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HIRING, REBUILT · EPISODE 3

When every application looks perfect

Friday, November 06, 2026 · 14:00 CET

Duration: 60 minutes

Location: Online

About this episode

Hiring, Rebuilt is an eight-part series with Hung Lee of Recruiting Brainfood and Oliver Vaage from Alva Labs. A new episode every two weeks.

If AI writes every CV, what is left to judge someone on? That is what this episode puts to Chris Eldridge, CEO for UK, Ireland and North America at Robert Walters.

Robert Walters' own research found 28 per cent of candidates applying for more than twenty roles at once, with applications arriving faster but less relevant and less personalised. Underneath that sits a harder commercial question.

Chris is one of very few guests in this series whose business is judged on whether the hire actually worked out. If screening becomes free, what is a client paying for?

Speakers

Hung Lee

Curator

Hung Lee is the Editor of leading industry newsletter Recruiting Brainfood

He is an industry professional with over 20 years experience as an agency recruiter, Recruitment manager, Internal Head of Talent, recruitment trainer, award winning recruitment tech founder and, and now Editor and Community builder at Recruiting Brainfood

Oliver Vaage

Chief Revenue Officer, Alva Labs

Oliver works with HR and TA leaders on modernising the hiring operating model, using AI responsibly, and moving recruiters away from admin toward strategic work. He co-hosts every episode of Hiring, Rebuilt, brings Alva's point of view into the conversation, and is happy to be told he is wrong.

Chris Eldridge

CEO for UK, Ireland and North America at Robert Walters

Chris Eldridge is CEO for UK, Ireland and North America at Robert Walters. He is one of very few guests in this series whose business is judged on whether the hire actually worked out.