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.
Ever been stood up on a date? Yeah, we know the feeling after being stood up by our TOP STORY this week, although we're making lemons into lemonade and point you toward an acquisition. Shhhh, don't tell anyone. Plus Shakespeare, Wonder Woman, and free flights to Hawaii means this episode has it all. Another active week in recruiting saw more start-up investment, more shots at Dice, more competition for Indeed, and much more. Enjoy this Shaka-filled edition, sponsored by Jobvite, JobAdx, and Sovren. Mahalo!
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.
It's 2020. If you don't laugh, you'll cry. That's why the boys bring Ray Ellin, comedian and founder of Comedy Cloud to the podcast. Ellin's company brings top-notch comedians to corporate Zoom calls. In addition to laughs, we're talkin' better employee morale, engagement and just a break from the daily monotony of working. Take a break, grab some headphones and have a few laughs on us and our sponsor NEXXT.
Question: When does paint in a can become lightening in a bottle? Answer: At 1 million+ TikTok subscribers We recently talked about Tony Piloseno, a former Sherwin-Williams employee and TikTok superstar who was recently fired from Sherwin-Williams for posting videos about his passion, paint. It didn't matter that Tony had a million and a half followers or had videos with a million views; what was important was the integrity of the brand, blah, blah, blah. Listen to Tony's story and why companies need to wise-up to the fact that empowering employees on social media might actually be a good thing. Powered by Symphony Talent helping companies find their inner Cult Brand.
Did someone order a weekly podcast with extra Slack? This week, the boys dive headfirst into... Salesforce acquires Slack - what does that mean for the likes of LinkedIn / Microsoft, Are stock options for gig workers, Talkpush & Vervoe are gettin' cozy, Hiring in the wine industry going all tech, and Monster has come a long way since Super Bowl ads, not in a good way. As always, your favorite podcast is sponsored by Jobvite, JobAdx, and Sovren.
The Chad & Cheese tip line has uncovered that recruitment automation vendor Entelo seems to be wasting away as their CTO and CFO have left the organization within the past 2-3 months and.... 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.
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.
The "skills gap" is a lie and we've all been duped. Well, everyone with the exception of Suresh Naidu. Suresh is a professor of economics and international and public affairs at Columbia University as well as a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, external faculty at the Santa Fe Institute, and a research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, for starters. Needless to say, this interview is heady so prepare to take notes as we talk deep workforce economics, monopsony, market power, unions, and believe it or not the Company Town still exists. Na na na na na... Our podcast is smarter than yours! Seriously, this genius power is powered by the crazy amazing parsing and matching of Sovren. Sovren, software so human you'll want to take it to dinner.
In a shortened holiday week, the podcast is loaded with solid content. We're talkin' acquisitions from Vettery - Adecco by proxy - and VONQ, New York City getting tough on A.I. hiring, thanks HireVue, Unwoke's dip into the dead pool, DICE innovating like it's 2011 and much, much more. Grab some pumpkin pie, put on your fat boy pants and enjoy another active week in recruitment, as always, powered by Jobvite, Sovren 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.
Turkey, stuffing, pumpkin pie and a heavy dose of seasonal goodness from Chad & Cheese make an appearance on this special podcast. No jive turkeys here! The boys welcome Hourly's Quincy Valencia to talk things in our industry to be thankful for, as well as what turkeys showed-up on our radar in 2020. You'll laugh, you'll cry. Hell, you'll ask for seconds!
It's the podcast where the hosts are always socially distant, or at least mentally distant. This week on The Chad & Cheese Podcast, iCIMS is taking no prisoners, making another acquisition, while OutMatch says, "Two can play that game." We have earnings out from Indeed and Glassdoor parent company Recruit Holdings, and Google faces the music in Europe as job board owned take aim with accusations of antitrust. Want more? The boys also chat about Canadian robots, Northwest Arkansas and mountain bikes. Hold on to your poutine and grab a cold one on this Happy Hour edition of HR's most dangerous podcast, always sponsored by Sovren, JobAdx, and Jobvite.
Susan Vitale, CMO at popular ATS iCIMS, has 15 years experience in the industry. In addition to just being one of our favorite people, she's always a great person to have on and talk shop. In this episode, Susan tells the boys about the latest iCIMS rebrand, where applicant tracking systems will be in 10 years, who's coming to their online conference, and much more. Enjoy this COMPANY exclusive.
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.
More fun than a press conference at the Four Seasons Total Landscaping parking lot, Chad & Cheese bring plenty of red meat this week. We're talkin' big acquisitions, ousted CEOs, empowered women, and ticked-off Mexicans. It's gettin' loco out there, amigos, so take a break from the world and slide away to the sweet sounds of two middle-aged white guys from the American Midwest. It's a party, and Sovren, JobAdx, and Jobvite are bringing the appetizers.
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.
The business of bringing old resumes in your ATS back to life was pretty hot a few years ago. The trend, however, has faded a bit in light of all the other shiny things out there, but Pearl is hoping to bring sexy back. Do they have what it takes, or will they be another victim of the Firing Squad. Gotta listen to find out, as the boys put founder and CEO Tim Connors to the test. Firing Squad powered by the programmatic experts at Pandologic.
We're not sure how much longer our livers can take 2020, and Election Day hasn't helped matters. In fact, it's making things worse, so what better opportunity for a little therapy than the weekly podcast? The boys discuss Trumpism, Kamala, the American Worker, LGBTQ wins, Sausage Kings, Russians and crossbows. Wait, what?!?!?! You'll want to stick around till the end, trust me. Always a winner on Election Day? 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.
I mean, could we really NOT do a 2020 Election episode? Of course not, so we've invited infamous social media troll Ted Bauer - equal parts northeast liberal and Texas conservative - to the podcast. The guys talk about everything from what went array in 2016, to the top issues and differences of 2020 and, of course, predictions. If Sovren's AI would've had this discussion it would have been much smarter... Enjoy and VOTE!
Ethan Bloomfield is a recruitment tech industry veteran who helped vendors like JobTarget & ZipRecruiter growth hack from ground zero. Ethan currently spends his time on the beach in Costa Rica while growth hacking for TruckersReport.com, another industry that need solutions to problems Ethan is currently hacking. Enjoy this blast into the past and then catapult into the future as three industry veteran chat and argue about growth hacking, tech, process, and more... This podcast powered by the silky smooth talent attraction products of NEXXT.
Halloween is right around the corner, and this episode of HR's most dangerous podcast is full of tricks and treats. For companies like Eightfold, Jobsync, The Mom Project, Gem, Jobscore and Burger King, the bag of goodies is full of M&Ms, Snickers and Reese's. But who got a rock? The Charlie Browns on this week's show include TikTok wannabe Heroes Jobs, MySpace wannabe Everyone Social and has-been Monster. Sorry, we can't compete with the horrors of Election Day and a global pandemic, but for talent acquisition, this week's podcast is right up there with The Exorcist and Poltergeist. As always, Sovren, JobAdx and Jobvite are the ones filling our goodie bag.
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.
Busting the myth of meritocracy is a must. That's the strong opinion of inclusion and belonging specialist (and proud Gen X'er) Joanne Lockwood, and she's on the podcast to educate a couple of white dudes on why it's so important if we're going to have workplaces on inclusion and diversity in the future. "The best man for the job," is evolving and Jo breaks it all down in this NEXXT exclusive.
It was just a joke to some when it burst onto the recruitment landscape years ago, but Tengai, the robot recruiter born in Sweden is still here, suckers. And now it speaks English, so the boys thought it was worth a chat about what's going on with the company, the tech, and that craziness that is Swedes eating rotten fish. Yuck! Virus-free, fluent in English and a little less creep than last year, Tengai isn't going anywhere. They don't care about your shade. Sorta like Abba's Greatest Hits. This episode supported and powered Sovren, the AI, parsing, and matching tech so human you'll want to take it to dinner.
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