HRO Today Educational Podcast Series

About HRO Today Educational Podcast Series

Welcome to the HRO Today podcast series. Through all of our content, HRO Today maintains its status as a top media outlet in the human resources space, highlighting pressing issues and sharing best practices with top HR executives around the world. And now, we’re bringing that content to you in podcast format. Join HRO Today executives as they bring HR’s biggest discussions to life with the most impressive thought leaders in the industry and share tips and tricks you can take back to your own organization. For more information, please visit hrotoday.com.

Publisher

HRO Today

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Jun 2018

Latest episode

6 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 133 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   6 Oct 2026

   The Land of 3%: Reading the Compensation Curve

   Compensation planning requires HR leaders to balance salary budgets with changing labor market conditions, economic trends, and employee expectations. But while inflation can influence how employees experience their pay, salary increases are driven by the supply and demand of labor. In this HRO Today Educational Podcast, HRO Today CEO Elliot Clark speaks with Lori Wisper, Senior Managing Director at Willis Towers Watson, about the factors shaping salary increases and compensation budgets. They explore the difference between cost of living and cost of labor, how economic shifts have influenced salary budgets over the past 50 years, and what current labor market conditions can tell us about where compensation is headed. Tune in to hear how long-term salary data can provide context for today’s compensation environment, why salary budgets have remained in the “land of 3%,” and how HR leaders can use labor market insights to make more informed compensation decisions. You can read Lori Wisper's article mentioned in the podcast here. (https://www.wtwco.com/en-us/insights/2026/08/answers-about-salary-increase-budgets-in-2027-and-beyond?utm_source=outreach&utm_medium=podcast&utm_content=hrotoday&utm_term=)

2. 

   22 Sept 2026

   The New RPO Model: From Fixed Costs to Flexible Capacity

   As AI continues to reshape talent acquisition, organizations are facing a bigger question than which tools to adopt: how should their recruiting infrastructure evolve? Rather than replacing recruiting, new technology is creating greater demand for flexibility, specialized talent access, scalable models, and partners who can keep pace with a rapidly changing market. On the latest episode of the HRO Today Educational Podcast, HRO Today CEO Elliot Clark speaks with Greg Summers, CEO of Orion Talent, about the evolving role of recruitment process outsourcing and the infrastructure organizations need to navigate a more cyclical and technology-driven workforce landscape. Summers shares his perspective on performance-based partnerships, variable cost models, specialized talent pools, and the challenges of keeping up with rapid technology investment. Listen in as Clark and Summers discuss why organizations should look beyond the technology itself and consider how their RPO partner's systems, processes, talent access, and ability to scale can support long-term recruiting performance.

3. 

   15 Sept 2026

   Built to Flex: When the TA Plan Changes, Can You?

   As organizations face an accelerating pace of change, workforce strategies need to be built for flexibility, not just for the conditions leaders can predict today. Resilience in talent acquisition means having the ability to achieve business outcomes even as hiring demand, labor markets, technology, and broader business conditions shift. On the latest episode of the HRO Today Educational Podcast, HRO Today CEO Elliot Clark speaks with Jim Becker, Vice President, RPO Client Services, KellyOCG, about what it takes to build a more resilient and adaptable talent acquisition organization. Listen in as Becker discusses why organizations need to plan for change rather than trying to anticipate every possible scenario, and how flexibility in processes, technology, and sourcing can help organizations respond to shifting demand.

Inside a recent episode

Moving Beyond the Fixed Infrastructure in Recruiting - How A Variable Recruitment Function Can Improve the Hiring Experience for All Involved

Published 8 Aug 2023 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And then questioning how do they manage the volume and the capacity of those tasks and then consider if and where technology can help. So building a function starts with being task led and then skills aligned. So where to house those skills? Is it onshore? Is it offshore? Is another question to solve? And whether they're looking for efficiency or some more scalability or cost savings. The overriding piece has to be the candidate and hiring manager experience. Ensuring minimal points of contact with experts in those tasks. So our consultancy business looks at both a local subject matter expert led TA structure as well as a global operational efficiency. […]

Who has been a guest on HRO Today Educational Podcast Series

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Angela Tan
• Wesam Sarsour
• Terilyn Juarez Monroe
• Dan Chappell
• Greg Summers

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

53,768

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.3 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 61 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

62

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

75

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