Diversity Episodes

May 26, 2025

Don’t mention the lads mags with Gail Porter

In this episode, James speaks with Gail Porter, TV presenter, model, author and campaigner about her rise in the '90s media scene, her battles with alopecia and mental health and how she’s now using her story to advocate for ...

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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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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. 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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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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May 9, 2022

Digital Talent with Matt Alder and Mervyn Dinnen

'In a disrupted and technology-enabled world of work, HR professionals' ability to attract, recruit and retain people with digital skills can be the difference between business success and failure.' This is how Matt Alder and...

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May 3, 2022

Matt Sigelman returns to discuss workplace mobility, global Talent sh…

Friend of the podcast Matt Sigelman returns to give an update on the recent merger of Burning Glass and EMSi and his new role as President of the burning glass institute. Matt also shares the results of some of the institute'...

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March 7, 2022

The women of fintech with Nadia Edwards-Dashti

The traditional view of technology roles is that they are only appealing to and filled by men, but this week's guest is shining a spotlight on the women making waves in technology. Nadia Edwards-Dashti is the Chief Customer O...

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Nov. 15, 2021

How do we recruit with diversity and inclusion in mind with Adam Tobi…

From starting a search for a potential candidate, writing the job advert to conducting the interview, what practical things do we need to consider? Join me this week is Adam Tobias co-founder at The Inventum Group. Adam walks...

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Nov. 1, 2021

The myths of Diversity and Inclusion with Mik Scarlet

More and more businesses are understanding the benefits of a diverse and inclusive workforce, but is it just something large businesses can implement? Joining James this week is performer, broadcaster, campaigner and D&I expe...

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Oct. 25, 2021

The future of employee onboarding with Angela Cripps

Onboarding is a hot topic in HR. How we introduce new employees to our company, make them feel part of the team while at the same time informing them how to do their job. This is now crucial in a hybrid working environment, w...

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July 29, 2021

Making your business and marketing more inclusive with Andy Kraut

We all want our businesses to be as inclusive as possible and they share this with our audiences, but where do we start and how do we avoid silly mistakes that are likely to offend. Joining me this week is Andy Kraut, head of...

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March 15, 2021

Who is responsible for Diversity and Inclusion in the recruitment pro…

Hopefully we are all familiar with the benefits of having a more Diverse and Inclusive workforce, but this process begins even before the candidate submits their resume. Talking to me this week is Yvan Demosthenes, CEO at Ham...

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March 30, 2020

Winston B Clements is back!

This week James talks to Winston B Clements again about surviving self isolation, social distancing and working from home. You can find out more about Winston at: https://winstonclements.com/

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