TaPod - We Talk Talent Acquisition.

This week on Tapod we catch up with a global juggernaut and industry leader, commentator, and agitator—Jacob Sten Madsen from Recruitment Evolution. In his own words, ‘TA is predominantly stuck in operation mode,’ and he advocates embracing AI that works and for the industry to focus in on candidate experience. Jacob is an incredibly intelligent and passionate leader whose ideas ignite discussion and debate, and we need more people...

This week on Tapod we catch up with the joint winners of the Social Consciousness Award at the ITAs 2025 – Yvonne Kelly from Glow Up Careers and Kristy Glew from Each. These two amazing companies are leading the way in delivering programs with a real social conscience. If you are serious about ethics, morality and humanity and want to make a real difference in your workplace – this episode is a great place to start. As Kristy says ...

Today on the Scoop the team from Tapod brings you all of the weekly TA & Recruitment News including…  WTF is Work Slop? Imagine being paid 333 times your monthly salary – what would you do? NSW Government Contractor uploads private details of 1000s to ChatGPT, Acquisition updates from SAP, SmartRecruiters, Workday & Paradox, What is the Victorian Government up to on WFH? Trouble in paradise for NZ, Gen Z struggling (who wou...

This week on Tapod we catch up with Rosa Van Kuyk, Enterprise Talent Professional of the Year at the ITAs 2025 from AFCA. Rosa is an amazing member of our industry – a pocket rocket with boundless energy and passion

Some of the incredible stats Rosa and her team achieved throughout the year were: cost savings of over $184k, 15% Time to Fill reduction and 26.5% increase in LinkedIn followers. We can all learn a lot from Rosa, especia...

On this special episode of Tapod, we catch up with Pam Stroud – Senior Talent Industry Legend, who has reassessed her career and ventured out on her own with ‘The Pivot Space’, supporting and navigating women in career transition. It may be menopause, single motherhood, returning to the workplace following family or any number of challenges; sometimes we question our relevance and our career choices. Coupled with the recent and rap...

Today on the Scoop Bonnie steps in for Craig whilst he is on a little sojourn and the team from Tapod brings you all of the weekly TA & Recruitment News including…  acquisitions on steroids, bikini tradie wants to go topless, office worker encourages bikinis, Trump puts up skilled worker visas, boss is cruel (there’s a surprise), Gen Z pushing the workplace office fashion to the limit, WTF is ‘quiet-cracking’? and much more.

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This week on Tapod we catch up with the legend Jessica Gibson-Jones winner of Enterprise Talent Leader of the Year at ITAs2025! We get a great understanding of the achievements Jess has implemented at Toll Group over the past 12 months including commercialising the Talent function, simplifying hiring manager processes, maximising data, DE&I successes, insourcing the global RPO solution, TA capability calendar & many other ‘...

Today on the Scoop the team from Tapod brings you all of the weekly TA & Recruitment News, including…More news from the banking sector – good & bad, social media affecting hiring opportunities, and the PNG & Aussie Defence pact (and Craig shares a secret about his time living in PNG. Shhhh), two jobs are a lot harder than one, Gen Z love pretty pictures, Australia get its own Coldplay moment. 

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 This week on Tapod we catch up with the winners of the Enterprise Talent Team of the Year at ITAs2025 – The Warehouse Group – represented by Kim Nicholas – GM – Talent Acquisition, HR Systems and Payroll, and Hayley Smith – Head of TA. We were also joined by the fabulous Brett Potts – Customer Success Lead APAC from SmartRecruiters. 

We cover the joy of the win and key aspects of the winning submission, including the challenging ec...

This week on Tapod we sit down with David Dunne—Senior Manager, Workforce Services & Systems @Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect)—the largest national service provider for people on the autism spectrum, with over 1,500 employees across over 70 locations. 

With recent research suggesting that 1 in 40 people are living with autism, we cover topics around inclusivity hiring, including pre-access to interview questions, people being ...

This week on Tapod we sit down with Ben Whitfield—Global Talent Acquisition Leader @Marsh McLennan - a global giant with over 95,000 employees. Ben has recently moved into the global role and is at the very pointy end of recruitment strategy, heading up a team of over 350, hiring over 16k new employees annually. So if we want to know what’s going on in the world of recruitment, Ben’s the perfect person to talk to! We cover AI, glob...

On this special episode of Tapod, we catch up with Dan Balout—Solutions Lead APAC at Paradox. Unpacking the State of Volume Hiring Report is the name of the game, and we get a great understanding of how the function is coping with volume hiring as a challenge. We explore candidate experience, AI & automation, burnout, and speed to hire amongst a raft of other levers. If you are hiring in the volume space, you should be listeni...

Today on the Scoop the team from Tapod brings you all of the weekly TA & Recruitment News, including…Workday jumps on the acquisition merry-go-round,  training company covertly records employees, expressing yourself Madonna style, CBA backs up on AI, Reece blaming WFH for profit decline, gender pay gap improving (but is it fast enough?), laziness blamed for grad recruitment slow down, how many jobs can you do at once and much m...