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612

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Oct 2026

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Join hosts - Lauren Sharp & Craig Watson as we explore the wonderful and wacky world of Talent Acquisition & Recruitment. We speak with TA Legends, Thought Leaders & Industry suppliers. We explore challenges, changes & confusion in a world that is crying out for a voice. We aim to be informative... a little controversial... with a side of fun. Join us... won't you?

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October 16, 2026Episode 6167 min

Episode 616 - TA has a new home and it's called the TAAA

Join us for a special Tapod episode, where we get under the hood of Australia's new home for TA – the Talent Acquisition Association of Australia – the TAAA. Launched 2 weeks ago as Australia’s only professional association for Talent Acquisition we were hoping for 400 members in the first year and we are close to 500 in the first 2 weeks! We are all about raising professional standards, training pathways, lobbying and advocacy for the government and much more. We already have some amazing partners, including Indeed, Avature, CXC Global, Workpro and Testgrid. So join now – free for TA professionals and TA Teams in the first year, and there are opportunities for vendors to join to commit to a professional code of conduct and truly partner with the industry that supports you. taaa.au.

October 13, 2026Episode 61516 min

Episode 615 - Your Weekly TA & Recruitment News with the Scoop

It’s your weekly TA & Recruitment news blast with the Scoop from TaPod. We have all kinds of stories live from ATC 2026 including, Microsoft getting a slap and a hug on the same day, Amazon still laying off staff while investing in AI, Lauren from Indeed joins us to speak EB, Upwork and Apple have some great new jobs, small business prioritising retention, gender pay gap hits AI Agentsand much more. And hey, don’t forget to check out upcoming events. Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us to bring you the Scoop.

October 11, 2026Episode 61424 min

Episode 614 - 'When I have a goal - I'll stop at nothing to achieve it.' with Annalise Neal.

This week on Tapod, we catch up with Annalise Neal, Senior Talent Partner at Culture Amp who won the Enterprise Talent Professional of the Year Award at the 2026 Internal Talent Awards. Exceeding her personal target by 25%, Annalise describes herself as process-obsessed and loves looking for efficiencies. From reducing times to hire by 33% to building talent pools to changing hiring manager thinking, Annalise tells us the proof is in the metrics. Working across engineering, Culture Amp’s graduate program and AI evolution, Annalise shows us what a high-performing talent professional looks like in 2026. Thanks to Greenhouse for partnering with us for this episode.

October 6, 2026Episode 61324 min

Episode 613 - Your Weekly TA & Recruitment News with the Scoop

It’s your weekly TA & Recruitment news blast with the Scoop from TaPod. We have all kinds of stories, including fun and frivolity in Hobart, police recruitment in the mud, plenty on LinkedIn, data centre recruitment thriving, ADF improving the trade drain, Snoop Dogg recruits an ice cream taster, and much more. And hey, don’t forget to check out upcoming events. Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us to bring you the Scoop.

October 4, 2026Episode 61231 min

Episode 612 - Turning Compliance into a Competitive Advantage.

This week on Tapod, we catch up with Kimberley Manning, Director of TA – Australia & NZ at Delaware North, and Aaron Smith, co-founder & CTO at Check Work Rights, who won the Best Vendor Solution Award at the 2026 Internal Talent Awards sponsored by TaPod. Championing compliance is a real point of difference in Delaware North’s GTM, and with over 7000 employees, this can be a huge challenge. Join us as we breakdown ‘Check Intelligence’, AI and compliance fraud. Thanks to Greenhouse for partnering with us for this episode.

September 29, 2026Episode 61116 min

Episode 611 - Your Weekly TA & Recruitment News with the Scoop

It’s your weekly TA & Recruitment news blast with the Scoop from TaPod. This week Lauren is off, and Bonnie is back and misbehaving. We have all kinds of stories including, working for free is not on, candidates prefer to interview with bots, Christmas comes early, Aussies scrambling for second jobs, the ‘profiler’ is the recruitment superhero we all need, Gen Z looking for new roles and much more. And hey, don’t forget to check out upcoming events. Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us to bring you the Scoop.

September 27, 2026Episode 61029 min

Episode 610 - When Candidate Experience is the Centre of Everything.

This week on Tapod, we catch up with Kristy Glew and Jessica Raslan from Each, who won the Excellence in Candidate Experience Award at the 2026 Internal Talent Awards sponsored by Havas People. Servicing over 36,000 applicants, CX is a real focus for the team at Each. From their recruit and onboard hub to support hiring managers, to over 70 language translations, to accessibility enhancements to a careers website redesign and much more. Thanks to Smart Recruiters for partnering with us for this episode.

September 22, 2026Episode 60927 min

Episode 609 - Your Weekly TA & Recruitment News with the Scoop

It’s your weekly TA & Recruitment news blast with the Scoop from TaPod. This week Craig is off, Bonnie jumps into his seat, and we are in for a bucket of fun, including Gen Z turns up to interviews with an iced coffee, Fair Work in the news again, Virgin cancels flights over cabin crew resourcing, changes to skilled migration visas, brutal UK numbers for over 50 job seekers, transgender social worker wins case and much more. And hey, don’t forget to check out upcoming events. Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us to bring you the Scoop.

September 20, 2026Episode 60832 min

Episode 608 - Celebrating the VERY best in our Industry with Emma from Ampol

This week on Tapod, we catch up with Emma Cassidy – Group Head of Talent Acquisition & Workforce Solutions at Ampol. In a triple threat, Ampol won the Enterprise Talent Team of the Year, and the Best Contingent Workforce Program at ITAs’ 2026… throw in Emma’s own individual award for Enterprise Talent Leader of the Year and it was an exclamation point on a year of transformation and success. Join us as we breakdown these winning submissions across, EVP revamp, careers site upgrade, tech implementation, workforce structure and redesign, AI enablement and more. It’s the industry benchmark and you really need to hear about it! Thanks to Smart Recruiters for partnering with us for this episode.

September 15, 2026Episode 60725 min

Episode 607 - Your Weekly TA & Recruitment News with the Scoop

It’s your weekly TA & Recruitment news blast with the Scoop from TaPod. This week we cover all kinds of angles including, AI redundancies being hired back, Japanese are getting recruitment creative, non-compete clauses being removed under legislation, WFH changes stall, crazy reason a candidate was rejected, surge in AI-generated applications pushing recruitment processes out, judge blocks Trump culture-fit question and much more. And hey, don’t forget to check out upcoming events. Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us to bring you the Scoop.