Podcast Episodes

Assessments vs skills-based assessments vs interviews What is the difference and is one any better than the other? Discussing this with me is Stephane Rivard, CEO at HiringBranch Stephane takes me through the differences between all 3, when is one more appropriate than the other, their advantages and disadvantages and the future of skills-based assessments. The Marketing Rules Podcast is sponsored by RChill ⁠https://www.rchilli.com/⁠ #MarketingRules #TheVoiceOfRecruitmentMarketing...

Running remote marketing teams is a challenge at the best of times, but doing that across different time zones is even trickier. Joining me this week is Laura Brown, Marketing Director at Engtal. Laura discusses managing remote teams, building community brands and driving revenue from marketing in 2024. The Marketing Rules Podcast is sponsored by RChill https://www.rchilli.com/ #MarketingRules #TheVoiceOfRecruitmentMarketing To connect with Laura: https://www.linkedin.com/in/la...

We've talked a lot about AI on The Marketing Rules Podcast, from how it can be used to in volume marketing to increasing talent engagement, but do we need to stop a think if we are using AI responsibly? Joining me this week is Bob Pulver, Founder of Cognitive PathBob, who discusses how we should be using AI in the Talent Acquisition space. What type of governance and security should we have in place? And what is the current landscape of AI usage in Talent Acquisition? #MarketingRules ...

The key to building and maintaining a diverse workplace is rich, consistent and accurate data, but how do you even start measuring this data? Joining me this week is Dan Cohen Co-founder at MixxylDan talks me through his background that led him to co-found mixxyl, why its important to use AI to understand diversity in the workplace and why businesses still aren't taking diversity seriously. #MarketingRules #TheVoiceOfRecruitmentMarketing To connect with Dan: https://www.linkedin.com/...

As a recruitment marketer, i would say that marketing is important in talent attraction, but today's guest has marketing front and centre in his strategy. Joining me this week is David Nottage Head of Talent Attraction & Acquisition at Footasylum David talks to me about his unusual journey into talent attraction, why marketing is so important to him and his thoughts on how TA teams should add value. #MarketingRules #TheVoiceOfRecruitmentMarketing Support for this podcast comes from Shazamme...

Building an engaged community around your brand and business is the goal for many marketers, but what are the issues you might face and what does success look like? Joining me this week is Lloyed Lobo, author and cofounder at Boast. Lloyed talks me through how he built a community of over 100,000 entrepreneurs and innovators and how he managed the community and kept them engaged. #MarketingRules #TheVoiceOfRecruitmentMarketing Support for this podcast comes from Shazamme ⁠⁠⁠...

Many businesses want to attract early career jobseekers, but what are their drivers and do they play by the usual recruitment rules? Joining me this week is Steven Rothberg, founder of The College Recruiter job siteSteven discusses what early career job seekers are looking for from an employer and their relationships to job boards and the application process. #MarketingRules #TheVoiceOfRecruitmentMarketing Support for this podcast comes from Shazamme ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.shazamme....

RecFest has become one of the tentpole events in the talent attraction events calendar, but how did it start and what were the drivers to make it distinctly different from many other events on the calendar? In December 2023 I interviewed RecFest head honcho Jamie Leonard. We discuss the origins of RecFest, the facelifts it has had over the past few years and the future of recruitment focused events. #MarketingRules #TheVoiceOfRecruitmentMarketing Support for this podcast comes from Shazamme ...

This is a special episode recorded in December 2023 at The Three Tuns Pub in London with Matt Alder, Hung Lee, Chad Sowash, Julie Sowash, Chris Murdoch and of course yours truly. As we are all podcasters we discuss the good, the bad and the ugly of podcasting and apologies for the audio quality, but we were in a pub after all! #MarketingRules #TheVoiceOfRecruitmentMarketing Support for this podcast comes from Shazamme ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.shazamme.com/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

We all know that AI is going to change the way we work and recruit, but how is it specifically going to change the way that recruitment marketing operates? Joining me this week is Matt Comber, CEO at SourceflowMatt talks me through what he thinks is going to be influenced, changed and eradicated by AI in recruitment marketing and the knock-on effects on his own business. #MarketingRules #TheVoiceOfRecruitmentMarketing Support for this podcast comes from Shazamme ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www...

One of the best ways to engage directly with your target audiences is by building a network or community, which is now easier than ever with WhatsApp and similar apps, but where do you start? Discussing this with me is Jamie Hickman, MD at Search Markets. At the start of 2023, Jamie started to build the search markets network focused on bringing together specialists in Talent Attraction, recruitment and HR Tech, but by the end of 23 there were thousands of members across multiple platforms, bu...

This is a special episode, recorded live from TATech Europe on 5th December 2023 in London. #MarketingRules #TheVoiceOfRecruitmentMarketing Support for this podcast comes from TATech and Shazamme ⁠⁠https://tatech.org/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.shazamme.com/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about James and ThinkinCircles: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thinkincircles.com/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.themarketingrules.com/⁠⁠⁠

Talent intelligence is a fairly new term for assessing potential hires, trends in the job market and internal performance benchmarks all aimed at improving hiring success. Joining me this week is Toby Culsaw Global Head of Talent Intelligence: Worldwide Amazon Stores. Toby has created the Talent Intelligence Collective, a community of talent intelligence professionals and interested parties to explore this new function and process. Toby takes me through why he started the collective, what member...

Does DE&I mean different things to different people and can your approach to DE&I be used commercially? Joining me this week is Jo Major, Founder of Diversity in Recruitment. Jo Talks to me about what recruiters really think DE&I is. How to use DE&I to build your brand and how to use DE&I for business development. #MarketingRules #TheVoiceOfRecruitmentMarketing Support for this podcast comes from CandidateHub and Shazamme ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://candidatehub.io/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://...

Like many outsourced functions for business, Learning and Development can be seen as a luxury, suffering in a downturn. Last in first out mentality. Joining me this week is Ben Socken, Founder and MD at West Peak. Ben discusses why a business should be always investing in L&D and how to measure the results. #MarketingRules #TheVoiceOfRecruitmentMarketing Support for this podcast comes from CandidateHub and Shazamme ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://candidatehub.io/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.shazamme...

Do you believe in luck or do you make your own luck as a recruiter? and what's a job title? are you a recruiter, a talent acquisition specialist or something else? Joining me this week is Ashely Cooper, an in-house recruiter and employer branding specialist. Ashley discusses the role of luck in being an effective recruiter and if over-inflating your job title is harming your credibility and the credibility of the industry. #MarketingRules #TheVoiceOfRecruitmentMarketing Support for this pod...

Every business wants their teams to perform as best as possible, with everyone pushing in the same direction and team leaders who are respected and followed. Joining James this week is Steve Sallis, author and executive mindset coach. They discuss how businesses can build high-performing teams, what methodology to use, and what are the qualities needed in a team leader. #MarketingRules #TheVoiceOfRecruitmentMarketing Support for this podcast comes from CandidateHub and Shazamme ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠htt...

Where does the recruiter stop and the marketer start? We are seeing more and more pressure on recruiters to be more like marketers, from personal branding to collateral creation. Joining me this week is Chad Sowash, podcaster, business owner and talent acquisition consultant. Chad and I discuss the pros and cons of expecting recruiters to be more like marketers and what we should expect in reality. #MarketingRules #TheVoiceOfRecruitmentMarketing Support for this podcast comes from Candidate...

Small businesses tend to fall on the opposite side with their use of SEO, either it is too expensive to make any headway or they spend all their budget on SEO and nothing is left for any other marketing. This week's guest is Ben Lund founder of rise marketing. Ben discuss how small business can get started with SEO, the mistakes to avoid and how it can work with your other marketing activities. #MarketingRules #TheVoiceOfRecruitmentMarketing Support for this podcast comes from CandidateHub an...

It's always interesting to understand what other parts of the world are doing better, or worse when it comes to recruitment marketing and employer branding. Joining me this week is Serge Boudreau, Vice president of business development at CareerBeacon and 1 half of the hosts at the Recruitment Flex podcast. Serge and I discuss the difference in strategies, tactics, methodology and tech in Recruitment marketing in North America and Europe. #MarketingRules #TheVoiceOfRecruitmentMarketing Suppor...

Setting up your new recruitment agency is one of the most exciting and terrifying times of running a business, but what can you do to get it right from the start? Joining James this week is Bobby Banerjee, Director Of Learning at Elev8. Bobby and I pool our knowledge to discuss how to make sure your new recruitment business is on the right track from the start. #MarketingRules #TheVoiceOfRecruitmentMarketing Support for this podcast comes from CandidateHub and Shazamme ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://candidat...

For any business moving into a new territory and key marketing consideration is whether to translate your collateral into the local language. Joining James this week is Evan Kramer, founder of Motion Point. Evan discusses the advantages from a marketing perspective of translating not just your website but all your marketing output into the local language. #MarketingRules #The VoiceOfRecruitmentMarketing Support for this podcast comes from CandidateHub and Shazamme ⁠⁠⁠https://candidatehub.io/...

For those of us that present on a regular basis, whether it's online or face to face how do we know how effective we are as a presenter and if our content is hitting the right mark? Joining James this week is Arel Moodie, Entrepreneur, speaker and TV host. Arel discusses his years of experience on the speaking circuit and how he came to build a platform that can support speakers to deliver effective presentations. #MarketingRules #The VoiceOfRecruitmentMarketing Support for this podcast come...

Sales and Marketing, Sales & Marketing. There is a difference the first is 2 different departments, the second is both functions working together. Joining me this week is Mike Ames from Flair, growth consultants. Mike discusses how to align your recruiters and your marketing and how to convince them of the value of marketing. #MarketingRules #The VoiceOfRecruitmentMarketing Support for this podcast comes from CandidateHub and Shazamme ⁠https://candidatehub.io/⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.shazamme.com/ ⁠...