SocialTalent's The Shortlist Podcast
1) Surf, Satellites & Scale: Thriving Through TA Change with Laura Le Masurier
What does “TA transformation” look like when the business is scaling, integrating, and changing leadership… fast? Johnny is joined by Laura Le Masurier, a TA leader who moved from agency exec search i...Show More
2) Seth Wear on TA Tech Transformation Without a Bigger Budget
TA tech transformation isn’t just “pick a new ATS.” In this episode, Johnny sits down with Seth Wear, VP of Talent Acquisition at Wabtec, to unpack a real-world move off Workday Recruiting and into a ...Show More
3) Skills-First in Practice with Wesley Connor & Maria Trivellato
Skills-first is everywhere but is anyone actually doing it? Johnny digs into new research arguing the gap between “skills-first” talk and real adoption is huge. Wesley Connor (Mastercard) and Maria Tr...Show More
4) Global People Strategy with Janaina Tavares (ActionAid)
How do you build people strategy across 60+ countries without forcing a one-size-fits-all model? Johnny is joined by Janaina Tavares, Global Head of People & Culture at ActionAid, to unpack a bottom-u...Show More
5) Holiday Special: The Wildest Jobs Recruiters Had Before TA
It’s a Holiday Special! Johnny is joined by long-suffering business partner Vince for a joyful roundup of the strangest jobs people had before recruiting, from goose wrangler to state-sanctioned beer-...Show More
6) Designing AI for Humans: Equity, Empathy & Tech with Tara & Jason
Are we building hiring tech that helps or harms people? In this episode, Tara Turk-Haynes (Equity Activations) and Jason Pistulka ( StratTech Consulting) join Johnny to explore human-first and equitab...Show More
7) Data That Actually Helps: Marriott’s TA Metrics Playbook (with Tyler Weeks)
How do you run people tech and analytics at Marriott, a 420k-employee giant operating in ~140 countries with 40 brands?Tyler Weeks, Managing VP of People Technology, Research & Analytics, shares what ...Show More
Data That Actually Helps: Marriott’s TA Metrics Playbook (with Tyler Weeks)
20:39 | Dec 3rd, 2025
8) How TA Ops Scales Hiring at Sage (with Molly Sly)
What does a three-person TA Ops team do for a global hiring engine? A lot.In this episode, Molly Sly, Head of Global TA Enablement at Sage, breaks down how her “small but mighty” team supports ~35 rec...Show More
9) SAP’s Ilka Sagner-David on Interview Intelligence & Candidate Experience
What does AI-assisted interviewing look like inside a global enterprise? In this episode, Ilka Sagner-David, Head of Talent Discovery Solutions & Innovations at SAP, shares how her team is exploring i...Show More
10) BONUS EPISODE: LinkedIn’s Hari Srinivasan on AI, Hiring Assistant & the Future of Recruiting
What happens when AI removes the drudgery from recruiting? Live from Talent Connect, LinkedIn’s Hari Srinivasan breaks down Hiring Assistant, from natural-language job search to evidence-based sourcin...Show More