{"podcast":{"title":"Recruiting Future with Matt Alder - What's Next For Talent Acquisition, HR & Hiring?","slug":"recruiting-future-with-matt-alder-what-s-next-for-talent-acquisition-hr-hiring-503313","podcast_index_feed_id":503313,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/recruitingfuture","website_url":"http://recruitingfuture.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/d397482e-c6a7-11ea-8766-d3ae6f5bcdc7/image/1983-Recruiting-Future-Apple-Podcast-Sponsor.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Matt Alder","episode_count":882,"summary":"Talent acquisition is undergoing unprecedented disruption as AI, economic uncertainty, and the ever-shortening lifespan of skills radically reshape recruiting. On Recruiting Future, Matt Alder explores this evolving landscape, using insightful interviews with transformational TA practitioners and forward-thinking experts to spark your imagination and provide the insights you need to shape the future of talent acquisition in your organization. Each episode explores topics such as AI, recruiting automation, recruitment marketing, employer branding, skills-based hiring, assessment, candidate experience, DEI, internal mobility, and the transformation of TA teams. Recruiting Future is an essential resource for everyone involved in hiring. Matt Alder is a globally respected talent acquisition futurist, author, and speaker with over 25 years of experience exploring what’s next in recruiting. Renowned for his expertise in strategic foresight and technology trends, Matt provides a unique perspective that empowers leaders to navigate disruption. His deep industry knowledge and ability to spark meaningful conversations make Recruiting Future a must-listen for talent acquisition and HR profes…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-12T12:17:52.426667+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/recruiting-future-with-matt-alder-what-s-next-for-talent-acquisition-hr-hiring-503313"},"episode":{"title":"Ep 785: What Is AI Fluency?","slug":"ep-785-what-is-ai-fluency","published_at":"2026-04-19T15:53:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/recruiting-future-with-matt-alder-what-s-next-for-talent-acquisition-hr-hiring-503313/ep-785-what-is-ai-fluency","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/recruiting-future-with-matt-alder-what-s-next-for-talent-acquisition-hr-hiring-503313","url":"https://recruitingfuture.com","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/FPMN3741361405.mp3?updated=1776614498","summary":"AI skills are quickly becoming a baseline expectation in hiring, with more employers adding AI fluency to their job descriptions every month. Yet when you ask those same employers what AI fluency actually looks like for the vast majority of roles that aren't deeply technical, most struggle to answer. Universities still treat AI primarily as a cheating problem, restricting how students use it rather than helping them become fluent. So there's a growing gap between what the workplace demands and what education delivers. How do we define AI fluency in practical terms, and who should be leading that conversation? My guest this week is Kathleen deLaski, Founder of the Education Design Lab and author of Who Needs College Anymore?. In our conversation, she shares what employers and students are revealing about AI readiness, and why the current approach risks failing a generation of new talent. In the interview, we discuss: What is an AI-fluent workforce? Preparing learners for a new world of work Current student attitudes to AI Is the education system able to evolve quickly enough? Moving beyond prompts What replaces degrees in early-career hiring? Assessing human skills at scale Articulating what AI skills look like in your organization What does the future look like? Follow this podcast on Apple Podcasts. Follow this podcast on Spotify.","meta_description":"AI skills are quickly becoming a baseline expectation in hiring, with more employers adding AI fluency to their job descriptions every month. Yet when you…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1627,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/recruiting-future-with-matt-alder-what-s-next-for-talent-acquisition-hr-hiring-503313/episodes/ep-785-what-is-ai-fluency/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/recruiting-future-with-matt-alder-what-s-next-for-talent-acquisition-hr-hiring-503313/ep-785-what-is-ai-fluency.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}