The Chad & Cheese Podcast

The Chad & Cheese Podcast

Everything Recruiting, Recruitment Marketing, Technology, Talent Management, and Workforce Economics wrapped in brash opinions and loads of snark. Industry veterans Chad Sowash & Joel Cheesman share their experience and opinion on a wide variety of topics and current news stories. Hiring companies, employers, and vendors tune in for insights from practitioners, vendors, startups, and these two knuckleheads.

Google, Amazon, and Microsoft's AI Showdown
The Chad & Cheese PodcastSeptember 29, 202300:49:4845.63 MB

Google, Amazon, and Microsoft's AI Showdown

The news this week is hot. In fact, in the time it took to write that sentence, the news got a little...

Shredded: LinkedIn, Erudit, CareerFairy, Mintago, Giftpack & More
The Chad & Cheese PodcastSeptember 28, 202300:05:395.21 MB

Shredded: LinkedIn, Erudit, CareerFairy, Mintago, Giftpack & More

The Shred is a weekly roundup of who’s raised funds, who’s been acquired and who’s on the move in the...

Will AI Take Recruiter Jobs w/ Amy Butchko
The Chad & Cheese PodcastSeptember 27, 202300:34:4431.83 MB

Will AI Take Recruiter Jobs w/ Amy Butchko

“Is recruiting dead?” On this episode, Chad Sowash goes straight for the jugular and doesn’t let up. ...

Firing Squad: Hyperjob's Janis Kreilis
The Chad & Cheese PodcastSeptember 25, 202300:40:1636.9 MB

Firing Squad: Hyperjob's Janis Kreilis

Effective LinkedIn outreach can be the difference between a recruiter on Skid Row and one on Easy St....

HiBob Growth, Oyster Shrinkage
The Chad & Cheese PodcastSeptember 22, 202300:52:4648.35 MB

HiBob Growth, Oyster Shrinkage

The world seems to be balancing a lot of good news with the bad news these days. At least that’s an i...

Shredded: HiBob, Personio, Bullhorn, Spark Hire, Workfree, Chally, Betterleap, Catalyte & More
The Chad & Cheese PodcastSeptember 21, 202300:07:577.31 MB

Shredded: HiBob, Personio, Bullhorn, Spark Hire, Workfree, Chally, Betterleap, Catalyte & More

The Shred is a weekly roundup of who’s raised funds, who’s been acquired and who’s on the move in the...

JobIndex Blames Google
The Chad & Cheese PodcastSeptember 20, 202300:34:2231.5 MB

JobIndex Blames Google

I once had a roommate who dated a stripper named Candy. Never thought that would be relevant to a pod...

Special Delivery! How UPS Leverages Text Recruiting
The Chad & Cheese PodcastSeptember 18, 202300:30:2727.91 MB

Special Delivery! How UPS Leverages Text Recruiting

Text messaging, or SMS, first came into prominence two decades ago by voting on American Idol, but th...

Uber Takes Aim at TaskRabbit
The Chad & Cheese PodcastSeptember 15, 202300:43:4140.03 MB

Uber Takes Aim at TaskRabbit

Looking for an episode as spicy as Nashville hot chicken sandwich? Then you’ve come to the right plac...

Shredded: Uber, First Advantage, CareerArc, Bandana, Lumber, Lumina & More
The Chad & Cheese PodcastSeptember 14, 202300:06:255.91 MB

Shredded: Uber, First Advantage, CareerArc, Bandana, Lumber, Lumina & More

The Shred is a weekly roundup of who’s raised funds, who’s been acquired and who’s on the move in the...

Firing Squad: Skillit's Fraser Patterson
The Chad & Cheese PodcastSeptember 13, 202300:37:5134.69 MB

Firing Squad: Skillit's Fraser Patterson

What a start-up calls itself usually says a lot about it. It can also say a lot about its prospects f...

Pay Transparency Directive w/ Maria Colacurcio & Anita Lettink
The Chad & Cheese PodcastSeptember 11, 202300:43:1239.59 MB

Pay Transparency Directive w/ Maria Colacurcio & Anita Lettink

Europe has been a leader when it comes to passing laws that protect individual privacy and support pa...

Women Are Leaving LinkedIn
The Chad & Cheese PodcastSeptember 08, 202300:53:4149.19 MB

Women Are Leaving LinkedIn

A new survey says 74 percent of women on LinkedIn believe the “relentless flirtations” on the network...

Shredded: The Muse, deskbird, Koios, Starred, Talenthub, Fairygodboss, Kingsley Gate & More
The Chad & Cheese PodcastSeptember 07, 202300:06:075.64 MB

Shredded: The Muse, deskbird, Koios, Starred, Talenthub, Fairygodboss, Kingsley Gate & More

The Shred is a weekly roundup of who’s raised funds, who’s been acquired and who’s on the move in the...

Are Newspapers Still Relevant for Employers? Kinda.
The Chad & Cheese PodcastSeptember 06, 202300:24:4922.76 MB

Are Newspapers Still Relevant for Employers? Kinda.

Newbies in recruiting have a hard time understanding the time when newspapers ruled the world of work...

Indeed Flexes, LinkedIn Cringes and Amazon Reneges
The Chad & Cheese PodcastSeptember 01, 202300:49:5445.72 MB

Indeed Flexes, LinkedIn Cringes and Amazon Reneges

Looking to celebrate Labor Day with some labor-focused news? Then you’ve come to the right place. Twi...

Shredded: Smartrecruiters, Oyster, Nursa, Teamsense, Raise & More
The Chad & Cheese PodcastAugust 31, 202300:05:535.43 MB

Shredded: Smartrecruiters, Oyster, Nursa, Teamsense, Raise & More

The Shred is a weekly roundup of who’s raised funds, who’s been acquired and who’s on the move in the...

Europe is Old
The Chad & Cheese PodcastAugust 30, 202300:48:2444.34 MB

Europe is Old

Summer is winding down and Europeans are coming down from their holiday highs, so it’s a great time t...

Seven Circles of Compliance Hell with Jocelyn King
The Chad & Cheese PodcastAugust 28, 202300:23:4621.79 MB

Seven Circles of Compliance Hell with Jocelyn King

In the past, we’ve been critical of SHRM investing money into startups. Seems like a big conflict of ...

Grindr Takes Aim at LinkedIn
The Chad & Cheese PodcastAugust 25, 202301:02:2857.22 MB

Grindr Takes Aim at LinkedIn

As summer drags on, the boys had to get out of the house for a change of scenery, deciding to head to...