The 17 Best Recruitment Podcasts

Since their invention in 2004 podcasts have really taken off as a new form of content, and it seems like every man and his dog are hosting and producing shows for any topic or interest you can think of. Whether you’re commuting, cooking dinner or just relaxing at home, listening to podcasts is now a more popular pastime than ever before, and is a great way to learn something new or catch up on news, ideas and innovation.

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It’s estimated that there are roughly 850,000 different podcasts currently available to download or tune into in the world, with a significant number of these devoted to recruitment. If you’re looking to find a recruiting podcast for either professional interest or just personal development it can’t be hard to know where to start, with so many different shows out there focusing on different aspects of recruitment and HR.

Recruitment podcasts can include in-depth interviews with industry professionals, round-table chats about the latest news and trends in the recruiting and short pieces of content that offer basic tips and advice. With shows that range from formal discussions to more humorous and unfiltered insight into the recruitment industry, there’s something to suit any taste.

To help you choose a recruitment podcast that fits what you are looking for, here’s our guide to some of the best recruitment podcasts out there.

1. Recruiting Future

By far one of the best recruitment podcasts in the business is Recruiting Future with Matt Alder, an HR and recruitment marketing specialist. Every week Alder interviews a new guest from the recruitment industry on the podcast, who tends to be someone that is influencing or changing the way things are done and shaping a new future for recruitment.

The podcast specialises in discussing innovation, digital transformation and innovative technology currently being used in recruitment and recruitment marketing, and offers insights into the future of the industry. It’s a brilliant podcast for those who want to keep ahead of the game with their recruitment strategies, and the best way to hear the latest ideas from leading experts.

Listen to Recruiting Future if: You want the most up-to-date and innovative ideas on the recruitment industry

You can find all episodes of Recruiting Future here.

2. Recruitment on the Go

Recruitment on the Go is a podcast that does exactly what it says on the tin; it offers short and informative bites of information about recruitment in 7 to 15 minutes chunks, perfect for consuming when you’re out and about. Run by recruitment company Haver, the podcast covers a range of different topics all relating to recruitment, from current trends in the industry to tips on the hiring process.

Recruitment on the Go was a daily podcast that has recently finished its second season, and all past episodes are available across a range of different podcast platforms. It’s a perfect starting point for those who are new to recruitment or those who just want to find out more about the industry, in a format that is ideal for a commute or a coffee break.

Listen to Recruitment on the Go if: You’re looking for a short and informative podcast to improve your general knowledge of recruitment

You can find all episodes of Recruitment on the Go here.

3. Recruitment Leaders with Barclay Jones

Barclay Jones is an award-winning recruitment training and solution company, and their podcast is part of the free resources that they provide on their website that all focus on making recruiters more successful. Episodes cover a range of topics and focus on different individuals from the recruitment industry, and their archive is great for scrolling through if you’re looking for insight on a certain topic.

Episodes of Recruitment Leaders tend to be under half an hour, making them an ideal podcast to listen to during a commute. From thoughts on the future of recruitment to discussion on diversity and advice on new trends and innovations, this is a podcast that you’ll always be learning from.

Listen to Recruitment Leaders if: You want a brilliant podcast resource that discusses a wide range of topics and features numerous leaders in the industry

You can find all episodes of Recruitment Leaders here.

4. Chad and Cheese

Chad and Cheese describes itself as ‘HR’s Most Dangerous Podcast’ and is built upon the two hosts’ forty years of combined experience in the recruitment industry. Joel Cheesman and Chad Sowash talk about a range of different topics and current news stories relating to recruitment, HR and employment, offering an unfiltered and often humorous look at the industry.

This is perhaps not a podcast that is safe for work, and also not one for listeners who might be offended by explicit language and topics of conversation. However, it offers honest insight and updates on what’s happening in the world of recruitment and is bound to make you laugh out loud at least once.

Listen to Chad and Cheese if: You’re looking for a more light-hearted recruitment podcast that’s unlike anything else out there

You can find all episodes of Chad and Cheese here.

5. Hiring on All Cylinders

Powered by Entelo, a company who produce recruitment software, Hiring on All Cylinders is a weekly podcast that brings its listeners conversations with recruitment professionals. Featuring guests who are working in the recruiting industry right now, it’s an up-to-date look at the current climate for recruitment as well as insights into new technologies and ideas in the industry.

There’s an impressive archive of Hiring on All Cylinders episodes, and they’re all about 20 minutes long which makes it a podcast perfect for listening to on your commute.

Listen to Hiring on All Cylinders if: You want a short, informative and regular recruitment podcast with an impressive selection of guests from across the industry.

You can find all episodes of Hiring on All Cylinders here.

6. Firefish Recruitment Podcast

Firefish are the creators of very popular and successful recruitment tools, and launched their own recruitment podcast in 2015 that has been running for the last five years. It markets itself as a show that “changes the way you recruit”, with a new guest from the industry every week talking about what they do and offering their thoughts on current industry news.

The Firefish Recruitment Podcast not only lets its listeners hear from big names in the business, it aims to help them stay “ahead of the recruitment curve” with discussions and insight into what’s happening in the industry right now and how recruitment agencies can keep up. Each episode is between 30 and 45 minutes, and there’s a brilliant range of topics and guests from past episodes that you can take your pick of.

Listen to the Firefish Recruitment Podcast if: You want up to date news and information about the industry from an expert company and knowledgeable guests

You can find all episodes of Firefish Recruitment Podcast here.

7. The #Social-Recruiting Show

This podcast is a specialist recruitment show, looking at all things social recruiting and how the digital age has radically changed approaches to recruitment across the board. Hosted by two well-renowned industry professionals, Katrina Collier and Glenn Martin, The #SocialRecruiting Show is a relevant and informative podcast that is a must-listen for those who are keen to learn more about how social media can change their approach to recruitment.

Collier and Martin are both experts on the topic of social recruitment, and cover everything from personal branding to recruitment marketing and social media strategies. With weekly episodes available to watch on YouTube or listen to on podcast platforms, you can hear interviews with a variety of guests and up-to-date analysis and insights on the world of recruitment.

Listen to The #SocialRecruiting Show if: You’re particularly interested in the social media and digital aspect of modern recruitment

You can find all episodes of The #SocialRecruiting Show here.

8. The Talent Cast

The Talent Cast is known as being one of the liveliest recruitment podcasts out there and focuses on the recruitment marketing side of the industry. Host James Ellis is an expert in employer branding, and each week he talks about a different innovative approach to recruitment, marketing or hiring.

This is a podcast that will entertain you and inform you in equal measure, delivered in a really fun way but full of brilliant new ideas. With almost 200 episodes in the archives and a large following of listeners, this is a podcast you need to listen to if you want to take your recruitment marketing and agency branding to the next level.

Listen to The Talent Cast if: You’re interested in recruitment marketing in particular, or just want a fun and fast-paced podcast that offers new recruitment insights

You can find all episodes of The Talent Cast here.

9. The Recruitment Rollercoaster Podcast

The Recruitment Rollercoaster Podcast acknowledges the ups and downs that those in the recruitment business experience daily, with each episode featuring a different recruiter talking about their experiences in the industry. Hishem Azzouz is a host who is not afraid to talk about the negatives as well as the positives, and the podcast covers a wide range of experiences to give an honest insight into life as a recruiter.

The podcast is incredibly inspiring as well as humbling, and is an important listen for anyone who has been considering going into recruitment as a career. You can hear stories from famous and influential figures in the recruitment industry, and there are two or three episodes released every week.

Listen to The Recruitment Rollercoaster Podcast if: You want a real and honest insight into what a career in recruitment might hold for you

You can find all episodes of The Recruitment Rollercoaster Podcast here.

10. The Make More Placements Show

Make More Placements is the brainchild of recruitment marketing expert and ‘Renegade Recruiter’ Terry Edwards, and his podcast of the same name is hosted by himself and co-founder Drew Edwards. The show is described as ‘The Quick, Dirty & Uncensored Secrets For Your Recruitment, Staffing & Search Business Success’, and its weekly episodes offer insights and advice for recruitment agencies and recruiters looking to increase their candidate pool and grow their business.

Each episode focuses on a specific recruitment topic and most are under 30 minutes long, and with an archive of over 200 hundred episodes The Make More Placements Show is a brilliant podcast to listen to over lunch or during long commutes. It’s one of the highest-rated recruitment podcasts across many different streaming platforms and offers practical and helpful tips and ideas that all recruitment businesses need to know.

Listen to The Make More Placements Show if: You want straightforward and upfront advice and insights that are designed to help recruitment businesses grow

You can find all episodes of The Make More Placements Show here.

11. RecruitingLive with William Tincup

Recruiting Daily is a platform that the majority of people working in recruitment will have heard of or come across in their time, offering training, marketing services, events and online content that keeps its community up to date on everything happening in the industry. Their podcast is hosted by William Tincup, a very experienced HR and technology writer, speaker and consultant.

There are frequent new episodes of RecruitingLive available to listen on their website and other podcast platforms, with many episodes featuring guests from across the HR industry offering their insight into recruitment and beyond. Recruiting Daily is a trusted network whose podcast is one of the best recruitment shows out there, and is ideal for anyone looking for interesting conversations about classic and innovative recruitment topics.

Listen to RecruitingLive if: You’re after an interesting and informed HR and recruitment podcast that covers everything you need to know about the wider industry

You can find all episodes of RecruitingLive here.

12. HR Happy Hour

For a podcast that covers recruitment as part of a wider range of topics, HR Happy Hour is a brilliant listen if you’re interested in ideas and tips surrounding management and leadership alongside recruiting advice. Hosted by two leading figures in HR, Steve Boese and Trish McFarlane, it’s one of the longest-running business podcasts out there with a huge audience who have been tuning in since 2009.

True to its name, HR Happy Hour is an entertaining and engaging podcast that features guests from a range of HR backgrounds, offering their opinions on issues and influences that modern businesses are dealing with day-to-day. Listening to this podcast feels like joining a conversation among friends, and whilst not specifically focused on recruitment it’s full of incredibly useful information for anyone working in the HR and recruitment industry.

Listen to HR Happy Hour if: You’re looking for a general HR podcast that’s upbeat and informative

You can find all episodes of HR Happy Hour here.

13. Talking Recruitment

Talking Recruitment is the podcast of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, hosted by the company’s Chief Executive Neil Carberry. The weekly episodes feature conversations with leading figures in recruitment and the business world, discussing their specialist areas and current changes and challenges in the industry at the moment.

The REC is a big name in recruitment, and the podcast stands out because of its guests and the insights that they share with listeners. From trends in specific employment areas to broader advice on recruitment and candidate experiences, this podcast covers a little bit of everything.

Listen to Talking Recruitment if: You want to find out more about recruitment in specific business areas and hear interviews with industry specialists

You can find all episodes of Talking Recruitment here.

14. High Velocity Hiring

Scott Windtrip is the author of the book High Velocity Hiring: How to Hire Top Talent in an Instant, and his podcast of the same name focuses on a similar topic of the most effective ways to streamline your recruitment hiring process, along with other related themes. The podcast has been running since 2012, and whilst the majority of episodes are very short, insightful soundbites sharing some of Scott’s ideas, there are a number of longer and more in-depth discussions and some episodes also feature guests.

High Velocity Hiring is a great podcast for those who are looking for tips to improve their recruitment and hiring processes or seeking wider business advice that is geared towards the recruitment industry. The short length of most of the podcast episodes means that you can listen to them on a quick break, and there is a huge archive of past shows with a wealth of different ideas to inspire you.

Listen to High Velocity Hiring if: You are particularly interested in ways to change and improve your recruitment processes and are looking for bite-size podcast episodes

You can find episodes of High Velocity Hiring here.

15. The Recruiting Animal

Another recruiting podcast for those who like their content more humorous and unfiltered is The Recruiting Animal, which began over a decade ago as a live, call-in radio show. As the podcast’s description states, this show is certainly ‘rowdy’, but its host ‘Animal’ is incredibly knowledgeable after many years working in recruitment and has featured many interesting guests in episodes over the years.

The Recruiting Animal is now on its 13th series, with weekly episodes that you can find across podcast platforms or listen to live online. It’s a podcast that is not always polite, but you’ll discover interviews and discussion with a range of recruitment experts that won’t be like anything else you can find.

Listen to The Recruiting Animal if: You like your podcasts loud, rowdy and spontaneous, and are looking for a unique take on a recruitment show

You can tune in and find all episodes of The Recruitment Animal here.

16. Freakonomics Radio

This is a podcast that isn’t specifically to do with recruitment, but it covers so many topics that can be applied to the industry that we thought it was well worth a mention.

Freakonomics Radio is a podcast spinoff of the book ‘Freakonomics’ that is hosted by its co-author Stephen J. Dubner, and focuses on the same theme of explanations behind everyday behaviours and social systems. There are hundreds of episodes that range from half an hour to an hour in length, most of which feature guests from a variety of backgrounds.

The discussions and insights that this podcast provides can all be applied to recruitment and wider business strategies, and it offers fascinating explanations of many aspects of modern life that you might never have considered.

Listen to Freakonomics Radio if: You want a podcast with a more general theme that will offer numerous business and personal development insights that you can apply to recruitment

You can find all episodes of Freakonomics Radio here.

17. Recruiters Live Lounge

Recruiters Live Lounge is actually a show that is no longer running, but has a place in this post because it remains a fantastic recruitment resource. Run by industry expert Roy Ripper, Recruiters Live Lounge had a new guest every week who was asked 10 different questions about their journey to success in the recruitment sector and shared their advice on how to be successful too.

This podcast is incredibly motivational, as Ripper gets his guests to talk about their failures and struggles as well as their business successes and tell the listeners what they have learnt from these experiences. You can listen to the past episodes of the podcast on several different platforms, and although it is now a few years old the stories and messages of Ripper and his guests continue to inspire and inform.

Listen to Recruiters Live Lounge if: You’re looking for real-life stories from the recruitment industry

You can find all episodes of Recruiters Live Lounge here.

Where to Listen

Many recruitment podcasts have dedicated websites where you can listen to past episodes, or there are numerous streaming platforms and apps dedicated to podcasts that you can download to your device. One of the best things about podcasts is that you can enjoy them whilst on the move or doing other tasks, and with so many innovative shows out there right now anyone involved in recruitment can tune in to keep up to date on the latest approaches, advances and achievements in the industry. Happy listening!

About the author

Tom Mcloughlin is the Director of Growth Recruits. A passionate marketer, he loves sharing his ideas with the industry and helping people take that knowledge and use it to get extraordinary results.

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