The Recruiting Brainfood Podcast

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep368 - LinkedIn Content Intelligence Q1 2026

20 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

LINKEDIN CONTENT INTELLIGENCE REPORT Q1 2026   The LinkedIn newsfeed has completely changed how professional content gets seen and shared — an...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep367 - Human Judgement vs AI Recommendation - What do we really mean by 'humans-in-the-loop'?

13 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

HUMAN JUDGEMENT VS AI RECOMMENDATION: WHAT 'HUMAN-IN-THE-LOOP' ACTUALLY MEAN?   AI is now embedded across sourcing, screening, matching, and int...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep366 - The State of the TA / HR Job Market 2026 - Q1

11 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

THE STATE OF THE TALENT ACQUISITION & HR JOB MARKET Q 2026   The talent acquisition and HR profession is facing its own reckoning. After yea...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep365 - The Recruitment Advertising Benchmark Report 2026

06 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

THE RECRUITMENT ADVERTISING BENCHMARK REPORT 2026   The labor market story of 2026 cannot be told through a single headline. Behind the macro na...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep364 - How to Hire in South Africa in 2026

03 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

HOW TO HIRE IN SOUTH AFRICA IN 2026   Friends, I am back in South Africa, in one of my favourite cities for one of my favourite conferences, Rec...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep383 - The AI in Hiring Report 2026

27 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

THE AI IN HIRING REPORT 2026   AI now shapes how candidates are discovered, evaluated, progressed, and hired. What began as productivity tooling...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep362 - From Talent Acquisition to Talent Operations?

20 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

FROM TALENT ACQUISITION TO TALENT OPERATIONS is a forward-looking show for TA leaders who can feel the function changing - but need clarity on what i...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep361 - Leadership in Crisis - How to do RIF for TA

13 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

REDUCTION IN FORCE: HOW TO LEAD DURING CRISIS!   This show focuses on the practical reality of TA downsizing, told by leaders who have already b...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep360 - The State of Talent Intelligence 2026

06 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

THE STATE OF TALENT INTELLIGENCE 2026   As we barrel through the year 2026, labour markets are being redefined by emerging technologies, shiftin...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep359 - What Responsible AI Means for Recruiters?

04 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

WHAT RESPONSIBLE AI MEANS FOR RECRUITERS?   What is Responsible AI for Talent Acquisition Teams? is a practical, straight-talking podcast for re...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep358 - 6 x AI Frameworks for Talent Acquisition

30 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

6 x AI USAGE FRAMEWORKS FOR TALENT ACQUISITION   Closing the gap between proclaimed capability of AI vs the practical impact of AI is set to bec...

Brainfood Live on Air - Ep357 - Why You Need RecOps To Accelerate AI in TA

23 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

WHY YOU NEED RECOPS TO ACCELERATE AI IN TA   Recruiters are the busiest people in white collar work because there is often no way to accurately ...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep356 - How Police Use AI to Hire

21 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

TOO COMPLEX FOR AI? HOW POLICE SCOTLAND SOLVED THE UNSOLVABLE HIRING PUZZLE   Most recruiters think their organisation is too "unique" or "compl...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep355 - Talent Strategy - What, Why, How and When

16 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

TALENT STRATEGY: WHAT, WHY, HOW AND WHEN   Does your company have a talent strategy?   It's probably the right thing to say that you do, bu...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep354 - Vibe Sourcing 101 - Live Demo of Metaview Sourcing Agent

14 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

VIBE SOURCING 101: LEARN TO SOURCE FROM THE WEB & YOUR ATS WITH METAVIEW AI AGENT   We are going to look back at 2025 as the year it all cha...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep353 - Hiring Benchmarks - 16 x Most Common Job Occupations in the USA

09 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

HIRING BENCHMARKS FOR THE 16 MOST COMMON OCCUPATIONS IN THE USA   We all want to be 'data driven' but most of the time the only data we have acc...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep352 - Hiring Intelligence Report 2026

07 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Informing Happy Hiring: Signals from Willo's Hiring Intelligence Report 2026   This year, Willo didn’t just watch hiring change, they measured it...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep349 - Review of the Year - Economy & AI

19 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2025 - Economy & AI   Final part of our 4 part series on the Review of the Year. The two dominant mega themes of this yea...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep348 - Review of the Year in Recruitment 2025 - Sourcing, Employer Branding & RecOps

12 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2025 - Sourcing, Employer Branding & RecOps   Third of our 4 part series reviewing the major events and trends of the yea...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep351 - Fraud Prood AI - Live Demo (Endorsed)

10 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

FRAUD PROOF AI? - ENDORSED LIVE DEMO   We will look back at 2025 as the year when candidate fraud escalated into amongst the top priorities of e...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep347 - Review of the Year 2025 - CX, Assessment and DEIB

05 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2025 - CX, Assessment & DEIB   Second of our 4 part series reviewing the major events and trends of the year in CX, Asses...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep346 - REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2025 - TALENT TECHNOLOGY

28 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2025 - TALENT TECHNOLOGY   Can you believe that we're at the end of another year in Brainfood?   As is tradition, we're ...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep345 - Recruitment Advertising ....with AI Agents?

21 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

RECRUITMENT ADVERTISING ....WITH AI AGENTS?   We may look back at 2025 has a pivotal year in online job advertising. Economic chaos, investment ...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep350 - Diversity & Inclusion in the Era of AI and Emerging Cybersecurity Threats

14 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Diversity & Inclusion in an Era of Emerging AI and Cyberthreats   The rise of candidate fraud has been a huge topic in recruitment in 2025, ...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep344 - Grading My Recruitment Predictions for 2025

14 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

GRADING MY RECRUITMENT FORECASTS FOR 2025   Every year I write a long post making 20 predictions for the year ahead. This year, for the first ti...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep342 - Career Transition - Trips from Ex-Pro Athletes

07 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

CAREER TRANSITION - LESSONS FROM EX-PRO ATHLETES   Changing career is never easy, especially if you've committed everything into a vocation whic...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep341 - Talent Acquisition Budgeting for the AI-Enabled Function

31 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

BUDGETING FOR AN AI-ENABLED TALENT ACQUISITION FUNCTION   We're racing toward the end of the year and inevitably attention turns to plans for th...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep343 - Future of Recruiter Enablement - Vouch Live Demo

29 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

FASTER, SMARTER, MORE HUMAN: THE FUTURE OF RECRUITER ENABLEMENT.   Hiring has never been harder.   Recruiters are under pressure to move f...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep340 - A Psychologist Perspective on Candidate Feedback

24 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A PSYCHOLOGISTS TAKE ON CANDIDATE FEEDBACK.   Bad feedback - or no feedback - is perhaps the most common criticism by job candidates looking for...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep334 - Interviews Are Not Evaluating the Right Skills

23 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

INTERVIEWS AREN'T EVALUATING THE RIGHT SKILLS: INSIGHTS FROM ANALYSING 1,311 INTERVIEW LOOPS   What is actually happening at interviews?   ...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep339 - State of C Level Hiring - Annual ESIX Report 2025

19 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

ANNUAL BENCHMARK REPORT 2025: CORPORATE EXECUTIVE SEARCH   There probably isn't a recruitment function more shrouded in mystery than Corporate E...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep338 - Recruitment Agency 2028!

10 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

RECRUITMENT AGENCY: 2028!   It's been an incredibly challenging 3 year period for the staffing agency market. Hostile de-globalisation, End of Z...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep336 - Recruiters Meet Your New AI Coworkers - Chase, Archer & Thena (Live Demo of AI Agents)

10 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

RECRUITERS: SAY HELLO TO YOUR NEW CO-WORKERS ARCHER, CHASE & THENA! (LIVE DEMO OF AI AGENTS)   Is your recruitment supplier talking to you a...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep337 - Fraud Signals - AI, Job Candidates & the CyberSecurity of Recruitment

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

FRAUD SIGNALS: AI, JOB CANDIDATES & THE CYBERSECURITY OF RECRUITMENT   The rise of AI and AI Agents will fundamentally change the way in whi...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep335 - What Happens When Everyone Has A Co-pilot?

03 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

WHAT HAPPENS TO RECRUITMENT WHEN AI IS YOUR COPILOT?   2025 will turn out to be the year when AI Agents mainstreamed into the recruiting profess...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep333 - Talent Pooling - Lessons from TA Community Builders

26 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

TALENT POOLING: LESSONS FROM TA COMMUNITY BUILDERS   We all know that it easier to get engagement from people who already know you or your brand...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep332 - Ghosting - Why Job Application Tsunami is No Excuse!

26 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

GHOSTING: WHY THE AI JOB APPLICATION TSUNAMI IS NO EXCUSE   Diffusion of technology innovation across society is something to be celebrated. We ...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep331 - New KPI's for Tomorrow's Talent Acquisition

19 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

NEW RECRUITMENT KPI'S FOR TOMORROW'S TALENT ACQUISITION   We are beginning to see some step change improvements in recruiter capability. The pro...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep329 - Impact of AI in the Blue Chip Graduate Career

12 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

IMPACT OF AI IN THE BLUE CHIP GRADUATE CAREER   In the before times, the passport to comfortable middle class prosperity was go to a good Univer...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep328 - Realities of AI in TA - Insights from 1000 Heads of Talent Acquisition

05 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

REALITIES OF AI - INSIGHT & ANALYSIS FROM 1000 HEADS OF TA   Get ahead of the AI curve with exclusive first-look insights from Fosway Group’...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep327 - SEO for LLM's - What TA & EB Have GOT to Know

03 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

SEO FOR LLM'S? WHAT TALENT ACQUISITION AND EMPLOYER BRANDING HAVE TO KNOW   Generative AI is transforming the way people discover and research e...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep326 - TA Capacity Planning in the Era of AI

29 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

HOW MUCH CAN YOUR TALENT ACQUISITION TEAM DO? CAPACITY PLANNING IN THE ERA OF AI   Working out how much capacity you have as a TA leader is pret...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep325 - Overcoming Imposter Syndrome, Lessons from Exec Coaches

22 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

OVERCOMING IMPOSTER SYNDROME: LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM EXEC COACHING   'Imposter Syndrome' is perhaps one of the most well known of psychological...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep324 - Automate or Augment - Pulse Check on State of AI in TA

15 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Automate or Augment? Quarterly Spot Check on the State of AI in TA   With ChatGPT5 round the corner, as well as the release of ChatGPT Agent by ...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep322 - RecOps & AI : Techniques to Accelerate Adoption

08 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

RecOps & AI: TECHNIQUES TO ACCELERATE AI ADOPTION   Recruitment Operations developed as a distinct function with Talent Acquisition with a p...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep321 - Humans Required - Critical Moments in the Hiring Funnel

01 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

HUMANS REQUIRED: CRITICAL MOMENTS IN THE HIRING PROCESS   How many times have we heard the comforting phrase 'but recruitment will always need t...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep323 - Candidate Fraud - Hardening Your Hiring Funnel with InfoSec Techniques

30 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

CANDIDATE FRAUD: HARDENING THE HIRING FUNNEL WITH INFOSEC TECHNIQUES   Candidate fraud is already a problem for some today but it will soon be a...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep320 - Strategic Workforce Planning in the Era of Agentic AI

25 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

STRATEGIC WORKFORCE PLANNING IN AN AGENTIC WORLD   Recruiters have long said that stronger SWP would solve all recruitment problems - if the bus...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep316 Forget Filters: 1,000 AI Recruiters On-Demand - ENDORSED LIVE DEMO

23 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Forget Filters: 1,000 AI Recruiters On-Demand - ENDORSED LIVE DEMO   It should go without saying that finding suitable candidates is the primary...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep319 - Company Culture - AI First vs Human Centred - What's the Impact on Talent Acquisition?

18 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

COMPANY CULTURE: AI FIRST VS HUMAN CENTRED?   We know the right answer is 'both' but really - when push comes to shove - what is the driving pri...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep318 - The State of Talent Acquisition - The Recfest Retro

11 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

STATE OF TALENT ACQUISITION: THE RECFEST REVIEW 2025   Recfest is the largest in person event for Talent Acquisition professionals and the perfe...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep315 - How to Assess Job Candidates for AI Literacy?

04 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

HOW TO ASSESS JOB CANDIDATES FOR AI LITERACY?   There is no company in the world that is not interested in becoming more AI-enabled. One of the ...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep314 - Recruiter Skills Profile - How AI Changes The Game

30 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

RECRUITER SKILLS PROFILE: HOW AI CHANGES THE GAME   We all know that AI is going to change every job, but we don't know precisely how or when, m...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep317 - Candidate Fraud - It's a Recruitment Emergency

30 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

CANDIDATE FRAUD: IT'S A RECRUITING EMERGENCY   We probably never thought we'd ever encounter this challenge, but in 2025 there is no denying tha...

Brainfood On Tour - How To Hire in Brazil in 2025 & Beyond

25 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Brainfood on Tour - How to Hire in Brazil in 2025 & Beyond   Brazil - the largest country in South America, an emerging power in the world w...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep313 - Beyond Talent Acquisition - Skills Needed To Expand Scope

20 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

BEYOND TALENT ACQUISITION: LEADERSHIP SKILLS NEEDED TO EXPAND SCOPE   Talent Acquisition was the optimal specialism in the People Ops function d...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep312 - Leadership Lessons from Global Talent Acquisition

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

TALENT ACQUISITION WITHOUT BOUNDARIES: LEADERSHIP LESSONS FOR GLOBAL TA TEAMS   There are many reasons why companies become geographically dispe...

Brainfood Live On Air - 311 - VC Investment in WorkTech - Where is the Money Going in 2025?

06 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

VC Investment in WorkTech - Where is the Money Going in 2025?   We're halfway through the year (can you believe this??) and so a great time to s...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep310 - Hiring Efficiency - How Agencies Are Using AI / Automation

30 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

HIRING EFFICIENCY: HOW AGENCIES, RPO'S AND IN-HOUSE USE AI / AUTOMATION   Agencies, RPO's and In-house - we're all recruiters at heart but we to...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep309 - Chief of Staff (wtf is this role...and can TA / HR do it?)

23 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

CHIEF OF STAFF - WTF IS THIS ROLE (and can TA / HR do it?)   Chief of STAFF? Sounds like it should be a role which falls into the People Org so ...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep300 - Hiring Manager Self Serve - the Past & Future of Recruitment?

16 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

HIRING MANAGER SELF SERVE - THE PAST AND FUTURE OF RECRUITMENT?   It was also the Past of Recruitment - where hiring managers were doing most of...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep308 - How To Build Career Pages Which Actually Work

15 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

HOW TO BUILD CAREER PAGES WHICH ACTUALLY WORK   One of the biggest mistakes in Talent Attraction is failure to maximise conversion from attentio...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep307 - Reimagining Recruitment in the AI Era w/ Hari Srinivasan, VP of Product, LinkedIn

12 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

RECRUITING REIMAGINED IN THE AI ERA   Friends, we have a special Brainfood Live to kick off the week! Continuing our series of profiling innovat...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep306 - Transitioning to CV Free Hiring

09 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

TRANSITIONING TO CV FREE HIRING   The CV has been around for maybe even longer than recruiting itself become a distinct profession, so are we de...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep305 - AI Regulations in TA & HR 2025 Q2 Update!

02 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

AI REGULATIONS IN TA & HR: 2025 Q2 UPDATE!   2025 has been the year of AI innovation in recruitment technology.   There hasn't been a ...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep303 - Mitigation Strategies vs Fake Job Candidates

27 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

MITIGATION STRATEGIES VS FAKE JOB CANDIDATES   Reports of fraudulent job applications are on the rise. A globalised internet, universal job inse...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep302 - Agentic AI in the Wild: Live Demo with VONQ

17 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Agentic AI in the Wild: Live Demo   Some of you might have noticed that whenever a recruitment software business promotes their Agentic AI, Brai...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep301 - Sourcing Automation - Where are we in 2025?

11 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sourcing Automation: What can be done in 2025?   Finding and engaging candidates more efficiently remains the No1 concern of recruiters the worl...

Brainfood On Tour - How to Hire in China in 2025 & Beyond

10 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Brainfood on Tour - How to Hire in China in 2025 & Beyond?   China has an enormous workforce and therefore a huge amount of recruitment. Mos...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep299 - What Top Recruitment Agencies Do Differently

03 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Key Recruitment Trends to Watch in 2025: What Top Agencies Are Doing Differently   Recruitment agencies continue to face major obstacles, includ...

Brainfood On Tour - How to Hire in Australia in 2025 & Beyond

30 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Brainfood on Tour - How to Hire in Australia in 2025 & Beyond?   Australia is the 7th largest recruitment market by dollar value - a very de...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep297 - DOGE, US Gov and the Future of TA & HR in the USA

21 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

DOGE, US Fed Gov and the Future of HR & TA in the USA   We have to talk about DOGE.   The US Federal Government is the largest single e...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep296 - Ideal Structure of AI-enabled TA

14 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

IDEAL STRUCTURE OF AI-ENABLED TA   You might have noticed a run of AI Agent demo's on Brainfood Live recently - product makers are increasingly ...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep295 - Autonomous Agents, Here, Now

08 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Autonomous Agentic AI Recruiters: Here, Now?   If 2025 is going to be year of the Agentic AI, then companies like SeekOut are going to be one of...

Brainfood On Tour - How to Hire in Indonesia in 2025 & Beyond

04 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Brainfood on Tour - How to Hire in Indonesia in 2025 and beyond?   Indonesia has nearly 300 million people and therefore MUST have a huge amount...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep294 - Unlocking the 2025 Hiring Insights Report

28 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hiring Insights Report 2025   One of the best value changes for Brainfood Live in 2025 is showcasing proprietary data from recruitment technolog...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep294a - Introducing AI Agent from JuiceBox

26 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

INTRODUCING AI AGENT BY JUICEBOX   AI Agents promise to revolutionise the work of recruiting but early experiments with generic products like Op...

Brainfood On Tour - How To Hire in Singapore in 2025

26 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Brainfood on Tour - How to Hire in Singapore in 2025 and Beyond?   Friends, we’re always on the move and visiting local recruiter communities ...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep293 - Talent Trends Report - Recruiter Productivity 2025

21 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Talent Trends: Recruiter Productivity 2025   Ashby produce some fantastic quarterly reports, taking information from their platform to better un...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep292 - AI Agents in Recruitment & HR - Hype or Reality?

14 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

AI Agents in TA & HR Hype vs Reality?   Some people are saying that will be the year of the AI Agent - an advancement of AI where it crosses...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep291 - What Do 100x TA Leaders Think About Hiring in 2025?

07 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

State of Hiring - What Do 100 Talent Leaders Think for 2025?   Every year Willo put together a report from an in-depth survey of 100+ Heads of T...

Brainfood On Tour - How to Hire in Malaysia in 2025

07 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How to Hire in Malaysia in 2025   Brainfood On Tour is back on folks - we're now in Malaysia and its time to deep dive into this fascinating cou...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep290 - Insight on the TA Landscape from 7000 Employers

31 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Talent Insights for 2025 from 1000 CHRO's   Nobody doubts this 2025 is shaping up to be a pivotal year for how businesses organise. Transforma...

Brainfood On Tour - How to Hire in India in 2025

28 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How to Hire in India in 2025   Brainfood On Tour is back for another season! I am delighted to back in India - for the first time since before C...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep289 - Req Load: How Much Is Too Much Per Recruiter in the Age of AI

24 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Req Load: How Much is Too Much Per Recruiter in the Age of AI?   If Artificial Intelligence going to make recruiters hyper productive, how many ...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep288 - Forecasting 2025 Year Ahead in Recruiting

10 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Forecasting Recruiting in 2025   Happy New Year Everybody!   And welcome to Season 5 of Brainfood Live On Air - the weekly show where we ga...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep287 - Christmas Special, Open Mic

30 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Brainfood Live Christmas Party 2024 - Open Mic   Friends, this is the last Brainfood Live of the year!   This will be our 50th show of the ...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep283 - Sustainable Healthcare Recruitment - Strategies for 2024 & Beyond

16 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sustainable Recruitment in Healthcare: Strategies for 2024 and Beyond   The UK healthcare sector is at a critical crossroads. Recruitment challe...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep286 - 2024 in Review - State of Talent Acquisition

13 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

2024 in Review: State of Talent Acquisition   It's been another challenging year for Talent Acquisition - I make it two years since the hey day...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep285 - 2024 in Review - State of Recruitment Advertising

06 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

2024 in Review: State of Recruitment Job Advertising   One of the themes of 2024 has been the surge of job applicants for the job adverts employ...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep284 - 2024 in Review - State of Flexible Working

29 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

2024 in Review: State of Flexible Working   The rise of the 'Alternative Workforce' has been a trend since before pandemic, as organisations sor...

Founders Focus - Ep52 - Up close and personal with Matthijs Metzamaekers, Founder of Carv

19 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Founders Focus is the show where we get up close and personal with the leaders of the businesses changing the way we work today.   Next up is M...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep282 - 2024 in Review - State of Sourcing

16 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

2024 in Review: State of Sourcing   Being able to find candidates for hard to hire roles - typically 'sourcing' them from the Internet - has bee...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep281 - US Presidential Election - Impact on TA and HR

08 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

US Presidential Election: Implications for TA / HR   Perhaps the most significant election on the planet is who our American friends choose to b...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep280 - 2024 in Review UK Staffing Market

01 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

2024 in Review: UK Staffing Market   Recruitment has gone through another turbulent year and it's clear that the global staffing market has had ...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep279 - Diversifying Your Talent Pipeline Using Employee Referrals

26 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Diversify Your Talent Pipeline with Employee Referrals   Employee Referrals are often thought of as 'anti-diversity' because we inevitably recom...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep278 - Hiring in the Gulf States in 2024 & Beyond

23 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep278 - Hiring in the Gulf States in 2024 & Beyond   Over the past 24 months there is been no region on the planet m...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep277 - Hiring in Hong Kong and Beyond

18 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Brainfood On Tour - Hiring in Hong Kong in 2024 & Beyond   I am in Hong Kong at least once every year (hi Ma) but have never done a focused ...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep276 - Hiring in Australia 2024 & Beyond

11 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Brainfood On Tour - Hiring in Australia in 2024 & Beyond   Its been two year since I was last in Australia so it is a welcome return to one ...

Brainfood Live On Air - Ep275 - How to Hire in Thailand in 2024 & Beyond

04 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Brainfood On Tour - Hiring in the Thailand in 2024 & Beyond   I've been to Thailand a number of times but never long enough to actually spea...