Our host Libby Godlee, a Business Analyst at Chemistry (and former school teacher), is joined by three superb guests. We're very fortunate to be joined by the founder of Employment Pathways, Peter Cobrin. Peter has spent his career in the education system and has some bold opinions about its current state with strong views on the way in which school leavers are thrust into university clearing.

Joining Peter is Meshach McDonald. Meshach joined The Chemistry Group this year as a Project Coordinator. He cares deeply about everyone being given an equal opportunity in life. He subsequently went on to create a youth project from scratch to help direct young people aged 16-25 in London towards a positive future. The project encourages young people to fulfil their potential, through interactive and engaging day events including creative workshops, mentoring, team building activities and much more.

Finishing off our panel this week is Rohan Amin. Rohan is a Sports Product Analyst within Chemistry Sport. Rohan heads up the fantastic work we're doing with Reading Football Club's youth teams, aiding each Academy player's psychological development. Our I-DREAM framework, online tools and consulting services have made Academy players more aware of their strengths and development areas, which has led to improved performance. It also allows coaches to be able to tailor their coaching methods and communication style to each player's Values, Motivations and Behaviours.

We hope you enjoy the show.

If you'd like to take part, our email address is hello@thechemistrygroup.com but we're contactable on all major social channels including…

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Joining us this week is the wonderful Liz Grant, OBE. A passionate supporter and practitioner of best practice for Diversity & Inclusion in the Workplace. Liz delivers a variety of client and channel partner advisory activities for executive change as the Director of Fantail Business Development.

Joining Liz is PAW regular Kirstie Kelly. One of the show's favorite guests Kirstie offers a fantastic insight into the world of work and explains how data can be used as a powerful tool to help present a rock solid business case for an inclusive and diverse workforce.

We hope you enjoy the show.

We've been very fortunate to be joined by some great guests during the last six months and we're on the lookout for great individuals to join us in the coming weeks to help highlight some of the fascinating activities that are taking place every day in the workplace.

We've touched on topics such as How to hire young talent, EVP, data in the recruitment process, the role of technology in recruitment, acceptance in the workplace and even Pokemon GO! BUT we're not stopping there.

We're looking for people that have a unique insight to any and all aspects of work. If you've got an interesting outlook on working life we'd love to have a chat.

We love to educate! We've covered such a huge array of topics that it just drives more and more intrigue. With your help, we'd love to continue this journey of discovery.

If you'd like to enquire about the opportunities available, getting in touch could not be more simple. Our email address is hello@thechemistrygroup.com but we're contactable on all major social channels including…

Twitter: @ChemistryGroup https://twitter.com/ChemistryGroup>

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-chemistry-group

Please feel free to get in touch as we enjoy all the feedback and suggestions put forward by our listeners.

We've talked before about how individuals can be let down by organizations, not least in their personal development. Having spent time, money and energy recruiting the right people, it seems completely alien to us to let them loose into the company without providing an array of tools to help them succeed.

Building upon an existing skill set or talent seems perfectly acceptable when you reference a musician or sports person. "Of course you need to train. How would you ever expect to improve otherwise?" Every golf or tennis professional worth his or her salt has a coach, so why don't you have one in your job?

Today, Benjamin Western who heads up Capability at Chemistry, and is responsible for the huge success that has befallen the Chemistry Training Academy, joins Amy King.

In this episode, he talks in detail about the importance of an academy, what you need to consider when implementing an academy and his top three tips for success.

We hope you enjoy the show.

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It's a topic of hot debate, the old adage that experience is king seems to be impacting even the most fresh-faced of candidates.

With Amy King currently enjoying a few days off before her stint at Chemistry's Californian offices, we've managed to secure a fine replacement host in the form of Francesca Cockram. Her years of experience within the Chemistry family gives her a great perspective on the blights of modern recruitment.

Cesca is joined by a great a cross section of individuals all at varying points in their career.

Tom Quayle heads up the product department at Chemistry and is responsible for recruiting individuals that have the potential to be brilliant.

Tom Cornell, a recent intern turned full-time employee, and Kezia Philby, a University student with internship experience and an eye on the job market.

We hope you enjoy the show.

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It's fair to argue that the England Manager is exposed to an elevated level of pressure and critique. Still very much England's national sport, football is often criticised and subjected to countless remarks as to what might have been.

At Chemistry, we thought we might be able to add some science to the equation. Needless to say, there's perhaps a little LESS science than what is normally attributed to a Chemistry podcast, but then again what were we expecting from four men discussing football?

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With such an overwhelming uptake of the technology, it felt only right that we discuss its future in the working world. The use of gamification with recruitment has been on the radar of most forward-thinking HR departments. The sudden explosion of Pokemon Go has only emphasised the potential of game data being used to refine the candidate application process.

To help guide us on our journey of discovery we've enlisted three intrepid volunteers to discuss the merits of augmented reality and to delve a little deeper into the addictive nature of Pokemon Go.

Today's guests include Dr. Kane Bidwell, Product Manager at The Chemistry Group and business Psychologist, currently a level 15 trainer. Dr. Brent Clickard, business Psychologist and data scientists currently revolting against the Pokemon craze and finally Australian-born Business Development Manager Patrick Graham, currently a level 10 trainer.

We hope you enjoy the show.

To help us all gain a clearer understanding, we've drafted in some super special guests. We're joined by people analytics leader, award-winning writer, business speaker and LinkedIn superstar David Green. The Global Director, for People Analytics Solutions at IBM David knows a thing or two about tech at its purpose and benefits within the HR process.

Joining him is tech expert Kirstie Kelly. Kirstie (LaunchPad) has starred in previous episodes so regular listeners should know by now that you're in for some straight talking, no nonsense insight.

Last but by no means least is Chemistry's very own tech geek and HR supremo Gareth Jones. G heads up the partner, innovation, and technology team here at Chemistry and seems to have made it his life mission to know the ins and outs of every tech fad going.

Between the three of them, they make some very interesting points! we hope you enjoy the podcast.

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Ben, Co-Founder of indiGO Volunteers and designer of all things training at Chemistry is truly an international man of mystery. He splits his time between global crisis and Chemistry Group, of which we're unsure what

In this episode, he details his Training Fail Funnel methodology consisting of the four main barriers, to training being successful.

Also in this episode People at Work host, Amy King joins us to debate the topic with Head of Product Tom Quayle.

The subject of bias is always a hot topic and we're constantly bombarded with opinions on how to combat it. So much so that it's a real struggle to pick out a viable solution from the deluge of information that is churned out on an hourly basis.

Well, we thought it about time that we had a good old sit down chat to discuss the problem areas you're facing and what you can actually do about them.

Alasdair leads the way at Chemistry with everything D&I and has really pushed us forward as a company and as individuals. His passion for the subject has inspired a series solely based on the topic which will run later this year.

Gareth is one of recruitment technology's most recognisable faces, having toured the world speaking about the future of the workplace. He currently works as Head of Technology and Innovation at Chemistry, helping businesses develop and apply groundbreaking technology to solve their people challenges.

Kirstie is, without a doubt one of the most passionate and innovative people we've ever met. Her unique brand of laughter, insight and inclusivity is positively infectious. Kirstie's work at LaunchPad focuses around developing partnerships and customer relationships that showcase the positive impact tech can have on the recruitment process.

In this week's episode Alasdair is joined by City & Guilds' Product and Services Director - Chris Kirk - and one of Chemistry's newest consultants - Kate Lafferty. Join them as they discuss the current state of recruitment in modern businesses and the potential biases that still remain.

Without the right behaviour, the skill is worthless. Studies show that the behaviour is the key difference between good and superior performance in any job.

This week Amy King (Head of Consulting) is joined by Tom Quale (Head of Product) and Gareth Jone (Head of Tech) delve into why businesses need to get specific about what high performer behaviour looks like in their organisation.

We've written before about how there's this odd idea that all retail jobs are quite similar, that working in one clothes store is like working in another.

But that's not true, and we all know it.

This time we're joined by HR & Recruitment strategists, Speaker and Blogger Barry Flack. Having spent the 1990s in Telecoms he's gone on to develop agendas in High Tech, Telecoms, FMCG, Utilities and Financial Services. From redesigning the Talent Acquisitions to building a people strategy as Group HR Director. Today he maximises this experience by writing, speaking, coaching and of course appearing on the People at Work podcast.

For those of you that follow Chemistry regularly subscribing to our podcast or taking part in our webinars will know that we have found the previous experience is the least predictive measure of future performance. Thus in lies our biggest issue with hiring solely on the basis that certain individuals once did something similar for one of your competitors.

In this podcast, we try and eradicate these myths and provide sound, data backed solutions that can be applied to your next recruitment drive.

Meeting Help for Heroes

Our work with Help for Heroes has been one of the most positiveexperiences we've had at Chemistry. We've been able to helptalented people in a new way, a way that we haven't donebefore.

We got involved with Help for Heroes last year when Phill, ourHead of Marketing, spent the day in a series of employmentworkshops with veterans. When he was talking to them he found anemerging theme: These guys had all these incredible skills andability but just couldn't see how they'd be valuable in thecivilian world. In this podcast we relive the journey thusfar…

Fair enough.

Or is it? By trusting in a recruiter's mystical powers of selection, businesses routinely fail to communicate properly what they're looking for and then hold recruiters to account. Tom Quayle (head of Product) is joined by CEO and founder Roger Philby as they discuss the ins and outs of the recruitment process as we know it....

This question isn't just limited to social networking leviathans. Here at Chemistry and across thousands of businesses around the world we're slowly adapting our work relationship to fit around modern day life.

Today Amy King is Joined by Jess Tilley (a mother of one expecting her second child), Andrew Care (father of two) and Alasdair Scott (activist for equality and diversity in the workplace).

We're honoured to welcome Matt (a regular podcaster on his own show) this week as we delve into the world of rewards and benefits that are received by employees in return for their performance at the workplace. Organizations generally develop an EVP to provide a consistent platform for employer brand communication and experience management.

Are organisations getting this right? Who is struggling to embed a consistent measure of what they are really looking for into their attraction strategy and why? Join Matt and the Chemistry team while they discuss these big questions and shed light on the state of this important topic.

This podcast will be accompanied by our eBook on How to Hire the Best People.

This week we're joined by Amy King, Gareth Jones and Roger Philby to discuss the war for talent. This podcast will be accompanied by our eBook on How to Hire the Best People - Coming Soon.