Meet Angela Renfrew, Director of Talent Acquisition and Early Careers at First Bus — and a practitioner who’s proving that recruitment transformation doesn’t start with shiny tech. It starts with data, process, and winning over the toughest audience: hiring managers.

In this episode of TA Disruptors, Angela shares the playbook she used to cut through scepticism, scrap outdated practices, and build a recruitment function ready for AI and automation. No fluff. Just hard-won lessons from the frontline.

Join Angela as she discusses:

📊 Data that wins debates: How simple dashboards turned sceptical hiring managers into advocates.

🧩 One truth, not ten opinions: Why a single source of truth aligned the whole business.

🚀 Reskilling for the AI age and how enablement and guardrails help recruiters thrive with new tech.

⚙️ Automation that pays for itself — why the ATS was the first place to start.

🗑️ The end of the CV and why task-based assessments now reveal potential over polish.

Listen in for a masterclass in making change stick — even in the most complex organisations.

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How to turn sceptical hiring managers into advocates (using data) | With Angela Renfrew

TA Disruptors

How to turn sceptical hiring managers into advocates (using data) | With Angela Renfrew