Episode 27 Switched On Featuring Brad Birchall
Hi, welcome to episode 27 of Switched On. I’m Ludwina Dautovic your host coming to you from Melbourne Australia. Can you believe it’s November already? Where did the year go. So much has happened over here at Switched On HQ. Apart from gaining a global sponsor, who I’ll mention in a moment, we have now garnered listeners in over 74 countries and will have 30 episodes live by the end of the year. Thank you to everyone who has supported the show including my fantastic team who help me produce the show. My editor RJ, my graphic designer Dalbir, my social media and all round online queens – Nikki and Lily. I couldn’t do it without you. It’s been quite a journey and I love it immensely. Many of the guests I’ve had on the show have become business partners in some form, which has opened the doors to massive business opportunities for me.
In episode 27 of Switched On I’m having a thought provoking discussion with serial entrepreneur & Seera CEO Bradley Birchall on the disruptive change in the hiring and  management of people.
If you’re an employer or someone looking to be employed then listen up. Today’s conversation is a breath of fresh air. Imagine being employed based on your competencies as opposed for your past job titles or descriptions. What if you’ve been self employed for years and decide to go back to the workforce. I tried that once. They didn’t know where to put me. Then again, if you’ve been a stay at home parent for a few years imagine if those skills you developed during that time were actually valued? Or as Bradley says “Let Your competencies define you, not your job title!”
About Brad Birchall
Bradley has directed and managed for the past 3 years an extensive number of talent & competency analysis projects encompassing all phases of the employee lifecycle.
Bradley is recognised by peers as an analytical, commercially astute director and manager with a proven ability to direct the competency assessment and workforce planning of performance based teams. Bradley’s record is demonstrated by his standout achievements in the success of companies like SEEK, Computershare, GTS and Telstra Mobile’s 3G platform solutions and Seera.
Bradley actively manages relationships and projects to ensure expectations are delivered with professionalism and quality whilst delivering corporate goals. This is backed up with a solid track-record in delivering project targets and focusing teams on the critical outcomes.
As you would expect with 25 years of commercial experience in CEO, CIO, general management of telco and technology based companies; Bradley has a continuing interest in best practice operations.
In addition to this wealth of expertise Bradley has built a reliable international network of technology and business professionals that highly value his expertise. Bradley is also a regular public speaker and advisor to technology companies and government on technology operations and process.
Key Points in this Episode

The major problems that the recruitment industry is facing
How careers are changing
The future of HR It’s all online and digital
Understanding how skill competency is different from resume or work history
How employees be looking at how they employ people
The creation of Seera 

Links we Mention in the Show
www.Seera.com.au
 
www.SeeraCloud.com
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