Chad Sowash
@chadsowash.bsky.social
Husband, father, military veteran, and co-host The Chad & Cheese Podcast.
Gotta love Indeed's CEO blaming a problem, they created, on jobseekers...
"...globally people apply like crazy, pressing the apply button over and over." Yea, it's called Indeed Easy Apply, you idiot.
Also in this article JobGet gets some RippleMatch - www.jobboarddoctor.com/2026/06/05/j...
"...globally people apply like crazy, pressing the apply button over and over." Yea, it's called Indeed Easy Apply, you idiot.
Also in this article JobGet gets some RippleMatch - www.jobboarddoctor.com/2026/06/05/j...
JobGet Gets RippleMatch, Indeed Plays Coy | Job Board Doctor
Yesterday I received multiple copies of an email Indeed sent to its agency reps, and the reaction was somewhere between a panic attack and an exhausted meh.
www.jobboarddoctor.com
June 5, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Gotta love Indeed's CEO blaming a problem, they created, on jobseekers...
"...globally people apply like crazy, pressing the apply button over and over." Yea, it's called Indeed Easy Apply, you idiot.
Also in this article JobGet gets some RippleMatch - www.jobboarddoctor.com/2026/06/05/j...
"...globally people apply like crazy, pressing the apply button over and over." Yea, it's called Indeed Easy Apply, you idiot.
Also in this article JobGet gets some RippleMatch - www.jobboarddoctor.com/2026/06/05/j...
In this episode
📉 Workday Gets A Win
🤖 Indeed’s "Apply for Me" Trainwreck
🤖 Stepstone Deutschland's AI Shaping Problem
✅ Toptal's market squeeze
We pour one out for Schlitz, question Joel’s marriage over PBR Light, and drop a dad joke that got us canceled by a dog
www.chadcheese.com/post/stepsto...
📉 Workday Gets A Win
🤖 Indeed’s "Apply for Me" Trainwreck
🤖 Stepstone Deutschland's AI Shaping Problem
✅ Toptal's market squeeze
We pour one out for Schlitz, question Joel’s marriage over PBR Light, and drop a dad joke that got us canceled by a dog
www.chadcheese.com/post/stepsto...
Stepstone Automation Bias Machine
Chad and Joel are back on HR’s Most Dangerous Podcast to roast the tech elite. Workday beat revenue goals, but their stock is still flushed because a weak-ass board panicked over AI buzzwords. Meanwhi...
www.chadcheese.com
May 29, 2026 at 7:45 AM
In this episode
📉 Workday Gets A Win
🤖 Indeed’s "Apply for Me" Trainwreck
🤖 Stepstone Deutschland's AI Shaping Problem
✅ Toptal's market squeeze
We pour one out for Schlitz, question Joel’s marriage over PBR Light, and drop a dad joke that got us canceled by a dog
www.chadcheese.com/post/stepsto...
📉 Workday Gets A Win
🤖 Indeed’s "Apply for Me" Trainwreck
🤖 Stepstone Deutschland's AI Shaping Problem
✅ Toptal's market squeeze
We pour one out for Schlitz, question Joel’s marriage over PBR Light, and drop a dad joke that got us canceled by a dog
www.chadcheese.com/post/stepsto...
This discussion between Jeff Taylor and I needed time to breathe.
We dig deep into...
✅ The "Why Now?"
✅ The $304 Million Mistake
✅ The Super Bowl Irony
✅ Fighting the "Newspaper Giants"
✅ AI vs. Dot-Com
✅ Talent Graph
✅ The "Hostage Data Model"
www.chadcheese.com/post/talent-...
We dig deep into...
✅ The "Why Now?"
✅ The $304 Million Mistake
✅ The Super Bowl Irony
✅ Fighting the "Newspaper Giants"
✅ AI vs. Dot-Com
✅ Talent Graph
✅ The "Hostage Data Model"
www.chadcheese.com/post/talent-...
Talent Disruption Through the Ages w/ Jeff Taylor
Founder Jeff Taylor joins The Chad to discuss returning to the "shit show" of recruitment with Boomband. He reveals why Monster passed on buying LinkedIn for $304M in 2003 and how his iconic Super Bow...
www.chadcheese.com
May 6, 2026 at 11:53 AM
This discussion between Jeff Taylor and I needed time to breathe.
We dig deep into...
✅ The "Why Now?"
✅ The $304 Million Mistake
✅ The Super Bowl Irony
✅ Fighting the "Newspaper Giants"
✅ AI vs. Dot-Com
✅ Talent Graph
✅ The "Hostage Data Model"
www.chadcheese.com/post/talent-...
We dig deep into...
✅ The "Why Now?"
✅ The $304 Million Mistake
✅ The Super Bowl Irony
✅ Fighting the "Newspaper Giants"
✅ AI vs. Dot-Com
✅ Talent Graph
✅ The "Hostage Data Model"
www.chadcheese.com/post/talent-...
RE: Palantir Technologies
"When the disgusted have left, only the disgusting remain" - French Proverb
www.wired.com/story/palant...
"When the disgusted have left, only the disgusting remain" - French Proverb
www.wired.com/story/palant...
Palantir Employees Are Starting to Wonder if They’re the Bad Guys
Interviews with current and former Palantir employees, along with internal Slack messages obtained by WIRED, suggest a workforce in turmoil.
www.wired.com
April 30, 2026 at 6:43 PM
RE: Palantir Technologies
"When the disgusted have left, only the disgusting remain" - French Proverb
www.wired.com/story/palant...
"When the disgusted have left, only the disgusting remain" - French Proverb
www.wired.com/story/palant...
TALKING TREASON!
Jim Lawler, former CIA Case Officer makes your recruiting stories sound like weak sauce. Imagine recruiting foreign assets in foreign countries. 😐
Plus:
🛑 Forget Culture Fit
🛑 Secret Sauce is Misery
🛑 The Ultimate Referral
Give it a listen - www.chadcheese.com/post/the-spy...
Jim Lawler, former CIA Case Officer makes your recruiting stories sound like weak sauce. Imagine recruiting foreign assets in foreign countries. 😐
Plus:
🛑 Forget Culture Fit
🛑 Secret Sauce is Misery
🛑 The Ultimate Referral
Give it a listen - www.chadcheese.com/post/the-spy...
The Spy Who Recruited Me w/ Jim Lawler
Jim Lawler joins Chad and Cheese to explain how the CIA recruits. Forget LinkedIn; Jim uses MICE: Money, Ideology, Coercion, and Ego. He targets the miserable because "happy people" don't commit treas...
www.chadcheese.com
April 28, 2026 at 4:42 PM
TALKING TREASON!
Jim Lawler, former CIA Case Officer makes your recruiting stories sound like weak sauce. Imagine recruiting foreign assets in foreign countries. 😐
Plus:
🛑 Forget Culture Fit
🛑 Secret Sauce is Misery
🛑 The Ultimate Referral
Give it a listen - www.chadcheese.com/post/the-spy...
Jim Lawler, former CIA Case Officer makes your recruiting stories sound like weak sauce. Imagine recruiting foreign assets in foreign countries. 😐
Plus:
🛑 Forget Culture Fit
🛑 Secret Sauce is Misery
🛑 The Ultimate Referral
Give it a listen - www.chadcheese.com/post/the-spy...
Rebecca talk about breaking down walled gardens so your tools, like Slack, Salesforce, and WhatsApp actually talk to each other.
Plus:
✅ The Power of the "Fleet"
✅ Death Admin Bloat
✅ Tasks > Jobs
✅ Transparency as a Safeguard
Listen, watch, and comment 👇
www.chadcheese.com/post/data-wa...
Plus:
✅ The Power of the "Fleet"
✅ Death Admin Bloat
✅ Tasks > Jobs
✅ Transparency as a Safeguard
Listen, watch, and comment 👇
www.chadcheese.com/post/data-wa...
Data Wars with Rebecca Car
In this episode of Mallorca Talks, Chad Sowash and SmartRecruiters CEO Rebecca Carr discuss AI's future. Carr argues that corporate ego, not tech, hinders innovation by creating "walled gardens". With...
www.chadcheese.com
April 21, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Rebecca talk about breaking down walled gardens so your tools, like Slack, Salesforce, and WhatsApp actually talk to each other.
Plus:
✅ The Power of the "Fleet"
✅ Death Admin Bloat
✅ Tasks > Jobs
✅ Transparency as a Safeguard
Listen, watch, and comment 👇
www.chadcheese.com/post/data-wa...
Plus:
✅ The Power of the "Fleet"
✅ Death Admin Bloat
✅ Tasks > Jobs
✅ Transparency as a Safeguard
Listen, watch, and comment 👇
www.chadcheese.com/post/data-wa...
2026 is madness:
🤖 LinkedIn's AI Side Hustle
🤖 SV Gone Wild
- Altman is dodges Molotov cocktails (OpenAI)
- Zuck AIs himself (Meta)
- Andreessen is, well, Andreessen
🤖 Humanly acquires Anthill
Plus Hungary, The Pope, Artemis, and Oasis.
www.chadcheese.com/post/linkedi...
🤖 LinkedIn's AI Side Hustle
🤖 SV Gone Wild
- Altman is dodges Molotov cocktails (OpenAI)
- Zuck AIs himself (Meta)
- Andreessen is, well, Andreessen
🤖 Humanly acquires Anthill
Plus Hungary, The Pope, Artemis, and Oasis.
www.chadcheese.com/post/linkedi...
LinkedIn 'Shakes and Gen Z Breaks
2026 is wild: the Pope is "weak on crime" and CEOs are dodging Molotovs. Chad and Joel expose the AI "Side Hustle Seduction," where experts get paid to train their own replacements. While Zuck builds ...
www.chadcheese.com
April 17, 2026 at 5:18 PM
2026 is madness:
🤖 LinkedIn's AI Side Hustle
🤖 SV Gone Wild
- Altman is dodges Molotov cocktails (OpenAI)
- Zuck AIs himself (Meta)
- Andreessen is, well, Andreessen
🤖 Humanly acquires Anthill
Plus Hungary, The Pope, Artemis, and Oasis.
www.chadcheese.com/post/linkedi...
🤖 LinkedIn's AI Side Hustle
🤖 SV Gone Wild
- Altman is dodges Molotov cocktails (OpenAI)
- Zuck AIs himself (Meta)
- Andreessen is, well, Andreessen
🤖 Humanly acquires Anthill
Plus Hungary, The Pope, Artemis, and Oasis.
www.chadcheese.com/post/linkedi...
"Job seekers have long adapted to the dysfunction of hiring. They have mirrored job description language back in cover letters. They have memorized STAR-method frameworks. They have reformatted resumes for whatever parsing system was necessary for that ATS."
www.jobboarddoctor.com/2026/04/17/h...
www.jobboarddoctor.com/2026/04/17/h...
a man in a suit and tie is holding a microphone and saying can i get an amen !
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is holding a microphone and saying can i get an amen !
media.tenor.com
April 17, 2026 at 11:46 AM
"Job seekers have long adapted to the dysfunction of hiring. They have mirrored job description language back in cover letters. They have memorized STAR-method frameworks. They have reformatted resumes for whatever parsing system was necessary for that ATS."
www.jobboarddoctor.com/2026/04/17/h...
www.jobboarddoctor.com/2026/04/17/h...
Will INTEGRATION using AI be the New Sexy? (No, Seriously)
That, plus Allyn breaks down:
✅ Best-of-breed is dead(ish)
✅ Something about "Neurons"
✅ Radical Transparency
✅ The "Consumer-Grade" Dream
Check it out - www.chadcheese.com/post/radical...
That, plus Allyn breaks down:
✅ Best-of-breed is dead(ish)
✅ Something about "Neurons"
✅ Radical Transparency
✅ The "Consumer-Grade" Dream
Check it out - www.chadcheese.com/post/radical...
Radical Transparency w/ Allyn Bailey
Stop pretending your 2012-era ATS works. Recruiting is being rewritten, and the "Candidate Black Hole" is finally closing. Allyn Bailey and Chad Sowash break down why static resumes are dead and why r...
www.chadcheese.com
April 15, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Will INTEGRATION using AI be the New Sexy? (No, Seriously)
That, plus Allyn breaks down:
✅ Best-of-breed is dead(ish)
✅ Something about "Neurons"
✅ Radical Transparency
✅ The "Consumer-Grade" Dream
Check it out - www.chadcheese.com/post/radical...
That, plus Allyn breaks down:
✅ Best-of-breed is dead(ish)
✅ Something about "Neurons"
✅ Radical Transparency
✅ The "Consumer-Grade" Dream
Check it out - www.chadcheese.com/post/radical...
LinkedIn wants you to train their AI for peanuts while they scale it for the big bucks.
www.businessinsider.com/linkedin-ent...
www.businessinsider.com/linkedin-ent...
LinkedIn is quietly testing a new AI job marketplace where workers can earn up to $150 an hour
LinkedIn is launching an AI labor marketplace, offering up to $150 an hour for AI training, challenging startups like Mercor and Surge AI.
www.businessinsider.com
April 14, 2026 at 9:30 AM
LinkedIn wants you to train their AI for peanuts while they scale it for the big bucks.
www.businessinsider.com/linkedin-ent...
www.businessinsider.com/linkedin-ent...
Layoffs, "restructuring", model outflanked, revenue losses and the list goes on...
Always remember, leadership is the mainly problem.
m.economictimes.com/news/interna...
Always remember, leadership is the mainly problem.
m.economictimes.com/news/interna...
African proverb of the day: 'When a fish rots, the head...' Lessons on Leadership, politics, accountability and why top management is responsible for failure
African proverb of the day focuses on the message “When a fish rots, the head stinks first.” The proverb explains leadership, politics, accountability, and responsibility. It shows how top management ...
m.economictimes.com
April 13, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Layoffs, "restructuring", model outflanked, revenue losses and the list goes on...
Always remember, leadership is the mainly problem.
m.economictimes.com/news/interna...
Always remember, leadership is the mainly problem.
m.economictimes.com/news/interna...
This week Chad and JT talk:
✅ The BLS Mirage
✅ The AI Agent Arms Race: Paylocity acquired Grayscale
✅ Healthcare startup Clasp raised $20M
✅ The Death of Middle Mgt: Jack Dorsey’s "heady" vision at Block
✅ and Matt Charney calls out Demand Gen GTM (it's dumb)
www.chadcheese.com/post/graysca...
✅ The BLS Mirage
✅ The AI Agent Arms Race: Paylocity acquired Grayscale
✅ Healthcare startup Clasp raised $20M
✅ The Death of Middle Mgt: Jack Dorsey’s "heady" vision at Block
✅ and Matt Charney calls out Demand Gen GTM (it's dumb)
www.chadcheese.com/post/graysca...
April 10, 2026 at 11:48 AM
This week Chad and JT talk:
✅ The BLS Mirage
✅ The AI Agent Arms Race: Paylocity acquired Grayscale
✅ Healthcare startup Clasp raised $20M
✅ The Death of Middle Mgt: Jack Dorsey’s "heady" vision at Block
✅ and Matt Charney calls out Demand Gen GTM (it's dumb)
www.chadcheese.com/post/graysca...
✅ The BLS Mirage
✅ The AI Agent Arms Race: Paylocity acquired Grayscale
✅ Healthcare startup Clasp raised $20M
✅ The Death of Middle Mgt: Jack Dorsey’s "heady" vision at Block
✅ and Matt Charney calls out Demand Gen GTM (it's dumb)
www.chadcheese.com/post/graysca...
How do you scale from $30M to $215M while keeping your soul intact?
On the today's episode, Josh Block, author of People Matter at Work talks:
‼️ Culture isn't Jazz Hands
‼️ Move from Policy to Approach
‼️ Performance is a Part of Care
‼️ The Power of Interdependence
www.chadcheese.com/post/creatin...
On the today's episode, Josh Block, author of People Matter at Work talks:
‼️ Culture isn't Jazz Hands
‼️ Move from Policy to Approach
‼️ Performance is a Part of Care
‼️ The Power of Interdependence
www.chadcheese.com/post/creatin...
People Matter at Work w/ Josh Block
Join the Chad & Cheese podcast as Josh Block, author of People Matter at Work, shares how he grew a family business from $30M to $215M. Dive into the "trenches" of healthcare, the impact of AI on radi...
www.chadcheese.com
April 7, 2026 at 11:33 AM
How do you scale from $30M to $215M while keeping your soul intact?
On the today's episode, Josh Block, author of People Matter at Work talks:
‼️ Culture isn't Jazz Hands
‼️ Move from Policy to Approach
‼️ Performance is a Part of Care
‼️ The Power of Interdependence
www.chadcheese.com/post/creatin...
On the today's episode, Josh Block, author of People Matter at Work talks:
‼️ Culture isn't Jazz Hands
‼️ Move from Policy to Approach
‼️ Performance is a Part of Care
‼️ The Power of Interdependence
www.chadcheese.com/post/creatin...
Oracle reportedly are laying off up to 30,000 employees.
Will the bet be worth the human cost?
Do they even care?
finance.yahoo.com/news/66-ceos...
Will the bet be worth the human cost?
Do they even care?
finance.yahoo.com/news/66-ceos...
66% of CEOs are freezing hiring while betting billions on AI. It’s a costly miscalculation
As agentic AI reshapes hierarchies, a new role — the Chief Workforce Architect — may be the only thing standing between AI ROI and operational gridlock.
finance.yahoo.com
April 1, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Oracle reportedly are laying off up to 30,000 employees.
Will the bet be worth the human cost?
Do they even care?
finance.yahoo.com/news/66-ceos...
Will the bet be worth the human cost?
Do they even care?
finance.yahoo.com/news/66-ceos...
On this week's show: 💋 Indeed is Desperate?
🤣 LinkedIn interviews won't work
🤑 Gumloop is BRILLIANT!
🛑 How Anthropic issues might impact HR Tech
‼️ Jack & Jill gets "proper hacked" by CodeWall
🤖 Deployable "Robot Overlords"
Oh ...and the resume ain't dead
www.chadcheese.com/post/indeed-...
🤣 LinkedIn interviews won't work
🤑 Gumloop is BRILLIANT!
🛑 How Anthropic issues might impact HR Tech
‼️ Jack & Jill gets "proper hacked" by CodeWall
🤖 Deployable "Robot Overlords"
Oh ...and the resume ain't dead
www.chadcheese.com/post/indeed-...
Indeed Desperation & Vibe-Coder Rise
In this episode of the Chad & Cheese Podcast, the boys dive into the escalating "cage match" between Indeed and LinkedIn. They break down Indeed’s aggressive new spend-matching program, questioning if...
www.chadcheese.com
March 20, 2026 at 2:34 PM
On this week's show: 💋 Indeed is Desperate?
🤣 LinkedIn interviews won't work
🤑 Gumloop is BRILLIANT!
🛑 How Anthropic issues might impact HR Tech
‼️ Jack & Jill gets "proper hacked" by CodeWall
🤖 Deployable "Robot Overlords"
Oh ...and the resume ain't dead
www.chadcheese.com/post/indeed-...
🤣 LinkedIn interviews won't work
🤑 Gumloop is BRILLIANT!
🛑 How Anthropic issues might impact HR Tech
‼️ Jack & Jill gets "proper hacked" by CodeWall
🤖 Deployable "Robot Overlords"
Oh ...and the resume ain't dead
www.chadcheese.com/post/indeed-...
"One-third of Americans are cutting back on everyday living expenses — even skipping meals — and stretching their prescription medications so they can afford health care, according to new polling from the West Health-Gallup Center on Healthcare in America."
www.cbsnews.com/news/health-...
www.cbsnews.com/news/health-...
Millions of Americans skip meals, stretch medication to afford health care
Even people with six-figure incomes are making financial sacrifices to pay for medical care, a new study finds.
www.cbsnews.com
March 14, 2026 at 7:40 AM
"One-third of Americans are cutting back on everyday living expenses — even skipping meals — and stretching their prescription medications so they can afford health care, according to new polling from the West Health-Gallup Center on Healthcare in America."
www.cbsnews.com/news/health-...
www.cbsnews.com/news/health-...
HACKED
"Within an hour, it had chained four seemingly harmless bugs into a complete takeover of any company on the Jack & Jill platform."
codewall.ai/blog/ai-vs-a...
"Within an hour, it had chained four seemingly harmless bugs into a complete takeover of any company on the Jack & Jill platform."
codewall.ai/blog/ai-vs-a...
AI vs AI: How Our AI Agent Hacked a $20M-Funded AI Recruiter
Our autonomous agent chained four harmless bugs into a CVSS 9.8 org takeover of a $20M-funded AI recruiter — then gave itself a voice and talked to the target's AI. Clients included Anthropic, Stripe,...
codewall.ai
March 12, 2026 at 9:36 AM
HACKED
"Within an hour, it had chained four seemingly harmless bugs into a complete takeover of any company on the Jack & Jill platform."
codewall.ai/blog/ai-vs-a...
"Within an hour, it had chained four seemingly harmless bugs into a complete takeover of any company on the Jack & Jill platform."
codewall.ai/blog/ai-vs-a...
Indeed once hijacked Google page-one rankings from companies like AT&T, Lockheed, Coke, and Marriott.
Indeed is attempting Steal 2.0, this time targeting your brand identity, results, and traffic across ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Anthropic’s Claude.
www.indeed.com/news/release...
Indeed is attempting Steal 2.0, this time targeting your brand identity, results, and traffic across ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Anthropic’s Claude.
www.indeed.com/news/release...
Indeed Connects More People to Opportunity with Indeed App in ChatGPT - Indeed Newsroom
“Help me find an engineering job in Chicago…” A simple prompt like that can open a world of opportunity for a job seeker. These moments of inspiration don’t always happen when you’re sitting at a des...
www.indeed.com
March 11, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Indeed once hijacked Google page-one rankings from companies like AT&T, Lockheed, Coke, and Marriott.
Indeed is attempting Steal 2.0, this time targeting your brand identity, results, and traffic across ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Anthropic’s Claude.
www.indeed.com/news/release...
Indeed is attempting Steal 2.0, this time targeting your brand identity, results, and traffic across ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Anthropic’s Claude.
www.indeed.com/news/release...
Last year in Madrid SmartRecruiters pivoted.
This year in Mallorca, Rebecca Carr talks pivot, tech, & SAP acquisition.
PLAY LIST - www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
This year in Mallorca, Rebecca Carr talks pivot, tech, & SAP acquisition.
PLAY LIST - www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
March 10, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Last year in Madrid SmartRecruiters pivoted.
This year in Mallorca, Rebecca Carr talks pivot, tech, & SAP acquisition.
PLAY LIST - www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
This year in Mallorca, Rebecca Carr talks pivot, tech, & SAP acquisition.
PLAY LIST - www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
When McDonald's realized they might NOT have the best fit for the job.
Imagine being their marketing department, although Burger King, The Wendy's Company, and A&W Restaurants, Inc. marketing is having a blast.
Imagine being their marketing department, although Burger King, The Wendy's Company, and A&W Restaurants, Inc. marketing is having a blast.
March 5, 2026 at 2:56 PM
When McDonald's realized they might NOT have the best fit for the job.
Imagine being their marketing department, although Burger King, The Wendy's Company, and A&W Restaurants, Inc. marketing is having a blast.
Imagine being their marketing department, although Burger King, The Wendy's Company, and A&W Restaurants, Inc. marketing is having a blast.
Why have things at Indeed been so sloppy?
Half-baked products, failures to launch, renaming old products and charging more under the label of INNOVATION.
Julie hits the nail on the head with this article.
Enjoy!
www.jobboarddoctor.com/2026/02/27/i...
Half-baked products, failures to launch, renaming old products and charging more under the label of INNOVATION.
Julie hits the nail on the head with this article.
Enjoy!
www.jobboarddoctor.com/2026/02/27/i...
Indeed Finally Has a CTO Again. But Where's the Chief Product Officer? | Job Board Doctor
After operating without a Chief Technology Officer for more than four years, Indeed has made a significant leadership move. Is it enough?
www.jobboarddoctor.com
March 3, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Why have things at Indeed been so sloppy?
Half-baked products, failures to launch, renaming old products and charging more under the label of INNOVATION.
Julie hits the nail on the head with this article.
Enjoy!
www.jobboarddoctor.com/2026/02/27/i...
Half-baked products, failures to launch, renaming old products and charging more under the label of INNOVATION.
Julie hits the nail on the head with this article.
Enjoy!
www.jobboarddoctor.com/2026/02/27/i...