ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
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.
Update frequency:
every 8 days
Average audio length:
44 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
69 episodes
since April 17, 2025
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
Sean Kennedy (“Sean The TA Guy”), Founder & Chief Content Officer, Kennedys Content; fractional Head of TA
Guest links: - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanthetaguy/ - Newsletter: The Recruiter Reality Check: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/the-recruiter-reality-check-74204561254…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
Recorded: Live at RecFest USA, Nashville
Sponsor: RecOps Collective
Live from RecFest Nashville: your brain runs on bias, so what happens when recruiters stop pretending it doesn't? Ashley breaks down anchor bias, decision fatigue, and why "bias-free" AI isn't, and the hosts debate where influ…
Recorded: Live at RecFest USA, Nashville
Sponsor: RoundOne AI (roundone.ai)
Disclosure: Desiree is Head of Growth and Partnerships at RoundOne AI.
Live from RecFest Nashville, Desiree and Ashley ask what "qualified" means when AI can optimize every resume. Ashley breaks down her four-quadrant …
Amit Parmar, Co-Founder & CEO, Cliquify
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/parmar79 | Company: cliquify.me
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cliquify/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@cliquify
Somewhere around minute thirty-four of this episode, Amit Parmar describes the best recruiter he ev…
Just Send The Email: What Hiring Transparency Actually Takes
Alex Feder, Founder of Ghosted.work
LinkedIn · Ghosted (ghosted.work/trace, free, public beta)
Desiree and Ashley flip the usual Talentless lens this week. Instead of coaching recruiters, they sit down with someone who just spent a y…
Jason Pistulka, Founder & Principal Consultant, StratTech Talent Consulting and AdvisoryLinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/jasonpistulka) | Website (strattechconsulting.com) | Newsletter: The Talent Strategy Brief
Jason Pistulka spent over 25 years in HR and recruiting including roles at Microsoft, Sto…
Alycia M. Huston, Founder & CEO, The Culture Cru LinkedIn | Website: theculturecru.com | Instagram | Threads: @alyciahuston | YouTube
Alycia M. Huston spent a decade co-founding and running a biopharma company in San Diego, sold it in 2014, and sta…
Abdurrahman "Muni" Muni, Founder @ Dreampath, Ex-Head of Global Talent Acquisition @ ApplyBoard
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ammuni
Website: dreampath (site TBD, confirm URL with Muni)
Booking link: calendly.com/muni-dreampath/careerchat
Merit isn't dead, but it's not driving the bu…
In this episode, Desiree and Ashley ditch the guest chair and go one-on-one for a back-to-basics refresher — the terminology, habits, and blind spots that trip up even experienced recruiters. After a suitably unhinged icebreaker (where would you not want to die?), they dig into three fundamentals: …
Matt Schalsey, CEO of PerfectHire, joins Desiree and Ashley to argue that recruiters are basically salespeople and the hosts don't fully let him off the hook. Matt built PerfectHire after getting laid off one too many times as a sales enablement leader and deciding the real problem wasn't him, or t…
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