The Recruiters Storytelling Playbook shows recruiters how to turn every message, insight, and interaction into a story that moves people. This learning path teaches the mindset and tools to humanise data, create memorable conversations, and influence decisions with clarity and confidence. No writing background needed, just practical techniques to make your communication more human, your insights more compelling, and your recruiting unforgettable.

You’ll learn how to:
• Spot what makes a real story and transform jargon into engaging, human language
• Use emotion, empathy, and curiosity to strengthen candidate and client relationships
• Turn market data and dashboards into stories people remember and act on
• Craft social or email hooks that capture attention
• Build trust by communicating with honesty and authenticity
• Convert candidate profiles, trends, and insights into clear narratives that influence hiring decisions.

Pain points this solves:
• Data that fails to resonate or influence stakeholder decisions
• Overly formal communication that weakens connection and trust
• Recruiters struggling to stand out or create memorable candidate experiences.

Courses include:
Storytelling as a Recruiter's Superpower
Why Your Dashboard Isn’t Convincing Anyone

And for the Hiring Managers...

The Hiring Manager’s Storytelling Playbook teaches managers how to tell the real story of their team, their culture, and their opportunity in a way that feels warm, authentic, and memorable. This Learning path gives practical tools to build trust quickly, spark emotion, and help candidates picture themselves thriving with you from the very first conversation.

You’ll learn how to:
• Recognise what makes an effective story and where to use storytelling across the hiring lifecycle
• Translate values, team dynamics, and culture into clear, candidate-ready narratives
• Choose the right emotional tone to build trust, connection, and confidence
• Craft stories tailored to key hiring moments, including the difficult ones
• Communicate your team's strengths in ways that inspire belonging and excitement

Pain points this solves:
• Teams struggling to stand out in a competitive market
• Culture and values that feel abstract or hard to articulate
• Hiring conversations that lack warmth, clarity, or emotional resonance

Check this out now! Storytelling as a Hiring Manager's Superpower

2 New Learning Paths for Recruiters


From Aubrey Blanche
Unlock Hidden Talent: Assessing Transferable Skills 
The best person for the job might not tick every box on a traditional resume - but they might be exactly what your team needs. If you’re only hiring for experience, you’re missing out on potential.
Learn how to break down roles to their essential skills, confidently assess candidates with unconventional backgrounds, and design a hiring process that reveals talent others overlook. You’ll walk away with practical tools to reduce bias, structure stronger interviews, and market your roles to attract the right people - no matter where they come from.

Missions located in this Learning Path are:
• Hiring For Transferable Skills

From Tom Sayer
Next-Gen Hiring: Navigating Candidates’ Use of AI
AI is rewriting the rules of hiring. This learning path gives you the insight and strategies to stay ahead. You’ll discover how candidates are using AI, and learn how to protect integrity without losing speed or candidate trust. From spotting AI-generated responses to setting clear policies and training your teams, you’ll walk away prepared to meet the AI era with confidence and control.

July brought exciting new releases — including smarter integrations, a brand-new way to manage connections, and the first step toward our next-generation hiring product.

Simpler, More Reliable SSO

• We’ve modernised our Single Sign-On (SSO) integration to make it easier to configure and more reliable than ever.

Now Available in Dutch

The SocialTalent platform and content are now available in Dutch, expanding accessibility to more global teams.

• Fully localised platform experience in Dutch

• All content now comes with auto-generated subtitles in Dutch

This month’s release focuses on enhanced accessibility and streamlined admin tools.

Unified Integrations Experience

Managing your integrations just got simpler and faster

• We’ve brought all your integrations together in one easy-to-manage place under Organisation → Integrations including: SSO, LMS,, ATS and video conferencing integrations.

• Cleaner design and smoother configuration workflows making connecting your systems with SocialTalent easier than ever

Improved User Experience

We’ve made several updates to improve accessibility and consistency across the platform:

• Improved user experience for Swift Sign-Up and All Content Access pages.

• Accessibility improvements on the Deactivated Users page.

• Fixed a bug where courses were autoplaying the last episode instead of the first.

We’re thrilled to introduce Interview Intelligence, our newest product — now available for existing customers to join the beta!

Interview Intelligence is designed to make every stage of interviewing smarter, fairer, and more consistent — helping teams hire with confidence.

Watch the demo and reach out to your account manager if you’d like to participate in the beta.

Prepare with Confidence

Set your team up for success before interviews begin and ensure confident, consistent interview preparation across your team.

• Build structured interview processes, plans, and rubrics.

• Generate tailored interview questions for each role.
  

Support During the Interview

Help interviewers stay focused on what matters,  the conversation, and deliver a fairer, higher quality interview experience. .

• View the full interview plan directly in Microsoft Teams.

• Capture structured feedback and evaluations in real time.

• Record and transcribe interviews for reference and compliance.

Evaluate with Clarity

Make post-interview decisions more easily, while saving time and driving consistent, evidence based hiring decisions .

• Summarise candidate responses automatically.

• View all interviewer feedback, notes, and scores in one place.

Ready to see it in action?
Watch the demo and contact your account manager to join the beta.

This month we’ve focused on making SocialTalent faster, more accessible, and easier to use — across desktop and mobile.

Mobile App Updates

The SocialTalent mobile app just got a major upgrade!

• Practice Hub is now available on mobile — build your skills anytime, anywhere.

• The Explore page now defaults to Learning Paths for easy discovery of new learning.

• Accessibility of the mobile app is improved, for a more inclusive mobile experience for all learners.

Admin Improvements

Managing your teams just got easier:

• Greater control over which email notifications are sent to learners.

• Team management and licence pool pages now have an improved, accessible design.

• Expired licence pools are automatically hidden to reduce clutter.

• Fixed an issue where new users didn’t appear as “Assigned” in the Learning Path Completion Report.

3 New Learning Paths for Recruiters

We’ve just launched three brand new Learning Paths designed to sharpen your skills, boost your strategic impact, and help you close top talent faster. Each path is packed with fresh insights, practical tools, and AI-powered resources to supercharge your learning journey.

Licensed Recruitment Coordinator

Level up your coordination game. This path helps you master stakeholder alignment, streamline your ATS and data management, boost productivity, and apply lean thinking to deliver an exceptional candidate experience.

Created from a brand new mission by Irene Villar and two standout missions from Glen Cathey:

• Operational Excellence for Recruitment Coordinators (New)

• Mastering Time Management

• Agile Talent Acquisition

Negotiation Skills for Recruiters

Close with confidence. Guided by Andrew MacAskill, this path dives into the art of offer negotiation, from uncovering candidate motivators to managing internal alignment and landing that all-important “yes.”

Includes these missions:

• Getting in the Negotiation Zone

• Negotiation Throughout The Hiring Process

• Offer Management and Closing

Mini-MBA for Recruiters

Think and speak the language of business. This MBA-style path builds your commercial awareness with powerful lessons on business strategy, organizational design, and decision-making frameworks. Perfect for recruiters ready to think, speak, and operate like business leaders.

Featuring expert content from Irene, Johnny, and Holly:

• Business Acumen for Recruiters

• Recruiting and HR as Strategic Partners

• Business Strategy for Recruiters

All Learning Paths include AI-enhanced activities and curated resources to make your learning experience more engaging, relevant, and actionable. Dive in and start levelling up today!

We’re excited to announce our latest LMS integration — SocialTalent now integrates seamlessly with 360Learning!

If you're using 360Learning, it's now easier than ever to connect your LMS to SocialTalent. With just a few clicks, you can set up a native API integration that keeps your data in sync in real-time. 

💡 Why it matters:

Quick and easy setup via API

Real-time updates between systems

Enhanced data security (no file-based transfers needed)

👉 Check out our step-by-step integration guide to get started.

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the SocialTalent Practice Hub - a new feature that is designed to help you and your team build hiring skills that stick.  

Practice Hub is a private, AI-powered space to complete practical just-in-time training. It replicates real-life hiring and recruitment situations, enhanced by voice simulations, helping you build confidence and competence in just 10 minutes. Whether you're conducting interviews, reviewing CVs, or screening candidates, Practice Hub provides realistic scenarios with AI-powered feedback to help you improve with every session. 

The experience is private, the learning is bite-sized, and the results are real. 

Log in to SocialTalent and explore the Practice Hub tab to get started.

For our first 2025 release, we are delighted to introduce three new Learning Paths by Glen Cathey to the SocialTalent platform!

How to Unlock the Power of Generative AI

In this Learning Path, Glen Cathey embarks us on a transformative journey to harness the power of Generative AI, Language Models, and prompt engineering. Designed for professionals, learners, and innovators, this learning path unravels the complexities of AI communication and ethical deployment. Dive into real-world applications, master the art of prompt crafting, and refine your skills in using AI responsibly to revolutionize how we think, work, and create.
What’s included?

• Intro to Generative AI and Language Models

• Advanced AI Tools and Capabilities for Recruiting

• Prompt Engineering: Foundations to Advanced Techniques

How to Use Generative AI for Recruitment Marketing

Glen Cathey goes through the ever-evolving world of talent acquisition and why staying ahead means embracing cutting-edge tools and strategies. Learn to analyze and enhance your employer brand, craft dynamic employee value propositions (EVPs), optimize job descriptions for inclusivity and impact, and elevate your social recruiting strategies. By combining creativity with AI-driven insights, you'll unlock innovative ways to attract, engage, and retain top talent while keeping your messaging authentic, inclusive, and data-driven.

What’s included?

• AI-Driven Employer Brand Strategy

• Revolutionizing EVPs with Generative AI

• AI-Optimized Job Postings

• AI-Enhanced Social Recruiting Strategy

How to Use Generative AI for Sourcing and Recruiting

Our last Learning path by Glen Cathey shows you how to transform your sourcing and recruiting processes with the power of Generative AI. This learning path equips you with the skills to analyze talent markets, craft strategic hiring plans, engage candidates effectively, and optimize every step of the recruitment journey. From market intelligence and sourcing strategies to interview execution, offer negotiation, onboarding, and data-driven insights, you’ll learn to leverage AI to save time, enhance decision-making, and deliver exceptional hiring results.

What’s included?

• Research and Market Intelligence with Generative AI

• Transforming Sourcing Strategies with Generative AI

• AI-Powered Candidate Engagement

• Interview Mastery with Generative AI

• From Insights to Action: AI-Driven Interview Analysis

• AI-Enhanced Candidate Closing

• Onboarding Excellence with Generative AI

• Data Analysis and Insights with Generative AI

Check out these learning paths today!

We’ve refined the Explore page to ensure learners only see relevant content, indicators, and tabs for a cleaner, more tailored experience.
What’s New: Explore Page Updates
The “What’s New” tab has been replaced by new, refreshed, and added AI indicators with their associated filters.
What It Means for You:
Smarter, more relevant navigation to help learners discover content that matters.
What's New: Enhanced User Experience with Accessibility Improvements
The platform now scales correctly when users increase the text size in their browsers.
What It Means for You:
A more accessible platform for all learners, with key pages displaying correctly at any text size.
What’s New: Custom Badge Template Uploads
You can now upload custom badge templates directly on the back end, making it easier to personalize recognition in your learning platform.
What It Means for You:
Seamless badge customization for better learner engagement and motivation and simplified management of badges through the back end for admins.
Login to your account today to explore more.

Exciting Updates to Kick Off 2025!

This month, we’re introducing powerful LMS integrations, clearer license insights, and easier admin access to elevate your team’s learning experience.

What’s New: Workday and SuccessFactors Integrations

What It Means for You:

We now offer easy-to-set-up, out-of-the-box integrations with Workday or SuccessFactors, making it effortless to connect learning with Workday and SuccessFactors.

• Automatically integrate learning paths with Workday and Success , reducing manual work.

• Ensure alignment across your platforms for a unified learning experience.

What’s New: Admin Settings Made Easier to Find

What It Means for You:

Admin settings are now more accessible, making it simpler to navigate and manage your platform.

• Admin tools are now easier to locate for a smoother experience.

• Quickly find what you need, right when you need it.

What’s New: View Learners by License Type

Admins can now see the number of available licenses by type—such as Recruiter Licenses and Interviewing Licenses—and filter learners effortlessly. This update streamlines license management and provides clearer insights into usage.

What It Means for You:

• Easily track how Recruiter Licenses and Interviewing Licenses are allocated and identify available capacity.

• Filter learners by specific license types to focus on what matters most.

Speak to your account manager today for more information.

AI Practice Activities are live!

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of AI Activities on SocialTalent—a transformative feature designed to redefine how you and your teams learn and grow. This exciting release brings lifelike, immersive learning scenarios powered by AI to help you practice and perfect essential skills with immediate, actionable feedback.

What This Means for You
This release equips your teams to learn smarter and faster, delivering meaningful improvements in accuracy, confidence, and engagement.

Start exploring AI Activities today!

We are thrilled to introduce two new Learning Paths to the SocialTalent platform!

How To Effectively Present To Hiring Managers

In this Learning Path, Irene Villar and Tony Perzow will teach you how to take your presentation skills to the next level and unlock your potential as a trusted Talent Advisor. This learning path equips you with the tools, techniques, and confidence to create impactful presentations that drive decisions and build strong relationships with hiring managers.
What’s included?

• The Fundamentals of a Great Presentation

• How to Effectively Persuade Hiring Managers

Business Development in Staffing Agency Recruitment

Presented by Holly Fawcett, this Learning Path will teach you the practical skills to identify, engage, and win new clients as a Staffing Agency recruiter. You’ll learn how to target ideal customers, craft high-impact outreach strategies, master cold-calling, handle objections, and build lasting client relationships, giving you the confidence to grow your portfolio and succeed in a competitive market.

What’s included?

• Agency Business Development - Building Your Business and Industry Acumen

• Agency Business Development - Prospecting for New Business

Check out these learning paths today!

This month’s updates deliver impactful improvements: advanced learning with AI-powered activities, seamless platform customization through co-branding, and simplified support to drive your team’s success.

AI-Powered Activities: Real-Time Feedback for Better Learning
We’re thrilled to launch our Early Adopters Program for AI-powered activities. Our new feature will  help your teams learn smarter with instant feedback and immersive, lifelike scenarios that build skills and confidence.

What This Means for You

• Immediate Skill Improvement for learners: Activities embedded in learning paths provide instant feedback so learners can refine their approach in real time.

• Immersive Communication Practice: Voice AI creates realistic scenarios to help learners master communication in real-world contexts.

• Deeper Engagement: Reflection questions enhance understanding and ensure alignment with learning outcomes.

Interested in joining our Early Adopters Program? Speak to your Account Manager today.

Your Brand now fully Integrated on SocialTalent
Customizing the platform to reflect your organization’s identity is now simpler than ever. With a single logo upload, your branding seamlessly integrates across key touchpoints on the SocialTalent platform.

Enhancements We’ve Made

• A new feature to upload your logo once, automatically displaying it across welcome emails, login pages, landing pages, and curated learning paths.

• Improved design consistency to make your brand stand out throughout the SocialTalent platform and to make it easier for learners to identify content that you have curated or customised just for them.

Explore Co-Branding options here

Polish Language, now available on the SocialTalent Platform
We’re expanding our global accessibility with the addition of Polish to our platform and content, making it easier for your teams worldwide to engage with SocialTalent.

SocialTalent’s Revamped Help Centre
We’ve reimagined the way you access support, making it easier than ever to find answers and resolve issues when you need them.

Explore the improved Help Center today!

AI Lab: ChatGPT for Recruiters

Johnny Campbell is back in front of the camera!

This training skips the theory and dives into practical, hands-on use of AI. You’ll learn how to boost efficiency and become a top talent advisor by using AI as your co-pilot—not as a replacement, but as an enhancer of your expertise. Check it out today!

Enhanced Integration, Login Experience, and Multi-Account Management

We’ve made exciting updates to our platform this month, enhancing the login experience for candidates, making it easier for users to switch between accounts, and enabling integration with even more Learning Systems. Plus, we’re now using advanced AI transcription technology to deliver content in more languages at no extra cost to customers!

Enhancements We’ve Made:

• OAuth for XAPI Integration:

We now support OAuth authentication alongside basic authentication, enabling seamless integration with a broader range of Learning Systems, including Degreed. With XAPI, you can now consolidate all your learning data in one place for easier reporting and analysis, streamlining your workflow and gaining clearer insights.

• Login Improvements for Candidates:

A new and improved login experience allows candidates to change their language and easily switch between signup and login tabs on the registration page. This delivers a smoother, more accessible login process, improving the candidate experience as they access expert-led training to prepare for interviews.

• Account Switching Made Easy:

Admins can now switch between accounts effortlessly with the new 'Switch Account' button, allowing them to manage multiple accounts, including separate ones for external candidates, in just a few clicks. This streamlines the process, helping to keep candidate data distinct and simplifying account management.

• OpenAI Whisper Transcription:

We are now using OpenAI Whisper for transcribing all our content. This enables us to and offer content in many more languages at no additional cost to customers, improving accessibility for global teams.

How to Source with Online Tools

Kasia Tang, new to our platform, delivers this new LP. You’ll learn how to use browser tools like Chrome extensions and Google searches to find candidates faster. You’ll also explore how to source on social media and niche sites like Facebook, GitHub, and Kaggle. By the end, you’ll know the best ways to find top talent quickly and easily.

What’s included?

• Using Browser-Based Tools for Sourcing

• Using Social Media and Niche Platforms for Sourcing

How to Automate and Innovate in Sourcing

Here you’ll start with the basics of sourcing automation and then dive into advanced AI tools that can help at every stage of recruiting. By following this learning path, you’ll become skilled in using automation and AI to improve and speed up your talent-sourcing efforts.

What’s Included?

• Understanding LinkedIn's Core Functionalities

• Advanced Recruiting on LinkedIn Recruiter

Say hello to our new emails!

Since we launched our shiny new logo a few months ago, the team has been hard at work updating the design and messaging for all of the emails that the SocialTalent platform sends to our users.

This release brings all of these new email templates to our users so don’t be alarmed if you see emails with slightly different subjects or content, as long as it’s sent from hello@socialtalent.com, it from us!

We’ve had to make some hard decisions in this process so some of the emails will no longer include things like your teams leader-boards. If you have any feedback for us, please send it to support@socialtalent.com and we’ll get back to you.

In our latest learning path, Talent Advisor 2.0, you’ll discover how to leverage Skills-first hiring and how to elevate your role from Talent Advisor to Talent Business Partner. 

What’s included? 

• Skills-First Hiring includes everything you need to shift to a new recruiting paradigm focused on a fluid, dynamic allocation of talent according to the needs of the business and individual skill sets.

• Talent Business Partner explores critical skills and responsibilities, such as aligning with business objectives, collaborating with L&D, creating talent plans, and career mobility. 

• Interviewing Level 1 equips recruiters with critical interviewing skills including competency and situational-based essentials. 

• Assessments 101 covers the fundamentals of assessments and designing your assessment model.

Get ready to level up with AI! At SocialTalent, we’re all about making your learning journey more fun, interactive, and super effective. That’s why we’re excited to announce the beta launch of our AI-powered practice exercises!

We have created the How to Use Behavioral Interviewing Techniques learning path which combines expert content from John Vlastelica of Recruiting Toolbox with AI-powered practice exercises to give learners the opportunity to apply what they have learned and receive personalised feedback.

Please reach out to your account manager if you wish to participate in our beta test.

• Welcome to the world of xAPI. SocialTalent now supports xAPI integrations. This technology is designed to capture a wide range of learning activities, making it easier to track and understand how people learn. With xAPI, activities are recorded as "statements" in a Learning Record Store (LRS). Each statement uses a simple "noun, verb, object" format, like "John completed the course." This means you can track learning experiences across different platforms and contexts seamlessly.

• By integrating xAPI with your Learning Management System (LMS), SocialTalent makes it easier to track learner engagement and performance. This integration allows for seamless data exchange with your LRS, providing detailed analytics and real-time reporting on course completions. This means you get deeper insights into how your learners are performing and can track their progress more effectively. Reach out to your Account Manager to learn more.

Navigating the complex world of talent acquisition just got a whole lot easier! We’re delighted to announce the launch of brand new recruiting and sourcing content on our learning platform with the incredible Glen Cathey!

Glen’s proven strategies and real-world insights will fundamentally enhance your recruitment process. Through this training, and by implementing Glen’s approaches, expect to see an increase in response rates, a marked improvement in the quality of your hires, a reduction in time-to-fill positions, and an overall boost in your recruitment success!

What’s included?

Explore eleven brand-new missions that transform traditional recruiting into an innovative, adaptable, and personalized journey. From mastering search fundamentals to adopting agile talent acquisition techniques, this training has it all:

• Effective Search Fundamentals

• Beyond Boolean: Advanced Search Strategies

• How to screen anyone for any job

• Building a sourcing playbook

• Earning Responses From Passive Talent

• The Human Connection: Leveraging HUMINT

• Mastering the Art of Candidate Closing

• Becoming a world-class sourcer or recruiter

• Mastering time management in sourcing and recruiting

• Agile Talent Acquisition

• Sourcing & Recruiting Analytics

The benefits

• Innovative techniques: Learn to go beyond conventional sourcing methods with our unique approaches, including leveraging internal databases and creating personalized sourcing playbooks.

• Master soft skills: Use psychology and neuroscience to engage and influence candidates, ensuring you build lasting relationships and close top talents.

• Boost efficiency: Our practical sourcing playbooks and time-management strategies are designed to maximize your productivity, ensuring you achieve more in less time.

• Future-proof your skills: Prepare yourself for the evolving landscape of talent acquisition by focusing on essential soft skills that AI and automation cannot replace.

• We’re harnessing the power of AI translations here at SocialTalent! AI translations are now available for all SocialTalent customers.

• All of our content has been translated into all available languages and is available to all existing customers at no additional cost!

Sometimes it’s best to focus on the content that is most valuable to your company which is why we have introduced functionality to restrict access to learning paths by core team. This new functionality allows company administrators to disable selected learning paths for specified core team - giving you the flexibility to adjust what content learners in your company can see. This functionality is available to all company admins on the Content Settings page. More information is available on this page of our help centre.

After the launch of the new player page, we are updating rest of the learners journey on the SocialTalent platform. We’ve made these changes to deliver a learning experience that is accessible to all learners.

New year, new My Learning experience! 

Here are a few of the big changes and benefits of the new experience:

• The page focuses on the Learners currently assigned Learning Path so that Learners can quickly see where they are in their Learning Path.

• Learners can see all of the missions in their Learning Path on the left hand side of the page.

• If a Learner is in a Program, they will be able to see which Learning Path they are on and easily view the rest of their Program.

• Their Learning Path completion date is shown at the top of the page which will hopefully encourage Learners to complete their learning on time.

• The page has been designed with accessibility in mind so learners with visual impairments should be able to watch their content as easily as possible.

Writing an effective job description is a vital skill for recruiters and hiring managers. It's your chance to showcase a role, highlight your company, spark interest, and attract top talent. 

Our latest learning path, Job Ad Mastery: From Basics to Pay Transparency, includes two missions to transform your job ads into magnets for the best candidates.

Mission: Creating Impactful Job Ads

Learn to make your job ads stand out. We'll show you how to incorporate key elements that candidates seek, add engaging visuals, and optimize your ads for online visibility. Plus, explore how AI can refine your approach for better engagement.

Courses:

• The Fundamentals of Job Ads

• Elevating Your Job Ads from Good to Excellent

• Getting Your Ads Noticed.

Mission: Unlocking Pay Transparency

As pay transparency becomes a crucial aspect of job advertising, this mission offers a deep dive into understanding and implementing it effectively.

Course: Pay Transparency.

The overnight emergence of generative AI has been quite overwhelming. Within months, we’ve been flooded with reports and statistics about how this tech will revolutionize how we work and how we hire. The ability to harness AI and adapt to new paradigms is not just an asset – it's essential. 

The question is – how? How do we leverage AI? How do we understand it? How do we incorporate it into our practices? And how can we learn to use AI in an ethical and informed manner?

We’re excited to unveil two innovative learning paths designed to help you get AI-smart: 

• How to Use Generative AI in the Workplace

• How to Use Generative AI as a Recruiter.

Accessing the new AI learning paths

We are committed to providing our customers with exceptional learning that aligns with your internal policies and procedures. To explore the addition of AI training to your SocialTalent learning library, please get in touch with your dedicated account manager.

We also suggest reviewing your company’s AI policy and checking in with relevant stakeholders before making any decisions on how to roll out the new AI training content.

Learning Path Overview: How to Use Generative AI in the Workplace

What will I learn? 

This learning path is designed to transform the way you work. It takes you on a journey from understanding the fundamentals of AI to mastering the art of prompt engineering. You'll learn how to supercharge your productivity with AI tools and navigate the ethical considerations of AI implementation. Whether you're new to AI or looking to enhance your skills, this learning path offers practical insights and strategies to leverage AI effectively in your professional life. 

Who will I learn from?

Stack Overflow’s Senior Product Manager, Cobih Obih will teach you everything from the different types of AI to how to construct the perfect prompt. SocialTalent’s Holly Fawcett and Johnny Campbell then get down to brass tacks, showing you how to use generative AI to optimize, communicate, and analyze at work. This module then finishes with a lesson on how to use AI ethically.

Mission titles:

• Introduction to AI

• Maximizing Productivity with AI

• How to use AI Ethically in the Workplace.

Learning Path Overview: How to Use Generative AI as a Recruiter

What will I learn? 

This learning path is designed to empower recruiters with the knowledge and skills to leverage Generative Artificial Intelligence techniques in the recruitment process. Through practical exercises and real-world examples, recruiters will learn how to harness the power of Generative AI to attract top talent, optimize their recruitment strategies, and become strategic business partners.

Who will I learn from?

Your teacher in this course is none other than Maisha Cannon, renowned TA expert and founder of The Collab Lab. From understanding the importance of AI in the world of talent acquisition to practical insights that will help you leverage AI, Maisha teaches you how to construct complex Boolean strings in minutes, optimize candidate outreach, write incredibly targeted job ads, and so much more.

Mission titles:

• AI in Recruitment: A Human-Centric Approach

• How to Use AI to Elevate Your Role as a Talent Advisor.

The importance of Leadership training

Strong leaders define vision and culture – they connect every stage of the employee lifecycle, develop talent, and drive results. They are the linchpin of success. We cannot understate the importance of effective leadership. But that brings up the question – how can organizations ensure that their managers are up to the task? It’s simple: leadership training. 

We are thrilled to unveil 22 hours of new training content, spanning 12 learning paths, that have been tailor-made to ignite your leadership journey. 

What’s included in the new release?

Our expert-led content is split across four pillars and ensures that leaders and managers can Hire, Manage, and Engage top talent, while they also Grow their own careers. Here’s what we mean: 

• Hire: Aimed at both new managers and experienced hiring managers, this content is all about learning the skills that help you find, hire, onboard, and engage the best talent. 

• Manage: The nuts and bolts of management –learn all about adapting to hybrid leadership, communication, feedback, and productivity.

• Engage: Our Engage pillar takes leadership skills to the next level – this content delves deeper into some of the situations and challenges that managers will face throughout their careers. Learn how to create inclusive, psychologically safe, trust-driven teams.

• Grow: Personal development is important too. Grow the skills and learn the behaviors that will result in long-term leadership success.

Who is the content for?

New managers, people managers, and senior leaders.

Who will I learn from?

Renowned leadership coaches, DEI practitioners, and engagement experts like Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, Kachi Okoronokwo, Aubrey Blanche, Jason Lauritsen, Linda Jonas, Makeda Andrews, Joe Gerstandt, Lianne Weaver, and Debbie Danon.

Can I preview the content?

Yes! Check out some highlights from the release below.

Do you know that we have a connectivity test that can be used to check that you can connect to our servers? This can be helpful if you are struggling to access content on our platform.

We’ve listened to your feedback and have created a report template that shows learner progress for any current or historical Learning Path that has been assigned to a SocialTalent user.

Get ready for our mid June release because it’s a big one with tons of exciting new features! 🎉

This release focuses on delivering the best user experience possible for the explore page and the content management experience

It’s time to focus on Skills! This exciting new release focuses on our new Skills selection process that lets Learners select Skills that they wish to develop.

SocialTalent and SmartRecruiters Launch New Hiring Success™ Certification

We’re delighted to release our newest learning path for recruiting leaders, Licensed Hiring Success Leader, in partnership with SmartRecruiters.

Licensed Hiring Success Leader is aimed at leaders who are planning a Talent Acquisition transformation program in their organization. Get practical, real-world insights from the Hiring Success team at SmartRecruiters who have led TA transformations and consult with organizations on how to lead a successful transformation and maturing of clients’ TA functions. 

You’ll learn:

• How to identify your real performance metrics.

• Uncover gaps in your company’s capability to hire great talent.

• Make a concrete plan for investing and maturing your TA function, get business approval, and operationalize the transformation.

Solution: Recruiting

Ideal for: Senior Recruiters, Recruiting Leaders, Recruiting Program Managers

Speakers: Allyn Bailey, Tony de Graaf, Karin Philippczyk, Eunice Chow

Did you know that you can schedule your reports so they are emailed to you every week or month? Here’s a guide that shows you how to schedule a report.

This is a very exciting release that should improve the experience for Company Admins.

New Mission: Launching Your TA Transformation Journey

With a failure rate of 70%, transformation programs are high-risk efforts. How can TA leaders successfully deliver initiatives to transform talent departments and improve overall organizational performance?

In his latest content for SocialTalent, Yasar Ahmad, an expert in leading talent transformations in large FTSE 500s companies and Global Vice President of Talent at HelloFresh, shares his experiences and strategies across key areas, including change management, stakeholder engagement, KPIs, prioritization, process excellence, and continuous iteration.

The new mission includes two courses, What to Expect When Leading a TA Transformation and How to Setup for Success When Leading a TA Transformation Journey, and is available in the Licensed Talent Acquisition Leader learning path (Recruiting). 

New Missions: Recruiting, Interviewing, Internal Mobility, Leadership, and DEI

Our final content release of 2022 is jam-packed with practical tips on internal and external candidate experience, having strategic conversations with hiring managers, and the importance of growth conversations to your DEI&B journey.

Interviewing, Internal Mobility, and Recruiting 

Elevate candidate experience and the role of TA with three new missions from John Vlastelica, founder of Recruiting Toolbox.

How To Decline External Candidates

Declining candidates post-interview is tough, but when handled correctly, this task can improve candidate experience ratings and lead to long-term referral networks. 

Discover best practices for delivering post-interview feedback to candidates who were not selected.

How To Give Internal Candidates Feedback Post-Interview

Internal candidates deserve more feedback post-interview, especially if they aren’t successful. As a recruiter or hiring manager, you need to deliver constructive feedback to internal candidates and ensure your employees have a positive experience.

Learn how to deliver post-interview feedback that helps the candidate develop whilst improving employee retention rates. 

Talent Advisor: Critical Conversations With Hiring Managers

As a recruiter, you need to be strategic and have consultative conversations with Hiring Managers. But what does this mean? Learn more about the critical conversations every recruiter needs to have to engage hiring managers.  

DEI and Leadership 

Let’s Talk About It: Growth Conversations In The Workplace

Mariam (Mo) Abdullah explores the importance of growth conversations and moving away from the typical “tough conversations” mindset. Learn how to reflect on your personal and organizational DEI&B journey thus far and explore core concepts of culture, community, and belonging as you envision your DEI&B goals and values.​

Mo also discusses the value of engaging in constructive discussions and not brushing uncomfortable situations under the rug.

New Missions: Internal Mobility, Onboarding, Recruiting, Interviewing, DEI, and Leadership

This month, we’ve expanded our new Internal Mobility solution with five new missions. From empowering employees to own their careers to tackling talent hoarding, Dr. Bev Kaye will enable you to build a strong culture of internal mobility.

Our new Onboarding missions explore how you can empower new hires to set themselves up for success and create engaging reboarding experiences for existing employees.

Hiring managers and recruiters who want to build inclusive recruiting and interviewing processes will benefit from two new missions focused on small adjustments to work practices and hiring processes that are a huge deal to those who need them.

As a leader, it's your job to create an inclusive, high-trust environment. We’ve added a new mission exploring trust-driven leadership that’s packed with practical strategies to help you become a more inclusive leader.

Author and activist lisa luxx completes September’s jam-packed release with a new DEI mission on understanding pronouns beyond the binary. The intention of this mission is for learners to have the language and background to be supportive of their colleagues or employers. ​

Internal Mobility

Personal Career Development

Career mobility is up to each person to examine and define – you decide how and when you'll grow. In these three missions by Dr. Bev Kaye, you will discover a framework with six possible ways to grow, develop, and learn. These can all be building blocks to create your unique career pattern. Learn how to create conversations between you and your managers that help you reach your full potential.

Talent Hoarding

Good management is foundational in a strong approach to internal mobility. But unfortunately, this isn’t always the case. Tasked with reaching performance goals themselves, managers are reluctant to lose star employees, resulting in a phenomenon known as talent hoarding.

Talent hoarding is the most significant barrier to internal mobility and retention. In this mission, Dr. Bev Kaye will show you the importance of shifting from talent hoarding to talent sharing.​

Onboarding

Enable and engage new hires

Continuing the theme of empowering employees, we’ve added two new missions to help new hires set themselves up for success. Dr. Bev Kaye explains the power of conversation and the importance of looking for feedback.

Re-boarding existing employees

Managing your employees' leave of absence can be a make-or-break journey that dramatically impacts satisfaction when (if) they return to the workplace. Will it be a positive impact or a negative one? Jen Henderson and Kait Feeney share how to stay on top of ever-changing leave policies, wrangle remote workforces, improve manager communication, and streamline processes to make navigating today's LOA landscape a dream for leaders and their people.

Recruiting

Reasonable accommodations are ways in which we can adjust our hiring process and employment policies to enable everyone to do their best work. This includes specific adjustments for disabled people, but not everyone has a label or a diagnosis, who could benefit from accommodations.

In Reasonable Accommodations (RAs) - How to Build an Inclusive Assessment Strategy, you'll hear from the experts on how to make small adjustments to work practices and hiring processes that are a huge deal to those who need them, from a range of perspectives - physical disability, neurodivergence, gender non-conforming, and low socio-economic backgrounds.

Interviewing

In Inclusion Spotlight: How to Build a Fair Interview Process for People From Low Socioeconomic Backgrounds by Dr. Joanna Abeyie, you’ll learn how to support candidates from a low socio-economic background to ensure they are prepared and confident when interviewing. Whether you are a manager, a recruiter, or are simply keen to make sure that your organization reaches a diverse group of people, this mission will give you the insights you need to start building a more inclusive hiring process.

DEI

In this mission, author and activist lisa luxx explains how to understand pronouns beyond the binary. Learn why people use particular pronouns and what is meant by phrases such as ‘non-binary’, or ‘gender fluid’, plus more.

Leadership

Trust is a key component when it comes to measuring the state of inclusion in an organization. As a leader, it's your job to create an inclusive, high-trust environment. In this new mission, Trust-driven Inclusive Leadership by DEI and mental health expert Vessy Tasheva, you will learn about trust-driven leadership, with practical strategies to help you become a more inclusive leader.

New Missions: DEI, Leadership, Interviewing, Recruiting, and Onboarding

In addition to our recently launched Internal Mobility Solution, we’ve also added two new experts to our platform and expanded our Onboarding and Recruiting training this month.

Building a NeuroInclusive Hiring Process

In this mission by author and inclusion expert Theo Smith, you will learn more about neurodiversity, why it is important, and how being more neuroinclusive will positively impact the performance and sustainability of talent within your organization.

Find this mission in the ‘Licensed Inclusive Interviewer’ learning path in our DEI and Interviewing Solutions.

Racial Awareness for Leaders

This mission by DE&I consultant Jessica Havens will increase your understanding of race, identity, and power, helping you to become a more compassionate and equitable leader.

Look for this mission in the ‘Licensed Inclusive Leader’ learning path in our DEI and Leadership Solutions.

Onboarding a Multigenerational Workforce

In this mission by Dr. Mary Collins, we examine how to successfully onboard a multigenerational workforce to ensure a smooth and swift transition into a new role.

This mission is part of the ‘Licensed Onboarding Specialist’ learning path in our Interviewing and Onboarding Solutions.

Internal Mobility Solution

We’re delighted to share our new Internal Mobility Solution with SocialTalent learners!

Often overlooked as a primary source of talent, internal mobility helps companies fill skills gaps, boost retention, and foster a culture of engagement.

Spanning 19 learning paths, SocialTalent’s tailored training content will empower people managers, HR leaders, and recruiters to shift their focus inwards and leverage the depth of potential and talent that’s already on the books!

Delivered by renowned experts like Aimee Bateman, Kingsley Aikins, and Dr. Bev Kaye, the comprehensive, industry-led content includes:

• Sourcing Internal Talent

• Mentoring Internal Talent

• Succession Planning

• Networking Skills

• Researching Your Next Move

• Interviewing Successfully

• Succeeding in a New Role

• Elevating Your Leadership Skills.

A gentle reminder to our users - in order for us to continue improving our platform, we release new features and bug fixes every second Thursday at 7am (Irish time). As a precautionary measure, we put our platform into maintenance mode for 15-60 minutes (depending on the size and complexity of the deployment). 

New Onboarding Solution and DEI Missions

Onboarding Training Solution

We are thrilled to announce the launch of our brand new Onboarding solution! Our ultimate goal with this dedicated e-learning training is to enable organizations to create world-class onboarding experiences for their new hires. We have developed an incredible library of content with renowned experts to help build an onboarding program that not only engages employees but allows the company to put its best foot forward.

This training goes beyond templates and checklists. SocialTalent’s Onboarding Solution is a comprehensive set of teachings that will embed best practices into the very core of your business.

DEI Missions

We're delighted to launch new DEI content from Mariam (Mo) Abdullah, Founder and CEO of Culture Energized. Focused on promoting inclusion and belonging in the workplace, Mo takes us through everything from dealing with microaggressions and embracing intersectionality, to important training on inclusive language.

The four new missions are part of the ‘Licensed Psychological Safety Leader’ learning path in our DEI and Leadership solutions.

• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging: Connecting to Your Why

• Inclusive Language: Our Words Matter

• Embracing Intersectionality and Our Blind Spots

• Understanding Microaggressions.

New Learning Paths for Recruiting and Staffing Solutions

Our latest learning paths are specific to the RPO industry and are aimed at junior or new team members.

Licensed RPO Recruiter

In this learning path, we will give you all the information you need to fully understand the Recruitment Process Outsourcing industry, and what you as a recruiter contribute to your role in an RPO. Learn the structure of an RPO business, how your assignments will be measured, and the key skills to successfully manage client relationships.

Missions

• My Role as an RPO Recruiter

• How is Your RPO Assignment Measured?

• Managing Client Relationships as an RPO Recruiter.

Licensed RPO Sourcer

In this learning path, we will give you all the information you need to fully understand the Recruitment Process Outsourcing industry, and what you as a sourcer contribute to your role in an RPO. Learn about the value you bring to the hiring equation, the key performance metrics for your deliverables, and how you can build an efficient sourcing process.

Missions

• My Role as an RPO Sourcer

• How is Your RPO Assignment Measured?

• Building Your Sourcing Process

• The Research Before Sourcing.

New Missions: DEI, Candidate Experience, and Internal Mobility

April was a busy month for the SocialTalent team. We’ve launched new content for each of our six solutions AND added new speakers to the platform!

Our latest missions span the foundations of psychological safety, the importance of inclusive hiring practices, tips on boosting candidate experience, and strategies for executive recruiting. 

We’re also excited to welcome two brand new speakers into our faculty of experts. Roopesh Panchasra, the Global Head of Executive Talent Acquisition at Uber, shares his knowledge on executive search. Andrew MacAskill, a respected career coach, explains what candidates are really looking for in their jobs.

What’s New?

Psychological Safety 101: The What, Why, and How

Learn the foundations of psychological safety and its role in employee experience and performance with Inclusion Strategist, Joe Gertstand.

Executive Recruiting: Framing the Search

Uber's Global Head of Executive Talent Acquisition, Roopesh Panchasra, explains how to frame an executive hiring process to ensure success.

The Talent Broker: How to Stand Out as an Executive Recruiter

Discover how to do executive recruitment with an internal lens, influence succession planning, and navigate the complex world of exec compensation with Uber's Global Head of Executive Talent Acquisition, Roopesh Panchasra.

Candidate experience: What Candidates Really Want

Career coach Andrew MacAskill shares insights from over a thousand conversations with candidates to help recruiters ensure a great candidate experience.

Candidate experience: How Candidates Decide Their Next Move

Career coach Andrew MacAskill explains the importance of a great online employer brand and a practical method to reverse-engineer how candidates decide between offers.

Inclusion Spotlight: How to Build a Fair Interview Process for Disabled People

Diversity coach Yasmin Sheikh shares the realities disabled people face during hiring processes and in the workplace. Learn more about the adjustments organizations need to make to ensure their interview structures are more accessible and inclusive.

Inclusion Spotlight: Transgender and Non-binary People in the Workplace

Joanne Lockwood,  founder and CEO of SEE Change Happen, explores the realities of transgender and non-binary people in the workplace, and the adjustments organizations can implement to make their hiring processes more inclusive and accessible.

Interviewing Training

This month, we’ve released a complete refresh of our Interviewer training!

Hiring expert (and platform favorite!) John Vlastelica has updated and re-filmed his insightful courses, bringing new examples, stories, and exercises for interviewers in a post-Covid world.

With updated missions, this comprehensive release covers everything from interviewing essentials to the creation of well-defined hiring criteria, and the importance of DEI.

We’ve also included a power refresher mission for those who need last-minute tactic reminders and content dedicated to the implementation and roll-out of the training.

Watch the updated missions to learn about:

• The foundations of great interviewing

• How to evaluate competencies and soft skills

• The importance of culture add

• Uncovering potential

• Creating the perfect hiring criteria

• Planning for success

• How to avoid bias and champion diversity

• Creating a great interviewing process

• Ensuring positive candidate experience

• How to make a great hiring decision.

New Missions: Recruiting, Onboarding, and DEI

This month’s content release includes a learning path for new recruiters, a new mission dedicated to remote onboarding, and a new addition to our ‘Diverse Perspectives on Hiring’ mission with Torin Ellis.

Recruiter Training Content

With five new missions to enable new and novice recruiters to get up to speed on the most important job elements, our latest content will set fledgling recruiters up for success.

Missions include:

• Welcome to Your New Career in Recruiting

• The Journey of a Job Opening

• The Stakeholders in Hiring

• Sourcing 101 for Non-Sourcers

• Data Integrity as a Recruiter.

Empathy-based Remote Onboarding

IBM’s Onboarding Design and Delivery Global Leader, Anjana Sreedevi, explains how IBM shifted into a remote onboarding process during the COVID-19 pandemic by taking a people-centric approach.

Diverse Perspectives on Hiring: Race and Neurodiversity

Actress and advocate, Lucy Sheen, shares her experiences with discrimination based on race and neurodiversity in her professional life.

The Power of Moments

We kick off 2022 with a very special content release - eight new missions presented by Dan Heath,  based on his best-selling book, The Power of Moments.

Peak moments define our perception of any experience. When organizations and leaders understand the elements that make those moments, it’s easy to use moments to create amazing experiences for candidates, new hires, employees, and colleagues.

In these new missions, Dan dives into the key topics that shape experiences for workers in your company. Using real stories, you will learn how to craft and invest in peak moments that bolster connection, build positive engagement, and enable employees to flourish.

Watch the new missions to learn more about:

• Introduction to the Power of Moments

• The Power of Moments: Onboarding and Candidate Experience

• The Power of Moments: Employee Engagement

• The Power of Moments: Recognition

• The Power of Moments: Igniting Change

• The Power of Moments: Mentoring for Growth

• The Power of Moments: Connecting to Our Purpose

• The Power of Moments: Meetings and Events.