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.
Another Nexxt exclusive podcast, the boys sit down with two of the hottest TA tech companies in the vendor space: Clinch and Smashfly. Enjoy.
After a bit of hiatus and a stint at the Guiness Recover Unit at the local hospital, Chad & Cheese are back in the groove, sticking it to everyone who, let’s be honest, deserve it. Here’s a taste: Indeed’s new commercial has us scratching our heads and cussing the death of a great tune. Oh yeah, Indeed official raised prices too Google baby-steps into candidate search, but we suspect bigger ambitions LinkedIn gets its Snapchat on A NYC councilman has lost his damned mind Old people keep getting screwed Weed continues to be a magnet for investment cash, even in online recruitment … and a boatload more, boys and girls. Enjoy, and give our sponsors your wallets. Because, we said so. Lots of love to America’s Job Exchange, Sovren, Ratedly and NKOTB, JobAdX.
People on LinkedIn aren’t looking for a job and too many candidates on job boards aren’t qualified. Therein lies the heart of start-up Uncommon.co and how it hopes to break through the crowded space of recruitment technology. The company says it uses AI technology trained on over 50 million career paths and analyzes applicant resumes for hard skills, like expertise in data science or kinesiology, by looking for factors like degrees attained or years in a role; soft skills, like creativity and entrepreneurship, are found by extrapolating skills necessary for success in past jobs. Chad & Cheese put Teg Grenager, CEO, through the gauntlet and see if his company has what it takes to make it in the world of recruiting. The companies that put $18 million in their company recently certainly hope so. And after listening, be sure to checkout Jobs2Careers, exclusive sponsor of the show. Jobs 2 Awesome, more like it!
A Nexxt exclusive! One of the biggest treats from our time at TAtech in Ireland this month was the opportunity to see Hire with Google’s Bogomil Balkansky, VP Cloud Recruiting Solutions, present. A bigger treat was the opportunity to interview Bogomil at the social event from the Guinness brewery in Dublin. Enjoy.
The boys take their act across the Atlantic for TAtech Europe, conveniently scheduled around St. Patrick’s Day. Sláinte!
Call it the International Women’s Day episode, although it’s mostly about Millennial-bashing. This week: United Airlines does a U-turn on bonus lottery Glassdoor sends out conflicting messages about a price increase Burger King torches traditional recruitment advertising Jobu Jobs is the new “Tinder for jobs” player Activision coddles its Millennial employees … and a friggin’ bunch more, yo! Like always, go show out sponsors some love. America’s Job Exchange, Sovren, Ratedly, Catch 22 Consulting and our newest sponsor, JobAdX rock the house! And special thanks to Nexxt and Jobs2Careers for sponsoring our monthly shows.
March Madness is podcast madness, apparently. On this week’s episode, the “badasses” are talkin’: Google keeps kickin’ ass and takin’ names in employment tech Bloomberg says Glassdoor is headed toward IPO country Facebook eyes global market with jobs RealMatch is now PandoLogic, er, pandoIQ The new CareerBuilder looks pretty much like the old CareerBuilder, minus the orange Chucks Monster’s new ‘hype’ video Cash keeps flowing: Peakon, Nomad Health … and a shit-ton more. Enjoy and give our sponsors – Sovren, America’s Job Exchange, Ratedly, Nexxt, Jobs2Careers and Catch 22 Consulting – a blank check.
Money continues to flow into HR tech companies and people are still launching job boards. Yeah, you heard that right. Job boards. C’mon, really? The boys break down all the latest news. WorkHere pivots Find.jobs launches (is it now officially a failed experiment?) HireMaturity launches. Eons 2.0? Dynamic Signal get $36.5 million Vettery gets acquired for a rumored $100 million StatusToday scares the hell out of us! And a Halloween beat down that ended badly … very badly. Enjoy. And visit our kickass sponsors: America’s Job Exchange, Sovren, Nexxt, Ratedly, Catch 22 Consulting and Job2Careers. Feel the love!
The Chad and Cheese listeners know that Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning has taken center stage as the bright and shiny objects of the recruitment industry over the last year, but what about the entrance of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency? What the Hell does Blockchain and Cryptocurrency have to do with RECRUITING? We haven’t a damned clue which is why we have Jeff Tennery the CEO of Moonlighting.com is on the podcast to answer questions like: – Why do we need Blockchain Recruiting? – What could cryptocurrency mean to the world talent economy? – What the Hell is a Moonbit? – and … Is Moonlighting backed by Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd? Don’t forget this edu-tainment is made possible by the gang over at Nexxt and in the spirit of saving some currency (in dollars) – YOU can receive 25% off your first Text2Hire campaign by visiting nexxt.com/chadandcheese25. You are recruiting with text messages… Aren’t you?!?
Waking the dead in your resume database is all the rage. Companies like Crowded (Firing Squad alumni), Lever and ConveyIQ (formerly Take The Interview) are getting noticed for taking the best strategies in marketing and bringing them to recruitment. Candidate.ID is another company looking to take on this challenge and solve the problem of keeping candidates engaged and warm when a new opportunity arises instead of starting all over again to attract new talent. Chad and Cheese put the company’s CEO and co-founder Adam Gordon through the wringer to see if his company has the mettle to thrive in this new, competitive landscape. Will he get the gun? Gotta listen to find out. And be sure to checkout Jobs2Careers, exclusive sponsor of the show. Jobs 2 Awesome, more like it!
Dollar dollar bill ya’ll! Money is flowing into the recruitment tech space like a melting glacier into the Atlantic Ocean. In this week’s episode, ZipRecruiter eyes a new round of funding to the tune of $50 million, valuing the company at $1 billion, or the cost of both Monster and CareerBuilder put together. Plus: Recruiters calls out Indeed for three of their recent updates An Indeed employee goes off on Glassdoor Soda Stream got the ad right, but the execution blows RealMatch launches pandoIQ, and agencies are losing their minds A bunch of companies just got funding (hint, employee engagement is still hot) Workday gets generous. And much more. While listening, visit our sponsors: America’s Job Exchange, Sovren, Ratedly, Catch22 Consulting and the Campaign to Elect Chad & Cheese to President … of Monster.
We did an ad for this year’s Super Bowl. Monster’s going to love it!
On this week’s show: Amazon is tracking your trips to the shitter Monster gets a bad case of the shrinkage Top 10 industry commercials of all-time A very special ad from Chad & Cheese Super Bowl picks … and much, much more As always, visit our sponsors. They’re amazeballs. Sovren, America’s Jobs Exchange, Ratedly and Catch 22 Consulting rule!
A Nexxt Exclusive in partnership with TAtech.org, the boys are onsite to interview Aman Brar, CEO of Canvas, a text messaging recruiting tool. In addition to covering a wide array of topics, including the power of SMS, the benefits or building a deep data pool powered by communications, and exploring what comes after messaging, the guys have a great time. Enjoy. Looking to leverage text message marketing to recruit candidates? Checkout Text2Hire from Nexxt and get your first Text2Hire campaign for 25% OFF! Just go to ChadCheese.com and click on the Nexxt logo in the sponsor area or www.nexxt.com/chadandcheese25.
This week, Indeed is quietly making some big changes for users, a new report says recruiters don’t give a damn about AI (yet) and there’s another mobile app hoping to take down LinkedIn (good luck with that Sparky). It’s a barrel full of monkeys, enjoy. Plus: Automation is going to hit this industry really hard Recruiters don’t care all that much about AI Recruiters really care about diversity recruiting Is it profiling or targeting? As always, show our sponsors some love. They rock this bitch! America’s Job Exchange, Sovren, Ratedly, Nexxt and Catch 22 Consulting.
Nick Livingston, CEO at Honeit Software not only faces the Firing Squad but the prospect of a real fire during our recording session. Things can get a little hectic when Chad & Cheese take the mic. Will Nick stand in the pocket, take his licks and score a BIG APPLAUSE? Or will he crack under the pressure and face The Chad & Cheese FIRING SQUAD?!? You’ll have to listen to find out! We also welcome a new sponsor: Jobs2Careers. Welcome aboard, J2C!
On this week’s episode, iCIMS buys a Trojan horse, Walmart adds a little sugar to make the layoff medicine go down and hiQ gets some good news regarding its epic battle with LinkedIn. You don’t want to miss a second, but if you do, we can still be friends. What else? Here you go: Harver gets $4.2 million to bring unbiased hiring to the masses Iceland makes a certain employment practice illegal Walmart has its cake and wants to eat it too (not so fast!) Shoutouts to Sling, Monster, and the #ChadCheese faithful … and much more. Tune in for free now! Give all your money to our sponsors instead: Sovren, America’s Job Exchange, Ratedly, Nexxt and Catch 22 Consulting.
The holidays are over, and business is business. The boys are back at it this week, pulling no punches … just like you like it. Believe it or not, in addition to talking Google, Indeed and others, Monster (remember them?) get mad airtime. Here’s a breakdown. Monster’s new ad strategy Albert the Frog (don’t ask) Indeed lays the smackdown TextRecruit partners There’s a new addition to the “steaming hot pile of garbage” And must more, as always. Listen now, and visit our valued sponsors: America’s Job Exchange, Sovren, Ratedly and newly pimped Catch 22 Consulting.
A Nexxt Exclusive in partnership with TAtech.org, the boys enlist help from industry expert Tim Sackett to come up with predictions for 2018. Featured are Glassdoor, Monster, CareerBuilder, Slack, and much, much more. There’s even a prediction for 2020, so get ready to get woke, mutha huggers! Looking to leverage text message marketing to recruit candidates? Checkout Text2Hire from Nexxt and get your first Text2Hire campaign for 25% OFF! It’s a 2018 resolution gift from Chad and Cheese. Just go to ChadCheese.com and click on the Nexxt logo in the sponsor area or www.nexxt.com/chadandcheese25.
We’ve made a list. We’ve checked it twice. And here’s our list of who’s been naughty and who’s been nice this year. It’s the perfect combination of sweet-and-sour for you to enjoy with a stout eggnog and pudding made of fig. Special holiday cheer for our amazing sponsors: America’s Job Exchange, Sovren, Nexxt and Ratedly.
Come all ye’ faithful if you seek all the latest news and commentary from the world of recruitment. This week the boys take on Indeed, ZipRecruiter and crappy job descriptions. It’s not personal, it’s just Chad & Cheese, HR’s most dangerous podcast. Need more? Yes, Indeed is raising prices … here’s what you need to know. ZipRecruiter is getting into the private label job board business … but why? Stop using these buzzwords in your job postings. AI, AI and more AI … the latest investments you need to know. An introduction to initial coin offerings (ICO) in online recruitment. The boys would prefer to sip egg nog under the mistletoe, but duty calls. And as always, get on over to our sponsors and show ’em some love: Sovren, America’s Job Exchange, Nexxt and Ratedly.
The boys are deckin’ the halls and wreckin’ the pod with a slew of industry news. Turns out, the holidays are a great time to pass out pink slips and head to court. Feel the cheer! On this week’s show, Chad & Cheese talk about the following: DHI, Dice’s parent company, is selling off it’s albatross of a job board portfolio and going to court. Woo.io, Param.ai and IBM’s Watson keep the AI / chatbot train rollin’. Valley companies are paying models to attend holiday parties (can you say ‘tone deaf’?). Layoffs hit two well-know TA tech solutions. Boom goes the dynamite! It’s a Sunday hangover edition of the show, as Chad dials in from sunny California. Egg nog, West Coast-style, baby! Enjoy, and as always, throw buckets of money at our sponsors, guaranteed to be coal-in-your-stocking free: Ratedly, America’s Job Exchange and Sovren.
It’s a Nexxt EXCLUSIVE The Chad and Cheese Podcast where we’re diving headlong into the hiQ versus LinkedIn court battle starring and interview with CEO of hiQ Labs, Mark Weidick. It’s also a lactose-free event – Joel Cheesman (Cheese) is out on assignment or maybe he just found a comfortable place to curl up? In this episode Mark and Chad talk: – Update on their David v. Goliath court battle – Negative industry (Global Innovation) impact if hiQ loses – Scraping, bots, how can we ID bad from good actors? – FlipDog’s name is used in phishing vain – Are we losing control? Start-ups in court? Net neutrality? – Why are other – affected – companies in the fetal position instead of fighting? – CrowdJustice – crowd funding legal battles … and last but never least Nexxt gives Mark a reason to think his family might be ducking him during the holidays. None of this would be possible without the gang over at Nexxt and in the spirit of giving – YOU can get 25% off your first Text2Hire campaign by visiting www.nexxt.com/chadandcheese25. HAPPY HOLIDAYS from The Chad and Cheese Podcast!
On this Thanksgiving edition of The Chad & Cheese Podcast, the boys have some mad shoutouts, especially for tweeting fans and feisty Indeed employees. Big fun. Then, like a finely balanced plate of meat and potatoes, the guys go through their Top 5 lists of things for which they’re thankful in the recruiting industry and wash it all down the exposing the biggest turkeys in employment. Yummy! Enjoy, you jive turkeys, and be sure to checkout our sponsors: America’s Job Exchange, Sovren and Ratedly. All guaranteed to not give you heartburn this holiday.
Jeff Dolan walks in, sits down, and takes his chances by pitching FlashRecruit to The Chad and Cheese Podcast with the possibility of facing disgrace and the Firing Squad. What is FIRING SQUAD? Firing Squad is a raw podcast featuring two grizzled industry veterans who want to showcase recruitment industry startup companies. Their technology, products, and solutions either save them and win massive applause or just #fail and face the FIRING SQUAD. On this episode: We know that email engagement sucks and the response rate is horrible, which is why companies like FlashRecruit exist. FlashRecruit's mission is to "Break down the communication barriers to start the conversation between recruiters and the job seekers looking for their dream job." Can FlashRecruit pull it off or are they in store for a visit from the FIRING SQUAD? You'll have to listen to find out.
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