The Jim Stroud Podcast
The Jim Stroud Podcast is part therapy, part exposé, and all truth. Some weeks, I talk to insiders. Most weeks, I vent like HR is my therapist—with no filter, no fluff, and no patience for corporate nonsense. It’s the raw, unvarnished side of work: AI screwups. Hiring hypocrisy. Culture scams. And why the future of work feels like a Black Mirror episode in khakis. If you lead people, manage teams, or just survive office politics with gritted teeth—subscribe. Because what’s coming for your job, your company, and your sanity? You won’t hear it in the all-hands. But you’ll hear it here. ... This podcast is brought to you in part by "The Recruiting Life" newsletter. Subscribe now at https://jimstroud.beehiiv.com
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August 4, 2025 • 5 mins
The headlines say the job market’s steady.
But behind the scenes? Something’s not adding up. This episode peels back the calm—just enough to make you wonder what’s really going on.
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July 29, 2025 • 15 mins
A twenty-dollar gadget became a career killer.
Wells Fargo fired over a dozen employees for something smaller, sneakier than fraud: faking mouse movement to simulate productivity. Not stealing money—stealing time. The invisible war between surveillance and breathing room just claimed its first casualties.
Jim Stroud dissects how a simple USB device exposed the trust bankruptcy poisoning modern workplaces. When keystroke loggers m...
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July 22, 2025 • 17 mins
They're cloning you at work. Right now.
Your digital twin already clocked in—monitoring, measuring,
making decisions on your behalf. Not science fiction. Current reality.
But here's the twist: What if this violation could become
your greatest financial asset?
Jim Stroud reveals how companies harvest your biometric
data, keyboard patterns, and Slack messages to build digital replicas. The
technology that once mirrored machines no...
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July 15, 2025 • 26 mins
IBM quietly erased hundreds of HR professionals in early 2025. No viral outrage. Just algorithmic mathematics and the cold whisper of replacement.
The chessboard fractured. AI handles 94% of their conversations now—11.5 million human exchanges reduced to digital echoes. This isn't evolution. It's a coup in the cubicles, spreading like infected code through corporate America's bloodstream.
Jim Stroud dissects the psychological bat...
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November 17, 2023 • 19 mins
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Today's guest:
My guest is Bill Banham, founder and Editor at HR Gazette Magazine, host of the popular HRchat Podcast (which is then most downloaded HR and careers podcast in Canada, 7 in the US and number 10 globally) and organizer of various HR-related summits and meetups in Canada, the US and the UK including DisruptHR. With near...
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November 10, 2023 • 32 mins
Hey recruiters, your recruiting days are over, thanks to AI. At least, according to my guest - Stanislaw Wasowicz, VP Growth and Partnerships for Scotty Technologies. Be warned. This interview will induce fear and dread to the technophobic in the recruitment industry. Listener discretion is advised. | Visit Scotty AI and request a free demo today. https://www.scottytechnologies.com/ | This episode brought to you by "The Recruiting...
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November 3, 2023 • 34 mins
At many organizations, the most common fear among executives is an employee lawsuit. The number of employee filings each year continues to be high with no sign of slowing down. Win or lose, defending a lawsuit by a disgruntled former employee with an attorney is costly, time-consuming, and affects all aspects of an otherwise thriving business. In today's podcast, Jim Stroud interviews Matthew Grabell, author of "The Employee Lawyer...
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October 27, 2023 • 28 mins
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In this episode, Jim Stroud chats with Shelly MacConnell – Chief Strategy Officer at Win about the rise of side hustles in order to receive fertility treatment coverage, as well as:
Why working for fertility benefits rather than a paycheck has grown in popularity
How the increase in side hustles shows that there is still a ...
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October 20, 2023 • 26 mins
Jim Stroud interviews Jean Eddy, President and CEO of American Student Assistance, about future-proofing the careers of today's college students. Pretty much, why go to college today if AI will be doing the job tomorrow? Other discussion points...
The education system needs to redefine what "career success" means for today's learners
Students must achieve early access to diverse career paths.
Top skills students need to obtain i...
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October 13, 2023 • 25 mins
In my interview with Scott Morris, CEO of PropulsionAI, we discuss unsuccessful return to the office policies and the evolution of the job description. The consensus? Traditional job descriptions are passe; what brings the most benefit are outcome-oriented job descriptions. Scott addresses issues related to a paradigm switch that would massively impact any recruiting organization. | This episode is brought to you by "The Recruiting...
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October 6, 2023 • 10 mins
In the latest issue of "The Recruiting Life" newsletter, I wrote an article called, "Why do women bully women at work?" When researching that article, I asked my social media followers to share any testimonies they might have concerning women bullying women at work and... be careful what you wish for because you just might get it. In this episode I share stories of tortured women and offer solutions to keep it from happening again ...
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September 29, 2023 • 22 mins
Jim Stroud interviews Robert Sheen, CEO of Trusaic about the state of pay equity, pay transparency, and what companies are doing to achieve pay equity. There is also some debate on if companies should pay everyone the same when some employees work harder, and are more talented, than others. | This episode is brought to you by "The Recruiting Life" newsletter. Follow it now at https://jimstroud.beehiiv.com
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September 23, 2023 • 10 mins
Employee Monitoring is on the rise! According to Pew Research, a variety of digital tools are being used to monitor workers across various industries, some of which use artificial intelligence (AI) to try to gain insights into workers’ performance. These tools can track what workers do on their computers, how they are driving on the job, their movements within the workplace and even their tone of voice when speaking with customers....
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September 15, 2023 • 31 mins
In my interview with Andrew Crapuchettes, CEO of RedBalloon, I found out that Indeed.com was banning customers because of their politics. Wow! We also discussed how politics was impacting the workplace and how it was likely to get worse with a Presidential election pending. We also touched on the following: Should business owners be telling their workers how to vote? When did American flags in the office become offensive? And what ...
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September 8, 2023 • 12 mins
How is that return to the office policy working out for you? Well, if your company is Grindr, its not working out too well. In case you had not heard, Grindr lost half of its workforce over a 2-day return to office mandate. Ouch! I share the details and offer suggestions to prevent the same thing from happening at your company. AND... I am speaking at SourceCon about the impact of artificial intelligence on the recruitment industry...
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September 2, 2023 • 35 mins
Today I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Genevieve Hawkins, author of “Mentally at Work.” We discussed her motivations for writing this book, workplace strategies for encouraging good mental health in the workplace, the future of mental health in the workplace and just how much should a company focus on the mental health of their workers. After all they are there to work and not receive therapy, well, that answer may surpr...
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August 25, 2023 • 10 mins
In this episode, I discuss an emerging HR trend that has certainly flown under my radar. Imagine this, major corporations like Adobe, Nvidia, Bank of America, and Bristol Myers Squibb are taking a unique approach by introducing menopause-specific benefits. (Yes, you read that correctly.) While not a widely talked-about subject, these tailored benefits are gaining traction for a reason... cost savings. Join me as I follow the money...
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August 18, 2023 • 14 mins
Big box electronics retailer Best Buy is under fire after it was revealed a company leadership program specifically bars white people from participating. (Is that racist?) As you might expect there was outrage online about this and calls for boycotting. The whole incident had me thinking about diversity training and how it tends to be taught these days. So much so, I wrote a special report on it called "Racism Reimagined: How Wokei...
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August 11, 2023 • 25 mins
Jim Stroud interviews Stephane Rivard, CEO of Hiring Branch to discuss eliminating bias from the interview process and what better way is there to do that than by removing interviewing from the hiring process completely. Questions asked in this podcast include:
What are some common biases and stereotypes that HR professionals should be aware of during the hiring process?
What steps can organizations take to eliminate discrimina...
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August 4, 2023 • 11 mins
What happens when a large percentage of workers are displaced by AI at the same time? Most likely, government intervention, which means regulation, lots and lots of regulation. In fact, its already starting to happen. I am speaking of the No Robot Bosses Act making its way through Congress. I discuss the bill and what it may mean for small businesses in this episode.
FYI: I am speaking about the impact of artificial intelligence o...
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