The Chad & Cheese Podcast

Interview: Talroo CEO Thad Price

07 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Lots going on at Talroo these days. So the boys hit-up the HQ to have a chat with CEO Thad Price. A wide variety of topics are discussed, including ho...

Another Chatbot Gets CASH

06 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Who just got CASH? Take a listen…

TED + SXSW = The Gathering w/ Ryan Gill

05 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

How do you end the conference that Forbes calls the best “Marketing Conference To Check Out In 2019”? Talk to the guy who helped start the whole t...

ZipRecruiter CANADA Ehh?

03 Mar 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 The Judge Group a leader i...

WTF IBM?

01 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

To say this week’s episode is a bit disjointed would be an understatement. But hey, we just comment on what we see happening in the world of recruit...

Wait, Who Just Raised How Much Money?

28 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Someone made it rain this week.

Conference Roundup: The Gathering (There Will Be Beer)

26 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The boys invaded Banff in Canada last week and not only evaded arrest, but were able to record a damned good weekly show full of news, surprise guests...

Fast Company Magazine Highlights 2 Recruiting Solutions as ‘Most Innovative’

21 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Who made the list? Listen and find out.

Interview: Josh Wright, Chief Economist @ iCIMS

18 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when you put together two meatheads with public school educations and a chief economist with degrees from Yale and Harvard? God help us, ...

iCIMS Throat-Punches Indeed

15 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Feel the love on this Valentine’s Day episode of The Chad & Cheese Podcast. Let the boys buy you a drink and weave tales of Indeed getting throat-pu...

Sowash vs. LaRocque

13 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

George LaRocque with HRwins.com recently published a job seeker survey. Chad had a lot of problems with it. So we did a podcast. Like to hear it, here...

Indeed Gets a New CEO

13 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Who can it be now?

Jobvite, TMP Acquisitions

12 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The M&A wheel keeps turnin’.

Interview: Thom Kenney, CEO @ Smashfly

11 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Are employers gaming Glassdoor? Smashfly CEO Thom Kenney has an opinion that you have to hear. Oh, and he covers a lot more than that with the boys on...

Recruiting Startup Award Nominees Announced

11 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Hiring Success, the conference put on annually by SmartRecruiters in San Francisco in Feb., is once again doing their Recruiting Startup Award where 5...

iCIMS Data: Bad News for Indeed

08 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

New data coming out of iCIMS paints a grim picture for Indeed and its fellow job board brethren. Enjoy this Judge exclusive.

Craigslist Makes a Billion, Monster Announces Layoffs

08 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It was Super Bowl hangover week, so the boys discuss takeaways from advertising’s biggest day, including winners and losers. What else happened this...

Monster Layoffs – Gutz Cuts

06 Feb 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 The Judge Group… The Jud...

Interview: Jim Stroud

05 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jim Stroud is a sourcing legend. He’s seen it and done it all. On this Uncommon exclusive, the boys cover everything from the most effective ways to...

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT – Vote NOW!

05 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT brought to you by Emissary.ai. It’s that time people! It’s time to VOTE! No not for President — FOR YOUR FAVORIT...

Ultimate Software To Go Private, Accepts $11 Billion Cash Offer

05 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ultimate Software on Monday said it will be acquired by an investor group in a cash deal valued at $11 billion. Ultimate Software stock soared by nea...

Every Job Board Must Get Stoned

01 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The end of January is supposed to be boring. Nay, say Chad & Cheese. The boys dig into Indeed’s assault on staffing agencies, Amazon’s war on Walm...

Candidate.ID Embraces Its Inner Braveheart

30 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Chad & Cheese are taking Death Match to Europe this Spring. Here’s Candidate.ID’s response. Audio Only. For the video please go to the YouTube cha...

Europe Trolls Chad & Cheese

30 Jan 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 The Judge Group… The Jud...

Debate: Are Companies Gaming Glassdoor?

25 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

CareerBuilder acquired a company with a funny name, companies are gaming Glassdoor to make themselves look better (or are they?), and Africa is the ne...

CareerBuilder Makes Acquisition

24 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

CareerBuilder just acquired a company with a funny name. Listen to this Judge exclusive to reveal the news.

Goin’ Deep with Hung Lee

22 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Over 11,000 subscribers tune into Hung Lee’s Recruiting Brainfood every week. To say the dude knows his shit is an understatement, and Chad & Cheese...

Penis Swastika

18 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Put the kids away for this one. The boys are discussing Slack’s new logo, Ladders taking innovation to the bottom rung, Gillette’s new ad campaign...

Now This Startup Knows How To Accept a Challenge

16 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Chad & Cheese are taking their world famous Death Match to Europe this year … and this is one startup that knows how to accept the challenge.

Ladders Unveils Game Changing Tech … NOT

15 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Did you see what Ladders just launched? Get ready to feel like its 2007.

Firing Squad: SquarePeg

14 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Matching sites in the early days sucked. Now they’re kinda good, thanks to AI and a bunch of online profiles, which wasn’t the case in 2006, for e...

CareerBuilder Sharpens Ax

11 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We got your New Year’s resolution right here, pal! The boys and back and breaking down recent rightsizing at CareerBuilder, uncovering the buyer who...

New Year, New Dumpster Fire at CareerBuilder

10 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Hi kids, it’s The Shred for Jan. 10, 2019. Employee engagement can be tough. It can be the difference between attracting and retaining top talent, g...

Demopocalypse: TalkPush

09 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Here to kill your ATS is TalkPush, the conversational CRM. You have been warned. Audio Only. For the video please go to the YouTube channel.

Interview: Mike Woodrow, Aspen Technology Labs

09 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We saw Mike present at a conference last year, and the dude’s knowledge of the recruitment industry, Google for Jobs and even Amazon’s foray into ...

2019 Predictions w/ Special Guest Tim Sackett

04 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What could be better than predictions for the New Year by Chad & Cheese? How about those two being joined by industry veteran Tim Sackett? Well, your ...

Jobster is BACK!

03 Jan 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 The Judge Group… The Jud...

Year in Review (Naughty & Nice List)

28 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Our 2018 review. Go!

Interview: Survey Monkey’s Chief People Officer

26 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Enjoy this Nexxt exclusive. Survey Monkey is the premier surveying tool on the market. And if you’re company isn’t surveying employees and intervi...

The Christmas Episode

21 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Ho-ho-Oh No! What should’ve been a laid back week has done blowed-up. Crowded goes through major ch-ch-changes in the C-suite, Indeed says “no,”...

Crowded.com Gets All-Shook-Up

20 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Hi kids, it’s The Shred for Dec. 20, 2018. Employee engagement can be tough. It can be the difference between attracting and retaining top talent, g...

Interview: Tom Becker @ Judge.com

20 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Talk about a dude who knows his shit. Industry veteran Tom Becker, EVP at Judge, has seen it all as a recruiter over the past 20 years. Get your learn...

Catching Up With Monster.com

19 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Scott Gutz, Monster’s CEO, has been on the job about 6 mos. To say he has his work cut out for him and his team is a gross understatement. For over ...

Here Are The HR Vendors Who Made Comparably’s ‘Best of’ Lists

14 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Glassdoor wannabe Comparably has released their best places to work lists. Lots of HR vendors were recognized. Here they are. And checkout http://bit....

Indeed.com Christmas Sweaters Got Chad All Hot-and-Bothered

14 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Don’t shoot your eye out, kids! This week, Indeed’s ugly Christmas sweaters have Chad all hot-and-bothered (Joel, not-so-much). Plus, Microsoft is...

Firing Squad: tilr CEO, Carisa Miklusak

13 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Can a couple of CareerBuilder alums really make a dent in the growing on-demand workforce platform wars? We grill CEO and co-founder Carisa Miklusak t...

Digging Into Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work

07 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Like the Oscars, Emmy’s or Razzies, employers around the world await Glassdoor’s ‘Best Places to Work’ with great anticipation. Us, not so muc...

Interview: Peter Weddle, Author of ‘Circa 2118’

05 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this Nexxt exclusive podcast, the boys interview industry icon Peter Weddle about his latest book, Circa 2118. It’s a must-read for anyone in the...

Straight Outta Beta: Hire by Google Takes the Training Wheels Off Candidate Discovery

04 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Now, Candidate Discovery is available for everyone. Hire by Google has been beta-testing the new feature since March 2018. Enjoy, and visit Shred spon...

Checking In With Vervoe

04 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Vervoe was the first-ever sucker to agree to come on Firing Squad, so we’ve always had a soft spot for them. We also don’t speak Australian, so de...

LinkedIn Lands on Naughty List

30 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The holidays are upon us. LinkedIn is on the naughty list. Indeed is getting crossed-off a lot of wish lists. And your employees want to party all the...

The Chatbot Episode

28 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Chatbots have been all the rage in 2018. They’re everywhere, and read like an all-girl pop band. Mya, Olivia, AllyO and others are bringing automati...

E&Y Wins, Then Hangs

27 Nov 2018

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 The Judge Group… The Jud...

LinkedIn Launches Snapchat Wannabe

27 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Thanksgiving is over, and business is business, so the boys are back in the saddle and breaking down the recruiting industry’s hottest news, includi...

Workable & Wonolo GET PAID!

20 Nov 2018

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 The Judge Group… The Jud...

Uncommon’s New Sourcing Feature

20 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

You know Uncommon for its programmatic recruitment advertising. But did you know they now provide an automated sourcing tool that helps employers acce...

Trump’s Job Board Fetish

16 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Trump and job boards finally made the podcast as one story. Rejoice and all hail the podcast gods. What else is in this week’s show? Indeed hates yo...

Firing Squad: Jobiak

14 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Jobiak promises to take job postings and put them on Google for Jobs, SEO ’em and throw-in a good helping of AI. Can they survive the firing squad? ...

ZipRecruiter Adds Badasses to Board of Directors

13 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

It’s The Shred for November 13, 2018, brought to you by Judge.com. Guys, blockchain is all the rage right now. And if you’re like most of us, the ...

HiringSolved Dumped HOW MANY Candidate Profiles Because of GDPR?

13 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Live from New York, the boys recorded the weekly show at HireConf, HiringSolved’s conference. In addition to covering news from Monster, Dice, Glass...

TextRecruit, Acquisitions, and BadAssery

08 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

At the iCIMS analyst day last month, the boys sat down with Erik Kostelnik, founder and CEO at TextRecruit, a recent acquisition by iCIMS. If you’ve...

Uncommon Drops New Automated Sourcing Tool

06 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

It’s The Shred for November 6, 2018, brought to you by Judge.com. Guys, blockchain is all the rage right now. And if you’re like most of us, the w...

Firing Squad: XOR.ai

02 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We were totally unprepared for this chatbot startup. Mostly, because of the mere fact that they’re so far off the radar. They sound more like a Ma...

Facebook Launching Workplace.com

01 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Straight off Halloween’s sugar high, the boys are in rare form this week, talkin’ Handshake’s latest round of investment, protests at Google, th...

Interview: Adam Godson of Cielo – RecTech Bad Ass

27 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

When you want to talk recruitment tech you need to call upon one of the very few BAD ASS RPO tech overloads around the globe. So that’s exactly wha...

Kill the Middleman

26 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

iCims pushes toward a true end-to-end Talent Acquisition platform. Chad – Welcome to another installment of Chad & Cheese iCIMS iNFLUENCE 2018 Seri...

Be Afraid … Be Very Afraid!

25 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the Halloween edition of The Chad & Cheese Podcast, which means the boys are counting down everything in recruitment that scared the hell out o...

ZipRecruiter Launches Job Seeker Profiles

24 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Hey ghouls and goblins, it’s The Shred for October 24, 2018, brought to you by Judge.com. Guys, blockchain is all the rage right now. And if you’r...

What Google Wants

22 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Being an industry leader isn’t easy… Constantly fighting the good fight, providing for clients and job seekers while protecting your flanks and re...

LinkedIn Introduces Talent Hub (Raw & Unedited)

20 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In the raw: The full audio from LinkedIn’s recent announcement of Talent Hub, their applicant tracking solution (ATS).

LinkedIn’s Blacklist, Blinders & Creepy Clowns

19 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Holy Hell! Halloween must be close, because companies are losing their minds and scaring the shit out of us. On this week’s show, LinkedIn might hav...

Indeed Holds Staffing Hostage

18 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The Shred is brought to you by The Judge Group… The Judge Group A leader in technology and healthcare staffing providing top talent to organizations...

Death Match Winner – Canvas

13 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Canvas recently faced a panel of four judges at TAtech in New Orleans for Chad & Cheese’s Death Match competition, pitting four start-ups against e...

LinkedIn! LinkedIn! LinkedIn!

12 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

If you can’t guess from this week’s title, LinkedIn did a bunch of stuff, including launching an applicant tracking system and buying an employee ...

Death Match – Uncommon

11 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Uncommon recently faced a panel of four judges at TAtech in New Orleans for Chad & Cheese’s Death Match competition pitting four start-ups against ...

LinkedIn Launches ATS

10 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Hey kids, it’s The Shred for October 10, 2018, brought to you by Judge.com. Whether you’re moving your systems to the cloud, building out a team f...

Talkin’ Disability with Julie Sowash

05 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Disability is on the minds of many employers. Companies of all shapes and sizes are looking to employ talent from the largest, most diverse minority c...

Death Match – TalkPush

04 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

TalkPush recently faced a panel of four judges at TAtech in New Orleans for Chad & Cheese’s Death Match competition pitting four start-ups against ...

Death Match – AllyO

03 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

AllyO recently faced a panel of four judges at TAtech in New Orleans for Chad & Cheese’s Death Match competition pitting four start-ups against eac...

TextRecruit, Upwork and Amazon, Oh My!

02 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Hey kids, it’s The Shred for October 2, 2018, brought to you by Judge.com. Whether you’re moving your systems to the cloud, building out a team fo...

Slack is Literally Killing Email

01 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Still licking a few wounds from a week of traveling, the boys chugged enough Pedialyte to sit down for a recap of TAtech and SourceCon, as well as cat...

TAtech NOLA Post-Game Show

27 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The Shred is brought to you by The Judge Group… Judge has over 50 years of experience and success in recruiting all kinds of talent – say you need...

ZipRecruiter is Droppin’ Mad Stacks

21 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Hot off HR Tech in Vegas and before they head to New Orleans for TA Tech, the boys are covering the industry as only they can. CareerBuilder hopes you...

Is That Google In Your Pocket? (Or Just Happy To See Me?)

20 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

It’s The Shred – a mini-Chad and Cheese bite of Breaking News and Opinion — This is Chad Sowash The Shred is brought to you by The Judge Group…...

HR Tech Conference Post-Game Show

17 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Still a tad hungover from the HR Technology Conference in Vegas last week, the boys do a little post-game analysis. Enjoy, and visit our sponsors: Sov...

CareerBuilder Revamps Mobile App

12 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Hey kids, it’s The Shred for September 12, 2018, brought to you by Judge.com. Whether you’re moving your systems to the cloud, building out a team...

CareerBuilder Dumps CEO

06 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

It was just a matter of time. After a 14-year run, Matt Ferguson is no longer CEO of CareerBuilder. The boys share the details and there opinion about...

Talkin’ Diversity with Torin Ellis

05 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The boys have a conversation on diversity with bad-ass MF Torin Ellis. Buckle-up for this Nexxt exclusive.

Matt Ferguson OUT as CareerBuilder CEO

04 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Hey kids, it’s The Shred for September 4, 2018, brought to you by Judge.com. Whether you’re moving your systems to the cloud, building out a team ...

Strippers, Boats & Apps

02 Sep 2018

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 The Judge Group… Judge has...

Amazon Unleashes Tweeting Worker Zombies

30 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

For most podcasters and bloggers, the weeks leading up to the HR Tech Conference are akin to a bucket o’ crickets. Not much to say. But Chad & Chees...

It's Josh Zywien, Smashfly's VP of Marketing #chatbots

29 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this Uncommon.co exclusive, the boys interview Smashfly's VP of Marketing, Josh Zywien (pronounced "zwayne") to cover a broad spectrum of topics, i...

Google Upgrades Job Search

27 Aug 2018

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 The Judge Group… Judge has...

WTF is Monster Studios?

24 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

With the HR Tech Conference right around the corner, there’s no stopping the news cycle in recruitment. This week, the boys discuss Bing doing its b...

BING Goes Google for Jobs

23 Aug 2018

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 The Judge Group… Judge has...

Interview: Dan Sirk, CMO @ Kununu

22 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Employment branding is a hot trend. While most think of Glassdoor or Indeed when the topic of anonymous employee reviews comes up, there’s an entir...

Indeed Gives Google for Jobs a Big FU

17 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Money keeps flowing. Perkspot, ClearCompany and iCIMS all rang the cash register this week. Upwork went full-on Enterprise. Indeed’s parent company ...

iCIMS Goes Cha-Ching!

16 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Hey kids, it’s The Shred for August 18, 2018, brought to you by Judge.com. Whether you’re moving your systems to the cloud, building out a team fo...

Firing Squad: ZAPinfo (Formerly WebClipDrop)

15 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The guy behind Techies.com and Jobs2Web has a startup called ZAPinfo hoping to disrupt the sourcing scene. What do Chad & Cheese think? Gotta listen...

PerkSpot, ClearCompany Makin’ It Rain

14 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Hey kids, it’s The Shred for August 14, 2018, brought to you by Judge.com. Whether you’re moving your systems to the cloud, building out a team fo...