Ep 89: Talent Acquisition Evolution
b'This week sees a first for the show, rather than me just interviewing one guest, in this episode I\\u2019m interviewing two. I recently headed down to Pepsico\\u2019s UK offices in Reading to have a conversation with Kevin Hough, their Head of Talent Acquisition for the UK and Ireland, and Dan Fitzpatrick, Talent Acquisition Lead for PepsiCo Global Concentrate Solutions. We covered a lot of ground in our discussion and it was great to hear Kevin and Dan talk about some of the everyday realities of in house recruitment within a large corporate. In the interview we discuss: \\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0PepsiCo\\u2019s recruiting challenges \\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0Anticipating STEM recruitment needs \\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0How Talent Acquisition is changing as a discipline \\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0Is recruiting the same as marketing? \\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0The changing skill set of the in house recruiter \\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0Rethinking relationships with recruitment agencies \\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0The role of technology Kevin and Dan also give us their views on the likely future for talent acquisition. Subscribe to this podcast in iTunes'