Episodes

Oct. 13, 2026

Empathy, AI, and the Business of People

Can empathy and AI coexist in TA? Quest Diagnostics' John O'Leary shares how business fluency and people-first leadership drive recruiting results.
Sept. 29, 2026

Building the TA Machine

Tracey Friend returns to unpack how TA leaders orchestrate RPOs, contractors, and internal teams — and why planning beats adding vendors.
Sept. 22, 2026

The AI Talent Race

Lou Carter on turning employer branding into a measurable strategy—from time-to-fill metrics to how AI engines judge your culture.
Sept. 4, 2026

Built for Change: Tracey Friend’s Career Crossroads

A veteran TA leader reflects on decades of career pivots—from technical recruiting to global workforce strategy—and where AI fits next.
Sept. 1, 2026

Both Sides of the Table: Why TA Is the Advantage

Caterpillar's Andrea Hart on why the TA professional—not the tech stack—is the real competitive advantage, and where AI fits in.
Aug. 25, 2026

Recruiting Frontline: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

Adam Godson (Workday) on why frontline hiring stays broken—and how process redesign, not just AI, cut time-to-hire from 21 days to 3.5.
Aug. 18, 2026

AI Hiring, On Trial

AI didn't invent hiring bias, but it gave it a paper trail. Warden AI's Martyn Redstone breaks down the Mobley-Workday case and the 2026 legal patchwork.
Aug. 11, 2026

Lean Team, Big Leadership Bench

How does a 2-3 person team drive 40 VP-plus hires a year? Grace Niwa of Vertex Pharmaceuticals shares her portfolio approach to executive recruiting.
Aug. 4, 2026

CXR Recruiting Awards Finalist: Assurant

Excerpt for WordPress: How did a TA team build a six-figure AI recruiting suite for under $500? Assurant's VP of Global TA shares how they saved thousands of hours—and reinvested it in sourcing.
July 28, 2026

AI, Agents, and the Future of Talent

As agents start acting—not just recommending—in hiring, Zurich's Jessica Aguilar breaks down governance, accountability, and where AI truly delivers value.
July 28, 2026

AI, Agents, and the Future of Talent

As agents start acting—not just recommending—in hiring, Zurich's Jessica Aguilar breaks down governance, accountability, and where AI truly delivers value.
July 23, 2026

CXR Spotlight Synapse by TalentNeuron

TalentNeuron's Matt McGuire shows how Synapse turns labor market data into real-time hiring strategy—location, skills, sourcing, and more.
July 21, 2026

CXR Recruiting Awards Winner: Merck

Merck's TA team built their own AI tool, EASE, winning CXR's 2026 Recruiting Award and boosting candidate NPS by 20+ points.
July 16, 2026

CXR Spotlight Voice AI by Greenhouse

Greenhouse's Daniel Chait and Meredith Johnson unpack Voice AI — a structured voice interview built to fix hiring's most inconsistent step: the screen.
July 14, 2026

Beyond Recruitment: Talent Marketing as a Business Driver

Maurice Taylor of Eli Lilly unpacks how mission-driven talent marketing, strong internal partnerships, and metrics change the game for TA teams.
July 9, 2026

Solutions Spotlight on AspenTechLabs

Is your salary data actually accurate? Aspen Tech Labs' Job Market Pulse gives TA leaders real supply-demand signals—not surveys or estimates.
July 7, 2026

Social Talent Takeover

AI tools are reshaping recruiting fast. CXR and SocialTalent launch a two-week learning challenge to help practitioners keep pace—competitively.
June 30, 2026

CXR Recruiting Awards Finalist: GALLO

How Gallo built an AI offer checker to manage 1,400+ scenarios — and what it took to get the logic right before writing a line of code.
June 23, 2026

The Hiring Pipeline Has a Security Problem

Deepfake candidates are infiltrating hiring pipelines. Matt Moynahan of Get Real Security joins CXR to explain the threat—and what TA must do now.
June 16, 2026

CXR Foundation INSPIRE Scholarship Winner | Adela Schoolderman

Meet Adela Schoolderman, the 2026 CXR Foundation Inspire Scholarship winner, on her 20-year TA career and PhD research at the intersection of AI and recruiting.
June 2, 2026

AI Upskilling: Beyond the Classroom

Are colleges actually preparing students for an AI-first workforce? Stevens Institute leaders join CXR to reimagine the employer-university partnership.
May 19, 2026

How Identity Fraud Hits TA

Is your hiring funnel a national security risk? ID.me's Taylor Liggett breaks down workforce identity fraud—and what TA teams can do now.
May 12, 2026

The Reimagined Workplace with Dr. Robin Erickson

What does your workforce actually want — and does your leadership know? Dr. Robin Erickson unpacks the data from the Reimagined Workplace report.
May 5, 2026

Quality of Hire in the Age of AI Fraud

Candidate fraud is hitting new highs. Mike Fitzsimmons of Crosschq joins CXR to unpack hiring intelligence, quality of hire, and what TA leaders must do now.