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Looks Good on Paper — 77 episodes

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A Candidate on My Call Was Impersonating a Dead Person

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Reward the Skill, Not the Performance

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"He Interviewed Well. That Was the Problem."

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The Skills-Based Economy Arrived Five Years Ago

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Learning Velocity Is the New Superpower

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The Hiring Bias Nobody Thinks They Have

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It's Just Robots Hanging Out: What's Actually Happening in Hiring Right Now

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Better Hiring Without the Noise: Why Hiring Feels Over-Engineered (and How to Fix It)

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They Belong in a Museum: Why Most Resumes Say Nothing at All

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Stop Hiring for Titles: What Startup Hiring Actually Requires

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Fair, Equitable Hiring Needs a Retention Strategy (S2E14)

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Why Hiring More People Is the Wrong Fix (And What High-Growth Companies Do Instead) (S2E12)

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The Real Reason CVs Are Failing: 8 Leaders on Volume, Bias, and What Comes Next

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Plan Earlier, Hire Smarter: Why Emergency Hires Sabotage Great Decisions

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What 74% of Companies Are Getting Wrong - and Why They Lose Out on Great Talent (S2E10)

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Same Work, Same Pay: Why Pay Transparency Changes Everything About Who Gets Hired

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Don’t Trust the First 10%: Process Is the Problem, Says Ashby’s Jim Miller (S2E8)

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Human-Centric Hiring At Scale - Inside Clio’s Global Talent Expansion (S2E7)

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AI Changed What Qualified Means — What Early-Stage Founders Need to Know

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Trash the CV: 90 Seconds Beats 10 Years (Miovision) - (S2E5)

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Stop Hiring Your Mirror: Culture Add vs. Culture Fit

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Why 1,000 Applications Means You're Doing It Wrong - Anuj Rastogi (S2E3)

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What Really Drives Great Hires? The Fundamentals Most Companies Skip

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9 Leaders, 1 Question, Hidden Hiring Truths: Tech for Canada Conference + Season 2 Preview

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Experience Doesn't Always Equal Competence - David Hiford (Episode 8)

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Stop Hiring People You Want to Drink With: Affinity Bias in Recruiting

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LinkedIn Is the Tinder of Recruiting — And It's Producing the Same Results

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The 70K to 500K Talent Secret: What the Best Hires Have in Common

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The Job Ad Is Dead — And Most Companies Haven't Noticed Yet

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Challenging Hiring Norms: What Looks Good on Paper Gets Hiring Wrong

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Neurodiversity and AI in Hiring: Who Gets Filtered Out Before Anyone Sees Them

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Why the Perfect Candidate on Paper Is Often the Wrong Hire

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#44 - Inside the World of School Recruitment - Artimese Braddy Lawrence

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#43 - Peer-to-Peer Learning for Talent Acquisition - Joe Atkinson

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#42 - Web Design for Recruitment Agencies - Robert Garner

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#41 - Cultivating & Nurturing All-Stars Within Your Team - Ahva Sadeghi

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#40 - Attracting Talent Worldwide: Valuing Candidate’s Potential - Dace Straupmane

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#39 - Bridging the Gap: Early Careers Initiatives - Yasmin Castle

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#38 - The Power of a Strong USP: Niche Recruitment Can Thrive in Challenging Times - Rosa Hilmi

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#37 - Recruitment Challenges and Innovations in Hiring - Sean Allen

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#36 - Why You Shouldn't Neglect Old School Recruitment Skills - Harvey Bass

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#35 - How to Reduce Your Candidate Onboarding from 7 days to 8 hours - Justin Plagis

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#34 - How to Recruit for Secret Brands - Mark Gibbons

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#33 - How to Win Quicker, with Simple Technology - Chandy Tucker

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#32 - What really works when trying to improve DEI - Sabrina Houssami

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#31 - How To Recruit Future Talent - Kate Wright

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#30 - Top Talent For Startups - Chase Kocher

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#29 - Building Around Your Culture - Debbie Penn & Chris Havens

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#28 - How To Build RecTech - Mikey de Mello & Hamish Livingston

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#27 - How To Recruit Post Series A - Caitlin Ingham

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#26 - Ditching the CV and Embracing Fairness - Robert Newry

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#25 - The Real Candidate Experience - Akosua Adjei Pokuaa

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#24 - The Real Candidate Experience - Jonny Loudon

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#23 - The Real Candidate Experience - Joshua Cohn

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#22 - How To Build Your HR Tech Stack - Phil Strazzulla

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#21 - What is an Employer of Record (EOR) and does my company need one? - Shamir Gokani

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#20 - Stop Neglecting Candidate Experiences - Luke Mellor

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#19 - Helping Others Break Into The Fashion Industry - Amy Aberra

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#18 - Building An Equitable Interview Process - Charlene Simpson

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#17 - Why You Should Think About Talent Planning, Not Talent Acquisition - Ariana Moon & Scott Rappaport

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How To Avoid Bad Hires Special - Discussing My Viral Linkedin Post With Euan Cameron

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#16 - When a Techy Aims to Fix Boring Job Boards - Mike Davies

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#15 - Disruptive Tech In The Freelance Talent Market - Rich Wilson

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#14 - Tackling the tech talent crisis with Academy - Max Pavier and Lauren Greenaway

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#13 - Inside The Rapid Growth Of HelloFresh - Marley Andrews, Meg Jackson, Jack Watson

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#12 - Denise Kirkham - Recruiting For Socially Conscious Organisations

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#11 - Michelle Theuma - Building Candidate Relationships That Last

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#10 - Paul Breloff - Remote Work: Tapping Into Sub-Saharan Africa's Talent Pool

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#9 - Alex Walker - Promoting Diversity In Entry Level Hires

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#8 - Alex Shapland Howes - Is transport poverty stopping your business grow?

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#7 - Pres Jeyadeva - Painting the world pink, with TeamTailor

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#6 - Myriah Moorhead-Kegel - What talent shortage? Hiring in the Cannabis industry.

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#5 - Joel Mtebe - The challenge of interviewing when you have ASD

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#4 - Adam Gordon - Finding hidden talent

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#3 - Mark Rothwell - Hiring graduates at scale

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#2 - Nerida Rooney - Challenging perceptions at Kier

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#1 - Holly Allen - Finding a job in 2022