The Talent Cast

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From James Ellis, the employer brand podcast dedicated to making you smarter about recruiting and hiring. Its time to re-invent employer branding, recruiting and hiring from the ground up! If you’re ready to throw off the shackles of conventional recruiting and employer brand thinking, this is the podcast for you. Nothing is safe. No best practice is sacred. Here, we get serious about what works, so that you can punch above your weight in the war for talent.For more details: http://thetalentcast.com

Recent Episodes
  • Bonus Episode! Retelling Talent Chooses You (in 15 minutes)
    Aug 1, 2022 – 21:55
  • Final Thoughts on Talent Chooses You
    Jul 27, 2022 – 21:30
  • What Makes an Employer Brand Pro Great?
    Jul 20, 2022 – 19:56
  • Facing the Unknown
    Jul 13, 2022 – 24:46
  • Good Ideas
    Jul 6, 2022 – 23:56
  • Turning Pro
    Jun 29, 2022 – 52:18
  • Making Decisions
    Jun 22, 2022 – 21:40
  • Content Frameworks
    Jun 15, 2022 – 29:20
  • Content Mapping
    Jun 8, 2022 – 32:01
  • How to Talk to Interesting Candidates
    Jun 1, 2022 – 38:49
  • Distilling and Communicating the Brand
    May 25, 2022 – 26:42
  • Going Deep with your EVP
    May 18, 2022 – 32:25
  • That's Motivation!
    May 11, 2022 – 25:02
  • Employer Brand Architecture
    May 4, 2022 – 57:53
  • Where does your employer brand come from?
    Apr 27, 2022 – 26:45
  • Your employer brand already exists
    Apr 20, 2022 – 46:47
  • Candidate experience, counterfactuals and punching above your weight
    Apr 13, 2022 – 39:18
  • What's the narrative?
    Apr 6, 2022 – 34:11
  • Relationships move the needle
    Mar 30, 2022 – 28:55
  • Recruiters and candidates want you to build an employer brand strategy
    Mar 23, 2022 – 39:23
  • Your company is begging for employer brand
    Mar 16, 2022 – 35:15
  • Employer brand thinking
    Mar 9, 2022 – 37:28
  • Alumni, Silver-medalists, Internal Mobility and Boomerangs
    Mar 2, 2022 – 58:06
  • What is a job?
    Feb 23, 2022 – 29:47
  • More funnel thinking
    Feb 16, 2022 – 31:12
  • Funnel Thinking
    Feb 9, 2022 – 43:52
  • Employer branding will reinvent your hiring
    Feb 2, 2022 – 33:14
  • Quality, not quantity
    Jan 26, 2022 – 47:13
  • They aren’t your employees. They are volunteers.
    Jan 19, 2022 – 43:46
  • What Does Employer Brand Want?
    Jan 10, 2022 – 46:41
  • Thinking With Real Data: The Lost Interviews #4 - Andrew Gadomski
    Jun 7, 2021 – 51:20
  • The Power of Impact: The Lost Interviews #3 - Jill Dudones
    Jun 7, 2021 – 54:28
  • Talking At The Audience: The Lost Interviews #2 - Lindsay Parks
    Jun 7, 2021 – 46:31
  • A More Efficient Trainwreck: The Lost Interviews #1 - Katrina Kibben
    Jun 7, 2021 – 49:51
  • A Better Resume
    Aug 31, 2020 – 46:04
  • The View From Here with Holland McCue
    Aug 24, 2020 – 46:45
  • Lighthouses and Books with Charu Malhotra
    Aug 17, 2020 – 47:15
  • Cognitive Bias
    Aug 10, 2020 – 34:48
  • All Employer Branding Is Local
    Aug 3, 2020 – 31:03
  • Beyond Increments
    Jul 27, 2020 – 36:45
  • Employer Brand? Or People Brand?
    Jul 20, 2020 – 33:29
  • Is Employer Brand Evolving?
    Jul 13, 2020 – 31:29
  • Chicken or the Egg?
    Jul 6, 2020 – 35:09
  • Who's In Charge?
    Jun 29, 2020 – 24:52
  • Taking a Stand
    Jun 22, 2020 – 35:38
  • What is Employer Brand For?
    Jun 15, 2020 – 26:40
  • Fan Fiction and Employer Brand Universes
    Jun 8, 2020 – 24:53
  • You Can't Party at Lolla Anymore (with Rob Stevenson)
    Jun 1, 2020 – 32:13
  • Taking Your Employer Brand Beyond the Obvious
    May 25, 2020 – 35:48
  • The Impossible Employer Brand Metric
    May 18, 2020 – 36:07
Recent Reviews
  • chi-town Pete
    Request for your thoughts!
    I’d love to hear your thoughts about the importance employer Branding has for contingent workforce.
  • Megan_Hill06
    Clever podcast with depth.
    James, this podcast is brilliant. You say exactly what’s on my mind, sometimes before I even know it’s what I’m thinking. Thanks for keeping it real.
  • MGoMom
    Perfect podcast
    Short. To the point. And the best thing about this is that it is challenging. It’s not just entertainment, or reciting the latest hot takes from the industry, but a really thoughtful exploration of each subject. I don’t always agree with James, but that sparks reflection and I always come away with a something new.
  • Triple D's
    Laughing the whole show
    James tells it like it is! He pulled a lot of the honest and somewhat controversial thoughts about HR right out of my head! Plus he’s hilarious. I laugh through the whole show! Thank you for that 😀
  • Jason Kent Crowell
    Witty Smart Connected and down-to-earth
    It feels like James and I grew up together in recruiting...when the www started, then social and linked, to ATSs that do everything for you. He talks about topics that matter to me. Short, insightful, with charm. (Not to uptight professional) I love this podcast.
  • Kadud
    HR - incorporate this into your team L&D
    Excellent, succinct, disruptive, smart. If you're in talent acquisition or HR and you're NOT listening to this podcast then you're going to be left behind. Important topics which you have the control in shaping/shifting in your organization.
  • talentprofesh2death
    Great Podcast!
    I love listening to the talent cast. It makes my commute fly by. The insights are interesting and applicable to people in the TA space, management, or marketers! Highly recommend.
  • Cjacques0730
    Must Listen for New Managers
    This podcast is extremely useful for a new manager who is constantly navigating how to recruit and retain top talent. James' style makes these tough topics very approachable. I look forward to every new episode, as I'm confident I will get something out of every show. Awesome Listen!
  • Burnt toast59
    Thoughtful employment branding content
    I recently discovered this podcast and already it's been very helpful. James Ellis is witty, experienced, insightful and willing to answer YOUR questions. Episode 022 is my fault. Only potential drawback is that, as he readily admits, it's not scripted so sometimes you get some stream of consciousness detours. If you're good with that then it's fun. But as these average about 40 minutes don't expect a quick answer podcast. All in all I'm glad I discovered and I'll definitely keep listening!
  • DSalinger
    Buzzword-free recruiting strategies
    James tackles traditional (and trendy) recruiting strategies, does the hard work of breaking them down into tactical and actionable pieces of advice that you can truly act on at the end of the episode. The best part, for me, is that he does it all without sounding like a buzzword bingo caller. His insights into the mind of a hiring manager are spot-on, and he does a great job of helping close the language barrier between recruiters and managers so both can see/hear each other better and be more productive as a team.
  • James Carbary
    Incredible show
    James Ellis is BRILLIANT when it comes to leveraging content to recruit talent. If you want to attract the best talent, this is a must-listen.
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