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TaPod - We Talk Talent Acquisition.

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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21:50

Episode 556 - Your Weekly TA & Recruitment News with...

TaPod - We Talk Talent Acquisition. ·

2026/04/07

It’s your weekly dose of the Scoop from Tapod with all of your TA & Recruitment news from here and abroad. We cover all sorts of headlines, including snail mail, the ‘new’ weapon for candidates, another recruitment tech cyber attack, the latest on layoffs, overqualified candidates, the UK to mandate new pay gap reporting, start-ups paying obscene salaries and much more. Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us on The Scoop.

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34:25

Episode 555 - From Brisbane to Charlotte – riding the...

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2026/04/05

This week on Tapod, we catch up with Reegan Kerkin – People & Culture Manager at OceanaGold Corporation and ITA's 2025 Corporate Talent Leader of the Year! Reegan has an amazing story which has recently culminated in being promoted to Global P&C Manager and moving halfway across the world to Charlotte in the USA. An inspirational story and an aspirational journey Thanks to PeopleOrbitAI for partnering with us this month.

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23:46

Episode 554 - Your Weekly TA & Recruitment News with...

TaPod - We Talk Talent Acquisition. ·

2026/03/31

It’s your weekly dose of the Scoop from Tapod with all of your TA & Recruitment news from here and abroad. We cover all sorts of headlines, including… Strikes, strikes and more strikes, the nightmarish state of the job market, Callam from Indeed stops by, 1 in 3 plan to quit, and much more. Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us on The Scoop.

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37:35

Episode 553 - Unpacking the Holy Union of CX & EB...

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2026/03/29

This week on Tapod, we catch up with Matthew Lant – Head of Recruitment and Employer Brand at AFCA. Now every year at the ITAs there is a team that cleans up. Last year AFCA won Excellence in Employer Brand, Excellence in Candidate Experience and Corporate Talent Professional of the Year. Want to hear how they did it? Thanks to Taly for partnering with us this month.

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23:34

Episode 552 - Your Weekly TA & Recruitment News with...

TaPod - We Talk Talent Acquisition. ·

2026/03/24

It’s your weekly dose of the Scoop from Tapod with all of your TA & Recruitment news from here and abroad. We cover all sorts of headlines, including… Gen Z grads being fired en masse, teachers striking, F2F interviews vs online interviews, working from home challenges, candidate bias, unemployment date – good news or bad? Recruiting AI Agents – WTF? and much more. Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us on The Scoop.

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43:12

Episode 551 - Graduate Programs & School Leaver...

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2026/03/22

This week on Tapod, we catch up with Samantha Devlin (Sam to her friends), co-founder and CEO of The Careers Department. With the world agog with the AI revolution… Graduate unemployment at record highs and students questioning traditional pathways, we thought it was time to get to the bottom of it all, and who better to speak to than Sam? The Careers Department has a ton of student-led data, including intention shifts on post-school pathways in school-leavers. It’s a fascinating dataset and ...

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22:11

Episode 550 - Your Weekly TA & Recruitment News with...

TaPod - We Talk Talent Acquisition. ·

2026/03/17

It’s your weekly dose of the Scoop from Tapod with all of your TA & Recruitment news from here and abroad. We cover all sorts of headlines, including… the dawn of the Concierge Recruiter, job cuts at Meta & Atlassian (AI or AI washing?), WhatsApp used to terminate employees, Jack and Jill hacked and much more. Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us on The Scoop.

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41:43

Episode 549 - How do you incorporate an AI Agent into...

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2026/03/15

This week on Tapod we catch up with the ever-brilliant and ever-busy Edan Haddock – Head of Talent and People Experience at Movember, Podcast Host and Community Builder. There is a helluva lot going on at Movember, from a new Global Institute of Men’s Health to ‘Joel’ the AI agent and a global recruitment responsibility – it’s busy, busy, busy! Throw on top of that the Total Talent Podcast; he’s barely got time to scratch himself. Hands up if you have an AI Agent reporting directly to you as ...

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30:34

Episode 548 - Meeting Leaders Where They Live. With...

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2026/03/11

Buckle in for a special episode of Tapod, where we sit down with Peter Treloar – Founder at Taly. Believe us, this is NOT a normal personality profiling solution. From an AI-enabled on-demand org psych to delivering results in video or even podcast form and NO boring reports. It gets the data into your hands when and where you need it. And if you need any further proof, listen to the end, and you will hear an AI-driven podcast unpacking Lauren and Craig’s personalities and how they will work ...

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24:04

Episode 547 - Your Weekly TA & Recruitment News with...

TaPod - We Talk Talent Acquisition. ·

2026/03/10

It’s your weekly dose of the Scoop from Tapod with all of your TA & Recruitment news from here and abroad. We cover all sorts of headlines, including… AI washing, Kyle & Jackie O, women shut out of leadership, a 4-day work week in Victoria, unions pushing for more holidays, it’s amazing what you see through Meta glasses, Anthropic’s take on jobs exposed to AI, Lauren may just apply for MAFS, and much more. Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us on The Scoop.

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37:38

Episode 546 - 'It's an Everyone Problem' IWD with Nat...

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2026/03/08

This week on Tapod we catch up with the amazing Natalie Flynn, Founder of Equidi, to discuss the latest WGEA gender pay gap and all things International Women’s Day. We are making baby steps into our pay gap, but it’s not enough and we’re not sure we’re even measuring the right data… What we can be sure of is that in many industries, there are still more opportunities at the ‘top end’ of businesses for males, from management to the ‘C-suite'. We touch on AI and its impact on the gender labour...

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27:27

Episode 545 - Your Weekly TA & Recruitment News with...

TaPod - We Talk Talent Acquisition. ·

2026/03/03

It’s your weekly dose of the Scoop from Tapod with all of your TA & Recruitment news from here and abroad. We cover all sorts of headlines, including… Lauren Anderson from Indeed joins us to talk Health Sector, Tinder the new LinkedIn, most non-competes to be banned, the latest WGEA numbers, Gen Z playing up again, and Square acting like… well… squares. Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us on The Scoop.

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40:42

Episode 544 - 'Be a Little Bit Brave...' with...

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2026/03/01

This week on Tapod we catch up with Kimberley Lawrie, world-famous Talent Leader from brands such as Telstra, Holden, Jetstar, Myer, Aesop, Mars and Cotton On. But right now… Kimbo is in between roles, and we explore the world of the unemployed Talent Acquisition professional. From Candidate Experience to AI in the Recruitment Process to the state of the TA, and even authoring a children’s book, we unpack what we all fear – searching for a job... It’s compelling and frustrating, but we do it ...

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33:26

Episode 543 - Is your company choosable? Or a pig in...

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2026/02/25

Get strapped in for a special episode of Tapod, where we sit down with James Ellis—Global Talent Strategy Expert, best-selling author, and one of the nicest people you will ever meet. EB has evolved into Talent Strategy, and here is your chance to come along for the ride. There are a million different gold nuggets of inspiration here… from helping recruiters escape from the cost-centre box... killer candidates over a full funnel… every company has a point of difference and a heap more. ...

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Episode 542 - Your weekly TA & Recruitment News with...

TaPod - We Talk Talent Acquisition. ·

2026/02/24

It’s your weekly dose of the Scoop from Tapod with all of your TA & Recruitment news from here and abroad. We cover all sorts of headlines, including… AI FOMO drives risk, Greenhouse talks 'AI Doom Loop', Public wage growth on the up, job ads rise at a rate not seen since 2022, discrimination against the LGBTIQ+ workers on the job increases in Australia, gender pay gap update, Gen Z proven to be a generation of laziness, the heavens open mid-record and much more… Thanks to Indeed f...

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Episode 541 - When DE&I actually means something......

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2026/02/22

This week on Tapod we catch up with Andy Steeds—Head of Talent Acquisition at Capgemini Australia & NZ. It’s a great opportunity to revisit Capgemini’s fantastic win in the category of Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the 2025 ITAs. From managing pay gap to working within an environment of the global 'anti-movement', Capgemini navigates DE&I in a modest, understated but passionate fashion, ensuring it is at the forefront of strategy and purpose. Thanks to Phenom for pa...

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30:15

Episode 540 - The Talent Function Needs to Grow. With...

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2026/02/18

Buckle in for a special episode of Tapod, where we sit down with Cliff Jurkiewicz, VP Global Strategy & Futurist at Phenom. I have to say this was one of the most interesting conversations I have ever had. From early life as a touring rock star to piloting his own plane and dealing with family tragedy, Cliff has had quite the life. And it doesn’t stop there… The insights into ‘the death of industrial-age recruitment,' the divorce between HR & Talent and a perfect storm of technologica...

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29:04

Episode 539 - Your Weekly TA & Recruitment News with...

TaPod - We Talk Talent Acquisition. ·

2026/02/17

It’s your weekly dose of the Scoop from Tapod with all of your TA & Recruitment news from here and abroad. We cover all sorts of headlines, including… Breaking News in the breakup of 2 HR Tech juggernauts, AI jobs that are 'safe,' rethinking entry-level pathways, IBM tripling their hiring, work is a situationship, ANZ charging $10 for a sausage sizzle. And much more. Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us on The Scoop.

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27:09

Episode 538 - Getting Down & Dirty with the Ventia...

TaPod - We Talk Talent Acquisition. ·

2026/02/15

This week on Tapod we catch up with Adam Buxton—GM Talent Acquisition Transformation at Ventia. We ‘get down and dirty’ with the launch of the new Ventia Talent Marketplace—the process in the lead-up, the lessons learned, and the future ahead. It’s a real Rec-Tech success story and could help you in your transformation journey. Thanks to Phenom for partnering with us this month.

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23:03

Episode 537 - Your Weekly TA & Recruitment News with...

TaPod - We Talk Talent Acquisition. ·

2026/02/10

It’s your weekly dose of the Scoop from Tapod with all of your TA & Recruitment news from here and abroad. We cover all sorts of headlines, including… Candidates paying recruiters in the US, MAFS is back! Companies scrambling to rehire humans, Good jobs news from the UK, Women in Tech & Finance subject to AI bias. And much more. Thanks to Indeed for partnering with us on The Scoop.

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