TaPod - We Talk Talent Acquisition.

This week on Tapod, we catch up with Gareth Flynn – Talent & Workforce Expert, Founder and CEO at TQ Solutions. The world is overwhelmed by AI, but the rate of change continues at a pace we have never seen. We dive really deep, from AI twins to who owns AI agents’ IP developed by humans, to how we should put a value on our time, roles that are going to be affected and a whole lot more. We look at countries that are at the forefront and those (hint hint starts with A) that are lagging behind. The most important takeaway is DO NOT ignore AI, no matter how much fatigue you have or how overwhelmed you feel. Thanks to Daxtra for partnering with us this month.

It’s your weekly episode of the Scoop from Tapod with all of your TA & Recruitment news from here and abroad. We cover all sorts of headlines, including… LinkedIn Best 10 places to work, Hudson Australia enters voluntary administration, Gen Z says no to promotions, 8-hour job interviews, Australian Government finally talking AI, $10k for a skinny dip and much more. Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us on The Scoop.

This week on Tapod, we catch up with Appy Sarepaka National Talent Acquisition Manager at MSS Security – with the parent group sitting in the top 40 (by volume) employers across Australia. Appy has led some amazing initiatives at MSS Security, including growing the TA team from 2 to 20 over the past 2 years (with approximately 2,000 hires a year), decreasing time to hire from 24 days to 10, navigating the complicated world of compliance and background checking in the world of security, DE&I programs, and the changing world of recruitment. Join us as we unpack all of these issues with Appy. Thanks to PeopleOrbitAI for partnering with us this month.

It’s your weekly episode of the Scoop from Tapod with all of your TA & Recruitment news from here and abroad. We cover all sorts of headlines, including… Atlassian sacks engineer, unemployment remains steady, employees winning payouts in the UK & Australia, things are pretty bleak for Wrexham Council, ICE recruitment is not up to standard, and much more. Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us on The Scoop.

This week on Tapod, we catch up with Andrew Fairhurst, Senior Manager of Talent Acquisition at Ashurst. We discuss how recruiting has changed in the Legal Industry, as well as navigating a mammoth global merger. We touch on the positive and the perils with AI, and we check in on Craig, who has had a pretty bleak run of bad luck. A wholesome episode with real takeaways. Thanks to PeopleOrbitAI for partnering with us this month.

It’s your weekly episode of the Scoop from Tapod with all of your TA & Recruitment news from here and abroad. We cover all sorts of headlines, including… AI reshaping Banking Recruitment, Truck driver sacked for distributing porn, Unilever pauses hiring due to the Middle East conflict, Start-Up Founder delivers a patience-building lesson, worker sacked for chasing down an Easter Egg thief, EY comes up with a great AI agentic partnership, a bar just for those looking to quit their job, and much more. Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us on The Scoop.

This week on Tapod, we catch up with Tosh Onishi – People & Talent Executive, HR Leader, AI Expert & Global Keynote Speaker. Tosh has recently returned to Sydney after a stint as Head of TA for Okta in Singapore and prior to that over 10 years at Visa in Japan & Singapore. We met Tosh at the Avature Upfront event where he spoke about AI and how current recruitment processes can be exploited using AI. Tosh gives us his views on this, as well as the recent 60 Minutes segment covering North Korean spies infiltrating local Tech companies via deep fake candidates and AI. It’s fascinating and it’s really happening – are you ready? Thanks to PeopleOrbitAI for partnering with us this month.

It’s your weekly dose of the Scoop from Tapod with all of your TA & Recruitment news from here and abroad. We cover all sorts of headlines, including snail mail, the ‘new’ weapon for candidates, another recruitment tech cyber attack, the latest on layoffs, overqualified candidates, the UK to mandate new pay gap reporting, start-ups paying obscene salaries and much more. Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us on The Scoop.

This week on Tapod, we catch up with Reegan Kerkin – People & Culture Manager at OceanaGold Corporation and ITA's 2025 Corporate Talent Leader of the Year! Reegan has an amazing story which has recently culminated in being promoted to Global P&C Manager and moving halfway across the world to Charlotte in the USA. An inspirational story and an aspirational journey Thanks to PeopleOrbitAI for partnering with us this month.

It’s your weekly dose of the Scoop from Tapod with all of your TA & Recruitment news from here and abroad. We cover all sorts of headlines, including… Strikes, strikes and more strikes, the nightmarish state of the job market, Callam from Indeed stops by, 1 in 3 plan to quit, and much more. Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us on The Scoop.

This week on Tapod, we catch up with Matthew Lant – Head of Recruitment and Employer Brand at AFCA. Now every year at the ITAs there is a team that cleans up. Last year AFCA won Excellence in Employer Brand, Excellence in Candidate Experience and Corporate Talent Professional of the Year. Want to hear how they did it? Thanks to Taly for partnering with us this month.

It’s your weekly dose of the Scoop from Tapod with all of your TA & Recruitment news from here and abroad. We cover all sorts of headlines, including… Gen Z grads being fired en masse, teachers striking, F2F interviews vs online interviews, working from home challenges, candidate bias, unemployment date – good news or bad? Recruiting AI Agents – WTF? and much more. Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us on The Scoop.

This week on Tapod, we catch up with Samantha Devlin (Sam to her friends), co-founder and CEO of The Careers Department. With the world agog with the AI revolution… Graduate unemployment at record highs and students questioning traditional pathways, we thought it was time to get to the bottom of it all, and who better to speak to than Sam? The Careers Department has a ton of student-led data, including intention shifts on post-school pathways in school-leavers. It’s a fascinating dataset and one that just may contribute to changes in the way we work. And if you are a parent, uncle, aunty or even friend of a student, this is a VERY important interview to listen to. Thanks to Taly for partnering with us this month.

It’s your weekly dose of the Scoop from Tapod with all of your TA & Recruitment news from here and abroad. We cover all sorts of headlines, including… the dawn of the Concierge Recruiter, job cuts at Meta & Atlassian (AI or AI washing?), WhatsApp used to terminate employees, Jack and Jill hacked and much more. Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us on The Scoop.

This week on Tapod we catch up with the ever-brilliant and ever-busy Edan Haddock – Head of Talent and People Experience at Movember, Podcast Host and Community Builder. There is a helluva lot going on at Movember, from a new Global Institute of Men’s Health to ‘Joel’ the AI agent and a global recruitment responsibility – it’s busy, busy, busy! Throw on top of that the Total Talent Podcast; he’s barely got time to scratch himself. Hands up if you have an AI Agent reporting directly to you as part of your Talent Team? Edan does, and he’ll tell us all about it! Thanks to Taly for partnering with us this month.

Buckle in for a special episode of Tapod, where we sit down with Peter Treloar – Founder at Taly. Believe us, this is NOT a normal personality profiling solution. From an AI-enabled on-demand org psych to delivering results in video or even podcast form and NO boring reports. It gets the data into your hands when and where you need it. And if you need any further proof, listen to the end, and you will hear an AI-driven podcast unpacking Lauren and Craig’s personalities and how they will work together… or implode. It’s great stuff!

It’s your weekly dose of the Scoop from Tapod with all of your TA & Recruitment news from here and abroad. We cover all sorts of headlines, including… AI washing, Kyle & Jackie O, women shut out of leadership, a 4-day work week in Victoria, unions pushing for more holidays, it’s amazing what you see through Meta glasses, Anthropic’s take on jobs exposed to AI, Lauren may just apply for MAFS, and much more. Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us on The Scoop.

This week on Tapod we catch up with the amazing Natalie Flynn, Founder of Equidi, to discuss the latest WGEA gender pay gap and all things International Women’s Day. We are making baby steps into our pay gap, but it’s not enough and we’re not sure we’re even measuring the right data… What we can be sure of is that in many industries, there are still more opportunities at the ‘top end’ of businesses for males, from management to the ‘C-suite'. We touch on AI and its impact on the gender labour market and much more. It’s not about cupcakes; it’s about action, and it’s time we all took action… real action. PS. Who’s up for a road trip to Canberra? Thanks to Taly for partnering with us this month.

It’s your weekly dose of the Scoop from Tapod with all of your TA & Recruitment news from here and abroad. We cover all sorts of headlines, including… Lauren Anderson from Indeed joins us to talk Health Sector, Tinder the new LinkedIn, most non-competes to be banned, the latest WGEA numbers, Gen Z playing up again, and Square acting like… well… squares. Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us on The Scoop.

This week on Tapod we catch up with Kimberley Lawrie, world-famous Talent Leader from brands such as Telstra, Holden, Jetstar, Myer, Aesop, Mars and Cotton On. But right now… Kimbo is in between roles, and we explore the world of the unemployed Talent Acquisition professional. From Candidate Experience to AI in the Recruitment Process to the state of the TA, and even authoring a children’s book, we unpack what we all fear – searching for a job... It’s compelling and frustrating, but we do it with a smile on our faces! Thanks to Taly for partnering with us this month.