Edan Haddock - Total Talent 🇦🇺
Sep 18, 2026 · 27 min · 10 segments
After an unexpected two-week break following the loss of his father-in-law and a sudden trip to Scotland, Edan returns with a personal follow-up to his recent episode on capacity planning. What…
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requisitions per recruiter, hiring forecasts, productivity ratios, time to hire, workforce demand.
But what happens when life happens? What happens when one of the plates suddenly stops spinning? Or more accurately, what happens when the person spinning all of those plates suddenly has to walk away? The machine doesn't stop.
You've got interviews scheduled, hiring manager briefings, candidate calls, offers being negotiated, roles advertised, roles about to be advertised, roles that probably shouldn't have been advertised yet, you know.
Candidates messaging, agencies messaging, people wanting career advice, people wanting introductions, suppliers, recruiters, people you've never met asking you to look at their CV.
people you've never met following up on a message they sent you yesterday asking why you haven't responded to their message and amongst all of that we're trying to do something I think most good talent people genuinely care about create a good candidate experience that's the bit that matters because behind every application is a human being Behind every interview is somebody who might have prepared for hours.
Behind every rejection is someone who deserves some dignity and some communication.
which means when something happens in our own lives and we suddenly need to stop, there is this uncomfortable feeling.
What happens to all of that? Who picks it up? Who contacts the candidates? Who moves the interviews? Who briefs the manager? Who knows what's happening with that offer? Who knows that Sarah is waiting on another offer and needs an answer by Thursday? Who knows that the hiring manager for that role is going on leave next week? Who knows that the candidate in the final stage had a terrible experience earlier in the process and you've been personally rebuilding that relationship? And really, it raises a much bigger question.
requisitions per recruiter, hiring forecasts, productivity ratios, time to hire, workforce demand.
But what happens when life happens? What happens when one of the plates suddenly stops spinning? Or more accurately, what happens when the person spinning all of those plates suddenly has to walk away? The machine doesn't stop.
You've got interviews scheduled, hiring manager briefings, candidate calls, offers being negotiated, roles advertised, roles about to be advertised, roles that probably shouldn't have been advertised yet, you know.
Candidates messaging, agencies messaging, people wanting career advice, people wanting introductions, suppliers, recruiters, people you've never met asking you to look at their CV.
people you've never met following up on a message they sent you yesterday asking why you haven't responded to their message and amongst all of that we're trying to do something I think most good talent people genuinely care about create a good candidate experience that's the bit that matters because behind every application is a human being Behind every interview is somebody who might have prepared for hours.
Behind every rejection is someone who deserves some dignity and some communication.
which means when something happens in our own lives and we suddenly need to stop, there is this uncomfortable feeling.
What happens to all of that? Who picks it up? Who contacts the candidates? Who moves the interviews? Who briefs the manager? Who knows what's happening with that offer? Who knows that Sarah is waiting on another offer and needs an answer by Thursday? Who knows that the hiring manager for that role is going on leave next week? Who knows that the candidate in the final stage had a terrible experience earlier in the process and you've been personally rebuilding that relationship? And really, it raises a much bigger question.
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