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Talk Talent To Me

Rob Stevenson

Starring recruiting leadership from everywhere under the talent acquisition sun, Talk Talent To Me is a fast-paced rough-and-tumble tour through the strategies, metrics, techniques, and tren...

Episodes

20 of 425 episodes

Where Is Tech Talent in 2026? CBRE's Scoring Tech Talent Report with Colin Yasukochi

Rob welcomes back Colin Yasukochi, Executive Director of CBRE's Tech Insight Center, to walk through CBRE's annual Scoring Tech Talent repor...

30:21Sep 29, 2026

Building a Quality of Hire Algorithm with Zapier's Tracy St. Dic

Tracy St. Dic, Global Head of Talent at Zapier, built a quality of hire algorithm from scratch. What it yielded helped them measure their ab...

42:43Sep 23, 2026

Inside the CHRO Role with Takkion's Marie Wardenski

Show Notes: Rob goes in-person for this one, recording live at Takkion HQ in Denver with CHRO Marie Wardenski. Takkion is a major player in...

24:14Aug 28, 2026

Insatiable Curiosity & Talent Transformation with Selena Yuan

Selena is the Executive Director and Global Head of Talent Management at Cytokinetics, and brings a global perspective shaped by her upbring...

27:21Aug 25, 2026

33,000 Applications and Counting: Navigating the AI Hiring Surge with Katie Rakusin of Merit America

Katie Rakusin, Director of Talent Acquisition at Merit America. has seen the AI hiring surge hit in real time: 33,000 applications in five m...

32:11Jul 29, 2026

Included Health CPO Jim O'Gorman

Jim has held senior people roles at Hulu and Quibi, but he'll tell you this job is different: the stakes are higher. The episode digs into w...

27:21Jul 24, 2026

LinkedIn's First CHRO Steve Cadigan on AI Mistakes & Opportunities

Steve Cadigan, the first CHRO of LinkedIn and one of the most candid voices in the talent space, discusses where AI is genuinely helping org...

43:05Jun 30, 2026

Freewheel Chief Global People Officer Quentin SaLay

Quentin shares what it actually means to future-proof a workforce, introducing his the three box framework for simultaneously maintaining th...

33:14Jun 26, 2026

Conviction, Crank, and Craft with Rox Talent Lead Erin Wilson

Show Notes Rob reunites with Erin Wilson, Talent Lead at Rox and a returning champion from the very first episode of Talk Talent to Me. Erin...

31:49May 29, 2026

Crisp SVP People Ops Joe Bast

Rob welcomes back Joe Bast, now SVP of People Operations at Crisp, for a wide-ranging conversation that covers what it really takes to opera...

39:54May 27, 2026

Re-Thinking Retention with Langan CHRO Donovan Mattole

Donovan shares how he deliberately hires business leaders into HR, why TA and retention must operate as a single strategy, and how he's maki...

35:34May 22, 2026

Building a Future-Proof People Agenda with Lisa Skinner KΓ€llstrΓΆm

Lisa is a seasoned CHRO with over 20 years in HR to explore what it looks like to intentionally pause, reflect, and reimagine your next care...

26:06Apr 30, 2026

Rachel Duran, HPE Head of Global Employer Brand & Recruiting Marketing

Rachel Duran has spent nearly 15 years building her career at the intersection of marketing and talent acquisition, moving through ad agenci...

35:13Apr 17, 2026

ProDriven Global Brands CHRO Kevin Bohan

Kevin breaks down how HR leaders can drive real business impact by aligning talent strategy directly to company goals, with a focus on scali...

39:27Mar 31, 2026

Liberty Mutual VP of Early TA Maura Quinn

πŸ“ Episode Summary Maura explains why investing in early talent remains a high-impact, data-backed strategy despite growing narratives aroun...

29:22Mar 23, 2026

PepsiCo VP Global TA Ilona Kremer

Episode Summary Ilona explains what it takes to transform talent acquisition at a 300,000-person organization. From consolidating a sprawlin...

36:37Feb 27, 2026

Atlanta Hawks Chief People D&I Officer Camye Mackey

πŸ“ Episode Summary Camye Mackey, EVP and Chief People, Diversity & Inclusion Officer for the Atlanta Hawks, joins Rob to talk about building...

31:52Feb 25, 2026

Pearson SVP HR Ops Tim Young

πŸ“ Episode Summary Tim shares how he built (and scrapped) a multimillion-dollar AI interview scheduling bot, why we should rethink HR's "pec...

33:01Feb 20, 2026

Keck Medicine CHRO Dr. Ekta Vyas

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45:14Feb 13, 2026

Unlearning the Old Rules of Work with CLO & Founder Monica Marquez

Monica Marquez has held big titles at Google, EY, and Goldman Sachs, but now she's teaching companies how to ditch their outdated playbooks...

36:05Oct 31, 2025