Elkie Holland - Podcast Guest Bio
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Name: Elkie Holland Role: Founder, Prospectus IT Recruitment | AI Talent Partner | HR Strategist Website: www.prospectus.co.uk |
About Elkie Holland
Elkie Holland has spent nearly 40 years at the heart of recruitment, specialising in business-critical systems environments where getting the hire right matters.
She is the founder of Prospectus IT Recruitment and creator of TED (Target → Engage → Deliver) — a structured, AI-supported approach to delivering smarter, more consistent hiring outcomes.
Elkie’s expertise sits in MultiValue, legacy and ERP environments, working with organisations where systems are central to operations and talent is often scarce.
Beyond recruitment, she designed and launched MyWorkSearch, a pioneering jobseeker platform adopted by government during the last recession to help thousands back into work.
As an AI Talent Partner and HR Talent Strategist, Elkie brings a practical, no-nonsense perspective on the future of hiring — focusing not just on opportunity, but on risk, reality and the importance of human judgement.
Suggested Podcast Topics
- AI & RPA in Recruitment — where it works, where it fails, and what’s next
- Human + AI Hiring Models — balancing speed, fairness and quality
- From Rolodex to AI — how recruitment has evolved over four decades
- Hiring in Specialist & Legacy Environments — why experience still matters
- Fractional Recruitment & AI Talent Partnerships — flexible hiring models
- People Strategy in Operational Businesses — hiring where systems are critical
- The Recruiter’s Survival Guide to AI — why humans remain essential
- The Candidate Experience in an AI World — keeping hiring human
- Lessons from the Last Recession — building MyWorkSearch and what still applies today
Why Book Elkie
- Authority — nearly 40 years in specialist recruitment
- Specialist Expertise — MultiValue, legacy and ERP environments
- Innovator — creator of TED and MyWorkSearch
- Practical Insight — real-world experience, not theory
- Engaging Speaker — clear, honest and human — no jargon
Sample Questions Elkie Can Answer
- What’s the biggest myth about AI in recruitment today?
- How can companies balance automation with the human touch?
- Where are the biggest risks of AI in hiring?
- What should companies be cautious about when adopting AI?
- How has recruitment really changed in 40 years — and what hasn’t?
- How is AI actually being used in recruitment today — and what’s just hype?
- What mistakes do companies make when trying to automate hiring?
- How do you balance candidate experience with efficiency?
- Can AI replace recruiters, or will it always be a partnership?
- What do hiring managers misunderstand most about AI-driven hiring?
- How does TED (Target → Engage → Deliver) change the hiring process?
- What lessons from MyWorkSearch apply to today’s hiring landscape?