claire clarke - people director
Talking Talent With Claire Clarke
Claire is a hugely experienced People Director, with over 20 years working within the hospitality sector. Claire worked her way up the ranks from an HR Assistant through to HRD / People Director. Claire's passionate thoughts regarding "HR" and "People" is what defines her and has made her so successful transforming perspectives on the entire People function within huge nationwide organisations such as Big Table Group. People is the centre of all successful organisations, and Claire shares her tips on driving culture, engagement, and just how important TA/Recruitment is for any organisation.
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Jose rubio - head of people at spacemade
Talking Talent With Jose Rubio
Jose is an experienced People Professional, making that transition from Recruiter to Head of People. He's had a fantastic experience throughout his career, with an incredible ability to self reflect and pinpoint the exact things that make him get out of bed in the morning. His unwavering drive and passion for excellence is unrivalled, and his confidence in his own ability, focus and determination is what makes him one of the best in the business. He discusses career opportunities, harnessing AI to make your job easier, and what it's like recruiting for organisations with openings nationwide.
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paul james - Sales Director at HJUK
Talking Talent With Paul James
This week we speak with Paul James, who is uniquely placed within the Hospitality sector as the Sales director of job-board Hospitality Jobs UK. Paul gives us his viewpoints on how important job-boards still are in the market, the importance of Recruitment & TA teams to organisations and the cycles that appears to happen more often than not in the TA market. Paul gives us some great examples too of the new ways of attraction, with Social Media, specifically TikTok being a tool more and more organisations are harnessing.
Be sure to visit HJUK's website if you're looking for a new role within the Hospitality sector:
https://www.hospitalityjobsuk.com/
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holly hobbs - urfuture
S2 E4 - Talking Talent With Holly Hobbs
This week we've had the pleasure of welcoming Holly Hobbs onto the show to share her unique and expert insight to the world of Gen-Z. Gen-Z is more than a tagline blanket word for "young people", it's a generation that are shaping new norms, a generation that are empowered to challenge, grow, demonstrate entrepreneurship and be real trailblazers.
As for Holly, she identified a big issue around apprenticeships, how confusing they can all be, what's the best option for someone to navigate and forge a career? This is how Apprentivia, and subsequent merger with urfuture came to life! Holly's a hugely driven ambitious Gen-Z'er, and summarises perfectly the values of workers of this era, Purpose, Pay, Progression.
If you're a People Leader of any organisation large or small, looking to focus on new talent pools, then this episode, and urfuture are going to be insightful and key to your strategies!
If you want to know more about urfuture, then head over to their website >>> https://www.urfuture.io/
Be sure to give Holly a follow over on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollyhobbss/
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jo knowler
S2 E8 - Talking Talent With Jo Knowler
Jo has worked at some CV attention grabbing organisations, Lipsy London, LADbible, Supercar Blondie Media Group. Some great names that attract a lot of attention. But does this make it easier to attract talent? To retain talent? Employer branding is more than what the brand is actually known for when it comes to talent. It goes beyond the name, it's things such as benefits that people REALLY want, not your classic gym discount and high street shop discounts.
Jo is one of the many who have stepped across from Recruitment & TA into the HR/People space, and is absolutely thriving! She shares what made it easy for her to switch across, overcoming the self-doubt, and tackling global people teams and establishing ways to collaborate and build up that teamwork ethic and mindset.
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Candid hospitality
S2 E9 - Candid Hospitality
Delighted this week to have one of our podcast partners, the legends of Candid Hospitality! Co-founder Sam Brown & Head of Community Izzy Schwenn join us this week to talk about Candid, and their journeys in the talent space. Both from different backgrounds, but with a unified mission and passion to make job hunting better, easier and fair for everyone!
A really great episode, delving into the early careers of both Sam & Izzy, the beginnings of Candid, and the interesting placeholder name that nearly shaped a very different public image of Candid Hospitality!
Be sure to go check out Candid: candidhospitality.co.uk
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Neil & Mike - Co-Founders - LEvlr
S2 E11 - Neil Pattison & Mike Appleby - Levlr
This week we have the Co-Founders of Levlr join us on the show. Neil & Mike have spent the last 20+ years in Recruitment, whether it be from an agency perspective or job board setting, so they know a thing or two about the Ta market, which is how Levlr came about. The gents discuss the Ta market, the ever changing role, and why Ta is truly broken currently and how there is a golden opportunity to make a positive change for the long haul.
Levlr is built for HR and talent teams in high-churn industries like hospitality and retail. We help you reduce time-to-hire, improve candidate experience, and get better hiring results — without burning out your team or budget.
Our mission is simple: make recruitment faster, fairer, and more human for both employers and candidates.
Check our their site and request a trial now, and one of their team will be in touch!
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Dan Ashdown - Head of memberships at IHR
S2 E15 - Talking Talent with Dan Ashdown - Head of Memberships at IHR (In-House Recruitment)
This week Dan Ashdown joins us on the show to discuss the benefits of IHR, what they offer and the value they can add to your talent teams via their networking events, seminars and learning materials.
Dan also shares his expertise and findings around the current talent climate, of course AI gets a mention, plus the weird hiring situation both hiring teams and candidates themselves in currently. Dan speaks to talent teams from all sectors, so is very well placed to give us insights, plus being a previous Recruiter himself, he knows his stuff!
Check out the benefits of IHR: https://www.inhouserecruitment.co.uk/member-benefits/
To join IHR, follow this link: https://www.inhouserecruitment.co.uk/become-a-member/
If you have any questions feel free to reach out to Dan directly via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danashdown1/
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