TaPod - We Talk Talent Acquisition.
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?
Episodes
443 episodes
Episode 443 - Your Weekly TA & Recruitment News with The Scoop
Today on the Scoop the team from Tapod brings you all of the weekly TA & Recruitment News including… Manchester United looking for a new HR Leader, sick leave for a footy game, pay rises of up to 35% for a key demographic, career catfishing...
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Episode 443
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Episode 442 - What's it Like recruiting for a Major Media Company? With Katie Duckworth.
This week on Tapod we catch up with Katie Duckworth, TA Lead – Sales, Broadcast, Publishing, and Radio at Nine and winner of Corporate Talent Professional of the Year at the 2024 ITAs. It’s so exciting to speak with a TA Pro that works in media...
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Episode 442
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34:10
Episode 441 - How do you Recruit 2 Million Hires a Year? With Josh Secrest
The team from TaPod drops another ‘bonus episode’ today as they catch up with Josh Secrest – VP at Paradox and formally Head of Global TA & Talent Strategy at McDonalds. Josh walks us through massive transformation and how a massive b...
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Episode 441
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35:40
Episode 440 - Your Weekly TA & Recruitment News with The Scoop
Today on the Scoop the team from Tapod bring you all of the weekly TA & Recruitment News including… Adecco partners with Salesforce for a new AI solution while Shopify amps their reliance on AI… what employees really, really care abou...
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Episode 440
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24:33
Episode 439 - It's Gen Z or Bust! With Milsy Banjil
This week on Tapod we (finally) catch up with the legendary Milimo Banji (or Milsy as we like to call him), Global expert on Gen Z in the workplace. Just imagine, 2 bungling Gen Xers trying to keep up with one of the most intriguing...
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Episode 439
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50:37
Episode 438 - Celebrating an ITAs win with the Adelaide Talent Meetup
In the week that nominations open for the 2025 Internal Talent Awards, the team from TaPod thought they would drop a very special ITAs themed episode. Off the back of winning the ITA for Social Consciousness, we sat down with Jeannette Borg and...
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Episode 438
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35:26
Episode 437 - Your Weekly TA and Recruitment News with The Scoop
Today on the Scoop Bonnie is Back! And the team from Tapod bring you all of the weekly TA & Recruitment News including… Bonnie introduces us to taskmasking, crazy reasons for firing people, the TA Tech world turns all Austen Powers, Aussies...
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Season 7
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Episode 437
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16:00
Episode 436 - Real Recruitment AI Transformation with Eileen Kovalsky
This week on Tapod we catch up with Eileen Kovalsky – Talent Acquisition Visionary, Senior Director, Client Success & Advocacy @Paradox and former Head of Candidate Experience at one of the largest car manufacturers in the world. <...
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Episode 436
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34:23
Episode 435 - Our 100th Episode of The Scoop!
Today on the Scoop we celebrate our 100th episode! And the team from Tapod bring you all of the weekly TA & Recruitment News including… a crazy request from HR in the UK, roll backs for non-compete contracts, white collar recruiting taking ...
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Episode 435
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26:20
Episode 434 - It's Time to Head out West with John Bowker from Lycopodium
This week on TaPod we sit down with John Bowker – GM People & Culture at Lycopodium to understand the recruitment market in West Australia and believe me… they do things a little different over there… Engineering, Mining, Oil and Gas are th...
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Episode 434
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31:41
Episode 433 - Getting Under the Hood of Avature Upfront APAC 2025
This week on TaPod we drop a special episode, getting under the hood of the recent Avature Upfront APAC 2025 in sunny Melbourne at the Royal Botanical Gardens, and it was fantastic! Raman Richards joins us as we unpack the day. From Chloe Dalto...
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Episode 433
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27:34
Episode 432 - Your Weekly TA & Recruitment News with The Scoop
Today on the Scoop it’s a BIG week and the team from TaPod brings you all the weekly TA & Recruitment news, including Global white collar roles on the decrease, Australian recruiters the best in the world, Kiwis value job security over pay,...
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Episode 432
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24:52
Episode 431 - The State of TA - with Hung Lee
This week on TaPod we catch up with the ever-brilliant Hung Lee. The Recruiting Brainfood Founder has been traveling through South East Asia for the past couple of months and landed in Australia looking for a well-earned rest. Bad luck Hung. He...
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Episode 431
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29:02
Episode 430 - Your Weekly TA & Recruitment News with The Scoop
Today on the Scoop the team from TaPod brings you all the weekly TA & Recruitment news including Greenpeace bucking the trend on DEI initiatives, NSW Police raid other states to hit recruitment targets, rising turnover rates coming out of A...
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Episode 430
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Episode 429 - Transitioning from RPO to Inhouse with Keith Muirhead from Fonterra
This week on TaPod we catch up with one of our favourite Kiwis, Keith Muirhead – Director of Talent Acquisition at Fonterra. We talk about how one of the biggest companies in NZ (responsible for 5% of the national GDP) transitioned from RPO to ...
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Episode 429
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Episode 428 - Your Weekly TA & Recruitment News with The Scoop
Today on The Scoop the team from TaPod brings you all the weekly TA & Recruitment news, including Australia’s most equitable workplaces, the latest Trumpisms, achieving gender parity, Indeed at the World Economic Forum, Chinese firm wants t...
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Season 7
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Episode 428
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22:41
Episode 427 - WTF is going on with Employer Brand in 2025? With Meagan Michaels.
This week on TaPod we delve into the far reaches of Employer Brand with Meagan Michaels, Head of EB APAC at BUPA. Fresh off her amazing panel at Indeed Futureworks, discussing remote/hybrid work arrangements. Beginning her career in book publis...
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Episode 427
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37:07
Episode 426 - Bringing your TA Team together to understand & agree on Goals - with Trevor Vas
It’s time for a TaPod special Episode and today we sit down with Trevor Vas, the only ever winner of a ‘Lifetime’ Internal Talent Award and one of the most brilliant minds in our industry. We touch on where our industry is headed, but more impo...
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Season 7
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Episode 426
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31:57
Episode 425 - Your Weekly TA & Recruitment News with The Scoop
This week on The Scoop – your weekly Recruitment & TA news – we bring you all manner of updates including… are we really seeing the death of the resume? The latest Gender Pay Gap updates. Pay to apply. DEIB rolls back. Return to Office mand...
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Season 7
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Episode 425
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24:02
Episode 424 - It's International Women's Day - TAKE NOTICE!
This week’s episode on TaPod is a very special episode... TaPod celebrates International Women’s Day – Craig is kicked to the curb, while Lauren sits down with Dr Morley Muse, Natalie Flynn & Bonnie Crook. It’s a powerhouse team covering re...
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Season 7
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Episode 424
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38:07
Episode 423 - Your Weekly TA & Recruitment News with The Scoop
This week on the Scoop, the team from TaPod brings you all the major TA & Recruitment news from here and around the world! From candidates hiding in the cupboard (no really), to all the most recent economic data, to Deep Seek ba...
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Season 7
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Episode 423
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26:12
Episode 422 - Connecting the Talent Industry Dots with Gareth Flynn
Every time we talk with Gareth Flynn at Tapod, we walk away from the conversation a lot smarter. Today Craig goes one-on-one with one of the most astute minds in Global Talent. We talk skills-based organisations and hiring, meritocracy and DEI,...
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Season 7
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Episode 422
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35:36
Episode 421 - Your Weekly TA & Recruitment News with The Scoop
This week on the Scoop, the team from TaPod brings you all the major TA & Recruitment news from here and around the world! Lauren’s back and crazy resumes!From an increase in senior-level recruitment professionals, to unfair labour l...
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Episode 421
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22:51
Episode 420 - AI for Recruiters. With MBA
This week’s episode on TaPod is special for many reasons... Bonnie fills in for a ‘sick’ Lauren (so the swear quota is waaaay down) and we speak with one of the most enigmatic figures in the TA industry, Marrin-Boyd Andrews – or MBA, as the 'co...
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Season 7
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Episode 420
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40:41
Episode 419 - Your Weekly TA & Recruitment News with The Scoop - ft Bonnie Crook
This week on the Scoop, the team from TaPod brings you all the major TA & Recruitment news from here and around the world! And not only that, we have a guest host, the amazing Bonnie Crook! From improvements in the IT recruitmen...
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Episode 419
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