Cheese are turning the world of employment branding on its head.