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
434 episodes
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 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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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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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 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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Episode 428
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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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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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Episode 426
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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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Episode 425
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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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Episode 424
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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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Episode 423
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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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Episode 422
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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 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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Episode 420
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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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Episode 418 - Let's Talk Talent with Amy Schultz
It’s time to check in with one of our all-time favourites this week on Tapod. Amy Schultz joins us to give us an update on her career and the industry she loves. We have an incredible discussion debunking 2025 predictions (including Amy possibl...
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Episode 418
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Episode 417 - HR Trends into 2025 with Adam Walker
What happens when you stick a microphone in front of Adam Walker? Magic… that’s what!Today it’s Avature meets TaPod in this special episode and we talk about HR trends into 2025. We cover all manner of topics from Generative AI developme...
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Episode 417
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Episode 416 - Your Weekly Recruitment & TA 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 the latest Trumpisms to job ads for robots to the failure of the 4-day work week to bosses losing em...
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Episode 416
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Episode 415 - 'I want you to wrestle with what it means to be human.. Torin Ellis
Wow! Just WOW! This week on TaPod we are blessed to sit down with Torin Ellis – a voice that will not retreat from the truth… Diversity and Inclusion is more than a belief system and we are at a distinct crossroads. Are you ready to fight...
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Episode 415
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Episode 414 - Get Yourself ready for Indeed Futureworks!
It’s time to drop a special Tapod episode! Our friends at Indeed are getting ready for Futureworks 2025 in Sydney on 20th February. And what better way to prepare than catching up with Rachael Townsley – APAC Marketing Director - to get a sneak...
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Episode 414
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Episode 413 - 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 Retail Industry overtime grab to Trump demands faster recruitment to same job some pay to inappropri...
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Episode 413
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Episode 412 - The Death of the Resume & That's not all... with Lars Schmidt
This week on TaPod we start hot for 2025 with an absolute living treasure in the global TA & HR space! Lars Schmidt is not only one of the smartest people going around, but he is also quite possibly the nicest. We cover all sorts in this ep...
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Episode 412
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Episode 411 - We're Back! You're Weekly TA & Recruitment News with the Scoop
We’re back for 2025! This week on the Scoop, the team from TaPod brings you all the major TA & Recruitment news from here and around the world! From new police check laws, to the death (maybe a bit premature) of DEIB, to return ...
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Episode 411
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Episode 410 - The Summer Series Revisits The Laws of Employer Branding with James Ellis
For the final episode of the Summer Series on Tapod Bonnie has chosen her favourite from 2024 and we (re)catch up with James Ellis... and WOW! If you don’t think you need to know what Employer Brand is all about you are wrong. It’s all about fi...
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