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Join hosts - Lauren Sharp & Craig Watson as we explore the wonderful and wacky world of Talent Acquisition & Recruitment. We speak with TA Legends, Thought Leaders & Industry suppliers. We explore challenges, changes & confusion in a world that is crying out for a voice. We aim to be informative... a little controversial... with a side of fun. Join us... won't you?
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It’s your weekly TA & Recruitment news blast with the Scoop from TaPod. This week we cover all kinds of angles including, AI redundancies being hired back, Japanese are getting recruitment creative, non-compete clauses being removed under legislation, WFH changes stall, crazy reason a candidate was rejected, surge in AI-generated applications pushing recruitment processes out, judge blocks Trump culture-fit question and much more. And hey, don’t forget to check out upcoming events. Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us to bring you the Scoop.
This week on Tapod, we catch up with Rebecca Houghton, Australia’s leading Middle Management Expert, Founder of BoldHR, Speaker, Best-selling Author and a brilliant person to boot! Today, we’re discussing the ‘B-Suite Benchmarks Report', the only comprehensive study of Middle Managers in Australia. We drill down on a variety of statistics, causes, risks and remedies including 21% of Middle Managers are operating in the ‘AI-Risk zone’, 63% report high frustration and influence takes over from burnout as the primary leadership challenge… And this is just the tip of the iceberg. Join us as we place ourselves firmly in ‘the middle’. Thanks to Smart Recruiters for partnering with us for this episode.
It’s your weekly TA & Recruitment news blast with the Scoop from TaPod. This week we cover all kinds of angles including, WFH laws might just be unconstitutional, recruiter rocks up for an interview straight from Vegas, talent gaps driving jobs offshore, bots keep interviewers on their toes, over 1 million holding down 2 (or more) jobs in Australia, man pretends to hallucinate in a job interview, AI work colleagues described as genius, sociopathic five-year-olds and much more. And hey, don’t forget to check out upcoming events. Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us to bring you the Scoop.
This week on Tapod, we catch up with Jake Ellul, TA Manager at Consolidated Power Projects, all the way from Adelaide. They are doing great things at CPP – moving from a recruitment delivery function to a full strategic workforce partner. We talk tech, ‘C’ suite buy-in and transformation. And it all starts with trust and relationships. Thanks to Smart Recruiters for partnering with us for this episode.
It’s time for all the best TA & Recruitment News from here and around the globe with the Scoop. Presented by the number 1 TA podcast in APAC – TaPod. We cover all kinds of drama including, the job market is broken according to Wired, strikes and more strikes in Australia and NZ, North Korean spies infiltrate US Government, Fair Work pass on costs for AI slop, the FBI open to hiring prostitutes and much more. Big thanks to Indeed for supporting the Scoop
This week on Tapod, we catch up with Deepak Singh, Culture & DE&I expert at Mission and Rhythm. Deepak really knows his stuff, having been named in the top 12 at the HR Influencer Awards 2026. According to Deepak, great culture comes from great leadership, and that is the place we need to focus on to generate meaning in the workplace. Most of us are carrying a lot of work weight and stress due to many issues, including changes in DE&I policy, changes driven by AI and unstable economic conditions affecting culture, and it’s time for leaders to really stand up. A really interesting chat! Thanks to Paradox for partnering with us for this episode.
Join us for a special Tapod episode, where we catch up with Adam Godson – GM Talent Acquisition Products at Workday and former CEO at Paradox. We talk new products, enhancements, and updates at Workday. As well as touch on the excitement of the Workday/Paradox marriage. Adam is super excited with where HR Tech is headed and gives us great insights into what the next couple of years might look like – join us.
Welcome to TaPod’s 600th episode! It’s your weekly TA & Recruitment news blast with the Scoop from TaPod. This week we cover all kinds of angles, unemployment on the up, Workday valuation is through the roof, KPMG shrinking under scandal, interviewer catches candidate out, Fair Work Commission hands out new rules, LinkedIn profile edits creating risk, FedEx workers to strike, Google doesn’t trust its own AI, and much more. And hey, don’t forget to check out upcoming events. Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us to bring you the Scoop.
This week on Tapod, we catch up with the brilliant Jo Vohland, Director, Curator & Event Host from ATC. And today we are all about the 2026 State of TA Report. With almost 250 Talent Teams contributing to a 41-page report and 18,000 data cells. It is chock-full of information from maturity levels, to the impact of AI, to what’s driving industry-wide redundancies, to restructuring, to skills, advisory, tasks and outcomes, to what a future talent function may look like. This episode gives you a blueprint to model your Talent Strategy on. And don’t forget ATC ‘Uplift’ is very close – get your tickets now! Thanks to Paradox for partnering with us for this episode.
It’s your weekly TA & Recruitment news blast with the Scoop from TaPod. This week we cover all kinds of angles, including Harvard finds women on Ozempic have better work prospects, Lauren goes whack on Oracle, digital literacy required in 90% of all roles, Hobart is Australia’s best city for career growth, 24% of AI job interviews happening in the middle of the night, Lunar the AI Agent dismisses human employee, recruitment and Chinese spies, global youth unemployment skyrockets. And much more. And hey, don’t forget to check out upcoming events. Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us to bring you the Scoop.
This week on Tapod, we catch up with Emi Beredugo, Senior Manager – Recruiting Enablement @Elastic, Non-Executive Director, Advisory Board Member, Speaker & Podcaster and most importantly a bloody fantastic person. We talk AI and specifically what’s next for TA. Emi is very, very clear—we need to stop prompting and start building—but what should we be building? And more importantly, where the bloody hell do we start? Here’s the road map. And if your leaders aren’t your champions… start there… and start soon. Thanks to Paradox for partnering with us for this episode.
On our special TaPod does Recfest UK series, we catch up with Lia Manafova - Talent Tech Strategy Lead at Sanofi. If you want to hear about a real transformation journey Lia has got a story for you! Integrating Paradox (a Workday company) into their business saved 38.6 minutes via email applications and 84.5 minutes via WhatsApp while still focusing on candidate experience, and fully automated scheduling runs in 8 seconds! And that’s just for starters. Join us in the glorious UK sunshine as we unpack this fantastic transformation.
It’s your weekly TA & Recruitment news blast with the Scoop from TaPod. This week we cover all kinds of angles, including Deel and Rippling in new drama, the EU AI Act in force, job ads on the up, Lauren gets political, Craig has marbles in his mouth, the candidate putting cricket ahead of Saturdays, AI users maybe working longer hours, and candidates getting smarter… or are they? And much more. Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us to bring you the Scoop.
This week on Tapod, we catch up with Professor Toby Walsh – Australia’s preeminent expert on AI and Chief Scientist at UNSW. Described by The Australian as the ‘rock star of the digital revolution’, Toby has appeared this year on 60 Minutes, The Today Show and delivered an address to the Australian Press Club. His soon-to-be-released 5th book – ‘ God AI – Boom or Doom?' What to expect when machines outsmart us' – focuses in on how to navigate the anxiety of the AI age and talks about existential risks posed by our accelerating efforts to realise an AI-powered future. AI moves quickly, from the newly announced Office of AI to rogue agents to using the technology to support your career; we cover it all. And who better than Professor Toby Walsh to help us navigate this brave new world? Thanks to Paradox for partnering with us for this episode.
Join us for a special Tapod episode, where we catch up with James Ellis – global branding expert and best-selling author. We discuss James new book – Becoming Choosable – written specifically for TA and employer brand leaders. James has so much energy and knowledge and for the first time ever in Australia, you can join him for a Talent Strategy Masterclass in Melbourne on September 2nd. It’s a hands-on half day workshop where James works with you, not at you, to build the foundations of a talent strategy that actually holds up. Brought to you by the amazing team at Video my (link to tix in comments) – this is really must-attend… no really.
It’s your weekly TA & Recruitment news blast with the Scoop from TaPod. This week we cover all kinds of angles including, possibility of Victorian WFH law changes, Australian workers staying put in record numbers, NZ upgrade Holiday Act, SA botch their recruitment drive, Oracle lay off those with earned equity, ATO have an AI whoopsy, tech bro has potential candidates ink up and much more. Don’t forget to check out the upcoming events. Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us to bring you the Scoop.
This week on Tapod, we catch up with Natalie Badaway – or ‘Nat Bad’ as we like to call her (thanks Denise Pereira, for the nickname). Nat is busy as Talent Acquisition Specialist at Andromeda (a really cool robotics company) and co-organiser at the Melbourne Talent Meet-Up. We are all very aware of the pressure and anxiety our industry has been under over the last 18 months. With the rise of AI, war in Europe and the Middle East, global tariffs, increased inflation and interest rates all affecting hiring levels and redundancies across our sector, we are all feeling it. And this is why Community is so important. Nat talks us through the how and why. If you do not attend 'meet-ups' in your city, it’s about time you bloody did! No-one understands our industry like our community, and if you need support, we are all here for you. Thanks to Paradox for partnering with us for this episode.
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 and the challenges associated with the current environment. And we drill down on on xref.me – your verified digital resume that’s powered by verified references. It’s a game changer.
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 in the UK, China making hiring decisions based on zodiac signs, and workers nostalgic about life before AI. Don’t forget to check out the upcoming events. Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us to bring you the Scoop.
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 program comes to life. From targeting specific candidate profiles to telling stories via real internal employees, the results are amazingly successful. We look at the partnership between AFCA and VideoMy and how that generated results that resonated all the way up to the C-suite. In a world where we rely on third-party technology, AFCA now hires over half of their talent from channels they own themselves. Thanks to VideoMy for partnering with us for this episode.
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