How far will companies infringe on their worker's privacy for the sake of efficiency? Now, and in the very near future, companies will take corporate surveillance to a whole new level. What I discuss in this podcast goes well beyond reading your emails or monitoring your chats on Slack. Tune in now to see what I mean.
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Interviewing a Ghost: When AI, Deepfakes, and Fake identities Enter the Hiring Process
AI is transforming hiring—but it’s also enabling a new wave of candidate fraud. In this episode of The Jim Stroud Podcast, Jim speaks with Maryam Mahdaviani, founder of Attesto, about how AI tools, deepfakes, and identity impersonation are reshaping the hiring process. Some candi ... Show More
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Mar 9
Why Applying to 1,000 Jobs Won't Work (And What Will)
This podcast brought to you by: "Career Intelligence Weekly" - the newsletter that tracks the invisible job market for smarter career decisions. https://newsletter.jimstroud.com In this episode: At a recent conference, I sat down with recruitment marketing expert Jim Durbin, also ... Show More
29m 55s
Jun 2021
TikTok Used To Expose Abuse Of Domestic Workers
Louise Donovan, an award-winning journalist with the Fuller Project, joins host M ichael O’Connell to talk about her reporting on domestic workers using TikTok to raise awareness on their abusive conditions. She explains how these concerns were previously shared privately, on Wha ... Show More
28m 35s
Aug 2025
The MAGA Woman Dress Code
<p>While “Interesting Times” is on vacation, we’re sharing a conversation from “The Opinions” between Meher Ahmad, an editor for Times Opinion, and the Opinion writer Jessica Grose. They talk about the aesthetics of MAGA women — think Kristi Noem and Nancy Mace — and what they si ... Show More
20m 8s
Sep 2023
Hackers will hack anything — including your sex toys
There are ~17B connected devices worldwide, from fridges to watches to lights to… yes, sex toys. But keeping these devices — and the, uh, highly personal data tied to them — safe has fallen by the wayside, making them a perfect point of entry for bad actors. Plus: McDonald’s ditc ... Show More
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