The Talent Cast

• EP 105 – How to Change Recruiting’s Mind About Employer Brand January 14, 2019
  When it comes to employer branding, the last holdouts who refuse who play along with you are the ones who most benefit from it. Aren’t we a crazy species? So how do you get recruiter’s to embrace these new ways of thinking? How do you get them to change their habits and do things differently? […]
• EP 104 – Culture Is Not Employer Brand January 7, 2019
  HTML It’s easy to get confused when we don’ take the time to define our terms, but you can’t swap out your employer brand for your culture. Why? Aside from the fact that they are different things, come from different places and are changed in different ways? Well, you’ll have to just listen to find […]
• EP 103 – The Next Five Minutes December 31, 2018
  Welcome to the new year! Resolutions suck, but that doesn’t mean this isn’t a great time to make change happen. The trick isn’t focus on a big hairy audacious goal, but to build better habits that lead you to doing amazing things! Show notes: Thank you (in no order) to Elena Valentine and Abby Cheeseman, […]
• EP 102 – The Wrong Question December 24, 2018
  If you’re focused on being seen as a great place to work, as being an attractive employer, as having a string employer brand, you are asking yourself the wrong question to win the fight for talent. What’s the right question? Tune in and find out. Show notes:Talent Brand Summit in Austin (Mar)Social Recruiting Summit in […]
• EP 101 – 2019 Predictions December 17, 2018
  In this episode, I pretend I can see the future! Also, if you want that $200 discount code to the Talent Brand Summit in Austin this Spring, just let me know! Show notes:Talent Brand Summit in Austin (Mar) Social Recruiting Summit in Atlanta (Jan)Employer Brand ManifestoI can help your solve your messiest recruiting problems with […]
• EP 100 – Zen and the Art of Employer Brand December 10, 2018
  On this, our one hundredth episode, I try to explain the entirety of employer branding in sixty seconds. No special effects or auditory/podcast tricks. No visual aids or speed talking. I just get to the never-stated core of employer branding. Oh, and I swear a lot. This is not the podcast to play at your […]
• EP 099 – I Hate Facebook / Advertising Is Not Marketing December 3, 2018
  It’s been a rough week for Facebook, and all of the advertising market. This wouldn’t be so much of an issue if so many recruitment and talent leaders weren’t confusing advertising and marketing. They aren’t the same. So here’s my chance to scare you away from over-indexing and over-investing on ads and focus more on […]
• EP 098 – When It Gets Quiet November 26, 2018
  This is an epic opportunity! Between Thanksgiving and New Years, things get much slower. The pace of new requisitions dries up and it’s time to think about the holiday party or next year’s planning and budgeting. This is when you need to identify and launch that one program you never have time to get to, […]
• EP 097 – Your Employer Brand IS Your Brand November 19, 2018
  I know that the consumer marketing team gets all the money and attention. But should they? Can a case be made to say that your employer brand is more important than consumer marketing? Or at least that the employer brand is the beating heart of all other marketing efforts? I think so. So take a […]
• EP 096 – The Optimization Trap November 12, 2018
  Getting better is great. Sometimes, as we explore and experiment with recruiting and employer branding ideas, focusing on getting a little better might be all we can shoot for. But an over-reliance on optimization, the 2%, 3%, 5% increases year of year of our channels and tactics, leads to stagnation. The best way to ensure […]