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Recruiting Future with Matt Alder - What's Next For Talent Acquisition, HR & Hiring?

Recruiting Future with Matt Alder - What's Next For Talent Acquisition, HR & Hiring?

Ep 788: Technology, Trust, and Human Connection

Recruiting Future with Matt Alder - What's Next For Talent Acquisition, HR & Hiring? · Apr 24, 2026 · 25:24

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We live in a world where recruiters can connect with thousands of people with a single click. LinkedIn, CRMs, and AI tools all promise to manage relationships at a scale unimaginable a generation ago. 

The challenge is that genuine trust doesn't scale automatically. When interactions become automated and transactional, the very thing that makes recruiting work starts to break down. People still hire people they trust, and the best referrals still come through relationships, not algorithms.

So how do you build and maintain trust at scale?

My guest this week is Denise Chaffin, Founder of Top Source Talent and host of the Talking TA podcast. In our conversation, she shares how nearly four decades in recruiting have shaped her thinking on building trust at scale and ensuring technology strengthens relationships rather than undermines them.



In the interview, we discuss:


The risk of transactional relationships

Building and maintaining trust over time

The limits of managing large networks

How AI tools can support relationships

Finding talent through unexpected connections

Network Mapping

Key skills to build trust and connection

What the future looks like


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