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Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast

For Recruiters, By Recruiters

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast

For Recruiters, By Recruiters

HRTalent AcquisitionWorkplace Culture

You speak directly to recruiters, talent leaders, and HR pros hungry for real-world tactics.

You join Ashley King and Desiree Goldey for candid, recruiter-to-recruiter conversations.

You showcase practical playbooks on hiring, DEI, and workforce trauma that listeners actually implement.

You expand your HR network with operators who influence hiring decisions every day.

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About Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast

For Recruiters, By Recruiters

Welcome to Talentless 👋, the podcast that’s all HR, all talent, and zero fluff—the official show for recruiters, by recruiters! If you’re in the people business, this is your one-stop shop for everything that matters. Hosted Industry Leaders Ashley King and Desiree Goldey, we’re here to dig into the heart of what makes workplaces tick (and sometimes, blow up). From talent acquisition tips that actually work to the real talk on DEI and workforce trauma reshaping our industry, we’re not afraid to get into the messy, the meaningful, and the downright motivating. Buckle up—this is where you become the best in the business.

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Recruiter-First HR Audience

You reach an audience of recruiters, talent acquisition leaders, and HR operators who live the hiring funnel and workplace culture challenges you solve.

Operator-To-Operator Conversations

You join unscripted, practical chats on topics like hiring managers, DEI, and AI screening, guided by hosts who work in the same trenches you do.

Credibility With HR Insiders

You sit alongside guests like CEOs and early-career experts, reinforcing your authority on talent acquisition, bias, and data over drama decision-making.

Evergreen Recruiting Content

You leave with a shareable, story-rich episode on topics like hiring transparency, panic hiring, or AI fraud that keeps reinforcing your expertise long after release.

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Recruiters Aren’t The Problem: Fixing Hiring Manager Bottlenecks

You reveal how to reset recruiter–hiring manager dynamics so great candidates stop dying in the process.

Why hiring managers stall or sabotage good recruiting work Scripts and frameworks to reset expectations and accountability Data over drama: metrics that change the conversation Stories where partnership turned broken funnels around

Bias By Design: Rebuilding DEI Into Hiring Systems

You dissect where bias hides in your hiring funnel and how to redesign processes for real equity, not optics.

How bias is baked into job ads, resumes, and interviews Practical DEI changes that recruiters can own Measuring outcomes beyond diverse slate checkboxes Handling pushback from leadership and hiring managers

AI, Fake Candidates, And The New Hiring Front Door

You guide listeners through AI screening, fraud, and trust signals so they can protect funnels without losing great talent.

How AI is reshaping resume screening and sourcing Spotting AI fraud and fake candidates in your pipeline Trust signals that still matter to human recruiters Designing a front door that doesn’t block nontraditional talent

Workforce Trauma, Panic Hiring, And Sustainable Talent Strategy

You connect workforce trauma, visibility, and panic hiring to long-term talent outcomes—and share healthier alternatives.

How layoffs, instability, and trauma shape candidate behavior Why panic hiring destroys culture and outcomes Designing visibility so merit actually gets noticed Supporting military and early-career talent without tokenism

How You'd Contribute to the Show

Audience Takeaways

Your episode helps recruiters and HR leaders rethink outdated hiring habits, use data over drama, and design more equitable, trauma-aware talent practices they can implement immediately.

Hot Topics

• You break down how hiring managers, not recruiters, stall great talent and what to change in that partnership.

• You unpack how bias by design shows up in job ads, screening, and interview processes—and how to rebuild them.

• You explore AI fraud, fake candidates, and trust signals inside the hiring funnel from a practitioner’s perspective.

Why Trust Me

You appear with seasoned industry hosts Ashley King and Desiree Goldey who speak recruiters’ language.

You join a catalog of 50+ episodes focused on HR, talent acquisition, and workplace culture.

You contribute to conversations already featuring CEOs and specialists in early-career and military hiring.

The Ideal Guest

You’re ideal if you lead or influence HR, recruiting, DEI, or people strategy and have real stories—from hiring funnels and AI to workforce trauma and culture—that practitioners can immediately use.

Recent Episodes

Culture Isn’t a Department

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Oct 28, 2026

From the Vault: Your Employer Brand Is Bland

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Oct 21, 2026

Recruiters Aren’t The Problem, Your Hiring Managers Are

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Oct 14, 2026

Bias by Design - Desiree Goldey and Ashley King

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Oct 7, 2026

Hire the Outcome, Not the Resume - Desiree Goldey and Ashley King

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Oct 2, 2026

Active or Passive: The Recruiter Line That Decides Who Survives AI

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Sep 22, 2026

Just Send The Email: What Hiring Transparency Actually Takes

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Sep 16, 2026

Kill Your Indeed Habit: What Job Ads Actually Cost You

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Sep 2, 2026

Stop Hiring Out of Panic

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Aug 26, 2026

Merit Won't Get You Hired. Visibility Will.

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Aug 19, 2026

Back to Basics Vol. 1

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Aug 12, 2026

Why Has Recruiting Not Changed Since 1996?" with Matt Schalsey, CEO, PerfectHire

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Aug 5, 2026

LinkedIn User #204,097: 39 Years of TA, Told Straight (with Steve Levy)

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Jul 22, 2026

Off Script: One Year of Talentless (with Desiree Goldey & Ashley King)

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Jul 15, 2026

Your Origin Story Is the Job Skill Nobody's Hiring For (with T. Tara Turk-Haynes)

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Jul 1, 2026

The Talent You Were Trained to Throw Away (with Chason Forehand)

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Jun 24, 2026

Empathy Is Not Soft. It's a Damn Strategy. (with Dr. Melissa Robinson-Winemiller)

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Jun 17, 2026

Compensation isn't a math problem. It's a truth-telling problem.

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Jun 3, 2026

Lori Golden : Early Career Hiring: What is different?

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • May 22, 2026

AI Isn’t Replacing Recruiters. Bad Leadership Is.

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • May 13, 2026

Ghosted by the Machine: What Hiring Lost (and How We Get It Back) with Mark Lane

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Apr 8, 2026

Is Interviewing Broken… or Just Exposed?

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Apr 1, 2026

Are Recruiting Models Broken… or Just Misunderstood?

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Mar 25, 2026

Is the Resume Dead? AI Screening and the New Hiring Front Door

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Mar 18, 2026

CSI: Hiring Funnel: AI Fraud, Fake Candidates, and Trust Signals

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Mar 4, 2026

Building the Table: Leadership, Power & The Climb

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Feb 21, 2026

Data Over Drama: Building Strong Partnerships

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Feb 3, 2026

Military Hiring Debunked

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Jan 27, 2026

AI in Talent: Why It Matters (and When It Doesn’t)

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Jan 20, 2026

The Data That Matters

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Dec 30, 2025

Recruiter Enablement Is the Future of TA

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Dec 16, 2025

Recfest Shakers Video

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Dec 10, 2025

HR Conferences: A Deep Dive

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Dec 2, 2025

Jim Miller: Rethinking Recruiter Productivity in a High-Volume World

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Nov 11, 2025

Katrina Kibben: Leading with Humanity and Building Better Workplaces

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Nov 4, 2025

Clockout with Julia Arpag

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Oct 28, 2025

Clockout with Tejal Rives

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Oct 21, 2025

Clockout with Erin Riska

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Oct 7, 2025

Joel Lalgee: Building a Career, Community, and Content That Lasts

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Sep 24, 2025

Clockout with Shannon Ogborn

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Sep 22, 2025

Role Nuances

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Aug 28, 2025

Industry Nuances

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Aug 18, 2025

Managing the Manager

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Aug 12, 2025

Managing the Manager

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Aug 12, 2025

Candidate Experience - with Bonnie Dilber

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Jul 28, 2025

TA & HR: A Tale of Two Sisters - with Dani Herrera

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Jul 15, 2025

Talent Tales and Other Hard Lessons Learned

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Jul 7, 2025

Recruiters: Good, Bad, and Scammer

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Jun 23, 2025

Niche Roles: Those D*%n Purple Squirrels

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Jun 16, 2025

RecOps, it is Sexy - with Jeremy Lyons

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Jun 9, 2025

Season One Launch Party - with Mike Peditto

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • Jun 3, 2025

Merit Myth Busters: Shattering Illusions One Corporate Lie at a Time

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • May 13, 2025

Forget About Us, What About You?

Talentless: A Recruiters' Podcast • May 13, 2025

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