The Chad & Cheese Podcast

Halloween and Election Day are right around the corner, but that's nothing compared to the scream-inspiring news that came out of recruiting this week. Let's see... Handshake looks like the new MonsterTrak, Job descriptions are actually getting worse, Bomerang layoffs are now a thing (thanks pandemic!), Automation is coming after 85 million jobs ...and reporters are doing Zoom meetings with their pants down.  Talk about heads spinning, vomit covering the walls and chainsaws coming after your melon, recruiting has us deep in the fetal position. As always, HR's most dangerous podcast is powered by Sovren, JobAdx, and Jobvite.

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 not often we get a Y Combinator company to pitch on Firing Squad, so let's start with 'you're welcome, listeners.' So, who's up? CEO Prem Kumar brings his A Game and Combinator credentials to the Firing Squad with Humanly. The company promises candidate screening, scheduling, and engagement at scale. Is this a broken promise? Gotta listen to this Chad & Cheese gem, sponsored by PandoLogic, to find out.

As if 2020 wasn't scary enough, Halloween is on the way, which means Cheesman's waistline is scared to death of Reese's Peanut Buttercups, but that's nothing to the horror show that is CareerBuilder. Rumors of a massive CareerBuilder cyberattack iCIMS gets super-cozy with Microsoft, .jobs drama, not drama? and Oreo commercial that'll melt the coldest of hearts (and attract the best of top talent). You want more, greedy? Then how about a Yelp-inspired beatdown in Florida. Now that's scary! Enjoy your favorite podcast, made possible by Jobvite, JobAdx, and Sovren.

Mom's are the best, but they usually get the short end of the stick when it comes to career advancement. Then COVID comes along and we all start to understand the trials and tribulations of balancing a house, work, and life much like working mothers have since... FOREVER. Mom's already had cred, but this is a new kind of cred complete with a new world type of balance, management, and leadership. Plus a need for equal hiring practices and top talent... Enter The Mom Project who hopes to invigorate and balance the market. The Chad and Cheese have a chat with CEO and founder Allison Robinson to check on the current state of moms in the workforce, the impact of COVID, governments role and much more. Enjoy this groove filled podcast provided by Sovren. AI so human you'll eat that robot's fresh baked cookies and just as sleep tight...

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.

You want the best? We got the best! In this interview for RECFEST World One, Chad & Cheese bring two of the most influential figures pertaining to recruitment and A.I. Jobvite CEO Aman Brar and This Way Global founder Angela Hood have a chat about all things tech in employment. Get ready for 25 mins. of must-see recruitment gems to take your strategy to the next level.

While cooling fall temperatures are sneaking up on us, the world remains a hot mess - Trump gets 'The Rona,' R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen and flies love V.P. Mike Pence - and the podcast keeps it spicy. This week: AllyO and Hirevue get comfy, Unleash (HR)wins big, Glassdoor wants to put a number on equality and strippers are taking matters into their owns hands (and laptops). Who needs a champagne room anyway? Hey, no touching! As always, The Chad & Cheese Podcast is powered by Sovren, JobAdx and Jobvite.

There are bad recruiters. There are good recruiters. And there are great recruiters. Founder Adam Conrad hopes his startup, Great Recruiters, will help agencies better manage recruiting teams and sorting through the best and worst performers. Better recruiters make for better candidate experiences too, so things sound pretty solid, right? Well, the Firing Squad will be the ultimate judge on whether this company is truly "great," or if it needs to be taken behind the barn and put out of its misery. Time to step-up to The Squad. Enjoy this PandoIQ 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.

A hot mess inside a dumpster fire inside a train wreck might best describe this week. The boys unleash on everyone from: CareerBuilder can't get their messaging right iCIMS would like to reintroduce themselves LinkedIn devolves quickly Indeed goes away from their winning ways Phenom People acquires My Ally Want more? How about Amazon drones up in ya’ face! 2020 keeps gettin’ kinda hectic. As always, the weekly episode is sponsored by JobAdx, Sovren, and Jobvite.

It's time for the uncomfortable and hard conversations kids. If someone you know or are connected to promotes racism what would you do? Would you actively engage and educate? Or would you just hide and hope it all goes away? Well people, it is not going away and Madison Butler will not have any of it. Madison on LinkedIn aka Corporate Unicorn on Twitter speaks her mind and attracts racists on LinkedIn like a tiki torch magnet. This podcast segment hammers away on one burning question... How do we stop hiring racists?

CareerBuilder sells what? 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.

While the likes of Facebook, Amazon, Google and Apple are on trial for anticompetitive behavior, maybe Indeed should be thrown in the mix too. Indeed rumors of cutting programmatic competition off at the knees Naughty-naughty, much like Civvl, "the Uber of eviction teams." Classy. Outmatch and Launchpad provide hope and smaller cities who are seeing the big city masses coming their way. Hello suburban home appreciation! And much more on this Sovren, JobAdx, and Jobvite powered production.

Is it a chatbot?  No, it's conversational AI. Wait, that's the same thing right? What can a bot do? How should it/her/he/they engage? All legit questions and reasons why Adam Godson and Josh Zywien, Paradox hot shots, join The Chad and Cheese Podcast.  Wait, what about that McDonald's Alexa train wreck from last year? Oh yes, we cover that too :)  Knowledge powered by the AI Gods at Sovren.com

Dumpster fires produce a lot of smoke, but none produce the amount of smoke that CareerBuilder's dumpster fire produces month-after-month. This week, the boys discuss: - 300M Reasons to Keep Hating CareerBuilder - The Great Rehire? - Then we pullback the covers on a crappy Glassdoor wannabe - Target gets it's diversity on - and give Indeed a little love for its latest initiative. This episode is going to hit the spot with Taco Bell wine and chocolate-covered Whoppers! Mmm, life is good. As always, you're favorite podcast is powered by JobAdx, Jobvite, and Sovren.

Is this a flashback press release from 2012? CareerBuilder Commits to Three-Year, $300M Talent Acquisition Investment... 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.

Let's blow shit up.... AGAIN!  Cindy Gallop doesn't waste any time throwing haymakers in this final episode. (Click here for Episode 1)  Who is Cindy Gallop? Wait, have you been in a cave for a decade? Cindy Gallop, founder and former chair of the US branch of advertising firm Bartle Bogle Hegarty, and founder of the IfWeRanTheWorld and MakeLoveNotPorn companies is a brand or business icon. Cindy boils down complex topics in an elegant way right before slapping the listener with the honesty they need and deserve.   Enjoy this Symphony Talent powered The Chad and Cheese interview where Cindy talks hiring individuals with disabilities, answers the question "Should white dudes just STFU?" and deploys advice to Daddy Cheese.

Pre-screening technology talent is hot, with employers clamoring for a better ways to find engineers while testing their core competencies, filtering out the bull and false claims. Enter Woven, who promises to help employers find hidden gems in their talent funnels. Sounds good, but the boys have final say on whether or not this spunky upstart gets applause or an itchy trigger finger. Firing Squad is proudly powered by the programmatic powerhouse known as (((Monster Truck voice))) PandoLogic!!!

This week's show is a touchdown (honoring the NFL season, obvi ;) But it's a weird, surreal COVID kind of touchdown, like 2020 has delivered. But there is GOOD NEWS! Jobvite buys Talentegy Bullhorn banks Stone cold cash Amazon staffs up Netflix throws cash at top talent (not that kinda talent) Microsoft turns LinkedIn into a Facebook $$ machine ...and lots of death-by-automation. Want more you greedy bastards? How about a job board dedicated to space jobs! As always, powered by Sovren, JobAdx, and Jobvite.

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.

Let's blow shit up! Cindy Gallop, founder and former chair of the US branch of advertising firm Bartle Bogle Hegarty, and founder of the IfWeRanTheWorld and MakeLoveNotPorn companies is not your average brand or business innovator. Cindy brings a different level of candor to every discussion, meaning she will not mix words or beat around the bushes. A perfect The Chad & Cheese interview! Enjoy this Symphony Talent powered Chad and Cheese interview where Cindy talks hiring, equity, and technology for starters.

Economies run on healthy people. Healthy people are handcuffed to their employers. Entrepreneurs can only innovated if they can take those handcuffs off without the risk of losing their healthcare. How do we create a more healthy workforce and society? All hard questions that The Chad & Cheese can ask, but no way in HELL have the answer. Enter healthcare expert and former appointee by President Bill Clinton, John Gorman. John is a healthcare rockstar. At 25 years of age he was appointed as Assistant to the Director of Health Care Financing Administration’s (HCFA, now CMS) Office of Managed Care during the Clinton administration where was handling a $79 billion portfolio.... That's BILLION with a B kids. Big problems need big brains or AI developed by big brains. Enjoy this Sovren exclusive where the AI is the brain and so human you'll want to take it to dinner.

Can we have a moment of silence for the death of Hire by Google? OK, enough of that. On this week’s episode, the boys cover News from Florida, where SHRM conferences are competing for Darwin Awards Staffing agencies are getting gobbled up by job sites. SmartRecruiters kicks the cubical to the curb Ultimate + Kronos = Crayon Marketing Facebook plays the VR card Burger King keeps blowing our minds and we finally reveal Chad’s porn name. It’s a wild ride, recorded in-person from Columbus, Indiana and, as always, powered by Sovren, JobAdx, and Jobvite.