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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,...
Episode 551 - Graduate Programs & School Leaver pathways - WTF is going on? with Sam Devlin.
This week on Tapod, we catch up with Samantha Devlin (Sam to her friends), co-founder and CEO of The Careers Department. With the world agog with the AI revolution… Graduate unemployment at record highs and students questioning traditional path...
Episode 550 - 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… the dawn of the Concierge Recruiter, job cuts at Meta & Atlassian (AI or AI washing?)...
Episode 549 - How do you incorporate an AI Agent into your Talent Team? with Edan Haddock.
This week on Tapod we catch up with the ever-brilliant and ever-busy Edan Haddock – Head of Talent and People Experience at Movember, Podcast Host and Community Builder. There is a helluva lot going on at Movember, from a new Global Institute o...
Episode 548 - Meeting Leaders Where They Live. With Peter Treloar.
Buckle in for a special episode of Tapod, where we sit down with Peter Treloar – Founder at Taly. Believe us, this is NOT a normal personality profiling solution. From an AI-enabled on-demand org psych to delivering results in video or...
Episode 547 - 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… AI washing, Kyle & Jackie O, women shut out of leadership, a 4-day work week in Victo...
Episode 546 - 'It's an Everyone Problem' IWD with Nat Flynn
This week on Tapod we catch up with the amazing Natalie Flynn, Founder of Equidi, to discuss the latest WGEA gender pay gap and all things International Women’s Day. We are making baby steps into our pay gap, but it’s not enough and we...
