TaPod - We Talk Talent Acquisition.

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576

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Jun 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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June 16, 2026Episode 57817 min

Episode 578 - Your Weekly TA & Recruitment News with the Scoop - FT Kimberley Lawrie

It’s your weekly TA & Recruitment news blast with the Scoop from TaPod. This week we have a guest host and cover all kinds of angles, including fake applicant beats 261 rivals, Deloitte disruption forecast, doom jobbing, token maxxing or lily padding, IKEA replaces 8,500 roles, but it’s not what you think, World Cup productivity sinkhole, the back door reference and much more.Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us to bring you the Scoop.

June 14, 2026Episode 57733 min

Episode 577 - Keeping the Human in the Loop - with Denise Pereira

This week on Tapod, we catch up with Denise Pereira – Senior Global Talent Sourcing Partner @Zendesk, Founder @KaleidoSource, Podcaster @CraftySourcer and bloody Industry Legend! Denise has some very strong views on how AI has changed the role and will continue to change the role of the Sourcer. There are 2 overarching themes in this episode – 1: if you don’t change and evolve to include AI in your day-to-day, you will not survive… And 2, there always needs to be a person in the loop. Grab a listen; there are nuggets aplenty!Thanks to Greenhouse for partnering with us this month.

June 9, 2026Episode 57622 min

Episode 576 - 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 Uber brutalising their HR Team; 12.5% tariffs imposed by the USA for allowing imports of goods created by modern slavery; Atlassian says AI is making teams slower; the daily commute is dead; businesses spending pay rises on AI; the top 10 in-demand jobs and much more.Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us to bring you the Scoop.

June 7, 2026Episode 57535 min

Episode 575 - The Recfest Effect... It's Real.

This week on Tapod, we catch up with Jamie Leonard – Founder of Recfest – The LARGEST Talent Acquisition event in the world! Imagine over 4000 recruiters in the field at Knebworth, UK – in the biggest and baddest conference/festival on the planet. This year’s theme revolves very heavily around human intervention in a world transfixed on AI. With a focus on practitioner delivery and case studies Thanks to Greenhouse for partnering with us this month.

June 2, 2026Episode 57428 min

Episode 574 - 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 Lauren wants us to stop talking about AI and then doesn’t stop talking about it; bad hiring decisions cost $7.3 billion annually; redundancy and then enforcing non-competes – is that fair? Would you call someone a ‘fat, ugly pig' in an interview? Ghost jobs on the increase; the Fair Work Commission hands out a pay rise; Gen Z not lazy but harder to manipulate and much more.Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us to bring you the Scoop.

May 31, 2026Episode 57334 min

Episode 573 - Finally... TA has arrived.

This week on Tapod, we catch up with Rachel Hill, Managing Director at Hill Consulting HRS & Founder at The Recruitment Skills Academy. But Rachel is on a mission. Along with our very own Craig Watson, she has developed the first-ever accredited vocational training for our industry in a Certificate IV in TA and Diploma in TA Management. Not only that, but they are also about to launch the Talent Acquisition Association of Australia – TAAA. This is a member-based industry association to drive the professionalism and standards of talent acquisition in the region. The TAAA will provide guidance and resources, lobby the government, be the voice of internal recruitment and test frameworks around new strategies and technologies. They have already signed on a number of vendor partners who will contribute data, whitepapers and special deals to members. It’s high time we are seen as a true profession, and that can only be the case if we take steps to act like one.Thanks to Greenhouse for partnering with us this month.

May 26, 2026Episode 57225 min

Episode 572 - 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 holding grudges at work and what it’s costing you; Callam Pickering – APAC Senior Economist at Indeed joins us for an update on job numbers, the Budget and what we can all look forward to… or not; AI already gaming recruiters; Human Capital reduced to a cost line item; the real story behind Bolt firing their HR team; and much more.Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us to bring you the Scoop.

May 24, 2026Episode 57137 min

Episode 571 - Everytheing changes, but everything stays the same... The Contingent workforce with Sue Howse/

This week on Tapod, we catch up with Sue Howse – Managing Partner & Founder at The Human Collaborative. Sue is the foremost commentator in the Contingent Workforce in the APAC region. Sue shares with us what has changed and what has stayed the same in the sector. From P&C to Procurement to TA, the Contingent Workforce can be a minefield of risk and the biggest risk of all is a lack of understanding. If you have non-traditional workers in your business, from casuals to contractors to SOW workers you really need to take a listen to this episode.Thanks to Daxtra for partnering with us this month.

May 20, 2026Episode 57019 min

Episode 570 - Unlocking the Candidate Vault - with Christian Ward

Get ready for a special episode of Tapod, where we sit down with Christian Ward – Chief Customer Officer at Daxtra. We talk tech in recruitment. And how many recruitment functions are wasting this valuable asset. We talk about how powerful data is for recruiters, how AI supports data processing and where the future lies. We have so much information at our hands – how do we unlock the candidate data vault? Christian’s here to let us in on the secret.

May 19, 2026Episode 56927 min

Episode 569 - Your Weekly TA & Recruitment News with the Scoop

It’s your weekly episode of the Scoop from Tapod with all of your TA & Recruitment news from here and abroad. We cover all sorts of headlines, including… Bunnings Chief wants us to consider hiring reformed offenders; LinkedIn cuts blown totally out of proportion; Tech companies are hiring back laid-off staff; Women suffer more over AI role encroachment and have lost trust in employers; putting on a brave front at work may force you towards the bottle; EY roll back paid parental leave perks and much more.Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us on The Scoop.

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