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Looks Good on Paper
Looks Good on Paper flips hiring on its head. Hosted by Andrew Wood and Anita Chauhan, we dive into why CVs and "perfect fits" are overrated. Through fun, insightful conversations with industry experts, we explore how skills, potential, and real experience should be the focus of hiring... not what looks good on paper.
Quick, candid, and packed with actionable insights, we’re here to rewrite the rules of hiring, one episode at a time.
Looks Good on Paper
Latest Episodes
Untrained Interviewers and the Culture Fit Myth, with Jay Guney
Interviewer training, culture fit bias and hiring without a CV, with Jay Guney, founder and managing director of Dcoded.Most hiring processes put real effort into finding candidates and almost none into the person who interviews them. Ja...
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Hiring for potential, not perfection, with Daniel Hackett of Amazon
Military hiring, alternative talent pipelines and candidate-led recruitment, with Daniel Hackett of Amazon.Most hiring starts with the business. What does the team need, what skills are on the job description, what does the ideal candida...
Why years of experience predicts almost nothing, with Heidi Wassini of Viebke & West
Skills-based hiring, ageism, and what the research says about years of experience, with Heidi Wassini, Chief People Officer at Viebke & West.Most hiring processes begin by screening on years of experience, and the evidence for that p...
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Why more interviews mean worse hires, with Kanwar Kohli of Booking.com
Hiring bias, AI screening and skills-based hiring at global scale, with Kanwar Kohli, Senior Leader for Global Talent Delivery at Booking.com.Most organisations respond to hiring risk the same way. They add a stage. Then an interviewer. ...
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Why hiring plans fail, with Leo Harrison of Chapter 2
Workforce planning, hiring capacity and the end of the CV, with Leo Harrison, founder and CEO of Chapter 2.Most hiring plans are modelled around the talent team. The funnel gets loaded, capacity gets mapped, monthly targets get set, and ...
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