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Hiring On All Cylinders

Hiring On All Cylinders
Talent Acquisition
Talentful
Artificial Intelligence
Onesignal
Revolut
Fruitist
Linkedin
Candidate Experience
AI In Talent Acquisition
Talent Leadership
Bright Hire
Workforce Planning
Human-Centric Tech Enablement
Artificial Intelligence In Talent Acquisition
Juniper Square
Epicor Software
Illumio
Generative AI
Global Expansion
Executive Search

Tune in with Talentful's founder and CEO Chris Abbass each month as he speaks with innovative talent acquisition and tech leaders. Get ready for some powerful conversations from Chris and his guests as they share insights on the recruitment industry, leadership, and successfully scaling businesses.

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How do you build a high-performance hiring bar when you're expanding into a brand-new country with zero historical data, zero benchmarks, and limited local brand awareness?

Ben Baillie-Lane knows the playbook inside out. Having scaled teams from 2,0... more

The days of Talent Acquisition operating as a reactive, order-taking engine are officially over. In today’s hyper-competitive tech landscape, headcount is no longer a vanity metric for success—quality of hire is everything.

In this episode of Hiring... more

Candidates aren't clicking on your carefully curated career site anymore. Instead, they’re asking ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude what it’s really like to work at your company—and the answers might surprise you.

In this episode of Hiring On All Cylinder... more

Efficiency in recruiting isn’t just about working faster; it’s about working smarter by knowing where to let the machines take over and where to double down on human connection. In this episode, Mary Price, an enterprise talent leader with experience... more

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Frankie Greenwell
Early Stage Talent Leader at EQT
EQI/ EQT Group
Episode: The New Era of Commercial Talent Leadership with Frankie Greenwell (Early Stage Talent Lead at EQT Group)
Duarte Mendonça
Director, TA Operational Enablement and System Design at PayPal
PayPal
Episode: Employer Brand in the Age of LLMs with Duarte Mendonca (Director, Talent Acquisition at PayPal)
Mary Price
Enterprise talent leader with pragmatic perspective on scaling TA
OneTrust
Episode: Why Human Judgment Still Rules the Recruiting Process with Mary Price (VP TA at OneTrust)
Barbara Gaillard
Talent leader; VP Talent Culture Community at Bitpanda (formerly Bird)
Bitpanda
Episode: Beyond Hiring: The Evolution of Talent Acquisition with Barbara Gaillard
Neil Crumpton
Senior Director of Talent Acquisition at TransUnion
TransUnion
Episode: Scaling the White-Glove Experience: High-Touch Hiring for Every Role with Neil Crumpton (TransUnion)
Kathryne Holzfurtner
Global Head of Talent with extensive leadership in global TA
Unspecified (guest from Talent leadership background)
Episode: Global Expansion Secrets: Lessons from 5,000 Global Hires with Kathrin Holzfurtner
Lars Schmidt
Head of Talent at Fruitist
Fruitist
Episode: How Fruitist Used AI Storytelling to Win Over Tech Talent
Jonathan Beaney
Head of Talent Acquisition and Talent Operations at Revolut
Revolut
Episode: How Revolut Made 10k Hires in Just Two Years — Jonathan Beaney (Revolut)
Jennifer Anker Kaufman
VP of Talent Acquisition at Illumio
Illumio
Episode: Inside Jennifer Kaufman’s Playbook for Modern, Data-Led Talent Acquisition

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Matt Staney
Host of Hiring On All Cylinders (VP of Community at Hire) — handles introductions and conversation flow
Catherine Friend
Host of the podcast and intro conductor; coordinates guest discussions

Reviews

4.3 out of 5 stars from 26 ratings
  • Great Podcast

    Really great podcast - essential for anyone in the hiring industry.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    A_1999_lo
    United Kingdom2 years ago
  • Great pod

    Chris really does know his stuff, really well produced show, brilliant guests and can’t wait to see where it goes - keep it up!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Peacock 1982
    United Kingdom4 years ago

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Industry-leading insights on AI in TA that feel practical and implementable.
Guests bring real-world experiences from global scaling
High production quality and thoughtful, data-driven discussions

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#101
Ireland/Business/Careers
Apple Podcasts
#127
Sweden/Business/Careers

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The New Era of Commercial Talent Leadership with Frankie Greenwell (Early Stage Talent Lead at EQT Group)
Q: How should a TA leader handle credibility with founders when things aren't going smoothly?
Be honest about trade-offs, own the outcomes, present clear alternatives with cost/benefit analyses, and actively demonstrate progress rather than overpromising.
The New Era of Commercial Talent Leadership with Frankie Greenwell (Early Stage Talent Lead at EQT Group)
Q: What makes a candidate for a head of TA role truly capable in an early-stage company?
They should be able to build the sourcing stack, automate processes, understand the business metrics, and communicate in the language of the founder while maintaining a strong commercial mindset.
The New Era of Commercial Talent Leadership with Frankie Greenwell (Early Stage Talent Lead at EQT Group)
Q: From your vantage point, what has changed most for talent leaders in the last few years?
Talent leaders are now expected to be strategic partners who understand the business, the commercial implications of hires, and the specific dynamics of high-growth portfolios, with AI accelerating capabilities and the need to hire earlier and more effectively.
Employer Brand in the Age of LLMs with Duarte Mendonca (Director, Talent Acquisition at PayPal)
Q: How should companies handle authenticity and the risk of AI-created content while still using AI to scale recruiting?
Balance is key: present authentic voices and real experiences from actual employees and managers, not over-polished corporate messaging. Use AI to amplify genuine content, ensure consistency across teams, and segment messaging to individual roles and leaders while maintaining a transparent policy on AI use in interviews.
Employer Brand in the Age of LLMs with Duarte Mendonca (Director, Talent Acquisition at PayPal)
Q: What practical steps should TA teams take now to audit their presence and improve how they're read by AI?
Run an audit across multiple LLMs (e.g., Gemini, Claude, ChatGPT, perplexity) to see how your company is represented, measure the percentage of first-party versus third-party citations, optimize job descriptions with explicit details (hybrid/onsite, salary ranges, benefits), develop FAQs, and ensure your content is easily digestible by AI—this includes structured data and markup schema.

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The show centers on talent acquisition leadership and modern recruiting strategy, with a strong emphasis on how technology, AI, and data shape hiring at scale. Across episodes, listeners hear practical approaches to employer branding, high-touch candidate experiences, and product-minded recruitment, often tied to global expansion, workforce planning, and cross-functional partnerships with marketing, finance, and operations. Noteworthy threads include balancing AI-enabled efficiency with authentic, human-centered messaging, localizing global hiring, and treating TA as a strategic, revenue-facing function rather than a pure operational support area. The format frequently features senior TA and People leaders from large tech companies, sharing... more

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