Fresh off conference season, Mark Tomasino and I break down what we actually saw on the show floor. The net out: If your differentiator is "AI-powered," you've already lost. We dig into the feedback loop nobody's talking about: job seekers using AI to mass apply to jobs, employers using AI to filter the noise, and the whole apparatus just... creating more work for all. Mark walks through his six-question framework for cutting through vendor pitches, why context matters more than the alg...
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Fresh off conference season, Mark Tomasino and I break down what we actually saw on the show floor. The net out: If your differentiator is "AI-powered," you've already lost. We dig into the feedback loop nobody's talking about: job seekers using AI to mass apply to jobs, employers using AI to filter the noise, and the whole apparatus just... creating more work for all. Mark walks through his six-question framework for cutting through vendor pitches, why context matters more than the alg...
#52: David and Goliath – How Non-Technical Companies Can Compete with Tech Titans for Talent
The Changing State of Talent Acquisition
38 minutes
2 years ago
#52: David and Goliath – How Non-Technical Companies Can Compete with Tech Titans for Talent
This week we welcome Heather Dunn to the podcast. Passionate about HR from an early age (16!), Heather brings more than 15 years of experience has an HR leader in technology companies, having held senior roles at Microsoft and Dropbox before joining Gem, where she currently serves at Chief People Officer. Topics include: how HR can be a “lonely” role in an organization, the similarities between HR and therapy, the importance of having “truth tellers,” the prevalence of open technical r...
The Changing State of Talent Acquisition
Fresh off conference season, Mark Tomasino and I break down what we actually saw on the show floor. The net out: If your differentiator is "AI-powered," you've already lost. We dig into the feedback loop nobody's talking about: job seekers using AI to mass apply to jobs, employers using AI to filter the noise, and the whole apparatus just... creating more work for all. Mark walks through his six-question framework for cutting through vendor pitches, why context matters more than the alg...
