#49 - Federal AI Policy, CHRO Burnout & Fixing Hiring, with Claudine Trudeau

About This Episode

Join hosts Matt and Rhona as they tackle the critical shifts impacting the end-of-year HR landscape. The duo breaks down a major new Executive Order that limits state power over workplace AI, potentially ending the compliance patchwork for talent leaders. They also examine alarming new data showing CHRO turnover has hit a five-year high, as executives increasingly face burnout from stalling "workforce transformation" efforts. In the feature interview, we sit down with Claudine Trudeau, Assistant Vice President of Talent Acquisition at Vi, to discuss optimizing the candidate experience in the high-stakes world of healthcare hiring. Claudine shares how her team tackled a massive drop-off problem by slashing application completion times from over 15 minutes to just 3 minutes. By identifying friction points and removing unnecessary requirements, they successfully reduced candidate abandonment by 88%. Claudine also opens up about the operational changes that drove these results, including shortening assessments, reducing interview rounds by nearly half, and creating transparent "PUP" videos to manage expectations. The impact was immediate: applicant flow surged by 140%, and the organization achieved a 4.5/5 Glassdoor rating, proving that speed and empathy can go hand-in-hand. Finally, Matt and Rhona wrap up with a "Trending or Ending" debate on the concept of the "Vulnerable CEO". Sparked by the AT&T CEO’s recent admission of "mistakes" regarding their return-to-office rollout, the hosts ask if this is a genuine leadership shift or just a strategy to stop the talent bleed. It’s another packed episode from the Purple Acorn network—catch it now to end your workday right. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices