Inclusion Episodes

March 24, 2025

The real reason you need a referral program with Sam Davies

Employee Referral programs don't work, so why should we bother them? Joining me this week to discuss this is Sam Davies, CEO at Realinks Sam talks to James about setting up Realinks as a non-techie, why technology can overcom...

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March 4, 2025

How to foster innovation with Chantal-Lawren Welch

Fostering the current and next generation of innovators is a goal for most industries. Its even more critical in the advanced engineering industry where the pressure to innovate is ever-present. Joining me this week is Chanta...

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Jan. 20, 2025

How to unbias the interview process with Michael Blakley

Interview bias takes many forms, from affinity bias to accent bias and with most biases we can be totally unaware that we are making them and the results will affect the candidate, the interviewer and the employer. Talking to...

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Dec. 16, 2024

A storytelling mindset with Neil Mullarkey

The traditional view of a leader is serious, stoic and humourless, but are humour, laughter and storytelling the new leadership traits?Joining me this week is Neil Mullarkey, Comedian, author and business coach Neil discusses...

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Dec. 2, 2024

Building a Talent Acquisition Community and Movember with Edan Haddock

We talked many times on the podcast about how communities have become more and more important for brand building, but what if that's not the aim and it is simply to create a community of like-minded professionals? Joining me ...

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Nov. 4, 2024

Understanding your strengths with Zoe Clayton-White

Doing any kind of assessment or test can be daunting, but identifying your professional strengths and weaknesses can be even worse. Taking James through his strengths and weaknesses is Zoe Clayton-White development coach and ...

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Aug. 12, 2024

Live from RecFest UK 2024 - Part 2

This is Part 2 of my episodes recorded live from Recfest UK 2024. I had the chance to speak with some great guests from the world of talent acquisition and Talent Tech. I hope you enjoy...again The Marketing Rules Podcast is...

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Aug. 5, 2024

Live from RecFest UK 2024 - Part 1

This is Part 1 of 2 episodes recorded live from Recfest UK 2024. I had the chance to speak with some great guests from the world of talent acquisition and Talent Tech. I hope you enjoy. The Marketing Rules Podcast is sponsore...

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April 22, 2024

How to make your workforce more diverse with Dan Cohen

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 back...

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Dec. 13, 2023

Live from TATech Europe

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/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

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Oct. 30, 2023

How can DE&I be your point of difference with Jo Major?

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 ...

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Sept. 12, 2023

High performing teams with Steve Sallis

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 minds...

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April 5, 2023

Disability over adversity with Samantha Renke

The Marketing Rules Podcast is pleased to welcome Samantha Renke, actor, author, presenter and activist.Samantha takes us through how she got started in acting, how she become a voice in the disabled community and the process...

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March 13, 2023

Inclusive recruitment with Emma Freivogel

Being an inclusive recruiter is easy to say but much harder to prove. It's my pleasure this week to welcome Emma Freivogel founder and MD at Radical Recruit. Emma has made it her mission to get disadvantaged jobseekers back i...

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Oct. 28, 2022

Halloween Special with Elizabeth Lembke

This episode is a little different as I'm welcoming back Elizabeth Lembke to the show. Regular listeners will know Liz from 'What recruitment can learn from 80's movies' and 'What recruitment can learn from Christmas movies'....

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