System Admin Insights
by Alex Marcus
Latest episode
ICIMS Hacks: Event Source Links, CXM Upgrades & Self-ID (10/23/26)
ICIMS Hacks: Event Source Links, CXM Upgrades & Self-ID (10/23/26)
About this podcast
A podcast for the humans behind HR tech. We dive into the systems, strategies, and stories that keep talent operations running. Real talk, smart tips, and community for HR system admins who make it all work.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 78 episodes
- ICIMS Hacks: Event Source Links, CXM Upgrades & Self-ID (10/23/26) · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 72ICIMS admins and TA leaders swap takeaways from HR Tech, then dig into real-world fixes: tagging candidate source on event links, upgrading from CRM to CXM, getting faster…
- ICIMS Hacks: Duplicates, Onboarding & Evergreen Reqs (10/16/26) · 1 h 0 min · Season 1 Episode 71ICIMS admins swap real-world fixes for duplicate candidate profiles, from merge strategies that protect compliance data to using AI to flag records. Plus: keeping HCM org levels…
- UKG Hacks: Onboarding, Bright, and ICIMS Integrations (10/15/26) · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 2UKG and ICIMS admins swap real-world fixes in this peer session. Topics include keeping ICIMS and UKG data in sync, pulling custom fields with Reports as a Service, onboarding…
- ICIMS Hacks: Do-Not-Hire Flags and Offer Letter Access (10/2/26) · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 70ICIMS admins trade practical fixes in this peer session. Hear options for flagging do-not-hire candidates with tags and person folders, ways to give hiring managers access to…
- UKG Hacks: AI-Built Tools and Smarter Notifications (10/1/26) · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 1UKG admins swap real-world fixes in this peer session. Hear how one team built an AI tool to consolidate security roles, why BI alerts can miss backdated terminations, and the…
- ICIMS Hacks: iForms, Automation, and Compliance Updates (9/26/26) · 57 min · Season 1 Episode 69ICIMS admins swap practical fixes: using iForm sections for multi-round interview feedback, flagging resumes with keyword-based hiring automation, removing the disability self-ID…
- iCIMS Hacks: Should You Switch Your ATS? (9/18/26) · 53 min · Season 1 Episode 68This week's System Admin Insights: a member weighs leaving iCIMS and gets candid takes on Ashby, Greenhouse, Lever & Pinpoint. Plus a dual ATS/CRM setup at a high-volume shop…
- iCIMS Hacks: Data Warehouses, AI Tools & Ops Dashboards (9/11/26) · 50 min · Season 1 Episode 67System admins swap real-world advice on ATS transitions, why a data warehouse saves your sanity, troubleshooting iCIMS job templates and offer dates, automating new hire emails…
- ICIMS Hacks: Job Unposting Alerts, AI Agents & Resume Parsing (8/28/26) · 59 min · Season 1 Episode 66This week's community call covers how to flag unposted jobs before marketing embarrassment strikes, using AI agents to monitor portal changes, a handy sitemap.xml trick, a…
- ICIMS Hacks: MCP, Automations, and Confidential Reqs (8/14/26) · 58 min · Season 1 Episode 65This week's SAI call covers a candidate fraud hackathon, real-world MCP use cases, and countersigning offer letters. Admins also swap tips on hiring automation, dispositioning…
- ICIMS Hacks: Cheesecake Factory's Hiring Automation Wins (8/7/26) · 1 h 2 min · Season 1 Episode 64A Cheesecake Factory admin shares how iCIMS hiring automation has processed over a million actions—streamlining employee referral spotlighting, flagging bot applications, and…
- : ICIMS Hacks: Gartner Rankings, Fraud & Hidden Costs (7/31/26) · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 63This week's SAI call dives into the ICIMS Gartner Magic Quadrant placement vs. Workday, hidden costs behind Workday add-ons, hybrid interview scheduling headaches, Zoom Room…
- iCIMS Hacks: Fighting AI Look-Alike Resumes & More (7/24/26) · 53 min · Season 1 Episode 62AI is reshaping recruiting fast. This week's SAI call dives into homogenous, AI-generated resumes and how admins are vetting sourcing tools for compliance. Plus: screening…
- iCIMS Hacks: Data Lakes, Warehouses & Lakehouses Explained · 58 min · Season 1 Episode 61This week's session tackles data lakes, warehouses, and lakehouses—what they actually are, when each makes sense, and how integrating data can solve reporting gaps ICIMS can't…
- iCIMS Hacks: API Refresh, Token Limits & Ghost Jobs (6/26/26) · 1 h 0 min · Season 1 Episode 60System admins tackle evergreen job refreshes via API automation, unpack iCIMS's upcoming token enforcement policy, and dig into ghost job legislation hitting New York and beyond…
- iCIMS Hacks: API Integrations, MCP & Workflow Automation (6/12/26) · 59 min · Season 1 Episode 59Integration specialist John Barth breaks down REST API vs. flat file vs. data stream, MCP capabilities, delayed email triggers, DocuSign in onboarding, and multi-vendor change…
- iCIMS Hacks: Entry-Level Hiring, Data Purges & Bugs (6/5/26) · 57 min · Season 1 Episode 58The group unpacks the entry-level hiring collapse, peak 65 retirements, and AI's role in shrinking talent pipelines. Plus: iCIMS data purge strategies, a missing-notes bug…
- iCIMS Hacks: CXM Campaigns & Onboarding at Scale · 52 min · Season 1 Episode 57Imagine Dental's Jordana McGee demos their CXM automation strategy for hard-to-fill dental roles, with a 65% open rate. Plus: managing onboarding doc sprawl when legal keeps…
- iCIMS Hacks: UKG Org Fields, Hiring Automation & More (5/22/26) · 59 min · Season 1 Episode 56Admins tackle the messy reality of iCIMS: migrating org-level fields in UKG integrations, fixing a broken implementation from scratch, troubleshooting hiring automation errors…
- iCIMS Hacks: Fighting Candidate Fraud with VID (5/15/26) · 56 min · Season 1 Episode 55This week on System Admin Insights, the team explores candidate fraud prevention with Cerebrum and its VID platform. Learn how identity verification fits into the hiring journey…
