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What happens to Talent Acquisition when AI, automation, and changing business demands completely reshape the role of recruiters?

In this episode of Tea Time with Talent Acquisition, Charles St Aubyn shares a candid and deeply experienced perspective on how the TA function is evolving and why recruiters who fail to adapt risk being left behind.

From the rise of LinkedIn to the arrival of AI, Charles reflects on the major shifts that have transformed recruitment over the past 25 years and explains why the next 3–5 years could change the profession more than the last decade combined.

We cover:

🔵 Why AI will change recruitment forever, but won’t replace great recruiters

🔵 The recruiter skillsets that will become even more valuable in the future

🔵 Why TA professionals should think beyond “just recruitment”

🔵 How strategic workforce planning elevates recruiters into true business partners

🔵 The growing gap in career progression for TA leaders

🔵 Why relationship-building, influence, and stakeholder management remain irreplaceable

🔵 How recruiters can transition into broader HR and talent leadership roles

🔵 Why the future of HR will become more strategic, consultative, and human

This conversation is packed with practical advice for recruiters, TA leaders, and HR professionals trying to navigate one of the biggest periods of change the industry has ever seen.

Feel free to find Charles here - Charles St Aubyn | LinkedIn

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Another packed season of Tea Time with Talent Acquisition is complete and the first season for 2026!

We have covered a lot from AI in the form of ethics as well agent creation through to scaling without compromising quality, hiring in early-stage teams, utilising SEO effectively within talent and much much more!

A big thank you to all our guests and listeners! The feedback has been insane.

Don't forget to follow as we go live with S10 soon!

If you have an idea about a future topic which either you would like to speak yourself or would like us to cover, please reach out to me here - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Eden Whitcomb | LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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What does it really take to build a talent function from scratch inside an early-stage startup?

In the final episode for this season of Tea Time with Talent Acquisition, Zvjezdana Topalović, Head of Talent, unpacks the reality of hiring in high-growth, chaotic environments where there’s no structure, no employer brand, and no clear roadmap.

Just ambition, pressure, and the need to get it right.

We cover:

🔵 The metric that matters more than time-to-hire: time to alignment

🔵 When to say “no” to a hiring request and why that’s your job

🔵 How to tell the difference between a true business-critical hire and task overload

🔵 Navigating founder friction, internal politics, and resistance to structure

🔵 Hiring for attitude and learning agility in ambiguous environments

🔵 Building trust, integrity, and sustainable pace in startup growth

If you’re a founder, recruiter, or talent leader operating in (or curious about) early-stage startups, this conversation offers practical insight into how great hiring actually happens and how to protect the essence of recruitment while scaling fast.

Feel free to find Zvjezdana here - Zvjezdana Topalović | LinkedIn

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