TA Disruptors

You may have seen the big debate on LinkedIn - should we share interview questions with candidates beforehand?For Ellie Long, Global Head of Emerging Talent at Rolls-Royce, the answer is clear. While it's a bold move, she believes it's the right one. Her philosophy? Set candidates up for success so they can showcase their skills and potential. And in the age of AI, this has never been more important. That's because many candidates assume AI will give them an edge—but in reality, it might be holding them back.With a background in Early Careers at E.ON UK, Ellie is passionate about using emerging talent as a strategic leaver focused on future skills and capabilities. In this episode, she shares why supporting all candidates is crucial — especially in the AI era — and how focusing on potential, not polish, is the key to building future talent.Join host Robert Newry and guest Ellie Long as they discuss:

Most employers now recognise that banning or detecting AI usage is more likely to damage diversity than help your process. But how exactly do you embrace AI? And how can you clearly communicate this with applicants? HMRC recently published, ‘Understanding Artificial Intelligence in your job application' for candidates, which provides clear guidelines on exactly how to use AI within the application process while also demonstrating how important it is for applicants to stand out, because ‘using a generic AI-generated response isn't going to separate you from the crowd”.Siobhan Stericker, Talent Insights and AI Lead at HM Revenue and Customs is the brains behind these new guidelines that are challenging the way that organisations view candidate usage of AI. Siobhan is responsible for leading an innovative team at HMRC who alongside these innovative guidelines are exploring how they can leverage GenAI within the whole of the talent acquisition process, while also upskilling the wider teams in their use of GenAI to improve efficiencies. She's joining us to talk through why and how she created this new guidance that's helping candidates understand what exactly responsible usage of AI is, and more importantly, the benefit for them of leaving generic responses behind. Join host Robert Newry and Siobhan as they discuss:

If you've been following discussions on LinkedIn or at recent conferences, you've likely heard about Shoosmiths — the UK's fastest-growing national full-service law firm — and their innovative approach to embracing the AI-enabled candidate. While others focused on deterring and detecting AI use, Shoosmiths chose to embrace AI use in the application process, providing candidates with clear guidance along the way.Samantha Hope, Shoosmiths' Head of Emerging Talent, is leading the charge. Responsible for sourcing and developing trainee solicitors from initial attraction to qualification, Samantha was one of the first TA leaders to actively advocate for embracing AI in recruitment processes. And she's joining us today to tell us exactly how she did it. This episode will finally give you a clear understanding of how to manage candidate use of AI in Early Careers and beyond –– in a way that's led by humans, rather than AI fighting AI.Join host Robert Newry and Samantha as they discuss:

If you thought AI's impact on recruitment was limited to a few CVs and cover letters, think again. Gen Z candidates have access to more tools and learning resources than ever — and they're using them to shift the balance of power in their favour. But are recruiters ready to meet this wave of innovation –– with a clear plan and transparent communication about what that plan looks like?In this episode of TA Disruptors, host Robert Newry is joined by Shoshanna Davis and Holly Hobbs, to discuss how Gen Z sees the world of work, why employers are missing the mark, and how AI has become both a bridge and a barrier.Shoshanna Davis is founder of Fairy Job Mother, and is on a mission to empower young people with the skills and confidence they need for impactful careers, while giving managers the understanding and tools to engage, inspire, and elevate the next generation of leaders. She manages a community of 20,000+ young people and advises companies like M&S, BT and Diageo. Holly Hobbs is Founder of Apprentivia - The Early Talent Employer Branding Agency that specialises in helping employers attract & develop Gen-Z apprentices through social media; as well as managing a community of 40,000 young people. Holly has worked with organisations like Berkeley Group, British Gas, and the Department of Education.What's in this episode?

AI has brought about a DDoS attack on recruitment. What do we do about it? Martyn Redstone talks shifting power dynamics, assessing AI capability, and the cost of inaction.If your technical team faced a DDoS attack — an onslaught of overwhelming traffic designed to disrupt your systems — how would you expect them to respond? Would you expect them to freeze and do nothing? Or take proactive steps to address the vulnerability and reimagine their processes to not only prevent future risks, but to make their processes better?According to Martyn Redstone, founder of PPLBots and co-founder of genAssess, AI tools are doing to recruitment what a DDoS attack does to company websites — overloading them with applications and upending the balance of power between recruiters and candidates. With new AI tools enabling mass-personalised applications submitted at scale, recruitment have to do something differently if they stand any chance of managing candidate volumes while fairly assessing their true capability. And reclaiming control of the recruitment process. In this week's episode of the TA Disruptors podcast, Martyn joins Robert as they discuss:

Since the COVID pandemic accelerated reliance on unsupervised ‘take-home exams', the education system has found itself with a fundamental problem –– one which has only been exacerbated by the recent rise in easily-accessible AI tools like ChatGPT. And new research shows just how great the scale and impact of the problem is for the education system and Early Careers teams alike. Dr Peter Scarfe, Associate Professor, and Dr Etienne Roesch, Professor of Applied Statistics & Cognitive Science, both at the University of Reading, are two of the minds behind a recent groundbreaking study which proved just how easy it is for students to not only use AI in exams but to outperform real students. And most importantly –– evade AI detection in the process. Join Robert, Peter and Etienne for the first episode of our new season of the TA Disruptors podcast on the impact of the AI-enabled candidate on recruitment. Our guests dive into:

There's been a lot of debate recently about whether AI changes what we need to select for, to predict candidate success. But the reality is that most companies have needed to reframe how they select for quite some time. At the end of 2022, Arctic Shores' Senior Psychometrician Luke Montouri and Senior Applied Psychologist Sanchia Dennis set out to review a huge data set with one key objective –– to understand which skills, competencies, and behaviours would be most predictive of candidate success in the “future of work”. And to establish how psychometric assessment measures would need to evolve to select for them. What they uncovered is as true today as it was back in 2022 – and the advancement of Generative AI has made it even more urgent for talent acquisition teams to rethink how they select.In this episode, Luke and Sanchia join Robert to unpack the research and science they used to update the Arctic Shores assessment model, and the wider implications of their findings for TA teams. Listen to learn:

Talent transformation and the shift to becoming a skills-first organisation has been a hot topic for years. And now AI is turning the pressure gauge up to boiling point, even the biggest industry players are feeling the impact. Enter Harriet Newlyn –– a Partner in PwC UK's HR Transformation and Technology practice who spent the last decade leading large-scale HR transformation programmes for major multinationals. And she has some robust thoughts on what this next era of radical change has in store for TA teams. If you're feeling overwhelmed by mounting pressure from the C-suite to dramatically improve productivity and efficiency, while simultaneously making the shift to becoming a skills-first organisation and upgrading your recruitment process for the AI-era, this is a conversation you won't want to miss. Join Robert and Harriet for the latest episode of the TA Disruptors podcast as they dive into:

What happens when you bring together two veterans of the psychometric assessment industry? The headlines: some very strongly aligned views and some opposing ones. This week, Robert is speaking to Ben Williams –– a Chartered Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society with almost two and a half decades of experience in the assessment industry, and the Founder and Managing Director of Sten10 ––a specialist assessment consultancy working with the likes of The Telegraph, and Deloitte. Join Robert and Ben for the latest episode of the TA Disruptors podcast as they debate…

You're interested in scrapping the CV, hiring for potential, and rolling out a skills-based hiring approach beyond early careers. But you're TERRIFIED about how to actually do it. Maybe you've done pretty much everything you can think of to improve the diversity of your talent pool and you're moving the needle, but it's not happening FAST enough.Or maybe you're just curious about how one of the most pioneering TA leaders our industry has to offer has managed to achieve a 75% female shortlist in a traditionally male-dominated industry? Is a shortlist so good, he could have hired 50% of it? And got hiring managers coming to him asking if they could roll out CV-less hiring rather than resisting it?Well, you've come to the right place. This week, Robert is speaking to Joe Sidley –– Head of Talent Acquisition for EMEA and APAC at Molson Coors –– who is sharing his lessons learned on how…

Have you been considering making the switch to skills-based hiring but feel terrified about trying to persuade your hiring managers to let go of experience-based hiring and stop using the CV as a comfort blanket? Can you see roles where you're facing a skills shortage or where candidates seem like a good fit on paper but are missing critical qualities in the interview stage? Do you know that your candidate experience should be better, but need a hand convincing your stakeholders that CV-less hiring could be the key to sourcing exceptional talent who are MORE excited to work for you? If you answered yes to any of the above, grab a coffee and your headphones.This week, Robert is speaking to James Higgins, Head of Systems Delivery – Systems GB&I at Siemens Electrification & Automation, about his experience of being their first hiring manager outside Early Careers to pilot CV-less, skills-based hiring. Robert also dives into a conversation with one of the first candidates Siemens EA hired through this process, Senior Project Engineer – Martin Hudson, to capture his reflections on what it was like to be part of a CV-less hiring process and why more businesses should embrace this approach. In this episode, uncover insights like:

James Uffindell is the CEO and founder of Bright Network. And he's on a mission to build the workforce of tomorrow, using technology and data to connect the world's most forward-thinking organisations with the UK's brightest students and graduates –– improving the diversity and social mobility of our talent pools in the process. As if that's not enough, James also supports young entrepreneurs by offering advice and networking opportunities that would have otherwise been inaccessible. What does that mean in reality? There's not a lot about what students and graduates want from employers that James doesn't have a very well-informed perspective on. Join James and Robert Newry for the latest episode of the TA Disruptors podcast as they discuss…

In a change from our usual programming, we're shaking things up this week on the TA Disruptors podcast. Later this week we'll be publishing “The pragmatist's playbook for skills-based hiring” –– featuring contributions from many members of the TA Disruptors community. In the playbook –– among many things –– we unpack the critical role of the Task-based Assessment in helping TA teams evaluate a candidate's potential to adapt, learn, and continuously acquire new skills. So today, we're diving deep into the world of Task-based Psychometric Assessments and unpacking the role they play in an effective skills-based hiring process. Our guide? An Occupational Psychologist with more than two decades worth working for everyone from the NHS to MI5, before spending 10 years in the Assessment Design space at Amberjack and Arctic Shores. Our very own Jill Summers joins us this week to unpack big topics like….

Andrea Marston is a trailblazer. As a Global Talent Acquisition leader who has spearheaded TA teams at the likes of Workday, Finastra, AOL, Huddle, Oracle, and most recently at VMware (now part of Broadcom), Andrea's advice on overcoming TA's biggest challenges is not to be missed. And having played a pivotal role in scaling several multi-billion-dollar enterprises in hyper-competitive landscapes, all while championing inclusive and equitable practices on a global scale, there aren't many challenges she hasn't had to overcome. Join Andrea and Robert Newry for the latest episode of the TA Disruptors podcast as they discuss…

If you've been in TA for a while, then you've probably come across Dominic Joyce on LinkedIn. As a LinkedIn Top Voice with more than 50,000 followers, an experienced CV-coach, and a decade of experience in TA leading teams at the likes of HSBC, Reed, Klarna and mostly recently as Head of Talent Acquisition at Travelex, Dom is a leader whose opinion you'll want to hear. Having reviewed over 100,000 CVs and helped more than 600 candidates cut through the noise, Dom offers a candidate-centric voice in the debate about the future of talent acquisition… and a different take to the one many of us may be used to hearing. Join Dominic and Robert Newry for episode one of Season two of the TA Disruptors podcast as they discuss…

Rebecca George CBE is one of the UK's leading experts on skills, serving as the Skills Advisor at the Department for Education and a Non-Executive Director at the Metropolitan Police. With twenty years at IBM and nearly fifteen years at Deloitte under her belt, Rebecca is a staunch supporter of skills reform –– her insights into the skills shortage, inter-employer partnerships, and the necessity of innovation to address talent scarcity in our pipelines are crucial messages for all talent acquisition teams to consider.Whether you want a deep dive into skills-based hiring, upskilling, or cutting-edge insights from a disruptor who balances innovation with pragmatism, this episode is a must-watch.Join Rebecca and Robert Newry for episode one of Season two of the TA Disruptors podcast as they discuss…

Somehow we've reached the end of season one of the TA Disruptors podcast… and what a ride it's been.If you want to remind yourself of the biggest takeaways from this season all in one place, you'll want to listen to this episode. Join Robert as he shares the best bits from season one and reflects on what we've learned throughout our first season of the TA Disruptors podcast, as well as sharing his thoughts on where Talent Acquisition will go next.As an increasing number of candidates started to use AI to land their dream roles, we kickstarted the season with a breakdown of new data that helped us understand the repercussions for assessment and selection –– according to research conducted by data scientists and post-graduate researchers at UCL. As the season went on, we got practical with insights from the likes of HelloFresh, the Government Skills and Curriculum Unit, and AMS –– who shared practical advice on navigating the era of the AI-enabled candidate and tips on how AI to drive efficiencies and save time.

Claudia Nuttgens is a TA powerhouse. As a Chartered Occupational Psychologist and Executive Coach with over 20 years of experience –– and as the leader of the highly-regarded Assessment Advisory team at AMS –– Claudia's perspectives on where we must innovate across our assessment and selection strategies this year are ones that every TA team needs to hear. Whether you're looking for advice on how to redesign your selection process in light of candidate adoption of GenAI or whether you're curious about where an experienced and innovative psychologist thinks our traditional assessment methods are falling short, you won't want to miss this episode. Join Claudia and Robert Newry for episode seven of the TA Disruptors podcast as they discuss…

We're starting 2024 with a bang, as we dive head-on into some of the most controversial questions TA teams must find an answer to this year with Recruiting Brainfood's Hung Lee. Before you switch off, this is not another 2024 trends report. Instead, it's a thoughtful, deeply considered, scarily accurate deep dive into the reality facing TA teams this January… with some uncomfortable truths that the less disruptive among us might not want to hear. With a community of more than 60,000 recruiters at his fingertips, if anyone has their finger on the pulse of the reality for TA teams… it's Hung. Here are the big questions that put TA teams into very uncomfortable ground…

Amanda Pleasant is JLL's Global Talent Sourcing Director. She's responsible for a global team of Sourcers across 80 countries, filling around 30,000 roles a year. And she's taking every single one of them on a journey to embrace GenAI. If you're wondering how to drive internal transformation, embed a culture of experimentation, and drive the adoption of new tech across a global team, you'll want to hear what Amanda has to say. From inspiring change to getting her team to think more like marketers, to improving the diversity of their talent pools, this episode is full of practical insights you'll want to action right away.Join Amanda and Robert Newry for episode five of the TA Disruptors podcast as they discuss… How to build people's confidence in experimenting with GenAI and drive widespread adoptionHow to use your internal training mechanisms to take people from feeling fear to getting curious and excited about the possibilities new tech presents for themWhy JLL built their own version of ChatGPT –– JLL-GPT –– and why it means they're redefining productivity internally, plus insights into how they're using their custom-GPT to remove dull, repetitive tasks and free up their sourcing team to focus on being humanHow Generative AI actually enables a shift to skills-first hiring, which means you can lower degree requirements, and activate internal mobility.Download the episode now for unmissable insights. We promise it will be the most valuable podcast you listen to this week.Don't forget to hit ‘subscribe' to be sure not to miss more episodes of the TA Disruptors podcast. Thanks for listening, and here are some helpful links:Connect with Robert on LinkedIn:https://hubs.li/Q0282KjJ0 Connect with Amanda on LinkedIn:https://hubs.li/Q02ckhhf0 Download this data-backed report on the Impact of Generative AI on recruitment and why it will make traditional selection processes redundant:https://hubs.li/Q0282Gbq0 Sign up for the TA Disruptors newsletter - it's the easiest way to be updated with the industry's brightest ideas and the freshest need-to-know data - every week:https://hubs.li/Q0282H370 Watch the episode On YouTube: https://hubs.li/Q0282Ms40Follow us on Linkedin: https://hubs.li/Q0282J5c0 ________________________Talent acquisition is changing faster than it ever has before. ChatGPT and other GenAI tools are literally turning the selection process on its head. This podcast is designed for disruptive Talent Acquisition leaders who want to get ahead. For the innovators, the movers and shakers, and the TA leaders who will survive and thrive in this new era by moving quickly to future-proof their recruitment processes. Even when you're feeling overworked and overwhelmed, we'll help you keep up with the latest ideas from the industry's brightest innovators and the freshest need-to-know data from new research. TA Disruptors has got you covered. All brought to you from the team behind Arctic Shores. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Siadhal Magos founded Metaview after going through an intense period of scaling at Uber. The business went from 7,000 to 15,000 people in just 24 months. And while he was highly tech-enabled in other areas of his work, hiring felt like it was lagging behind. Even as a hiring manager he felt the pain, inefficiency, and toil of the hiring process, and realised that TA teams must have been feeling this ten-fold. That's where Metaview was born. And four years later, Generative AI exploded into the world and helped him and his team advance the much-loved service they offer recruiters by light years. And in just a few months. As an AI expert with a philosophical viewpoint, Siadhal joins Robert in the latest episode of the TA Disruptors podcast to dive into the big questions like… The ethical conundrum of AI-driven decision making… If AI now exhibits Mensa-levels of reasoning capability… should it be allowed to make a hiring decision? In a world where AI can process 25,000 to 50,000 data points at lightning speed, is the human still the alpha? Which drudgery work can AI take away and which human, recruitment skills have suddenly become worth their weight in gold? If a lot of instances of bias come from people taking ‘shortcuts', is there a role for AI to intervene and actually reduce bias in the interview process?How much do TA teams really need to know about AI to make good decisions about where to use it? If you're wondering what AI is capable of and how it could be solving the thing that keeps your team up at night – whether it's hours of laborious manual processes to try and find high-quality candidates, inconsistent decision-making between hiring managers, or trying to stop your team from burning out – this podcast is for you. Thanks for listening, and here's some helpful links

The Director of Government Skills at the Cabinet Office, Sonia Pawson IS currently spearheading a team of 250 talent professionals responsible for delivering some of the most highly regarded graduate programmes in the UK, including the Civil Service Fast Stream. As a chartered occupational psychologist, Sonia is one of a rare breed able to balance being an academic and a practitioner to deliver outstanding results. In fact, Sonia and her team are already approaching AI with cautious optimism, redesigning their selection process to embrace Generative AI while still capturing an accurate picture of a candidate's true potential...For episode three of the TA Disruptors podcast, you'll discover…How and where her team are embracing and integrating AI into the selection process, and how they're balancing improving efficiency with maintaining high ethical standards, and predictabilityHow they brought together analysts, data scientists, and psychologists to experiment with a new algorithm to reduce their internal mobility process by 10 working days, how they use ‘sandboxes' to safely test new ideas –– from chatbots to algorithms –– in a controlled environment, and how they make sure these new AI tools are fair and bias-free together Details into the analysis that Sonia's team did to conclude that the CV is not as predictive as an assessment, why the age of ChatGPT means the CV is now well and truly unreliable and outdated. Plus, Sonia shares how the civil service are moving away from traditional language-based psychometric tests, towards an assessment that is task-based and interactive to measure behaviours in a way that is truly accurate and predictive.The data points that show that candidate use of Generative AI is here, and why now it's time for TA leaders to tackle usage head-on. Robert and Sonia pose the question… can you really afford to wait to do the same? Download the report on the impact of Generative AI on recruitment and why it will make traditional selection processes redundant:https://hubs.li/Q0282Gbq0Sign up for our newsletter - it's the easiest way to be updated with the industry's brightest ideas and the freshest need-to-know data:https://hubs.li/Q0282H370 Follow us on Linkedin:https://hubs.li/Q0282J5c0Connect with Robert on LinkedIn:https://hubs.li/Q0282KjJ0 Connect with Sonia on LinkedIn:https://hubs.li/Q029NTF50________________________Talent acquisition is changing faster than it ever has before. ChatGPT and other GenAI tools are literally turning the selection process on its head. This podcast is designed for disruptive Talent Acquisition leaders who want to get ahead. For the innovators, the movers and shakers, and the TA leaders who will survive and thrive in this new era by moving quickly to future-proof their recruitment processes. Even when you're feeling overworked and overwhelmed, we'll help you keep up with the latest ideas from the industry's brightest innovators and the freshest need-to-know data from new research. TA Disruptors has got you covered. All brought to you from the team behind Arctic Shores. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yasar Ahmad is the Global Vice President of Talent, Mobility and Rewards at HelloFresh. And he WANTS candidates to apply for roles at HelloFresh using GenAI. Join our TA Disruptors podcast host, Robert Newry, as he and Yasar unpack:How HelloFresh are approaching Talent 6.0Why candidates applying for 100s of roles with just one click is a GOOD thing for TA teams… And why we need to act now to adapt the selection process so we're climbing a hill, not a mountain.Why getting candidates to disqualify themselves actually drives UP engagement EVEN when you make the process harder (we're talking 20% > 90%) Why you need to rethink your recruitment funnel and how to use guerilla marketing tactics to drive up conversion rates at every stage How Yasar's 200-strong team live the Fast Followers mantra, how they're experimenting with GenAI for themselves to claw back 40% of their workload, and why that isn't as complicated as you think Why GenAI means the death of the vanity metric once and for all and why MORE candidates doesn't mean BETTER candidates.Download the episode now for unmissable insights. We promise it will be the most valuable podcast you listen to this week. Thanks for listening, and here's some helpful links:Download the new report on the impact of Generative AI on recruitment and why it will make traditional selection processes redundant:https://hubs.li/Q0282Gbq0 Sign up for our newsletter - it's the easiest way to be updated with the industry's brightest ideas and the freshest need-to-know data - every week:https://hubs.li/Q0282H370 Watch the Episode On YouTube: https://hubs.li/Q0282Ms40Follow us on Linkedin: https://hubs.li/Q0282J5c0 Connect with Robert on LinkedIn:https://hubs.li/Q0282KjJ0 Connect with Yasar on LinkedIn:https://hubs.li/Q0294nHq0________________________Talent acquisition is changing faster than it ever has before. ChatGPT and other GenAI tools are literally turning the selection process on its head. This podcast is designed for disruptive Talent Acquisition leaders who want to get ahead. For the innovators, the movers and shakers, and the TA leaders who will survive and thrive in this new era by moving quickly to future-proof their recruitment processes. Even when you're feeling overworked and overwhelmed, we'll help you keep up with the latest ideas from the industry's brightest innovators and the freshest need-to-know data from new research. TA Disruptors has got you covered. All brought to you from the team behind Arctic Shores. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why are some Talent Acquisition leaders having to resift, scrap text-based applications altogether, or go back to manually screening every candidate? What does the education sector's approach to Generative AI tell us about the tidal wave of change that is about to make itself known in assessment and selection? When people talk about the ethical conundrum that tools like ChatGPT put recruiters in, what do they actually mean? Arctic Shores CEO and co-founder, Robert Newry, is joined by Senior Data Scientist, Jasper Wolf, as they unpack the results of a scientific study on ChatGPT's capabilities and a survey of more than 2,000 students and recent graduates on their adoption and attitudes towards GenAI. Join them as they uncover the research methodology used to test ChatGPT vs Verbal Reasoning Tests, Aptitude Tests, Personality Assessments, and Task-based Assessments, and what they found about where it can outperform the average human candidate and where it can't. Plus, their predictions on what this means for the future of skills-based hiring. The usage of Generative AI in assessment and selection isn't going anywhere. If you are in any doubt or if you want to know what to do next, you must listen to this podcast