TaPod - We Talk Talent Acquisition.

This week on Tapod, Bonnie kicks Craig to the curb as we welcome Sophie Hirst—Gen Z career coach, former Google marketing manager, TikTok creator, and founder at Work Baby. You might know Soph from her brilliant podcast, Biz, on the Mamamia network. Beginning her career as a magician’s assistant in Japan (yes, you heard right), Soph’s career is so interesting. From fails in the workplace to presenting the real stats on Gen Z, Soph’...

This week on Tapod we revisit our trip to Singapore and the HR Tech Asia Series—four quick interviews with key professionals from the Asian TA scene. 

Today is our final episode in the series with Brian Ong — Director of Talent Acquisition @KPMG Singapore. Innovation for KPMG is focusing on young talent to develop the future. This includes embracing AI to help in the recruitment and retention processes, and that’s where the story ge...

Today on Tapod, we catch up with Will and Aaron from Check Work Rights – our partner for the month of June. Check Work Rights is a proudly Australian background checking tool that’s been in existence for just over 10 years and is the brainchild of a migration agent and tech expert. Automating the vast array of background checks is no mean feat, but compliance has become one of the most important aspects of the recruitment process. ...

This week on Tapod we sit down with the brilliant Claire Planinsek, Head of Recruitment & Events – Australian Defence Force Careers @Adecco Group. Claire has led some of the largest Talent functions in the region, but to head up recruitment for Australia’s Defence Force dwarf’s them all! We explore all facets of this mammoth program, starting with a team of 1,000 (which includes over 500 Military Personnel that’s right 1,000 w...

This week on Tapod we revisit our trip to Singapore and the HR Tech Asia Series—four quick interviews with key professionals from the Asian TA scene. 

Today we are featuring Adeline Foo—Global Head of TA & EB @DKSH a Swiss global firm that has been in existence for over 160 years, hiring almost 30k employees annually in 36 markets. 

With 70% of roles being junior and with a high volume of applications for these roles, coupled wit...

This week on Tapod, Bonnie Crook steps in as guest co-host and we catch up with Lauren Humphrey, Co-Founder and CEO at The Mintable 

All of us think we’re great Managers right? But the fact is most people leave their role due to their Manager, so how do we actually give feedback that doesn’t suck? With 5 generations in the workplace, it’s different strokes for different folks, but at the end of the day, being a good person is a grea...

This week on Tapod we revisit our trip to Singapore and the HR Tech Asia Series—four quick interviews with key professionals from the Asian TA scene. 

Today we are featuring Jay Chan—Executive Director, Head of Talent Acquisition, Group Human Resources @UOB, one of Southeast Asia’s leading banks. With over 30k employees, 5-6k hires a year and a presence in 19 countries, UOB is a huge enterprise. 

It’s a great discussion where we focu...

Today on the Scoop, the team from Tapod brings you all of the weekly TA & Recruitment News, including… fake AI (you really need to hear this), TA is not as important to ‘C’ Suite as it was 12 months ago (unless you’re in Asia), PWC reckons AI is NOT taking jobs, great TA initiatives coming out of India, Gen Z are at it again, and much more! 

Thanks to Indeed for your ongoing support. And don’t forget… the ITAs nominations have b...

This week on Tapod we catch up with Mark Condon, Global Workforce Strategy Expert and Future of Work Advisor @QuantumWorkAdvisory. 

There is a lot going on right now in the world of talent, and there is a definite shift in strategy from skills-based hiring to AI to design thinking to tasks and talent providing a ROI for the business. Looking to build an internal business case? You’ve come to the right place.

Thanks so much to Check W...

This week on Tapod we revisit our trip to Singapore and the HR Tech Asia Series—four quick interviews with key professionals from the Asian TA scene. 

Today we are featuring Amanda Zhou—Regional Talent & Organisation Development Manager @Shiseido. Amanda’s team covers recruitment, onboarding, career development, and more and this is a fascinating insight into recruitment at a global cosmetics enterprise. 

Thanks so much to Parado...

Today on the Scoop the team from Tapod brings you all of the weekly TA & Recruitment News including… increase to the minimum wage… AI accelerates the move to Talent Advisory… the jury is in on Hybrid work… lies during interviews… Gen Z embracing bleisure trips and much, much more 

Thanks to Indeed for your ongoing support. And don’t forget… the ITAs nominations have been extended for a week until the 15th of June—don’t miss out!...

This week on Tapod we catch up with an old friend – Joanne Lockwood – the inclusive culture expert @SeeChangeHappen. Jo’s journey is fascinating and so very important to all of us – particularly in a world going backwards. This episode is longer than most, but it’s well worth it. We cover all manner of challenges in the inclusivity space, from recent changes in the UK around the definition of sex, US executive orders affecting the ...

This week on Tapod we are lucky to catch up with Alex Thomson – Head of TA and Mobility at Australia Post. We cover all manner of topics, including mushroom sales in South Gippsland, but that’s not why we got Alex in… Everybody knows Australia Post – they are an iconic brand across the country. But what happens when progress demands change and evolution? Well, strap in and you’ll find out! 

Thanks so much to Phenom for partnering wi...

This week on Tapod we sit down with Manoj Kenadath, Senior Principal Strategist, TA at Atlassian. Following on from his brilliant session with Pavi Iyer at the Sydney NJA People & Talent Summit in March, Manoj guides us through the amazing world of building an impactful Talent Strategy. From understanding wider business strategy to the existing strengths of your team and processes, it’s important to start by looking inward. But...

It’s time for our vendor-led Tapod episode (Yay!) and this month we get under the hood of Phenom with Dan Ridd and Meredith Wellard. Phenom is a hire-to-retire solution and now includes new AI Agents that are solving industry-specific hiring, development, and retention challenges – and reshaping how Talent functions collaborate with AI. 

Meredith gives us a live case study from DHL. With 600k employees and 120-150k hires per year, P...