CareerXroads

Long time CXR Member and Global Head of Talent Acquisition at Ford Motor Company, Melissa Thompson joins us this week to share how she is working to re-calibrate her TA Team on what they do and what they deliver to best meet the needs of the business.

This week we're diving into our latest Quarterly Research Report: Touch vs Tech in Talent Acquisition. Listen in as our research facilitators share insights regarding the future of talent acquisition and finding a balance of technology vs human touch.

We're looking forward to talking with Mike Wolford, author of “The AI Recruiter” and articles like “6 Ways to Use GPT-4 for Recruiting." We'll be digging into the future of AI in Talent Acquisition - specifically how AI has changed the world so far, what is new in our space and what we can look forward to. Join us live on LinkedIn to ask your questions.

This week we are joined by two CXR Community members from Carmax: Hatch Reppard, Senior Manager TA, and Troy Shullick, Sourcing Recruiting Manager. We'll be talking about the dynamics between Sourcing Recruiters & Corporate Recruiters and how to build a successful partnership.

When we saw this article from Tracey Parsons, co-founder of Flockity, we knew we'd want to talk to her about it. Her take: there should be Lemon Laws in recruiting. "Many EVPs are not honest, differentiated (not all, just many) and there are no consequences for this activity. So why aren't there Lemon Laws for work?"

Telling the story of TA internally is a topic that comes up often in our Community and we're looking forward to digging into it with DaVita's Vice President of Talent Acquisition, Nataliya Wilson. Data, Performance transparency, incentives that align with larger business needs and more will be on the table!

This week we're joined by Cielo CEO, Marissa Geist to talk about a trend she's been watching closely: the convergence of RPO and SaaS. While the actual talent remains a core business responsibility, the capabilities of a traditional talent partnership are being disassembled to create a unified ecosystem to advise, enable and deliver integrated solutions. We'll be talking about the industry opportunities this creates and what a world of client talent partnerships might look like.

We're looking forward to chatting with CXR member, Todd Phillips the VP of Recruiting at Total Quality Logistics. He's leading two large scale initiatives to improve hiring outcomes and we're going to talk through those plans and the early results. We know many of you are focused on improving the quality of talent you bring into your organization and hope you're able to join us for this conversation - remember comments shared on LI during the livestream might be called out during the broadcast!

Join us this week with special guest Peter Block, author of many books including Abundant Community and Activating the Common Good. We'll be talking about community from the perspective of Relational Activism. Relational activism is about ways of being together that produce accountability and action.

This week we're joined by James Ellis, Author & Chief Brand Builder for Employer Brand Labs. He's been working on a new project he's calling "The Definition of Insanity" focused on the need to inject new thinking into common problems.

CXR Community Member, Laura Fields Sr Director Recruiting Operations at Spectrum, joins us this week to share practical applications of AI in Talent Acquisition. (And no, generating job postings is not one of her tips!) Listen in as Laura shares how Spectrum is using AI to improve decision-making in the hiring funnel. She will address practical considerations for TA professionals when implementing artificial intelligence in a company and how to select the right solution for your problem - including ideas for generative AI solutions we should be pushing our vendors to offer and recommendations for offerings we should skip.

This week we're joined by Libby Sartain, Independent Board Director, Former CHRO Yahoo! Inc. and Southwest Airlines Co. She'll be sharing practical things to consider for leaders who are thinking of "what's next" and looking to give back in the next phase of their career.

Join the Recruiting Community Podcast with Rocki Howard, Founder & Chief Diversiologist at Diversiology. We'll be talking about ways we can make the world of work more engaged and inclusive while discussing recent research and polling results about DE&I adoption.

Talent acquisition is rising in importance in many - but not all - organizations. We're looking forward to talking about how to improve the internal perception of TA with business leaders with Kerry Karle, VP of Talent Acquisition at Dish Network.

We've been looking forward to this conversation for a while: Social algorithms vs talent intelligence -- how do you best evaluate / find the full digital footprint of a professional? We'll be debating the options and experiences surrounding that question with two of the best: Brad Cook, retired Global TA Leader and Hari Kolam, Co-founder & CEO at Findem.

Three years ago CareerXroads founded the CXR Foundation. This non-profit organization is dedicated to improving the recruiting industry and TA leadership skills. At its heart is a program called CXR Cares. This week Chris Hoyt will be wearing his Foundation President hat as he interviews the CXR Cares committee chairs: Céleste Luzadder and Sheila Stygar about their vision for this program. Tune in to learn about opportunities to get involved and share your talents.

For 50 years HR professionals have turned to HRCI for learning and development on topics ranging from workforce analytics to DE&I and beyond. We're thrilled to be joined by Amy Dufrane, CEO of HRCI and HRSI, as she talks to us about the importance of learning and staying on top of developments in the world of TA & HR.

One of our CommunityUP members, Deb Yarnall, has been collecting some interesting data points during her TA job search. We all realize that TA has been experiencing some unusual times in the past few years and we're curious to hear what trends Deb has noticed as a TA leader and job candidate. Which industry ghosted her the most? Does having an insider help land an interview? Learn answers to these questions and more during this week's episode.

This week we welcome John Wilson, CEO of WilsonHCG. He has strong insights into workplace cultures and talent planning and will be sharing what he sees as key talent acquisition trends to watch for in 2024.

Our topic this week? How the National Association of Colleges & Employers (NACE) is evolving post pandemic. And who better to talk about it than the CEO & President of NACE, Shawn VanDerziel. We're looking forward to digging into campus recruiting & how its changed (and is still changing).