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.
Mason Wong, is a VETERAN of recruiting and currently responsible for Lyft's applicant tracking system to support their recruitment team. Mason has his finger on the pulse of the Recruiting community and shares those views with Chad & Cheese at Jobvite's Recruiting Nation LIVE!
TMP / AIA / CKR / Maximum acquires Carve Who is Carve Carve, a London social media firm, has a rich heritage (13 year or so) of framing global social strategies that distinctly position its clients as leaders in the marketplace. The company is known for its ability to deliver forward-thinking social excellence for a range of high-profile clients. Carve’s product suite includes a social analytics dashboard to help clients identify trends, support decisions and drive ROI...
Do you believe in something so much that you would shut down a product because of that belief? Hiring Solved explains data, HiQ ruling impact, and why they are shutting down Prophet - their Chrome sourcing extension. Nothing but the best from your beer buddies Chad & Cheese :) And of course your friends at Jobcase, who supports great EXCLUSIVE podcast content.
Sponsored by Happy Recruiter, 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.
- HackerRank playing it smart with LinkedIn - Jobiqo finds them a sugar daddy - Talenya joins the "bot craze" - The Irish & Techfynder are Comin' to America - Joel blames millennials, while Chad blames robots and more on this week's episode of The Chad and Cheese. Brought to you by those lovely people from JobAdX, Sovren, and Canvas. BIG APPLAUSE!
When you think of iconic brands, names like Nike, Budweiser and Apple come to mind. However, cities can become cult brands, just like products. And perhaps the most well-known city in the U.S., with the most well-known brand, is Las Vegas. In this episode, the boys bring on Cathy Tull, former CMO of Las Vegas' Convention and Visitors Authority, who oversaw this positioning and lived to tell the tale ... and she's telling it to The Chad & Cheese Podcast. Enjoy this Smashfly exclusive.
You probably know Mailchimp. And if you don't know them, you've definitely received an email via their platform, which enables marketers to send messages in bulk. For the most part, the concept is still pretty alien to most recruiters, but Collegia is here to change that ... or at least they hope so. Checkout this episode of Firing Squad to see if they've got what it takes to survive the big guns. Enjoy this Talroo exclusive.
Chad & Cheese are always looking for legitimate excuses to consume beer, chat-up start-ups and provide quality podcast content. Enter Brew Review, where they check all the boxes above. You're welcome. Enjoy this very first show, with special guest This Way Global from Last Stand Brewing Co.
What do you get when you combine one of the industry's most popular conferences, free booze and a hoard of ravenous Chad & Cheese fans? A weekly podcast highlighted by sleep-deprivation, hoarse voices and inexplicably unintelligible commentary. In need of some serious hydration, Chad & Cheese still find a way to bring the pain. Enjoy, and bow down to our sponsors: Sovren, JobAdx and Canvas.
We chat with a lot of recruitment solution makers, but it's great to connect with the actual buyers and users whenever possible. Jobvite's Recruiter Nation Live event, which recently went down in San Francisco, was a great time to sit down with some practitioners and get the nitty-gritty on what's getting them hyped about the future of TA tech. Enjoy.
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. Sponsored by Dora from Happy Recruiter.com
Recruiting at Intel is becoming smarter and smarter. Driven by PhD Tyler Weeks, the company is strongly committed to analytics and automation. The boys explore exactly what that means in this Nexxt exclusive. Enjoy and learn something, would ya'!
What a week. A Death Match winner was announced Alexa is serving up jobs with McDonald's fries Indeed competitor neuvoo gets paid Nike puts on a cult brand clinic Monster drops the ax Uncommon calls it quits after 18 mos. and $18 million ... and much more. Enjoy this week's show, powered by Sovren, Canvas and JobAdx.
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Best-selling author, branding expert and former Airbnb global head of community, Douglas Atkin, joins Chad & Cheese in their Cult Brand Series of podcasts. In this episode, Atkin breaks down the importance of companies living their purpose, first and foremost. Enjoy this Smashfly exclusive.
Nothing quite compares to U, and nothing compares to tech recruiting. To say it's a competitive landscape is a major understatement, and HackerRank is doing all they can to make the process as efficient as possible. To learn more about what's going on, the boys interviewed HackerRank CEO Vivek Ravisankar. Dude's smart, and surprisingly hilarious. Enjoy.
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All the big boys were active this week. Indeed made a big rebrand, which its sales people will love because prospects may return calls now, LinkedIn added testing and Google for Jobs is now in another European country. And what podcast these days would be complete without TikTok and how it's probably a Trojan horse for the Chinese government. Enjoy and show JobAdx, Sovren and Canvas lots of love and affection.
There are a lot of myths floating around out there about recruiting. Contrary to popular belief, the sky really isn't falling, Chicken Little. Not at all. Author Steve Lowisz joins the boys to talk about his new book, Recruiting Sucks ... But It Doesn't Have To, to dispel the seven most popular myths hovering around today's recruiting environment. Enjoy this Talroo exclusive.
"We (Jobvite) have a responsibility to empower hiring companies with the data to explain the business outcomes they are achieving." - Aman Brar, CEO Jobvite "After listening all I could thing that it's time for Talent Acquisition to start talking the actual business talk while doing their damndest to walk the walk" - Chad Listen and enjoy!
It's The Shred - a mini-Chad and Cheese bite of Breaking News -- This is Chad Sowash The Shred is brought to you by HappyRecruiter.com, check out their chatbot Dora. Dora is the recruiter's personal robot assistant that helps recruiters hire more candidates, faster and that's how your company becomes more cost-efficient. Check Dora out at HappyRecruiter.com -- On to the NEWS. Dateline Cleveland Ohio... Evergreen Podcasts, a Cleveland, Ohio-based podcast network, is proud to announce a partnership with The Chad & Cheese Podcast. Known in industry circles as “HR’s Most Dangerous Podcast,”... The Podcast Industry is booming and to effectively scale - that means get bigger and better - we needed a solid partner, which is why we're excited to partner with the kickass team over at Evergreen. Back in March of 2017 when we launched Chad & Cheese we had no clue where this would go. Today, Joel and I want to become a major catalyst in growing the Evergreen network with podcast voices from the HR, TA, Employment Brand, Marketing and Cult Brand sectors, combined with new voices who deserve to be lifted and heard - that's right people -- WE HAVE MORE TO COME... STAY TUNED Big thanks to HappyRecruiter.com for supporting The Shred. Try Dora - the recruiter assistant out for 3 free projects. No Credit Card required, you can stop at any time. Dora makes Happy Recruiter, check Dora out at HappyRecruiter.com Sowash Out! EvergreenPodcasts.com Press Release - https://www.prweb.com/releases/evergreen_lands_hr_s_most_dangerous_podcast_to_expand_its_podcast_network/prweb16576939.htm
It's more Recfest gold from London. What should job boards do to survive and thrive in the age of AI, RPA and all of the other noisy acronyms? Chad and Cheese have ideas...
You heard it first on The Shred, and the boys go deep into the legal case pitting hiQ against 800-lb. gorilla LinkedIn that’s left LinkedIn licking its wounds. What’s more, McDonald’s is making acquisitions that will impact workers while Walmart is working to employ teens while California says Uber drivers aren’t contract workers anymore. Oh, and Trump is reportedly launching a Facebook-killer. Enjoy and pay respect to the sponsors that make it all happen: Sovren, JobAdx and Canvas.
Best-selling author, branding expert and former Airbnb global head of community, Douglas Atkin, joins Chad & Cheese in their Cult Brand Series of podcasts. Enjoy this Smashfly exclusive.
You may know best-selling author Dan Pink for well known books like When, To Sell is Human and Drive, but you’ve never heard him like this. A must-listen for subscribers. Enjoy this Nexxt exclusive.
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