Recruiting Future with Matt Alder

With such a large proportion of the global workforce currently working from home, it's now clear that the offices and workspaces that people eventually return to are going to be very different. So what does the future of the workplace look like and what part will it play in attracting and retaining top talent?

My guest this week is Ash Hanson, SVP of Human Resources at Aramark. Aramark provides facilities, food and uniforms to employers across 19 countries and is at the cutting edge of the changes we are currently seeing in workplaces all around the world.

In the interview, we discuss:

• The changes Covid-19 is driving for Aramark

• How hospitality companies are becoming safety companies with a hospitality focus

• The importance of effective employee communication

• How Aramark recruit and retain top talent

• The importance of workspace to employer brand

• What's next for Aramark

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I've never known a more disruptive, uncertain and confusing time in talent acquisition. With so much complexity in the market, it can be challenging for TA talent to get a clear picture of what is happening outside of their own organisations.

My guest this week is Sven Elbert, Senior Analyst at Fosway Group. Fosway is Europes leading HR industry analyst and has recently published its Talent Acquisition Realities 2022 report, a piece of research that looks at the key challenges, trends and forces TA teams are currently dealing with. This is a must listen for anyone wanting an independent view of what is going on in the market.

In the interview, we discuss:

• Stand out findings from the research.
• The impacts of uncertainty on hiring
• Quality of hire
• What TA teams report they are most and least effective at
• How is DE&I working in practice?
• Current market changes
• Availability of skills
• The most in demand recruiting technologies
• Are tech stacks currently fit for purpose?
• Conducting the candidate experience orchestra
• Upskilling recruiters

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The adoption of AI in talent acquisition continues to accelerate, promising efficiencies and new possibilities for hiring. However, as AI tools become central to recruiting processes, they bring significant challenges, particularly around bias, compliance, and trust. Without clear oversight, these systems risk entrenching inequalities rather than addressing them.

So, how can talent acquisition leaders ensure that AI supports fairer hiring while safeguarding compliance and trust? And what role does auditing play in this critical process?

My guest this week is Jeff Pole, Co-founder and CEO of Warden AI, a company specializing in AI auditing for HR and TA Technologies. In our conversation, Jeff shares his insights on the importance of auditing AI systems, the emerging regulatory landscape, and how talent acquisition leaders can better understand and navigate the risks and opportunities of AI-powered hiring.

In the interview, we discuss:

• Is the current pace of innovation in AI set to continue?
• What are the main risks?
• Regulation, Legislation, and Ethics
• Is there a difference between AI influencing a hiring decision and AI making a hiring decision?
• How AI can be less biased and fairer than humans
• Holding machines to a higher standard than humans
• Shining a light on the AI systems used in recruiting and TA technology
• Continuous testing and monitoring
• How widespread is the issue, and how much AI bias has actually been found?
• What should TA leaders be considering when assessing AI solutions
• What does the future look like? How will AI change talent acquisition in the long term?

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Over the last five and half year's, I've published nearly 120 hours of podcast content, and I've always been very frustrated that there hasn't been a more effective way to search the archive for specific topics.

Well as of now that's all changed with the launch of the new recruitingfuture.com website. I know that the vast majority of you subscribe to the show in your podcasting app of choice or via Spotify and that is still the best way to make sure you're up to date with all the latest content. However, if you want to search the back catalogue for interviews on specific topics including recruiting automation, employer branding, recruitment marketing, recruiting technology and talent acquisition strategy, then it is now super easy to do that on the website at www.recruitingfuture.com.

So on with the show and something a bit different this week. I'm delighted to welcome back the brilliant John Vlastelica from Recruiting Toolbox, but this time rather than me interviewing him he is interviewing me.

In the interview, we discuss:

• Recruiting automation

• A new model for recruitment marketing

• The evolution of talent acquisition

• Talent acquisition leadership

• The importance of specialisation

• The role of the recruiter in the future

• Candidate experience

Here are the podcast episodes I reference in the conversation:

Accelerated Change

The Realities of Recruiting Automation

Programmatic Advertising Explained

Solving Challenges with Technology

Inbound Recruiting

Responding to a Changing Talent Market

Is Assessment Technology Working

The Digital Transformation of Assessment

Rebel Talent

Rebel Ideas

Talent for Digital Transformation

CEOs and Talent Acquisition

Design Thinking

Data-Driven Candidate Experience

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