You Own the Experience Podcast

This week, LJ and Rob sit down with Bullhorn's Senior Research Manager,Lia Taniguchi, MBA, to discuss key insights from the GRID Industry Trends 2025 report. Unsurprisingly, firms integrating AI and automation into their workflows experienced revenue growth in 2024 and are projecting continued expansion in 2025. The trio explores the primary areas where AI and automation are creating measurable impact today and identifies emerging trends that will shape the industry's future. This episode is brought to you by Leap Advisory Partners and remember to rate, review and share the episode wherever you tune in. Download the complete report here in the comments along with the link to the full episode.

This week, LJ and Rob sit down to give a quick recap of the Staffing Industry Analysts Executive Forum 2025. The duo are joined by podcast friend, Ashley Bowlin of CloudCall. The trio highlight: ??the overall positive vibe of attendees and networking. ??a strong focus on AI and how it will meaningfully impact staffing & recruiting. ??the overall role technology is playing in sales and recruiting strategies. While we didn't cover the SIA/Bullhorn Indicator live, the week-over-week was slightly up for all three metrics, while the year-over-year was down about 6% (week of March 1st). This episode does have intermittent audio issues in the way of echoes on Rob and Ashley's audio. Link to the episode is in the comments

This week, LJ and Rob catch up with Bryan Wilson, Head of Product at StaffUpApp App, exploring innovative approaches to talent pool management and AI integration in staffing. Bryan, a staffing technology veteran, shares insights on enabling light industrial and high-volume clients to create and quickly activate flexible work pools. The conversation dives into the risks of over-relying on single candidate sources and explores how AI is transforming talent pool management strategies. In their AI news segment, LJ and Rob discuss OpenAI's strategic shift to Softbank funding and its implications for the industry. They also analyze encouraging trends from two key industry reports: the SIA | Bullhorn Indicator and the Federal Reserve's January 2025 Beige Book, both showing moderate optimism for the staffing sector. This week's featured technology spotlight: Talivity, innovating the way staffing firms manage their operations. This episode is brought to you by Leap Advisory Partners, empowering staffing firms with strategic growth solutions. Please remember to rate, review, and share the episode. Your support helps us continue bringing valuable insights to the staffing technology community.

This week, LJ and Rob catch up with longtime podcast friend, Matt Dichter. Matt, VP of Sales at Staffing Engine, shares insights about their AI acceleration platform for the industry. He provides an update on how staffing firms are gaining productivity through their solutions. Lauren and Rob review several significant AI developments, including: ARM's initiative to develop their own chips for AI applications Perplexity's expansion into deep research capabilities The release of Grok 3 The evolution of SQL and Excel: while not obsolete, these tools are becoming more user-friendly than ever Our featured technology this week is TechServe Alliance 360, offering comprehensive back-office outsourcing services. Thank you to our sponsor, Leap Advisory Partners. Please remember to rate, review, and share the episode. Your shares help our community grow!

This week, Lauren and Rob continue their focus on sales with a conversation with Joey Brodsky, Head of Go-To-Market at Stott and May. Joey, throughout his staffing and sales career, has used a lot of technology, so we picked his brain on what technologies move the needle. Things like AI to create research for potential clients and SourceWhale to help with prospecting are all on Joey's must-use list. He shares insights on how these tools can transform the sales process. Lauren and Rob kick off the episode with a review of what's new with AI, including the possibility that Alexa gets smarter, and whether Deepseek is a distillation of ChatGPT. They explore the implications of these AI advancements for sales professionals. This week's featured technology spotlight: EQ? App. Please remember to rate, review, and share the episode with your network. This episode is brought to you by Leap Advisory Partners, helping Staffing businesses scale. Link to the episode is in the comments

This year, LJ and Rob kick off the podcast focused on sales, specifically account management. Carolyn Durant of TCP Software has been in the staffing and recruitment tech industry for a decade. She recently started creating content on LinkedIn to share what she's learned and is definitely on the show's must-follow list. This week, the dynamic duo also highlights the improving week-over-week growth of the US Staffing Market per the Bullhorn SIA Indicator, and they discuss the US Government & OpenAI's Stargate investment. This week's featured technology is SourceWhale. And thank you to our sponsor, Leap Advisory Partners. check the comments for an account communication cadence from Carolyn and to check out the full episode.

Last Episode of the year dropped on Friday. Check it out below and Happy New Year!

YOE Podcast Live Join LJ and Rob catch up on the latest Staffing Industry news and learn more about AI & Automation

YOE Podcast Live Join LJ and Rob catch up on the latest Staffing Industry news and learn more about AI & Automation

This week, LJ and Rob cover the latest in Staffing Industry news, including the positive uptick in US Staffing according to the Bullhorn/SIA Indicator. The dynamic duo also cover the importance of upskilling your teams on AI and the fact that AI creates incredibly quick opportunities to create training and adoption materials. For example, using your company's Sales Kickoffs to do AI or system adoption training. This week's featured technology is actually two companies: Woo & CandidateIQ by VettD. Both of these companies help refresh your current ATS data so you can get out of the job board black hole while empowering better automation and AI functionality. Thank you to our sponsor, Leap Advisory Partners. Please remember to rate, review, and share the episode wherever you tune in. (link in the comments)