TaPod - We Talk Talent Acquisition.

This week on TaPod we speak with the bloody brilliant Mark Puncher about what you do with your Employer Brand in times of turmoil. Tech businesses are losing headcount… many TA teams are being affected… industries like Health, Aged Care, Education etc. are flying. Nothing is normal and I mean nothing. So what do we do? How do we message? Most are thinking short-term and trust is at an all-time low. But don’t worry! Mark Puncher has...

How do you recruit 12k roles when your company is a Sleeping Giant? No Social Media and most projects are classified… This week on TaPod we sit down with Vicki Emmerson VP Talent APAC at Thales Group to discuss EVP and hiring. It’s fascinating as we get to understand recruiting, but not as we know it.  Charlene from Neighbours gets a shout out… and you’ve all probably been saying Thales’ name wrong as well!

Thanks to Jobadder for yo...

Get ready for your weekly TA & Recruitment News in a 15-minute hit with the team from TaPod.
This week we look at IT hiring ramping up at Brennan IT - that's right RAMPING UP! LinkedIn announces the Top Companies for Career Growth in Australia, we look at Unpaid Entitlements at a major Bank, a Recruitment Agency finds themselves in hot water at  VCAT, Lauren takes us on a trip to Pity City, Recruiters are rapped on the...

This week on Tapod we catch up with not 1... but 2 legends - Denise Pereira & Matt Woodard. The recent slowdown in the market - particularly Tech has been tough. Many of our friends have found themselves made redundant & guess what? Candidate Experience suffers. Listen to just what is going on in our sector. From ghosting... to demands for degrees... to outright rudeness. We discuss the pros & cons of moving from tech a...

This week on TheScoop we cover all manner of News... COVID rules still strong in NZ... Ethnic Execs Discriminated against in Recruitment processes... Twitter Workforce has reduced by a whooping 80%... We Look at the Future of Recruitment and ask the question Has the Greatest Job Market in History Ended? Lauren makes a noise we've never heard before and we talk ChatGPT, and Remote work. It's 15 minutes of news to sort out ...

This week on Tapod we sit down with Kelly Pfeffer – Graduate Talent Lead at Suncorp. The Grad market has always been a competitive minefield and coming out of COVID all of the BIG players are scrambling for talent like never before. So how do you compete?

Kelly gives us insights into Suncorp’s strategy including changing the time of year for hiring, looking internal for mobility and hiring for potential. It’s a great look ‘under the...

This week on TaPod we speak with Stephen Chan,  Director of Talent at NCS Next (formally Arq).
Given the disruption in the Tech Talent market, Steve explains the need to plan for the next wave of hiring whilst retaining the employees already in your business, outlining some of the brilliant initiatives in place at NCS Next.
Lauren gets to talk about her obsession with her new bullhorn - riveting stuff!
Thanks to the Int...

This week on TaPod we are joined by industry legend Gareth Flynn - MD at TQ Solutions.
We talk Talent Maturity Model version 3.0, designed for senior HR/Talent professionals to baseline (and via TQ, benchmark) the maturity of their organisation’s People & Talent function through the lens of ‘Mindset’ and ‘Enablement’.
Are you a proactive or reactive function?
Have you made adequate investment in technology?
It&a...

This week on The Scoop, the team from Tapod talk layoffs at Accenture and Disney (no longer the Happiest Place on Earth for some). We discuss Union news relevant to TA and will AI replace the Sourcing function completely?
Canva opens an Office that we would ALL love to work at, Jobadder gets more funding from Seek & the ITAs2023 submissions open!
It's news served to you in a bite-sized consumable chunk... take note...

This week on TaPod we sit down with the Dynamic Duo of Talent Advisory - Trevor Vas & Simon Townsend from TCS - Traits, Competencies & Skills.
The value of talent advisory has never been questioned, but how do you go about transforming your own team? Where do you start and what's the strategy?
Simon and Trevor have all the answers and for those of you affected by the recent upheaval in our industry... help is a...

Today on Tapod we sit down with this month's sponsor Vicki Carolan from CXC Global to discuss Talent Solutions and Recruiter on Demand. It's always brilliant when a sponsor brings a client in to share successes and Kelly O'Connor from Medibank is a big advocate!
The solution sees CXC embed a talent partner or team of partners, when and where required, to assist clients during peak recruitment periods, project-bas...