The Chad & Cheese Podcast

Zip Phils LinkedIn Fakes and Darwin's Box

28 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Yeah, yeah, there's a unicorn on this episode that'll make you think of SNL's "Dick in a Box" skit, but there's so much more. Like, how about startup ...

Here's Why You Oughta Know Otta

27 Jan 2022

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...

Europe is a Hot Mess

26 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Europe is a hot mess right now. Boris is apologizing. Putin is (probably) invading. Belgium is rioting. Fortunately, you have Lieven and the boys, wel...

Firing Squad: BeRemote's Vivek Nigam

24 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Work from home is a thing. Maybe you've heard. This means vendors hoping to support employers with a remote workforce have a lot of tailwinds going in...

Steak 'n' Handshake, Extra Lattice

21 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Love unicorns? How about triple unicorns? Well, we have two of those - Lattice and Handshake - to talk about this week. Yes, you're taking crazy pills...

New Funding Alert: Lattice Makes It Rain

19 Jan 2022

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 REDUX

19 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Cult Brand series of podcasts have been some of the most popular episodes in the portfolio. Yeti, Chili's, Airbnb, and others have joined Chad & C...

Modern Recruiter Tech Stack w/ Madeline Laurano

17 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

At first glance, I didn't think this report would be very eye-opening. I. WAS. WRONG. The report stirs discussion around hard questions many HR and TA...

SeekOut vs. Paradox?

14 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

One of these topics is not like other podcast topics. A new unicorn. An acquisition. A startup getting funded. Google ticks off their workers. Pa...

Bullhorn Acquires Automation Solution Able

12 Jan 2022

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...

Euro Extravaganza '22

12 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This show has it all. European predictions for 2022 (Oh boy, Monster's not going to like this). LinkedIn news (Clubhouse isn't going to like this ei...

GREEN ROOM w/ Tim Sackett

10 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What's better than three middle-aged white guys yelling at kids to get off the lawn? How about three middle-aged white guys talking about colonoscopie...

Predictions 2022 w/ Sackadomus

07 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It's that time of year again: Predictions! Where'd we get it right and (mostly) wrong in 2021? And what are the bold guesses we're making for 2022 for...

ZipRecruiter Looking to Make a Big Acquisition?

06 Jan 2022

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: Grayscale's Ty Abernethy

05 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

You're probably texting right now, aren't you? And if you're not texting now, you will be soon. That's why text recruiting remains such a hot solution...

What Women Want w/ Romy Newman

03 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What are the best companies to work for if you're a woman in 2021? Female-focused employee review site Fairygodboss is a good place to start. Co-found...

Paradox Unicorns while Randstad Face Plants

31 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Turns out, recording this podcast was the only thing standing between Chad & Cheese and a bottomless bottle of Blanton's to ring in the New Year ... s...

Paradox Enters Unicorn Status with $200M Investment

27 Dec 2021

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...

T-Mobile vs. JB Hunt

24 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ho, ho, holy hell it's been a while since Chad & Cheese were on the mic together, but the boys are back in the saddle again, tackling the following to...

Unicorn Alert: Turing Lands $87M at $1.1B Valuation

23 Dec 2021

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...

Indeed Must Be Laughing

21 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Another MAJOR player bites the dust. Big thanks Recruitology for supporting The Shred. Recruitology brings machine learning and AI to virtual job fai...

Making Moves

17 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Chad is reenergized and back after another stint in Europe, Joel is drinking Corona's on a beach in Mexico, and Mr. ATS (Peter Gold) slides into the g...

SmartRecruiters Teaming Up with PandoLogic

14 Dec 2021

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...

The Great Awakening w/ Andrew Flowers

13 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The pandemic, labor shortages, and a supply chain debacle have opened our eyes to many subjects like immigration, wages, retirement, remote work, work...

Best of 2021 - Joel's Picks

10 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The year that was 2021 didn't turn out exactly as expected. Business travel didn't come back, the Delta variant threw a big monkey wrench in the party...

Who Wants Free Scotch? 🥃

09 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Just go to www.scotch.win now.

TextKernel Catches a Whopper!

08 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Chad is too busy building his Portuguese real estate empire, we've brought on industry Brainfooder Hung Lee to the show to join Cheese and Lieven in t...

Sense Lands $50M, $500M Valuation

06 Dec 2021

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...

Diversity Hiring Report 2021

06 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Have you read SmartRecruiters' "Diversity Hiring Report"? aka The path to Hell is paved with good intentions... Ya' should, even if it is a little dep...

Best of 2021 - Chad's Picks

03 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Chad and Cheese have been podcasting since March of 2017 and have published nearly 800 episodes! During that time they have never pulled together ...

Textkernel Acquires Sovren

02 Dec 2021

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...

Jobandtalent Picks Up $575M

01 Dec 2021

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: Turazo's Pete Cipollone

01 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Video remains one of the hottest technologies around when it comes to recruiting, and one company, Turazo, approaches it in a whole new way, bringing ...

Thankful Turkeys

26 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It ain’t cool being a jive turkey so close to Thanksgiving, but it's definitely cool listening to the Thanksgiving Day episode of The Chad & Cheese ...

High Volume Hiring Report w/ Madeline Laurano

22 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What exactly is High Volume Hiring?  Is high volume different than a gig?  Do I need a different system or will my ATS adapt? Why are applicants dro...

Indeed? Where we're going, we don't need Indeed.

19 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tiger King is back on Netflix, which makes the fact there's even an episode this week pretty amazing, but as much as we're junkies for Joe Exotic, we'...

Fastest Growing HR Tech Company in N. America Revealed

18 Nov 2021

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...

It's Mr. ATS

17 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The world knows Mr. Rogers. Mr. T. And even Mr. Mister if you're of a certain age. But Mr. ATS? Yes, industry veteran Peter Gold has taken up a monike...

cube 19 Feels Horny

12 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Have you hugged a veteran today? As we record on Veterans Day, Drill Sergeant Sowash breaks down ways to go beyond "Thank you for your service" and pe...

Rare Breed w/ Sunny Bonnell

10 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Every company is looking to discover rare breeds, whether they be in the company already, or roaming the pastures of commerce externally. But the HOW ...

Walmart is Really Pushing Adoption of Self-Driving Delivery Trucks

09 Nov 2021

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: Worqdrive's Tracey Parsons

08 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Great Resignation. Heard of it? Of course you have, and that's why you're hoping you can find a way to keep your best employees from jumping ship ...

Indeed Tomfuckery

05 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The industry remains as hot as ever, which is good because there's some Halloween weight I'm trying to burn. Anyway, Indeed leads off the show with th...

Workforce Revolution: Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere!

03 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We're usually pretty skeptical about company-sponsored surveys. Not surprisingly, the data usually turns out to be a self-serving pile of hot garbage ...

Fiverr to LinkedIn, Upwork: Hold My Beer

02 Nov 2021

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...

LinkedIn Slices Fiverr

29 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What's scarier than ghosts and goblins on Halloween? How about LinkedIn looking to slice up Fiverr and Upwork, The Great Resignation heads to a Denv...

Google Spins-Out Interview Technology Byteboard, Gets Funded

28 Oct 2021

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...

EEOC Talks A.I. w/ Commissioner Keith Sonderling

25 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Technology has been a great thing for recruiting, but there's a dark side. Namely, artificial intelligence. A.I. has made companies more efficient and...

BetterUp Lands A Great Deel

22 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Stop me if you've heard this one before: HR tech company gets buckets of money. Well, the song remains the same this week, as companies like BetterUp,...

Euro Unicorns & Facebook Bribes?

20 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Did you know bathing in beer is taking Europe by storm? Yeah, that's the kind of show you can expect as you push Play. Volonte CEO and founder Daniel ...

Sexing Up Trade Jobs w/ Megan Kacvinsky

18 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Believe it or not, a lot of ad agencies that don't target recruitment do recruiting marketing work. One such agency is Point to Point out of beautiful...

LinkedIn Unplugged

15 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

If you're numb over unicorns, well, get over it. This week, the boys highlight two more newly minted members of the Billion Dollar Valuation Club. Yup...

LinkedIn Exits China (Sort Of)

14 Oct 2021

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...

Started from the bottom w/ Larry Dunivan

13 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The boys welcome Namely CEO Larry Dunivan to the show to talk industry history, leadership, issues of diversity and inclusion, as well as a growth str...

CareerBuilder is Sinking

08 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The weather is getting cooler in America, but we can lucky still stay warm with the hot embers of the ongoing CareerBuilder dumpster fire. This time, ...

Will Freelancers Save Europe?

06 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Germany's new chancellor is named Olaf, which is also the name of the snowman from Frozen. Where are we going with this? No clue, but this episode of ...

CareerBuilder Unveils New Brand Campaign

04 Oct 2021

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...

Workplace Whiplash

04 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The last time we brought Tracey Lovejoy and Shannon Lucas - authors of "Move Fast. Break Shit. Burn Out." - on the podcast sparks flew and listeners c...

Double Unicorn

01 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Love unicorns? This episode of your favorite podcast has two, baby! That's right, Gem and Andela have joined the ranks of the $1 billion club. And by ...

Gem: Recruiting's Newest Unicorn After Raising $100M

29 Sep 2021

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...

Recruitment Truth Tellin' w/ Julia Levy

27 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Think your pandemic policies and practices were a lot to deal with? Try cat-herding a 30,000-person company. That's just what Commscope faced and Head...

Three IPOs and a Unicorn

24 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We throw the kitchen sink at this one. Three IPOs, five startups in rapid Buy-or-Sell, a new unicorn, LinkedIn taking on Upwork and Fiverr with its ev...

Startup Co-Founded by Cornerstone OnDemand, Comparably Vets Raises $15M Seed

22 Sep 2021

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...

Europe: Viking Robots Edition

22 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Since the beginning of the pandemic, Sweden has been an outlier, hoping that bypassing lockdowns and instead, bracing herd immunity would win the day....

Firing Squad: Resume Sieve's Michael Yinger

20 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Matching is hot, but no one has cracked the SMB market. Enter The Sieve. Yeah, we know, horrible name, but how's the tech, strategy, and team? COO and...

PPC -- Porn, Politics, and Canvas!

17 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

You want some PPC? How about Porn, Politics, and Canvas. Boy, this week's show has it all. Firing Squad alums Canvas (no, not that Canvas) and Humanly...

Glassdoor Smells Fishy, Humanly Lands $4.2M

16 Sep 2021

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...

Europe: Back Dat App Up

15 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Are Gig Workers Full-Time Employees? Debate Playing Out in Europe. Whether or not gig workers will eventually be considered full-time employees is an ...

DEI platform gets $50m in funding - Don't Call It A Comeback

14 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Don't call it a comeback Diversity Equity and Inclusion has been here for years, but... It's finally starting to see it's time in the sun as DEI effor...

Marketing Owns Employer Brand

13 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Who should own the employer brand? HR? Talent Acquisition? or maybe, oh I don't know... MARKETING!?!? Brandon Linn oversees employer brand marketing a...

Indeed's Master Plan!?

10 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Football is in the air and Hail Mary's are flyin' all over the place this week. Dice pumped $3 million into The Muse ... can you say midlife crisis? ...

Dice Invests $3M in The Muse

08 Sep 2021

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...

Ep5 -- Moving Fast & Breaking Shit w/ Amy Butchko

06 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to VOICES w/ Amy Butchko SAIC's Director of Talent Acquisition Solutions. This is the final episode of this 5 part binge-able series. We ...

Ep4 -- Treat AI like a Puppy w/ Amy Butchko

06 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

welcome back to VOICES w/ Amy Butchko SAIC's Director of Talent Acquisition Solutions. This is episode 4 or a 5 part binge-able series. You're gonna l...

Ep3 -- Last Sourcer Standing w/ Amy Butchko

06 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to VOICES w/ Amy Butchko SAIC's Director of Talent Acquisition Solutions. This is episode 3 or a 5 part binge-able series. We pick up the...

Ep2 -- Win Friends & Influence Budget w/ Amy Butchko

06 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to VOICES w/ Amy Butchko SAIC's Director of Talent Acquisition Solutions. This is episode 2 or a 5 part binge-able series. We pick up th...

Ep 1 -- The Struggle is Real w/ Amy Butchko

06 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hey it's Chad, it's been a minute since we've had a deep dive VOICES series and after speaking with Amy Butchko, SAIC's Director of Talent Solutions I...

Checkr Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself

03 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nobody likes boring, but you will enjoy some highly profitable tech sprinkled in with a little messaging cool shit here and there, On this week's pod:...

IPO Anyone? Checkr Raises $250M at $4.6B Valuation

01 Sep 2021

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...

Bro, Do You Even Transform?

01 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What do you get when you mash up 4 podcasts into one? Lots of voices and even more opinions.    Debbie Tuel from The Joy Podcast    Julie Sowash a...

Firing Squad: Willo's Euan Cameron

30 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Video recruiting is red hot right now. All the kids are doing it, which also means only a few will get to sit at the cool table at lunchtime. This lea...

Paradox Takes Pieces Off the Board

27 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The recruiting industry behaves like a chess game sometimes. Pieces can move slowly or quickly, pieces get taken off the board and some get added over...

Google Recruiting Accelerated

25 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

For the first time, Google has chosen a company from the recruitment tech space for their Start-up Business Accelerator Program.  LISTEN FOR MORE :) ...

European Tech: Remote Work

25 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Europe continues to be a hotbed of trends revolving around remote work. Turns out, there are a lot of different directions this rollercoaster can go. ...

Paradox acquires...

23 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's The Shred a mini Chad and Cheese bite of Breaking News -- This is Chad Sowash Paradox Chief Product Officer Adam Godson said "the acquisition wil...

iCIMS Files for IPO

20 Aug 2021

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...

Zoltar Speaks!

20 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

ACQUISITIONS -- FUNDING -- and mechanical fortune tellers? WTAF is going on during this week's show? Well, the boys are all over the place, talkin' ac...

Burn, Build, Rinse & Repeat w/ JCK

18 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

When Indeed goes from $33-per to $300-per-applicant it's time to burn it down, build up something new, and then look to the future to rinse and repeat...

Social Media Background Checks w/ Bianca Lager

15 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Social media is hotter than ever! Okay put your phone down it's not time to check Tiktok for pet videos and NBA highlights! You'll want to hear all th...

Zip-a-de Recruiter

13 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Zip a-de-do-da, zip-a-de ZipRecruiter! Since going public in May, the No. 2 job site in the US has been on a tear, and the boys outline everything, in...

European Business Brings it!

11 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Olympics are over, but Chad & Cheese’s quest for the European gold medal for podcasting is just beginning. This week, Lieven gets all fired up a...

Clearlake Capital to Take Cornerstone OnDemand Private for $3.8B

09 Aug 2021

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...

Hiring Women Execs w/ Venesa Klein

09 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Swapping spit. That's how Venesa Klein describes the never-ending shuffling going on in the C-suite these days, swapping one female executive with ano...

Indeed Sucks

06 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Indeed Sucks ... and Swallows This week, you get not one but two Indeed dipsy-doo, switcheroos. First, they're moving away from the PPC model that he...

Instawork 'Drafts'-Up New Acquisition

04 Aug 2021

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...

The End of Jobs w/ Jeff Wald

04 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Like Harvard MBAs and Ivy League pedigrees? How about best-selling books written by industry entrepreneurs? Well, you're in luck, as Jeff Wald, author...

LinkedIn Crushes Monster

30 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Remember when you thought Microsoft had lost their collective mind when they dropped $26.2 billion for LinkedIn? HA! Well, it looks like Microsoft is ...

EUROPE: M&A Royalty

28 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Investment dollars are flowing into workforce tech globally, and Europe is no stranger to big deals. You're going to need a bigger boat though, becaus...

Conversational AI Report

27 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Don't call it a chatbot, they've been here for years... Seriously, call 'em chatbots, conversational AI, or fancy experience and productivity tools. ...

It's a Pando Smart Recruiters Cash Geyser

23 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

If you thought last week's show was a blockbuster, wait until you get a load of this week's episode. Here's a taste: CareerBuilder has a new CEO, ...