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Talentless
For Recruiters, By Recruiters
Welcome to Talentless 👋, the podcast that’s all HR, all talent, and zero fluff—the official show of the HR Sphere! If you’re in the people business, this is your one-stop shop for everything that matters. Hosted by recruiters, for recruiters, we’re here to dig into the heart of what makes workplaces tick (and sometimes, blow up). From talent acquisition tips that actually work to the real talk on DEI and workforce trauma reshaping our industry, we’re not afraid to get into the messy, the meaningful, and the downright motivating. Buckle up—this is where you become the best in the business. Please subscribe to The Buzz, a LinkedIn Newsletter brought to you by the hosts of Talentless.
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Active or Passive: The Recruiter Line That Decides Who Survives AI
Amit Parmar, Co-Founder & CEO, Cliquify LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/parmar79 | Company: cliquify.me Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cliquify/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@cliquify Somewhere around minute thirty-four of this episode, Amit Parmar describes the best recruiter he ever managed: a...
Just Send The Email: What Hiring Transparency Actually Takes
Just Send The Email: What Hiring Transparency Actually Takes Alex Feder, Founder of Ghosted.work LinkedIn · Ghosted (ghosted.work/trace, free, public beta) Desiree and Ashley flip the usual Talentless lens this week. Instead of coaching recruiters, they sit down with someone who just spent a year li...
Kill Your Indeed Habit: What Job Ads Actually Cost You
Jason Pistulka, Founder & Principal Consultant, StratTech Talent Consulting and AdvisoryLinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/jasonpistulka) | Website (strattechconsulting.com) | Newsletter: The Talent Strategy Brief Jason Pistulka spent over 25 years in HR and recruiting including roles at Microsoft, Stora Ens...
Stop Hiring Out of Panic
Alycia M. Huston, Founder & CEO, The Culture Cru LinkedIn | Website: theculturecru.com | Instagram | Threads: @alyciahuston | YouTube Alycia M. Huston spent a decade co-founding and running a biopharma company in San Diego, sold it in 2014, and stayed on ...
Merit Won't Get You Hired. Visibility Will.
Abdurrahman "Muni" Muni, Founder @ Dreampath, Ex-Head of Global Talent Acquisition @ ApplyBoard LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ammuni Website: dreampath (site TBD, confirm URL with Muni) Booking link: calendly.com/muni-dreampath/careerchat Merit isn't dead, but it's not driving the bus alone anymore, and...
Back to Basics Vol. 1
In this episode, Desiree and Ashley ditch the guest chair and go one-on-one for a back-to-basics refresher — the terminology, habits, and blind spots that trip up even experienced recruiters. After a suitably unhinged icebreaker (where would you not want to die?), they dig into three fundamentals: t...
Why Has Recruiting Not Changed Since 1996?" with Matt Schalsey, CEO, PerfectHire
Matt Schalsey, CEO of PerfectHire, joins Desiree and Ashley to argue that recruiters are basically salespeople and the hosts don't fully let him off the hook. Matt built PerfectHire after getting laid off one too many times as a sales enablement leader and deciding the real problem wasn't him, or th...
LinkedIn User #204,097: 39 Years of TA, Told Straight (with Steve Levy)
Steve Levy is LinkedIn user #204,097. He co-founded ATAP. He was doing AI in hiring at Pitney Bowes before AI had a Wikipedia page. And unlike a lot of "thought leaders" in this space, he never stopped practicing, he's currently at R1 RCM building production AI/ML sourcing prompt stacks while simult...
Off Script: One Year of Talentless (with Desiree Goldey & Ashley King)
One year of Talentless. Thirty-seven episodes. Two hosts who somehow still like each other. And a whole lot of people who tuned in along the way, thank you. For our post-anniversary episode, Des and Ashley did the thing they've been avoiding for a year: they turned the mic on themselves. No guest. N...
Your Origin Story Is the Job Skill Nobody's Hiring For (with T. Tara Turk-Haynes)
This one's special, it's Talentless's 1-Year Anniversary Episode. Thank you for listening, sharing, and showing up for us this year. For our anniversary episode, Des and Ashley sit down with T. Tara Turk-Haynes, founder of Equity Activations, creator of The Origin Arc framework, first-generation col...