Everything people and workforce—recruiting, marketing, technology, talent management, and workforce economics—delivered with biting sarcasm and unapologetic snark. Industry misfits Chad Sowash and Joel Cheesman bring their no-holds-barred opinions to dissect news, trends, and the occasional dumpster fire. If you’re a hiring company, staffing firm, or vendor looking for insights (and a thick skin), these two won’t just tell you what’s happening—they’ll tell you why you’re probably doing it wrong. Buckle up, buttercup.
The Shred is a bite-sized bit of recruitment news to help make sure you’re in-the-know, even if you’re on-the-go. The Shred is brought to you by Recruitology.
Forget about Canvas being a text recruiting solution. The new Canvas (no relation) is all about creating a diversity recruitment platform to reignite the employment landscape and bring DEI to the masses. Good thing for them, Firing Squad loves shooting down startups with big dreams. So can this Canvas eclipse the achievements of the old Canvas? Gotta listen to find out. Firing Squad is sponsored by PandoLogic.
Welcome to LGBTQ+ for Dummies -- Part 3 It's PRIDE month and we're celebrating and learning more about the LGBTQ+ community. And as a straight white male, I thought it fitting that I'd ask the uncomfortable questions many of us are afraid to ask. To answer these questions we have special guest expert Michelle Raymond from myGwork, a LinkedIn-like platform for the LGBTQ+ community, who will be droppin' the knowledge. Listen and Learn!
Cage match time! On this week's podcast, Eightfold AI and Beamery play dueling valuations, following some massive funding rounds. King Kong vs. Godzilla ain't got nothin' on our industry. We even throw startup Gloat into the mix, as they count the investment dollars and look to take on the parade of platform wannabes. Plus, Houston, we have a problem, Toobin is back in ya' face (eww) and it (still) ain't easy on a stripper. Enjoy another Sovren, Jobvite, and JobAdx powered episode.
The Shred is a bite-sized bit of recruitment news to help make sure you’re in-the-know, even if you’re on-the-go. The Shred is brought to you by Recruitology.
Some podcasters do it for the fun. Chad & Cheese? Global domination. That's why we've set our sites on Europe after conquering America and have enlisted the help of some locals to make sense of the Old Country. In this episode, the first-ever from the new 'Does Europe' show, the boys discuss the labor crunch and ongoing work-from-home issues plaguing European employers and workers. Then they throw in some Facebook bullsh!t for good measure.
Welcome to LGBTQ+ for Dummies -- Part 2 It's PRIDE month and we're celebrating and learning more about the LGBTQ+ community. And as a straight white male, I thought it fitting that I'd ask the uncomfortable questions many of us are afraid to ask. To answer these questions we have special guest expert Michelle Raymond from myGwork, a LinkedIn-like platform for the LGBTQ+ community, who will be droppin' the knowledge. Listen and Learn!
A 1970s' Johnny Paycheck song captures the feeling of today's job market. Take This Job and Shove It! Yes, even with an unprecedented number of unfilled jobs and quitting on the rise, will we be able to find the balance people desperately need? Change is hard, and Chad & Cheese are dropping a nightly recording over beers and bourbon to work out all this post-pandemic drama. SAP treats employees like adults, while Apple's controlled WFH "culture" strategy starts a mutiny. Don't worry kids, if culture as a control device doesn't work employers are also trying to cook up cybersecurity as a way to force you back in the office. Is it legit or just more bullshit? We also throw in some new funding and a good ol' fashioned Superpower Dust-Up for good measure. It's the end of the world as we know it, and Chad & Cheese feel fine. As always, your favorite podcast is powered by Sovren, Jobvite, and JobAdx.
The Shred is a bite-sized bit of recruitment news to help make sure you’re in-the-know, even if you’re on-the-go. The Shred is brought to you by Recruitology.
He's the Prince of Programmatic. Well,.. A Prince... Rob Prince. On this episode, we dive into programmatic and all things UK with our good buddy Rob Prince, VP of sales at TalentNexus. Coming out of COVID, employers are hungrier than ever to leverage the latest in job distribution tech to fill these hard-to-fill positions and a ton of other topics and opinions around IndeedIQ, Broadbean, Sir Richard Collins, Pando IQ, chatbots, Madeline Laurano's research, Stepstone and Appcast, a little VONQ and where does LinkedIn, ZipRecruiter and Google for Jobs stand in the UK? While the US is usually 5 years ahead of the Europeans, Rob is always good at making us feel behind the times. He'll probably do the same for you if you'd only listen to this NEXXT exclusive.
Welcome to LGBTQ+ for Dummies -- Part 1 It's PRIDE month and we're celebrating and learning more about the LGBTQ+ community. And as a straight white male, I thought it fitting that I'd ask the uncomfortable questions many of us are afraid to ask. To answer these questions we have special guest expert Michelle Raymond from myGwork, a LinkedIn-like platform for the LGBTQ+ community, who will be droppin' the knowledge. Listen and Learn!
Guess who's coming to Europe? On March 10th, 2017 The Chad and Cheese launched our first show. Over the years, Joel and I have focused heavily on the US market while trying our best to find relevant and smart global stories and as our global base of loyal listeners grew we started having discussions around a more European-based show, but we needed someone embedded in the European market to bring that certain je ne sais quoi, but most of all someone who could provide great European insights to our dumb American opinions.
It's a Stack-quisition... Wait, that sounds familiar! Stack the Steal! Dollar bills, ya'll! Developer community Stack Overflow, one of the 50 most popular websites in the world, was acquired this week for a juicy $1.8 billion, an absolute steal by Github standards. What else? The boys play a little Buy-or-Sell, then discuss the ongoing nightmare that is labor shortages, vaccine mandates, and chase it all with a little change in weed testing at Amazon. Finally, it turns out potheads can organize warehouse merchandise too. It's another shot of aural goodness, powered by Jobvite, Sovren, and JobAdx.
Time to turn the snark up to eleven, people. Four years in the making, industry icon - or at least iconic in millennial terms - Matt Charney sits down with the boys for a chat about his latest role at SmartRecruiters, his take on the hottest HR tech vendors at the moment, and his distaste for most-things-SHRM. Resistance is futile. Turn it up! Snarky pod powered by Nexxt, you need better response rates? Of course you do, so contact Nexxt to received better-targeted candidates who respond!
ZipRecruiter? More Like Dip-Recruiter... Am I right? The boys both turn 50-years-old this week, which means a lot of mature, grown-up, and responsible commentary on the world of work. Ha! Just kidding, they talk trash about the ZipRecruiter IPO, Amazon buying MGM, BrightHire raising money, Jumpstart rebranding as Canvas (bet that's fun for salespeople who have to field questions about text recruiting now), the world losing its collective mind over WFH, and weed in the workplace. Whew! Buckle-up, this is one long-winded, meandering piece of industry goodness. As always, your favorite podcast is powered by Jobvite, JobAdx, and Sovren.
The Shred is a bite-sized bit of recruitment news to help make sure you’re in-the-know, even if you’re on-the-go. The Shred is brought to you by Recruitology.
Allyn Bailey first joined us on a stage in Canada at The Gathering as Intel's Talent Acquisition Transformation Manager. She blew us away. Since then, she got promoted and has since moved on, so we thought it might be a good time to have her back on the show. We chat about the advancements in technology and tools, the increased demands from organizations dealing with new workforce needs, the current state of recruitment marketing, and TA in a big company vs. an SMB. Get comfy for this one, and soak in the smarts during this Sovren powered pod.
This week's episode reads like an alternative to the movie Boogie Nights. We're talkin' a Mya, Wade & Wendy ménage à trois, strippers and exploding vaginas. Oh, and we even have a European standing in for Chad, who's basking in the Costa Rica sunshine. A-hole! To stick it to him, we discuss Amazon and checks from the government in his absence. Let's get funky! As always, Sovren, JobAdx and Jobvite are bringing the kink.
The Shred is a bite-sized bit of recruitment news to help make sure you’re in-the-know, even if you’re on-the-go. The Shred is brought to you by Recruitology.
Think your company has an inclusive work culture? Might be time to reevaluate. Maybe. The boys sit down for a chat with Kanarys cofounder and COO Star Carter in hopes of getting to the heart of the matter. Want more? We cover law firm tokenism, venture capital racism, and aspirational diversity goals (THIS DOESN'T FLOW QUITE RIGHT). It's a great discussion around inclusion, fundraising, and entrepreneurship.
The Shred is a bite-sized bit of recruitment news to help make sure you’re in-the-know, even if you’re on-the-go. The Shred is brought to you by Recruitology. Totaljobs, Cornerstone Acquire Mya Systems.
It's an episode full of head-scratchers and high fivers. Oh, and a unicorn. Handshake is now in the Billionaire Valuations Club, which these days is just called another week in TA tech. Outmatch acquired Harver, which sets them up nicely for The Great Reopening, and Glassdoor wannabe Blind raised a bunch of money and even introduced a revenue model (semi-anonymity might actually work out ... or not). In the post-pandemic segment, Google's labor union keeps kicking ass, Wendy's comes up short, and UBI isn't happening anytime soon. Oh, and just shoot us for writing this, TikTok jobs is happening. Ugh. Another aural orgasm brought to you by Jobvite, Sovren, and JobAdx.
Outmatch is on the hunt, since last September Outmatch has acquired Launchpad, FirstPerson, Checkster, and now...... Big thanks Recruitology for supporting The Shred. Recruitology brings machine learning and AI to virtual job fairs, remember when virtual job fairs were lame? Not anymore, check out how you can leverage candidate matching and programmatic job distribution with a virtual job fair at recruitology.com/employers.
Job descriptions used to be so easy. Five lines in the local newspaper and done. Then the Internet came along and gave us unlimited white space, leading to a serious lack of quality ever since. No, copying and pasting from Craigslist does not stellar job postings, so here comes JobDescriptions.ai to try and solve a really big problem, helping automate listings and optimize them in the process. Can founder Oras Al Kubaisi tame the fury of Firing Squad and elicit rousing applause? Gotta listen, as always, to find out on this PandoLogic exclusive. The REVOLUTION is here!
Just when Indeed looks like they've run out of spaghetti to throw at the wall, they did what this week? We're clearly not in Kansas anymore, Dorothy! This week's topics are confusing at best. Who's steering the ship at "The World's Largest Job Site."? Facebook Workplace makes us ask ourselves WTF? Uncomfortable white guys at Basecamp send a third of the staff running. Return to work confusion continues at big companies like Google and JP Morgan. and we throw in drones and military dogs roaming the streets of NYC for good measure. We're talking end of days shit here people. As always, your favorite AWARD WINNING podcast is powered by JobAdx, Sovren, and Jobvite.
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