In this episode of The HR Leader Podcast, produced in partnership with Avature, CEO Dimitri Boylan sits down with host Jerome Doraisamy to explore the game-changing potential of artificial intelligence in HR.
Together, they unpack the extraordinary pace of innovation in the field and what it means for HR professionals today. During the animated conversation, Boylan draws on his experience in the industry to offer practical insights into what’s working, what’s not and how to remain on the leading edge (and avoid the bleeding edge).
He goes on to share strategic advice on how HR teams can use AI to overcome common operational challenges, manage setbacks and establish priorities amid this technological leap. Finally, the conversation touches on a pivotal topic: the current regulatory landscape and the critical questions HR leaders can ask themselves to seize these advancements with confidence.
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“If you’re really serious about having the best talent in your company, enable your talent acquisition teams to be the best version of themselves.”In this episode of the HR Leaders Podcast, Christopher Rainey sits down with Sharron O’Donnell, Head of Talent Acquisition, and Carrie Small, Talent Acquisition Lead at Virgin Media O2, to reflect on the major transformation that the company’s talent strategy underwent following a merger and how the right recruiting technology was key in enabling change and driving impressive results.
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Hannah Rebecchi, Head of Talent Technology Product Management at Wayfair, joined Christopher Rainey to talk about her professional journey and the challenges and benefits of implementing a customizable tech stack.
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“Over the next three to four years, everything’s going to change when it comes to recruiting and engaging new generations coming in,” anticipates Avature’s CEO, Dimitri Boylan.Listen to this podcast to get his insights on the increasingly relevant role of the CHRO in this fast-changing environment. With new challenges arising, organizations will need more and more flexibility and adaptability to reach their goals, both from a strategic point of view and in terms of the technology to bring their vision to life.
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Mark Wilson, Head of Talent Acquisition and Development at the McLaren Group, joins Chris Raniey to discuss how to build a future-proof talent acquisition strategy, the changing role of recruitment and TA in HR, and how McLaren’s HR group is tackling their employees’ demand for flexibility.Episode highlights00:00 Intro00:59 Mark Wilson’s journey to the McLaren Group02:38 What is it that attracts people to work at the McLaren Group?04:33 How McLaren are differentiating themselves and competing for talent06:52 What McLaren’s employee candidates are looking for07:14 How McLaren’s HR group are tackling their employees’ demand for flexibility09:08 McLaren’s expectation management in the recruiting process12:35 How technology has changed McLaren’s talent management strategy18:02 The challenges Mark met with implementing McLaren’s new ATS25:30 The highlights of McLaren’s new application tracking system26:50 – The support McLaren have received from Avature27:46 – What’s next for McLaren30:50 – The changing role of recruitment and talent acquisition in HR
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Join Harm Otten, Executive Vice President Human Resources at DHL Global Forwarding & Freight, and Matt Alder in this conversation about digitizing the HR organization, improving the employee experience and the future of recruiting.
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Jeri Lynn Wilson, TA Operations Leader at Delta Air Lines, joins the HR Leaders Podcast with Chris Rainey to discuss how they managed to pivot in record time, moving from leveraging Avature to recruit over 7,000 candidates a year, to using the platform to activate an innovative internal mobility program that enabled them to redeploy their workforce where it was needed as Covid.“That’s one of the huge benefits of Avature, because it is so configurable to a company, not only their processes but what they’re going through at a certain time.”
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Shanu Varghese, Director Global HR Technology at Apollo Management, joins the Recruiting Future Podcast to discuss what employers need to keep in mind when looking to acquire an ATS and how they can both successfully implement it and achieve stakeholder buy-in.“The advancements in Talent Acquisition technology especially over the last 5 or 10 years have been enormous. The amounts of automation that have been inserted into the processes have allowed recruiters I’ve worked with and HR departments, more broadly, to become so much more efficient. And given the ease and the speed in which candidates can now find jobs and apply to jobs and apply to multiple jobs at the same time, these automated tools are desperatly needed for our recruiting departments to keep up with that volume.”
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Megan Deville, HRIS Analyst, and Allison Thomas, Talent Acquisition Recruiter, share some of Laitram’s recruiting challenges and how the implementation of flexible, agile tech allowed them to create more time for their recruiters, drive process and tool adoption and keep pace with the company’s growth.“The one thing that’s been really nice is that Megan has come to me and asked ‘What do you need? What do you need from this system?’.My needs can be different from another recruiter’s. I handle a very high volume, so what I need this system to do is something very specific to me, and I’m able to ask for very specific things. Having a flexible system allows for that, which has been really helpful.”
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Staying at forefront of innovation is key to cut through the noise and attract top talent, but what about the users that will be making the most of the tech tools at their disposal in order to boost engagement?Change management and user adoption are critical to the success of any software implementation, and this includes any individual ATS solution or TA suite. This is even more so when operating under a decentralized talent acquisition model, just like Colonial Life does, and attempting (and succeeding!) to roll out a new ATS. Lauren Addy, Director of National Recruiting, shares some of the thought processes and strategies they applied to ensure that these two key factors were a success and how that helped them tackle the particular talent acquisition challenges at Colonial Life.
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With innovation being so crucial for competitive talent advantage, how can talent acquisition professionals make sure they are innovating against a background of changing objectives, goals and expectations? Listen to Anastacia Flores, Director of Recruiting for Pipeline Development, Systems and Operations at Pandora as she discusses their unique recruiting challenges and how they manage to keep up with new technology.
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The pace of innovation in Talent Acquisition is definitely speeding up, and it’s those employers who can adapt to this changing landscape who will tackle engaging, attracting and retaining top talent with a competitive advantage. Listen to Mike Brown, Vice President of Talent Acquisition for The Americas at Siemens, and discover how they managed to completely reinvent the way they approached their TA function and roll out a global ATS project in a very different way.
