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Recruiting Future with Matt Alder - What's Next For Talent Acquisition, HR & Hiring?

Recruiting Future with Matt Alder - What's Next For Talent Acquisition, HR & Hiring?

Written by: Matt Alder
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 Talent acquisition is undergoing unprecedented disruption as AI, economic uncertainty, and the ever-shortening lifespan of skills radically reshape recruiting. On Recruiting Future, Matt Alder explores this evolving landscape, using insightful interviews with transformational TA practitioners and forward-thinking experts to spark your imagination and provide the insights you need to shape the future of talent acquisition in your organization. Each episode explores topics such as AI, recruiting automation, recruitment marketing, employer branding, skills-based hiring, assessment, candidate experience, DEI, internal mobility, and the transformation of TA teams. Recruiting Future is an essential resource for everyone involved in hiring. Matt Alder is a globally respected talent acquisition futurist, author, and speaker with over 25 years of experience exploring what’s next in recruiting. Renowned for his expertise in strategic foresight and technology trends, Matt provides a unique perspective that empowers leaders to navigate disruption. His deep industry knowledge and ability to spark meaningful conversations make Recruiting Future a must-listen for talent acquisition and HR professionals everywhere.Matt Alder 2025 Careers Economics Management Management & Leadership Personal Success
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  • Ep 792: Conversations from HR Tech Europe: Wolfgang Brickwedde and Mervyn Dinnen

    Ep 792: Conversations from HR Tech Europe: Wolfgang Brickwedde and Mervyn Dinnen
    May 3 2026
    Talent acquisition is sitting in a strange place right now. AI is in every conversation, but the work of actually hiring people is getting harder rather than easier. Application volumes are swinging in unpredictable ways, the workforce itself is changing shape, and the reality on the ground is some distance from the hype. So what is actually going on in talent acquisition right now? In this episode, recorded at HR Tech Europe in Amsterdam, I'm joined by two guests who have spent decades watching this industry evolve. Wolfgang Brickwedde from the Institute for Competitive Recruiting shares what his research is telling him about the market employers are navigating and where vendors are still getting it wrong. Mervyn Dinnen then joins me to talk about the reality behind the AI hype and how the multigenerational workforce is reshaping the world of work. Follow this podcast on Apple Podcasts. Follow this podcast on Spotify.
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    25 mins
  • Ep 791: Making Agentic AI Work For HR & Talent

    Ep 791: Making Agentic AI Work For HR & Talent
    May 3 2026
    The real value of AI agents in HR comes from connecting them to work across the employee lifecycle, not from deploying them on individual tasks. That's where most large organisations are getting stuck. Working in a fully agentic way means dealing with different systems and different data sources that often have no shared foundation. The result is fragmented experiences for employees and managers, with the end-to-end potential remaining out of reach. Getting there requires some serious work in data governance, process design, and integration, the kind of foundational work that rarely gets mentioned at industry conferences. So what needs to be in place before AI agents can work at enterprise scale? My guest this week is Melissa Shelley Höjwall, Global HR Technology Lead at H&M Group. In our conversation, which we recorded live at HR Tech Europe, she explains what it takes to build a connected AI architecture across HR and why many companies are undermining their own progress. In the interview, we discuss: The approach to Agentic AI in HR at H&M From niche agents to connected architecture Process automation design and date integration The role of data governance Adoption in the enterprise Shadow AI and over-governance Why cutting jobs isn’t the way to get true value from AI New roles for HR professionals Breaking the silos in the Talent function What to focus on for the future Follow this podcast on Apple Podcasts. Follow this podcast on Spotify.
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    22 mins
  • Ep 790: Rethinking Work In The Age Of AI

    Ep 790: Rethinking Work In The Age Of AI
    May 1 2026
    We're living through one of the most consequential shifts in how work gets done. AI is everywhere in headlines and vendor pitches, but the reality inside organisations is far more nuanced than the noise suggests. Personal adoption is running well ahead of how companies are embedding the technology into actual workflows. Demographic changes continue to tighten labour supply, and the HR tech vendor landscape is consolidating and expanding all at once, leaving buyers uncertain about where to invest. So how should HR leaders be thinking about technology, workforce design, and the role they need to play in shaping what work actually becomes? Recorded live at HR Tech Europe, my guest this week is Stacey Harris, Chief Research Officer at Sapient Insights Group. Stacey runs the longest-running HR systems survey in the market, and we discuss what her data shows about where things are heading. In the interview, we discuss: How AI differs from past tech shifts Layoffs and the cost of AI investment The gap between personal and corporate AI use Why bring your own AI matters Making sense of the vendor landscape The Platform Cluster Model Demographics and labour supply pressures From workforce planning to workforce architecting How HR's role needs to change What does the future look like Take part in The 29th Annual HR Systems Survey Follow this podcast on Apple Podcasts. Follow this podcast on Spotify.
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    22 mins
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