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589 episodes
Episode 590 - ‘References Available on Request.’ A statement that is complete Garbage. with Lee Seymour
Join us for a special Tapod episode, where we catch up with Lee Seymour – Founder and CEO at XRef. We discuss the shadow of AI – the good, the bad and the outright fraud. The transitional recruitment market we currently find ourselves in ...
Episode 589 - Your Weekly TA & Recruitment News with the Scoop
It’s your weekly TA & Recruitment news blast with the Scoop from TaPod. This week we cover all kinds of angles, including emerging roles in AI, Ghost Jobs crack down in the US, economic updates with Callam Pickering, firing a time traveller...
Episode 588 - Authenticity Matters... 'Candidates are smart these days...' With Matthew Lant & David Macciocca
This week on Tapod, we catch up with Matthew Lant – Head of Recruitment and Employer Brand at AFCA, and David Macciocca – Founder & CEO at VideoMy. We dig deep on the AFCA-nites ambassador program, and it’s a ripping example of how an EB pr...
Episode 587 - Your Weekly TA & Recruitment News with the Scoop
It's your weekly TA & Recruitment news blast with the Scoop from TaPod. This week we cover all kinds of angles, including fashion brand changes their parental leave program, job ad results in zero applications, teachers striking… and miners...
Episode 586 - ‘A huge year of transformation for Ampol’ with Emma Cassidy
This week on Tapod, we catch up with Emma Cassidy, Group Head of Talent Acquisition & Workforce Solutions at Ampol. We hear a lot about transformation, but in Emma’s own words it’s been ‘A huge year of transformation for Ampol’—in this epis...
Episode 585 - Your Weekly TA & Recruitment News with the Scoop
It’s your weekly TA & Recruitment news blast with the Scoop from TaPod. This week we cover all kinds of angles, including the latest on WFH legislation, candidates being judged on their drink order, Fair Work laying down the law, Meta goes ...
Episode 584 - Greenhouse vs Recfest UK with Robby Perdue
On this very special episode, the team at Tapod come to you all the way from Recfest UK as we catch up with Robby Perdue - VP of Product Management at Greenhouse. A lot has been going on at Greenhouse, and we get right down and dirty with featu...
Episode 583 - Your Weekly Scoop - Live from Recfest UK
This week on the Scoop we do things a little differently. The team from Tapod has travelled to the UK to attend Recfest. We ask vendors about their experience with AI and how some candidates are gaming and failing – hope you enjoy!Thanks...
Episode 582 - Eliminate. Simplify. Automate. The 10 year journey towards AI at IBM
This week on Tapod, catches up with Elaina Chan, Senior Manager of Global HR Automations at IBM. Elaina we walks us through the process and journey one of the largest technology businesses on the planet has undertaken to transform. From identif...
Episode 581 - It's Almost Time for the ITAs 2026 - are you ready? With Kelly Murphy
This week on Tapod, we start building towards the excitement of the ITAs 2026. And we are joined by the ever-fabulous Kelly Murphy – Head of Talent Acquisition from Story House Early Learning – who walked away with not one… but two ITAs last ye...
Episode 580 - Your Weekly TA & Recruitment News with the Scoop
It’s your weekly TA & Recruitment news blast with the Scoop from TaPod. This week Kimbo Lawrie returns as guest host and we cover all kinds of angles, including Ghost Jobs, Deep Fakes, what’s wrong with interview processes, toxic workplaces...
Episode 579 - What's happening in Skilled Migration & the Workforce? with Sarah Prince
This week on Tapod, we catch up with Sarah Prince, Managing Director at the Migration Agency. With the recent budget and the ongoing discussions around underemployment in the immigrant population, it’s a fantastic time to check in with an indus...
Episode 578 - Your Weekly TA & Recruitment News with the Scoop - FT Kimberley Lawrie
It’s your weekly TA & Recruitment news blast with the Scoop from TaPod. This week we have a guest host and cover all kinds of angles, including fake applicant beats 261 rivals, Deloitte disruption forecast, doom jobbing, token maxxing...
Episode 577 - Keeping the Human in the Loop - with Denise Pereira
This week on Tapod, we catch up with Denise Pereira – Senior Global Talent Sourcing Partner @Zendesk, Founder @KaleidoSource, Podcaster @CraftySourcer and bloody Industry Legend! Denise has some very strong views on how AI has changed the role ...
Episode 576 - Your Weekly TA & Recruitment News with the Scoop
It’s your weekly TA & Recruitment news blast with the Scoop from TaPod. This week we cover all kinds of angles, including Uber brutalising their HR Team; 12.5% tariffs imposed by the USA for allowing imports of goods created by modern slave...
Episode 575 - The Recfest Effect... It's Real.
This week on Tapod, we catch up with Jamie Leonard – Founder of Recfest – The LARGEST Talent Acquisition event in the world! Imagine over 4000 recruiters in the field at Knebworth, UK – in the biggest and baddest conference/festival on the plan...
Episode 574 - Your Weekly TA & Recruitment News with The Scoop
It’s your weekly TA & Recruitment news blast with the Scoop from TaPod. This week we cover all kinds of angles, including Lauren wants us to stop talking about AI and then doesn’t stop talking about it; bad hiring decisions cost $7.3 billio...
Episode 573 - Finally... TA has arrived.
This week on Tapod, we catch up with Rachel Hill, Managing Director at Hill Consulting HRS & Founder at The Recruitment Skills Academy. But Rachel is on a mission. Along with our very own Craig Watson, she has developed the first-ever accre...
Episode 572 - Your Weekly TA & Recruitment News with the Scoop
It’s your weekly TA & Recruitment news blast with the Scoop from TaPod. This week we cover all kinds of angles, including holding grudges at work and what it’s costing you; Callam Pickering – APAC Senior Economist at Indeed joins us for an ...
Episode 571 - Everytheing changes, but everything stays the same... The Contingent workforce with Sue Howse/
This week on Tapod, we catch up with Sue Howse – Managing Partner & Founder at The Human Collaborative. Sue is the foremost commentator in the Contingent Workforce in the APAC region. Sue shares with us what has changed and what has stayed ...
Episode 570 - Unlocking the Candidate Vault - with Christian Ward
Get ready for a special episode of Tapod, where we sit down with Christian Ward – Chief Customer Officer at Daxtra. We talk tech in recruitment. And how many recruitment functions are wasting this valuable asset. We talk about how powerful d...
Episode 569 - Your Weekly TA & Recruitment News with the Scoop
It’s your weekly episode of the Scoop from Tapod with all of your TA & Recruitment news from here and abroad. We cover all sorts of headlines, including… Bunnings Chief wants us to consider hiring reformed offenders; LinkedIn cuts blo...
Episode 568 - Schindler's List... The way AI is impacting TA. With Bernt Schindler
This week on Tapod, we catch up with Bernt Schindler – Head of Talent Acquisition at Holcim Australia and Director at APACAI. AI is threatening to completely change the landscape in TA & Recruitment and Bernt is here to help us navigate the...
Episode 567 - Your Weekly TA & Recruitment News with the Scoop
It’s your weekly episode of the Scoop from Tapod with all of your TA & Recruitment news from here and abroad. We cover all sorts of headlines, including… China bans workers being sacked for AI, Qantas on track for a little spat ...
Episode 566 - Recruitment... 'It's Teamwork.' with Tibo Torche
This week on Tapod, we catch up with Tibo Torche – Group Talent Acquisition Manager from Esri (Australia and South Asia). If you’ve ever checked a rain radar, or dialled before you dug – Esri probably provided the tech – and recruiting in this ...
