The Chad & Cheese Podcast

It was just a joke to some when it burst onto the recruitment landscape years ago, but Tengai, the robot recruiter born in Sweden is still here, suckers. And now it speaks English, so the boys thought it was worth a chat about what's going on with the company, the tech, and that craziness that is Swedes eating rotten fish. Yuck! Virus-free, fluent in English and a little less creep than last year, Tengai isn't going anywher...

Halloween and Election Day are right around the corner, but that's nothing compared to the scream-inspiring news that came out of recruiting this week. Let's see... Handshake looks like the new MonsterTrak, Job descriptions are actually getting worse, Bomerang layoffs are now a thing (thanks pandemic!), Automation is coming after 85 million jobs ...and reporters are doing Zoom meetings with their pants down.  ...

It's not often we get a Y Combinator company to pitch on Firing Squad, so let's start with 'you're welcome, listeners.' So, who's up? CEO Prem Kumar brings his A Game and Combinator credentials to the Firing Squad with Humanly. The company promises candidate screening, scheduling, and engagement at scale. Is this a broken promise? Gotta listen to this Chad & Cheese gem, sponsored by PandoLogic, to find...

As if 2020 wasn't scary enough, Halloween is on the way, which means Cheesman's waistline is scared to death of Reese's Peanut Buttercups, but that's nothing to the horror show that is CareerBuilder. Rumors of a massive CareerBuilder cyberattack iCIMS gets super-cozy with Microsoft, .jobs drama, not drama? and Oreo commercial that'll melt the coldest of hearts (and attract the best of top talent). You want ...

Mom's are the best, but they usually get the short end of the stick when it comes to career advancement. Then COVID comes along and we all start to understand the trials and tribulations of balancing a house, work, and life much like working mothers have since... FOREVER. Mom's already had cred, but this is a new kind of cred complete with a new world type of balance, management, and leadership. Plus a need for equal hirin...

While cooling fall temperatures are sneaking up on us, the world remains a hot mess - Trump gets 'The Rona,' R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen and flies love V.P. Mike Pence - and the podcast keeps it spicy. This week: AllyO and Hirevue get comfy, Unleash (HR)wins big, Glassdoor wants to put a number on equality and strippers are taking matters into their owns hands (and laptops). Who needs a champagne room anyway? Hey, no touch...

There are bad recruiters. There are good recruiters. And there are great recruiters. Founder Adam Conrad hopes his startup, Great Recruiters, will help agencies better manage recruiting teams and sorting through the best and worst performers. Better recruiters make for better candidate experiences too, so things sound pretty solid, right? Well, the Firing Squad will be the ultimate judge on whether this company is truly "great,...

A hot mess inside a dumpster fire inside a train wreck might best describe this week. The boys unleash on everyone from: CareerBuilder can't get their messaging right iCIMS would like to reintroduce themselves LinkedIn devolves quickly Indeed goes away from their winning ways Phenom People acquires My Ally Want more? How about Amazon drones up in ya’ face! 2020 keeps gettin’ kinda hectic. As always, the weekly episode i...

It's time for the uncomfortable and hard conversations kids. If someone you know or are connected to promotes racism what would you do? Would you actively engage and educate? Or would you just hide and hope it all goes away? Well people, it is not going away and Madison Butler will not have any of it. Madison on LinkedIn aka Corporate Unicorn on Twitter speaks her mind and attracts racists on LinkedIn like a tiki torch magnet...

While the likes of Facebook, Amazon, Google and Apple are on trial for anticompetitive behavior, maybe Indeed should be thrown in the mix too. Indeed rumors of cutting programmatic competition off at the knees Naughty-naughty, much like Civvl, "the Uber of eviction teams." Classy. Outmatch and Launchpad provide hope and smaller cities who are seeing the big city masses coming their way. Hello suburban home appreciation...

Dumpster fires produce a lot of smoke, but none produce the amount of smoke that CareerBuilder's dumpster fire produces month-after-month. This week, the boys discuss: - 300M Reasons to Keep Hating CareerBuilder - The Great Rehire? - Then we pullback the covers on a crappy Glassdoor wannabe - Target gets it's diversity on - and give Indeed a little love for its latest initiative. This episode is going to hit the spot...