Latest Job hunting Podcast Episodes
Candidate search and DEI, with Fiona Wilson
Recruitment in the modern world - July 04, 2024 09:00 - 18 minutesAnthony Haynes writes: Once a recruitment agency has been engaged and briefed on a role, the question arises of how to conduct the search for potential candidates. This entails two entwined considerations, namely how to conduct the search efficiently and how to ensure that the search aligns wit...
3 Ways to talk about value, plus sounds from Zurich
Here's an idea worth playing with - July 01, 2024 07:00 - 11 minutesI am in Zurich, capturing the sounds of the city - and also sharing 3 helpful ways to frame any conversation about value. We often need executive buy-in, support or air cover for our work, but many people fail to communicate these ideas effectively. Well, here's an idea worth playing ...
The 8 Different Types of Intelligence
Here's an idea worth playing with - June 24, 2024 07:00 - 9 minutesHi, I hope you are doing well. Welcome to another Here’s An Idea Worth Playing With (HAIWPW). The weekly audio show about ideas that I think are worth playing with. I recorded this at lunch today, after recording a video about park benches (yes, you read that right). I was at Avington...
Establishing a culture of coaching, with Vanessa Harwood-Whitcher
Recruitment in the modern world - June 20, 2024 10:00 - 22 minutesAnthony Haynes writes: 'Being passionate' has become a cliché of management speech - but in the case of Vanessa Harwood-Whitcher (CEO, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health), the culture of coaching is genuinely a passion. Our conversation explores, in the context of IOSH's culture, the ...
Writing job advertisements: a DEI perspective
Recruitment in the modern world - June 07, 2024 08:00 - 7 minutesAnthony Haynes writes: There's plenty of guidance on how to construct job advertisements - but much of it has little to say about considerations of diversity, equity, and inclusion. In this episode, Sherah Beckley and I focus on these considerations. There are several widely occurring pitfalls....
Laying the foundations of DEI in talent, with Fiona Wilson
Recruitment in the modern world - May 22, 2024 09:00 - 12 minutesAnthony Haynes writes: Many organisations - employers and talent agencies - are reviewing their policies regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). In this, the first episode in our occasional series on the topic, Fiona Wilson (MD of FJWTS), Sherah Beckley, and I begin with a broad perspe...
Coaching: an inside view, with Fiona Wilson
Recruitment in the modern world - May 07, 2024 14:00 - 22 minutesAnthony Haynes writes: Though the majority of our episodes concern talent acquisition, we also cover wider aspects of human resources - notably talent development. That is our focus here. In particular, drawing on Fiona Wilson's experience of providing coaching services, we reflect on the natu...
DEI in talent acquisition, with Dawn Pike
Recruitment in the modern world - April 02, 2024 10:00 - 30 minutesAnthony Haynes writes: My impression from attending Recruitment Expo a couple of weeks ago was that a couple of themes were dominating discussion - one was technology, especially AI, and the other was diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI). When it comes to the latter, we think there's a prem...
Good practice in onboarding and induction, with Dawn Pike
Recruitment in the modern world - March 21, 2024 12:00 - 35 minutesAnthony Haynes writes: So, you've completed the selection process and offered the job to your favoured candidate: how does the journey progress from there? This episode focuses on two key, inter-locking, processes: onboarding and induction. To guide us through the journey, we interview exper...
Using social media effectively
Recruitment in the modern world - September 26, 2023 11:00 - 15 minutesAnthony Haynes writes: Our work at FJ Wilson Talent Services is concerned with social media in two ways. The first (perhaps more minor way) concerns our own use of social media; the second concerns our stakeholders'. In this episode, we reflect on the characteristics of effective use of social ...
How talent agencies work: content production with Bart Hallmark
Recruitment in the modern world - August 29, 2023 15:00 - 15 minutesAnthony Haynes writes: Talent agencies contribute most effectively to talent acquisition when there's an empathy between agencies and their stakeholders. Our series, How Talent Acquisition Works, is designed to contribute to the development of such empathy. We explore the work of an agency by ...
How talent agencies work: interviewing and media, with Sherah Beckley
Recruitment in the modern world - August 09, 2023 08:00 - 13 minutesAnthony Haynes writes: Talent agencies contribute most effectively to talent acquisition when there's an empathy between agencies and their stakeholders. Our series, How Talent Acquisition Works, is designed to contribute to the development of such empathy. We explore the work of an agency by ...
How talent acquisition works, with Fiona Wilson
Recruitment in the modern world - July 31, 2023 09:00 - 24 minutesAnthony Haynes writes: Talent agencies contribute most effectively to talent acquisition when there's an empathy between agencies and their stakeholders. Our series, How Talent Acquisition Works, is designed to contribute to the development of such empathy. In the previous interviews, we've fo...
How talent acquisition works: the Comms role
Recruitment in the modern world - July 20, 2023 11:00 - 16 minutesAnthony Haynes writes: Talent agencies contribute most effectively to talent acquisition when there's an empathy between agencies and their stakeholders. Our series, How Talent Acquisition Works, is designed to contribute to the development of such empathy. Here, in the fifth interview in the ...
How talent acquisition works: the Recruitment Administrator role
Recruitment in the modern world - July 18, 2023 10:00 - 14 minutesAnthony Haynes writes: Talent agencies contribute most effectively to talent acquisition when there's an empathy between agencies and their stakeholders. Our series, How Talent Acquisition Works, is designed to contribute to the development of such empathy. Here, in the fourth interview in the...
How talent acquisition works: the Researcher role
Recruitment in the modern world - July 11, 2023 14:00 - 15 minutesAnthony Haynes writes: Talent agencies contribute most effectively to talent acquisition when there's an empathy between agencies and their stakeholders. Our series, How Talent Acquisition Works, is designed to contribute to the development of such empathy. Here, in the third interview in the ...
How talent acquisition works: the Resourcing Partner role
Recruitment in the modern world - July 07, 2023 07:00 - 10 minutesAnthony Haynes writes: Talent agencies contribute most effectively to talent acquisition when there's an empathy between agencies and their stakeholders. This series, How Talent Acquisition Work, is designed to contribute to the development of such empathy. In this, the second interview in the...
How talent acquisition works: the Account Manager role
Recruitment in the modern world - July 05, 2023 08:00 - 15 minutesAnthony Haynes writes: Talent agencies contribute most effectively to talent acquisition when there's an empathy between agencies and their stakeholders. This series, How Talent Acquisition Work, is designed to contribute to the development of such empathy. In this, the first interview in our ...
How talent agencies work: view from the inside
Recruitment in the modern world - June 30, 2023 10:00 - 2 minutesAnthony Haynes writes: Talent agencies contribute most effectively to talent acquisition when there's an empathy between agencies and their stakeholders. In particular, it really helps when employers and individuals (job-seekers, candidates) are given a window into how an agency works - and wha...
How to improve recruitment practices: Afrah Qassim of Savera UK
Recruitment in the modern world - June 13, 2023 10:00 - 17 minutesAnthony Haynes writes: Hearing how organizations have worked to improve their recruitment practices can be both fascinating and instructive. Savera UK is a leading charity working to end ‘honour’-based abuse (HBA) and other culturally specific abuse and harmful practices in the UK. It campaign...
Reviewing your website: a non-technical guide
Recruitment in the modern world - May 17, 2023 11:00 - 12 minutesAnthony Haynes (pictured) writes: As part of our work with clients and prospective clients, we study employers' websites carefully. One clear conclusion: the quality and user-friendliness of employers' websites varies hugely! In this episode we outline some straightforward criteria that non-tec...
How to improve your meetings: with Carrie Goucher
Recruitment in the modern world - May 04, 2023 10:00 - 30 minutesAnthony Haynes writes: If you find that meetings don't make an undue demand on your time and that the meetings you attend are invariably engaging and productive, you don't need to listen to this episode. If, on the other hand, you live on planet earth, this episode might help to reduce your blo...
Timeblocking and Energy & Attention - calendar management
Here's an idea worth playing with - April 10, 2023 08:06 - 8 minutesIn this episode I talk about using your calendar wisely by time blocking but offer some caution - simply filling your calendar with "stuff" often doesn't take account of your energy and attention. Some activities give energy, some deplete and all are vying for your attention. SUPPORTI...
Dealing with emails
Here's an idea worth playing with - April 03, 2023 08:03 - 7 minutesIn this episode I share ideas on dealing with email, why it won't go away and how we can still get our job done without being distracted by email. SUPPORTING INFORMATION: The communication super power workshop The weekly newsletter - If you enjoyed this you can find a lot more in th...
Talent acquisition and business development: rethinking in action
Recruitment in the modern world - March 30, 2023 14:00 - 11 minutesAnthony Haynes writes: In a previous episode, we reviewed a business podcast that made a big impression on us - Drew McLellan's Build a Better Agency. We mentioned that we liked the thinking on business development ('bizdev'), particularly the ideas explained in Drew's interview with Dan England...
Why (the right) deadlines are helpful
Here's an idea worth playing with - March 27, 2023 08:02 - 6 minutesIn this episode I share why the right deadlines can really drive momentum and help us get things done. Without deadlines work could meander on and we also can't hold ourselves accountable. Deadlines are helpful but the wrong type of deadlines (i.e. those made up for no reason) will dr...
Prioritise your work by visualising it
Here's an idea worth playing with - March 20, 2023 09:00 - 10 minutesIn this episode I explain why visualising your work is the first step to prioritising it, controlling it, talking about it and making trade offs about it. After you see it all, and you stop crying at how much you're taking on (or expecting from your team), you can start to make decision...
Providing a talent acquisition service: beyond the traditional model
Recruitment in the modern world - March 16, 2023 10:00 - 8 minutesHow are talent services organised - and, crucially, what does that mean for clients, i.e. the employers and hiring managers using agencies? In this episode, we look below the bonnet of talent acquisition. We examine two models: a traditional (linear) model and a modified model. The latter is r...
Be more effective with this powerful question - what problem are we trying to solve?
Here's an idea worth playing with - March 13, 2023 08:56 - 8 minutesIn this episode I share a powerful question to ask in work and life that helps us decide whether we're doing the right work. Be more effective in your everyday work by asking these brilliantly powerful questions, starting with the most powerful one: "What problem are we trying to sol...
The Pillars of Life
Here's an idea worth playing with - March 06, 2023 08:52 - 16 minutesIn this episode I share the 6 pillars of life, plus why there is an ongoing tension between them that needs managing and how we must be aware of this before it's too late. There are 6 pillars of life, as I define them: Health Family Productivity and Effectiveness Money and Finance ...
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