Talent Attraction Episodes

April 14, 2025

A tech founder's journey into using AI with Mark Chaffey

A lot of tech businesses in talent acquisition and recruitment are now prefaced with the term AI. So as a founder of one of these businesses, when should start this AI journey? Joining me this week is Mark Chaffey, CEO at Hac...

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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. 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. 11, 2024

How recruiter enablement and recruitment marketing can work together …

Recruiter enablement is a fairly new concept and definitions are ranging, but broadly it's to deliver resources and assets at the point of need for a recruiter. So how does recruitment marketing fit into this process? Talking...

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Aug. 19, 2024

Talent Acquisition and AI with Bill Boorman

What will the effect of AI be on talent acquisition and talent acquisition teams and is it the next shift in recruitment? Joining me this week is the ubiquitous Bill Boorman, founder of the Tru conferences and advisor to many...

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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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July 10, 2024

Live from IHR Employer Branding Conference 2024

This is a special episode, recorded live from The IHR Employer Branding Conference 2024, recorded on 3rd July 2024 in London. The Marketing Rules Podcast is sponsored by RChill ⁠⁠⁠https://www.rchilli.com/⁠⁠⁠ #MarketingRules #...

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June 24, 2024

The State of the Talent Acquisition market with Sean Allen

Like recruitment, Talent Acquisition has had a difficult 2024 with many redundancies and teams being reduced in size. Joining James this week is Sean Allen, co-founder of The Talent Community. Sean discusses the state of the ...

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June 10, 2024

Skills based assessments with Stephane Rivard

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 betw...

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May 13, 2024

Using AI responsibly with Bob Pulver

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 i...

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April 8, 2024

When marketing and talent attraction collide with David Nottage

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 & Acqu...

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March 4, 2024

A Brief History of RecFest with Jamie Leonard

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...

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Feb. 5, 2024

The Marketing Rules Pubcast

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, ...

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Jan. 8, 2024

How to build a talent focused network with Jamie Hickman

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 ...

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