The Chad & Cheese Podcast
Episodes
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...
Google Feeds, Dice Bleeds & CareerBuilder Shrinks
09 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It was another busy week. Rumors have Google adding searches to an unusual place, Dice reports earnings and CareerBuilder is abandoning its post downt...
Dice Reports, CareerBuilder Downsizes
08 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey kids, it’s The Shred for Aug. 8, 2018, brought to you by Judge.com. Whether you’re moving your systems to the cloud, building out a team for y...
Interview: Bullhorn’s CMO
03 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Another Nexxt exclusive, this month the boys have a chat with Bullhorn’s CMO Gordon Burns about the current state of marketing in the recruitment ...
Baby Bathrobes
02 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Searching it hard. You have to type words and push Enter. Nobody has time for that, which must be the reason why Facebook and Google are making life m...
Google is Dropping Bombs!
31 Jul 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… Who is th...
Facebook, Google Prepare to Play Matchmaker
27 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey kids, it’s The Shred for July 27, 2018, brought to you by Judge.com. Whether you’re moving your systems to the cloud, building out a team for ...
Your Job Description Sucks! w/ Elena Valentine, CEO of SkillScout
27 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Video is HUGE! Employer Brand is HUGE! Candidate Experience is HUGE! No surprise there. But how does it impact employment? Chad sits down with Elena V...
Interview: Joe Shaker Jr., President of Shaker Recruitment Marketing
23 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It took over a year to convince Joe Shaker, Jr., president of Shaker Recruitment Marketing to be a guest on The Chad & Cheese Podcast, but he acqui...
Snag Ousts CEO — MSFT Targets Slack
20 Jul 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… What exac...
Text Recruiting Wars Heat-Up
19 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The boys discuss updates on the text recruiting wars, featuring the likes of Jobvite, TextRecruit, iCIMS, Canvas and Emissary. Plus, Chad talks “sho...
Ultimate Software, Slack Make Acquisitions
18 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey boys and girls, it’s The Shred for July 18, 2018, brought to you by Judge.com. Whether you’re moving your systems to the cloud, building out a...
Following the Money in HR Tech
17 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The boys breakdown the who, what, why and how of all the investment money flowing into recruitment technology startups with industry analyst George L...
Greenhouse rakes in $50m
16 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It’s The Shred – a mini-Chad and Cheese bite of Breaking News — This is Chad Sowash Greenhouse ATS and Recruiting Software scored $50 million i...
Shaker Shakes Things Up
12 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The boys are back after a July 4th break and there’s a lot to cover. Shaker Recruitment Marketing makes an acquisition, Google embraces the Union Ja...
Bleeding at CareerBuilder Continues
11 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The bleeding over at CareerBuilder continues. Multiple sources are informing us that three more executives are gone. It’s a mix of terminations and ...
Firing Squad: AllyO
10 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
AllyO touts itself as an end-to-end solution for recruitment. But if you think it’s just another chatbot waiting to board the commoditization train...
Interview: Groupon’s James Ellis
09 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On a slow week that saw us celebrating America’s birthday, the boys are taking a break from the weekly rundown and chatting with Groupon’s head of...
The Shred: July 5 News — Google
05 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Chad & Cheese Podcast brings introduces THE SHRED — breaking Recruitment Industry News Topics Google for Jobs rumored to be launching so...
Down Goes Slack!
28 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Chad’s back! And he’s probably sporting a beret this week as the boys are talkin’ LinkedIn’s foray into the SMB market, on-demand worker platf...
Snagajob Rumors
22 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Google keeps googling, Juju (who? who?) pulls the ripcord and rumors are swirling around Snag.co (better known as Snagajob). And the fundin...