Recruiting is an ever-evolving field that demands constant learning, unlearning, and relearning. Podcasts have emerged as an invaluable source of insights, trends, and strategies for recruiters who are always on the go. One such podcast that has been making waves in the recruiting space is "The Elite Recruiter Podcast". With its unique blend of expert interviews, best practices, and actionable tips, this podcast is a must-listen for anyone looking to up their recruiting game. However, the beauty of the podcasting world is its diversity. There are a plethora of other podcasts that provide immense value, offering different perspectives and covering various niches across the recruiting landscape. So, buckle up as we present the Top Recruiting Podcasts that you should absolutely be tuning into this year.
1) The Elite Recruiter Podcast by Benjamin Mena
Hosted by Benjamin Mena, The Elite Recruiter Podcast is the top Podcast for recruiting professionals. Benjamin Mena invites guests to share their stories of what they are doing to succeed. The podcast averages around 10,000 downloads a month. You can check out previous episodes at www.eliterecruiterpodcast.com
2) Pozcast by Adam Posner
Hosted by Adam Posner, where he interviews top experts, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders from the world of Entrepreneurship, Talent Acquisition, Personal Growth, and Recruiting.
3) The Resilient Recruiter by Mark Whitby
Join The Resilient Recruiter Podcast and Coach Mark Whitby as he and his guests unpack the secrets of what it takes to be a profitable and long-lived professional in the recruitment industry.
4) The Digitial Recruiter Podcast by Clark Willcox
Digital Recruiter Podcast, is a deep dive into the recruiting world, where they share valuable insights and strategies for success in the digital landscape with host, Clark Willcox.
5) Recruiter Startup by Dualta Doherty
The Recruiter Startup Podcast is your go-to source for in-depth conversations with top agency recruitment leaders from around the world. Our guests delve into the best practices and strategies for building, scaling, and operating a world-class recruitment company with host Dualta Doherty
6) Recruiting is No Joke by Joel Lalgee
Recruiting is no Joke is a weekly Livestream show that features top talent leaders from across the globe. Host Joel Lalgee has almost a decade of experience in the recruiting space and has nearly 200k followers across platforms and his content has generated over 200,000,000 impressions across platforms.
7) The Recruitment Mentors Podcast with Hishem Azzouz
The Recruitment Mentors Podcast host Hishem Azzouz is joined by either a successful biller or a recruitment entrepreneur from around the world.
8) The Full Desk Experience Podcast with Kortney Harmon
The Full Desk Experience, a podcast for leaders in the staffing and recruiting industry. Hosted by Kortney Harmon, Staffing and Recruiting Industry Principal at Crelate, this show is designed to provide insights and tips from a highly knowledgeable consultant in the field.
9) Become a Hiring Machine with Sam Kuehnle
Becoming a Hiring Machine with Loxo and Sam Kuehnle is the key to unlocking the future of recruitment. You’ve probably heard that traditional recruitment is broken, inefficient, and in dire need of fresh perspectives. This show is dedicated to not only rooting out those perspectives but more importantly, the practical wisdom they hold.
10) The Recruitment Podcast with Rhys Jones
Rhys Jones is the host of The Recruitment Podcast as he shares advice, tips and insights on the recruitment industry - from setting up your own business to tackling the challenges of recruitment.
11) Topbillers Toolkit with Sam Miller
Sam Miller is on a quest to interview exceptional Topbillers from every corner of the globe! 🌍Our goal is to unravel the secrets of these high-performers and analyze the key factors that set them apart from the rest of the pack.
12) Breaking Barriers: Conversations on DEIB & Talent with James Dyson
Breaking Barriers: Conversations on DEIB & Talent is a groundbreaking podcast discussing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB). Hosted by James Dyson Jr, we explore DEIB's effect on organizations, society, and talent development.
13) You Own the Experience by Laurn B Jones
The You Own the Experience Podcast highlights the #PeopleExperience in the staffing & recruiting industry and how technology impacts those experiences by Lauren B. Jones 🐐
14) Succession Talk by Daniel Harten
Daniel Harten on Succession Talk as he delves into the world of talent acquisition. In each episode, industry experts and recruiters share their insights, strategies, and success stories.
15) The Recruiters Recruitment Podcast by Lysha Holmes
Lysha Holmes 🌟 has been in the recruitment industry for almost a quarter of a century and for most of that duration, has championed best practise in the Rec2Rec sphere.
16) Boolean and Brews Podcast
If you want a fun podcast talking about life, sourcing, and Talent Acquisition check out the Boolean and Brews Podcast by Mike Chuidian, 🦄Susanna Frazier, and Carrie Collier.
17) Recruiting Trailblazer by Marcus Edwards
Marcus Edwardes talks to internal recruiters, talent acquisition professionals, agency recruiters, personal branding specialists, recruiting technology vendors, and recruiting technology specialists. If you are looking for a job in recruiting or looking to change jobs in recruiting - this is a great place to improve your skills and understanding of what's working for successful recruiters.
18) DG Recruit Podcast by Dandan Zhu
The DG Recruit podcast teaches, trains, and advises headhunters, also known as agency recruiters, both experienced and new, on how to achieve their maximize career, life, and financial potential with Dandan Zhu.
19) The Recruiting Daily Podcast by William Tincup
The RecruitingDaily RecruitingDaily Podcast with William Tincup is a series of conversations and interviews with thought leaders and practitioners. Each week, the topic digs into the biggest challenges faced in HR, recruiting, and the latest technology innovations you should know about.
20) The Relevant Recruiter Show by Donnie Gupton
The Relevant Recruiter Show is hosted by Donnie Gupton 🦅and provides a wealth of knowledge around all things recruitment with a focus on lead generation.
21) The Chad and Cheeze Podcast by Chad Sowash & Joel Cheesman
Everything Recruiting, Recruitment Marketing, Technology, Talent Management, and Workforce Economics wrapped in brash opinions and loads of snark from Industry veterans Chad Sowash & Joel Cheesman
22) The Recruitment Show Podcast by Lewis Maleh
The Recruitment Show podcast provides an inside view of how most companies look for, assess and hire new employees, as well as explores the impact of culture and leadership within the workplace with Lewis Maleh.
23) Secrets of Staffing Sucess by Haley Marketing
Candid conversations with entrepreneurs and thought leaders in the staffing and recruiting industry. Brought to you by Haley Marketing.
24) The Recruiting Brainfood Podcast by Hung Lee
The Recruiting Brainfood Podcast: Your weekly 60 minute dose of brilliant conversation about Recruiting & HR with Hung Lee.
25) Recruiting Future by Matt Adler
Innovation and futurology in Recruiting, Recruitment Marketing and HR Technology. Matt Alder interviews thought leaders who are influencing and changing an industry.
26) Talk Talent To Me by 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 trends shaping the recruitment industry by Rob Stevenson.
27) The RAG Podcast by Sean Anderson
Real and raw conversations with successful recruitment entrepreneurs about what is happening in their businesses right now with Sean Anderson
28) The Recruitment Journeys Podcast by Pete Watson
In this podcast series PETE WATSON from MINT R2R, AUSTRALIA’S LONGEST SERVING REC2REC sits down and talks to Recruiters who have all paved their own way, and have arrived at (or are well on their way to) their chosen career destination.
29) The Recruitment Flex by Serge Boudreau and Shelly Billinghurst
Serge Boudreau and Shelley Billinghurst share their expertise and opinions from a collective 40+ years in the recruitment profession. The podcast is all things recruitment - from the latest trends, industry news, technology, helpful tips and interviews with some of the biggest globally recognized names in the recruitment industry.
30) The Recruitment Hackers Podcast by Max Armbruster
The Recruitment Hackers Podcast by Max Armbruster talks to leaders who have turned recruiting into a long-term competitive edge for their business. In those discussions, we explore ways to improve the candidate experience, we imagine the future of recruitment, and we discuss which digital strategies are performing well.
31) Solopreneur Recruiter Podcast by Eric Del Buono
The Solopreneur Recruiter Podcast by Eric Del Buono is focused on starting and running a recruiting agency or recruiting business.
32) HR Happy Hour by Lysha Holmes by Steve Boese and Trish McFarlane
At Work in America, the longest running and top downloaded HR podcast, focuses on human resources, management, leadership, and workforce technology. The show is hosted by Steve Boese and Trish McFarlane
33) Make More Placements Podcast by by Terry Edwards and Drew Edwards
The Quick, Dirty & Uncensored Secrets For Your Recruitment, Staffing & Search Business Success who want to make more placements for higher fees with less work and fewer headaches as told by Terry Edwards and Drew Edwards
34) The Staffing Show by Staffing Hub
The Staffing Show by Staffing Hub is the only podcast that delivers tools, tips, and tactics from the staffing and recruiting industry’s top executives and thought leaders.
35) RecTech by Chris Russell
Hosted by Chris Russell, online recruiting's mad scientist, the RecTech show covers all aspects of recruiting technology
36) Firefish Podcast by Wendy McDougall
From recruitment sales and marketing to agency management, change the way you recruit with podcasts from Firefish Software® and Wendy McDougall 🐠🐠🐠.
37) The Modern Recruiter by Robin Choy
Robin Choy the CEO of HireSweet interviews top recruiters from around the industry and shares their tips for success.
38) Staffing in Sync by Tom Erb
Staffing-in-Sync is a free series of live-streamed, bi-monthly “panel-casts” with the staffing industry's top thought leaders addressing today's most pressing staffing and business issues from Tom Erb.
39) Talent Takeover Unfiltered by Brianna Rooney and Taylor Bradley
Hosted by Brianna Rooney and Taylor Bradley, when it comes to working hard and keeping it real, we know our S.H.I.T. (self-care, happiness, inner peace, time). Two women who’ve made thriving in chaos and finding the meaning in the madness an art form, provide you an “under the hood” view of all things recruiting in hopes to bring respect and awareness in a relatable way to a long underrated industry that’s oversaturated with “experts”.
In the fast-paced world of recruiting, staying informed and up-to-date is not just an option; it's a necessity. Podcasts offer an easy and accessible way to tap into the wealth of knowledge that experts in the field are eager to share. While "The Elite Recruiter Podcast" is committed to providing top-notch content to make you a better recruiter, we also believe in the power of community and shared learning. That's why this list of Top 35 Recruiting Podcasts should be a part of your regular listening schedule. Whether you're a seasoned veteran or just starting out, these podcasts offer something for everyone. Tune in, learn, and become the elite recruiter you're destined to be.
Feel free to comment below with any other podcasts you think deserve a mention. Happy listening!
(There are alot of great Linkedin Lives, Youtube Lives, but for this list, I only included the ones that have podcast live on Spotify and have been actively posting podcast recently)
Need to hire? We can help! This article was written by Benjamin Mena who is a Managing Partner of Select Source Solutions which is a boutique executive recruitment firm specializing in Data Science, Cloud, Cyber Security, Talent Acquisition, and Government Contracting.
If you’d like to have a conversation about employee retention, growing your team, or hiring plans for the rest of the year, please get in touch! Benjamin@selectsourcesolutions.com
Join me on upcoming episodes of the Elite Recruiter Podcast on Apple or Spotify!
