The Headcount Experts
A Podcast on Headcount Excellence
Helping you build an exceptional headcount process, one episode at a time.
World-class workforce management & headcount planning strategies are out there. This podcast delivers them straight to your inbox.
The Headcount Experts consolidates 40 combined years of workforce planning experience from the biggest companies in the world. In each episode, you’ll gain valuable insight into how processes are built and how you can make that success your own.
About the hosts
Eric Guidice and Chris Mannion are ex-operators from Fortune 500 companies who turned their workforce planning & headcount management playbook into industry leading software solutions
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Featured Episode
| Podcast Metadata Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Podcast Series | The Headcount Experts |
| Episode Number | Episode #19 |
| Episode Title | TA Data for Workforce Planning |
| Speaker 1 (Host) | Chris Mannion - Ex-Global Head, Talent Acquisition Process Innovation at Meander |
| Speaker 2 (Host) | Eric Guidice - Ex-Head of Recruiting at headcount365 |
| Special Guest | Ian Jones - VP Talent Acquisition & People at HackerOne |
Missed an episode? Catch up on past conversations about headcount, hiring, and workforce planning.
Build or Buy: Should You Create Your Own AI Headcount Tool?
Before you build your headcount planning process in Claude, you need to know where AI-built models break. Eric Guidice and Chris Mannion lay out the requirements of a defensible headcount process, and a framework for deciding when to build with AI and when to buy software.
What Finance Really Wants From Your Headcount Plan, According to Roku's Eric Lin
Roku head of finance Eric Lin breaks down how finance actually evaluates headcount planning decisions: the three questions behind every role, why under-hiring is a loss of production, and the rules that keep planning from turning political.
Mid-Year Headcount Planning: How to Execute H2 Reforecasting Without Operational Tax
Entering H2 with outdated assumptions is a recipe for cross-functional data drift and reactive organizational friction. This tactical guide breaks down how to execute a mid-year headcount planning reforecast by matching real-world recruiting capacity to shifting financial targets. Discover the position management framework required to maintain a single source of truth and protect your growth velocity for the rest of the fiscal year.
Optimizing Recruiting Capacity: RPO Strategies and the Future of Headcount Planning
Talentful co-founder Chris Abass joins the team to analyze how volatile market conditions impact enterprise capacity planning. The discussion outlines a structured "barbell strategy" that separates automated pre-call workflows from high-touch, relationship-driven candidate experiences. Listen to the full episode to learn how leading organizations manage fluctuating headcount plans and evaluate the true bottom-line ROI of AI token spend.
Operationalizing Headcount Planning with Real-Time TA Data ft. Ian Jones from HackerOne
In episode 20 of Headcount Experts, hosts Eric Guidice and Chris Mannion sit down with Ian Jones, the VP of TA and interim head of people at HackerOne. Drawing from his extensive background scaling talent at tech giants like Amazon and HubSpot, Ian shares a masterclass on how to effectively bridge the gap between talent acquisition data and the broader corporate workforce planning process.