Episode 13 - Skills-Based Hiring

It's not some new trend or a game changer, it simply opens up your talent pool further, but is skills-based hiring worth it? We take an in-depth look into the pro's and con's compared to job-based hiring, and try to come up with the perfect answer.

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Partnered with Candid Hospitality, your anonymous matchmaker for hospitality careers.

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Episode 12 - Recruitment is Broken

The TA market is a very strange place right now. "Companies aren't hiring" & "Candidates aren't applying" are ringing through TA teams and LinkedIn alike. Dominic Joyce captured this perfect on a post on LinkedIn (link below) when he said “Everyone’s hiring, but no one’s getting hired.” and it couldn't be more true.

We take a deep dive into what we're seeing happen across teams, our thoughts, our opinions, and current experiences given we're both hiring manager and candidate right now so we know first hand what's happening.

Here's a link to Dominic's post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dominic-joyce_the-job-market-in-202526-everyones-activity-7386312161167568896-CFPR?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAABeuRrkByAkpiN6N-Fx5xlYp2j1eREeX_CU

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Partnered with Candid Hospitality, your anonymous matchmaker for hospitality careers.

https://candidhospitality.co.uk/

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Episode 11 - Levlr

This week we have the Co-Founders of Levlr join us on the show. Neil & Mike have spent the last 20+ years in Recruitment, whether it be from an agency perspective or job board setting, so they know a thing or two about the Ta market, which is how Levlr came about. The gents discuss the Ta market, the ever changing role, and why Ta is truly broken currently and how there is a golden opportunity to make a positive change for the long haul.

Levlr is built for HR and talent teams in high-churn industries like hospitality and retail. We help you reduce time-to-hire, improve candidate experience, and get better hiring results — without burning out your team or budget.

Our mission is simple: make recruitment faster, fairer, and more human for both employers and candidates.

Check our their site and request a trial now, and one of their team will be in touch!

https://www.levlr.io/

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In Association with A2H Solutions - Connecting Talent & Opportunity Seamlessly

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Partnered with Candid Hospitality, your anonymous matchmaker for hospitality careers.

https://candidhospitality.co.uk/

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Episode 10 - Talking Talent with Rob Vinke

This week we have Rob Vinke join us on the podcast, bringing some great content and highlighting the pre-judgement culture around age in candidates.

We need to shift the biased first impressions, and harness the experience of someone who has had a great career, and use this to help bring another wave of success to the organisation. by harnessing and utilising their skillset to the benefit of the wider teams.

We also discuss the agency to in-house recruiter and operations shifts, and using all skills to become the top TA specialist Rob is today!

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In Association with A2H Solutions - Connecting Talent & Opportunity Seamlessly

https://a2hsolutions.com/

Partnered with Candid Hospitality, your anonymous matchmaker for hospitality careers.

https://candidhospitality.co.uk/

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Episode 9 - Candid Hospitality

Delighted0 this week to have one of our podcast partners, the legends of Candid Hospitality! Co-founder Sam Brown & Head of Community Izzy Schwenn join us this week to talk about Candid, and their journeys in the talent space. Both from different backgrounds, but with a unified mission and passion to make job hunting better, easier and fair for everyone!

A really great episode, delving into the early careers of both Sam & Izzy, the beginnings of Candid, and the interesting placeholder name that nearly shaped a very different public image of Candid Hospitality!

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www.harri.com

In Association with A2H Solutions - Connecting Talent & Opportunity Seamlessly

https://a2hsolutions.com/

Partnered with Candid Hospitality, your anonymous matchmaker for hospitality careers.

https://candidhospitality.co.uk/

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Episode 8 - Talking Talent With Jo Knowler

Jo has worked at some CV attention grabbing organisations, Lipsy London, LADbible, Supercar Blondie Media Group. Some great names that attract a lot of attention. But does this make it easier to attract talent? To retain talent? Employer branding is more than what the brand is actually known for when it comes to talent. It goes beyond the name, it's things such as benefits that people REALLY want, not your classic gym discount and high street shop discounts.

Jo is one of the many who have stepped across from Recruitment & TA into the HR/People space, and is absolutely thriving! She shares what made it easy for her to switch across, overcoming the self-doubt, and tackling global people teams and establishing ways to collaborate and build up that teamwork ethic and mindset.

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In Association with A2H Solutions - Connecting Talent & Opportunity Seamlessly

https://a2hsolutions.com/

Partnered with Candid Hospitality, your anonymous matchmaker for hospitality careers.

https://candidhospitality.co.uk/

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Episode 7 - Working Patterns

4-day working weeks, hybrid working, remote, office work. What's the best? why do organisations inists on one or the other? We deep dive into what is a huge divisive "benefit" and "offering" in the tricky market.

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In Association with A2H Solutions - Connecting Talent & Opportunity Seamlessly

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Partnered with Candid Hospitality, your anonymous matchmaker for hospitality careers.

https://candidhospitality.co.uk/

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Episode 6 - The state of play in TA

The TA space is in a pretty dire place currently, with so many fantastic Talent Professionals donning the green LinkedIn banner. Organisations are trimming People teams, especially Recruitment/TA roles in order to combat budget cuts, rise in costs, and restructures. We take a deep dive into some of the problems facing the market, plus personal journey's where Ben is re-entering the market pending the end of his FTC.

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https://candidhospitality.co.uk/

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Episode 5 - Talking Talent with Mel Kelly - MK Talent Advisory

The world of Recruitment and TA is evolving rapidly as you're probably more than aware, and so many more niche branches are shooting off the overarching TA umbrella. Mel realised this, analysed her strengths, weaknesses, passions and favourite parts of the Recruitment cycle/process, and set up MK Talent Advisory!

We discuss how this process happens, experience working across very different sectors, from Finance/Advisory to Hospitality. We also discuss the alternative segments of Recruitment, fractional, imbedded, advisory, outsourced. There's lots of differences and similarities, and always a place in organisations for someone to offer something!

Be sure to give Mel a a follow, and if you're looking for a fantastic Ta Advisor, look no further than MK!

https://www.linkedin.com/in/melkelly-ta/

https://mktalentadvisory.com/

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Partnered with Candid Hospitality, your anonymous matchmaker for hospitality careers.

https://candidhospitality.co.uk/

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Episode 4 - Talking Talent with Holly Hobbs - urfuture.io

This week we've had the pleasure of welcoming Holly Hobbs onto the show to share her unique and expert insight to the world of Gen-Z. Gen-Z is more than a tagline blanket word for "young people", it's a generation that are shaping new norms, a generation that are empowered to challenge, grow, demonstrate entrepreneurship and be real trailblazers.

As for Holly, she identified a big issue around apprenticeships, how confusing they can all be, what's the best option for someone to navigate and forge a career? This is how Apprentivia, and subsequent merger with urfuture came to life! Holly's a hugely driven ambitious Gen-Z'er, and summarises perfectly the values of workers of this era, Purpose, Pay, Progression.

If you're a People Leader of any organisation large or small, looking to focus on new talent pools, then this episode, and urfuture are going to be insightful and key to your strategies!

If you want to know more about urfuture, then head over to their website >>> https://www.urfuture.io/

Be sure to give Holly a follow over on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollyhobbss/

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https://candidhospitality.co.uk/

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Episode 3 - Recfest 2025

We've both wanted to attend Recfest for a number of years, it's the leading TA event in the UK where vendors, guest speakers and Talent professionals gather to learn, collaborate and network. Seemed the perfect place for us to meet friends, colleagues, upskill and plug the pod with our very own merch!

We discuss our experience at Recfest, from the scorching temperatures, to great talks, not so great talks, and the buzzwords (did someone say AI?!) used throughout the day. We've seen someone refer to this years event as aifest...

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https://a2hsolutions.com/

Partnered with Candid Hospitality, your anonymous matchmaker for hospitality careers.

https://candidhospitality.co.uk/

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Welcome to Season 2!

This week we jump onto the buzz-line of "Quiet Quitting". What is it? How can it affect company cultures, company morale? Is it because of the company or is it a personal employee thing? We deep dive into this with some different opinions.

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In Association with A2H Solutions - Connecting Talent & Opportunity Seamlessly

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Partnered with Candid Hospitality, your anonymous matchmaker for hospitality careers.

https://candidhospitality.co.uk/

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Welcome to Season 2!

We're back, with a slightly refreshed look, format, and merch!

We're talking about the case with Workday and it's (mis)use of AI in it's processes and how far is "too far" when it comes to AI? We discuss summer socials with networking (big thanks to Harri & A2H for the invite), and trying to be a social butterfly whilst overcoming anxiety.

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https://candidhospitality.co.uk/

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Welcome to Episode 8 of Talking Talent.

This week we discuss all things onboarding. It's a very generic term, and can mean so many different things in different organisations. How far does it go - first few weeks, 90 days, 6 months? So many different methods and approached, but what is certain is that it is critical to get this stage of any recruitment process spot on to ensure engagement of your new team member into the culture and role within your organisation.

This is also our season finale, so from both of us we'd like to say a HUGE thank you for tuning in and listening, your feedback and support has been overwhelming and we are so so grateful. We will be back for season 2 with plans already underway to please make sure you subscribe on your podcast provider to stay in touch with the new season begins, and follow us on socials to keep up to date!

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We're Talking Talent with Stuart Hills - Managing Director for UK Operations at COREcruitment!

Stuart possesses over 15 years of experience working for a leading recruitment agency, CORE. Stuart started as a consultant and worked his way up, forging some incredible relationships along the way. His ability to not just understand the roles and candidates his clients are looking for, but to take a genuine interest in their business too, is a key factor in what makes him stand head and shoulders above other agency recruiters. Harnessing the power of networking and communicating, Stuart and his team excelled hugely during Covid, putting on webinars to keep in touch with everybody, and it's paid off to this day!

CORE do things differently, they truly partner their clients as much as possible, being an extension of their talent teams, they host various events throughout the year, inviting clients to keep those relationships close, personal and open. His opinions and viewpoints are insightful, balancing the agency vs in-house debates nicely and giving us on the podcast some things to think about too!

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Welcome to Episode 7 of Talking Talent.

This week we discuss all things retention, however we have a slight variation on our usual episode format, as we have Paul Humphrey, Senior L&D Specialist at Wagamama join us this week, as retention is something he is renowned for, with a fantastic breadth of knowledge across hospitality. Paul talks us through why it's so important, the positive effects it has on any organisation, cost savings and how much it is linked into TA. Paul also discusses career pathways, and a totally different take on the run-of-the-mill "moving up the ladder" approach to careers pathways.

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We're Talking Talent with Claire Clarke - HR/People Director, currently consulting for Cumulocity!

Claire is a hugely experienced People Director, with over 20 years working within the hospitality sector. Claire worked her way up the ranks from an HR Assistant through to HRD / People Director. Claire's passionate thoughts regarding "HR" and "People" is what defines her and has made her so successful transforming perspectives on the entire People function within huge nationwide organisations such as Big Table Group. People is the centre of all successful organisations, and Claire shares her tips on driving culture, engagement, and just how important TA/Recruitment is for any organisation.

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Welcome to Episode 6 of Talking Talent.

This week we're discussing the power of Networking. Every Talent professional is aware of the benefits of having a great network, no matter how large of tight-knit it may be. Ben & Dale get very deep and honest in some of the struggles they've faced in certain situations, especially with disabilities and life changing events coming into play and tackling them to become a superpower.

Networking is a very broad term too, so we deep dive into what it actually means, and does everyone actually network every day without realising?

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We're Talking Talent with Jose Rubio - Head of People at Spacemade!

Jose is an experienced People Professional, making that transition from Recruiter to Head of People. He's had a fantastic experience throughout his career, with an incredible ability to self reflect and pinpoint the exact things that make him get out of bed in the morning. His unwavering drive and passion for excellence is unrivalled, and his confidence in his own ability, focus and determination is what makes him one of the best in the business. He discusses career opportunities, harnessing AI to make your job easier, and what it's like recruiting for organisations with openings nationwide.

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Welcome to Episode 5 of Talking Talent.

How important is candidate experience? We think it is critical for success in talent acquisition and recruitment. In so many different industries candidates are also customers, and if you give them a poor experience, they'll have a negative impression of the organisation and that can spread rapidly, especially with the power of social media too. But why are so many organisations lacking in this area, is it time, resources, understanding what candidates' expectations are? We tackle all of this in the episode this week.

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