Hiring Happenings - Episode 7 - Global Politics
Our ‘Hiring Happenings’ podcast goes global from this month for the rest of the year. It sees our host, Angela Cripps discuss what is currently happening in politics around the world and how this relates to the recruitment industry with guests James Chaplin and Fionnuala O’Conor.
They get into the impact of 72+ general elections around the world, populous movements, recruitment opportunities, the personal side of politics, developing and managing international teams, skills gaps and training, as well as international relations.
Guests:
James Chaplin – VacancySoft CEO
Fionnuala O’Conor - OpDem
Timeline:
0 m 15 s: Introduction to Hiring Happenings
0 m 47 s: Introduction to Fionnuala O’Conor
2 m 35 s: Introduction to James Chaplin
4 m 0 s: Trump and his impact on US politics (this was recorded before Joe Biden stepped down)
6 m 0 s: JD Vance, Elon Musk’s involvement and NATO
7 m 46 s: Europe’s wake-up all, populous movements, defence budgets
11 m 45 s: Federal reserves, political appointees, tax breaks, Balance of Payments
15 m 39 s: Recruiters – major opportunities afoot?
17 m 00 s: Ukraine, military job flow, recruitment opportunities, space-race again
21 m 20 s: Budgets and being realistic
23 m 00 s: India and China, brain-drain 2.0, Taiwan
26 m 19 s: Recruitment, leading and managing an international team
30 m 53 s: Politics is personal now
33 m 41 s: Tuckman’s Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing
34 m 46 s: UK and EU relations
36 m 26 s: Skills gaps, VISAs, STEM and management skills
36 m 26 s: Populism, engaging individuals, lessons learned
45 m 39 s: Thank you, summary and goodbye
Links:
James Chaplin [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameschaplin/]
Fionnuala O’Conor [https://www.linkedin.com/in/fionnuala-oconor/]
Vacancysoft [https://vacancysoft.com/]
OpDem [https://www.opdem.com/]
James’ Executive Comment [https://vacancysoft.com/category/executive-comment/]
Balance of Payments (BOP) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balance_of_payments]Bruce Tuckman’s ‘Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuckman%27s_stages_of_group_development]
Leadership & Management Program [https://train.recruitinggym.com/bundles/leadership-management-program?ref=9e936d]
Billing Manager Mastery [https://train.recruitinggym.com/courses/billing-manager-mastery-open-course?ref=9e936d]
Blog post on managing from a distance [https://www.linkedin.com/posts/recruitcrm_recruitcrm-recruitmenttips-experttips-activity-7223771771928297472-KiKf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop]
PESTLE stands for:
🗳️ Political
💰 Economic
🏘️ Sociological
🤖Technological
⚖️ Legal
♻️ Environmental
It’s a strategic tool to understand the macro-environmental factors impacting an industry. In 'Hiring Happenings', this approach is applied to dig beneath the news and keep you well informed.
Recruiting Gym [https://recruitinggym.com/] [https://train.recruitinggym.com/]
Recruiting Gym Online Training platform [https://train.recruitinggym.com/]
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