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575 episodes
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 ...
Episode 565 - Recruitment Faces its Kodak Moment - Strap in... with Craig Watson
Buckle in for a special episode of Tapod, where we sit down with Craig Watson, (yes you read that right - Craig is a guest), as he launches his new venture, People Orbit AI. Craig has spent the last year embedding himself in all things AI an...
Episode 564 - 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… Lauren sings for us all, candidate fraud on the increase, workplace cocaine use on the...
Episode 563 - Are you overwhelmed by AI? You probably should be... with Gareth Flynn
This week on Tapod, we catch up with Gareth Flynn – Talent & Workforce Expert, Founder and CEO at TQ Solutions. The world is overwhelmed by AI, but the rate of change continues at a pace we have never seen. We dive really deep, from AI twin...
Episode 562 - Yur 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… LinkedIn Best 10 places to work, Hudson Australia enters voluntary administration, Gen...
Episode 561 - 'I Feel This Is What Great Looks Like Right Now...' with Appy Sarepaka
This week on Tapod, we catch up with Appy Sarepaka National Talent Acquisition Manager at MSS Security – with the parent group sitting in the top 40 (by volume) employers across Australia.Appy has led some amazing initiatives at MSS Secu...
Episode 560 - 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… Atlassian sacks engineer, unemployment remains steady, employees winning payouts in th...
Episode 559 - How the Legal Eagles Hire... with Andrew Fairhurst
This week on Tapod, we catch up with Andrew Fairhurst, Senior Manager of Talent Acquisition at Ashurst. We discuss how recruiting has changed in the Legal Industry, as well as navigating a mammoth global merger. We touch on the positive and the...
Episode 558 - 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… AI reshaping Banking Recruitment, Truck driver sacked for distributing porn, Unilever ...
Episode 557 - North Korean spies and laptop farmers... welcome to tech recruitment in 2026.
This week on Tapod, we catch up with Tosh Onishi – People & Talent Executive, HR Leader, AI Expert & Global Keynote Speaker. Tosh has recently returned to Sydney after a stint as Head of TA for Okta in Singapore and prior to that over 1...
Episode 556 - Your Weekly TA & Recruitment News with the Scoop
It’s your weekly dose of the Scoop from Tapod with all of your TA & Recruitment news from here and abroad. We cover all sorts of headlines, including snail mail, the ‘new’ weapon for candidates, another recruitment tech cyber attack, the la...
Episode 555 - From Brisbane to Charlotte – riding the ITAs wave across the globe. with Reegan Kerkin
This week on Tapod, we catch up with Reegan Kerkin – People & Culture Manager at OceanaGold Corporation and ITA's 2025 Corporate Talent Leader of the Year!Reegan has an amazing story which has recently culminated in being promoted to...
Episode 554 - Your Weekly TA & Recruitment News with the Scoop
It’s your weekly dose of the Scoop from Tapod with all of your TA & Recruitment news from here and abroad. We cover all sorts of headlines, including… Strikes, strikes and more strikes, the nightmarish state of the job market, Callam from I...
Episode 553 - Unpacking the Holy Union of CX & EB with Matthew Lant.
This week on Tapod, we catch up with Matthew Lant – Head of Recruitment and Employer Brand at AFCA. Now every year at the ITAs there is a team that cleans up. Last year AFCA won Excellence in Employer Brand, Excellence in Candidate Experience a...
Episode 552 - Your Weekly TA & Recruitment News with the Scoop - brought to you by Indeed.
It’s your weekly dose of the Scoop from Tapod with all of your TA & Recruitment news from here and abroad. We cover all sorts of headlines, including… Gen Z grads being fired en masse, teachers striking, F2F interviews vs online interviews,...
