Many things come and go in our industry. What are some strategies or tactics that seem to be sticking around?
Listen in on what our panelists have to say.
We did a few polls during this round table. Here are the questions and the results….
Does your company use a CRM in it’s recruiting process?
No: 66%
Yes: 34%
Does your company have resources or a team dedicated to a D&I program?
No: 33%
Yes: 67%
Does your company have social media accounts that focus on careers or employment at your company?
No: 46%
Yes: 54%
Our Panelists…
| Name & LinkedIn Profile | Group | Title | Company |
| DJ Cabeen | Recruiting LA | Recruiter | Amazon |
| Katherine Amato | Recruiting LA | Senior Corporate Recruiter | Guitar Center |
| Marvin Smith | Recruiting Seattle | Strategic Talent Sourcing | Talent Community Strategist | Lockheed Martin |
| Matthew Liptak | TA Leaders | Director, Talent Acquisition | Aura |
Some of the attendees…
| Name & LinkedIn Profile | Group | Title | Company |
| Rose Nolen | Election Judge, HR Corporate Recruitment | ManpowerGroup Talent Solutions | |
| Dan Baker | Recruiting Atlanta | Senior Corporate Recruiter | Healthstat |
| Pam Rush | Recruiting Atlanta | Talent Acquisition Consultant | Assurant |
| Nyesha Song | Recruiting Atlanta | Talent Acquisition Coordinator | Solidifi |
| Robin Guidry | Recruiting Boston | Manager, Talent Acquisition | Acquia |
| Laurie Meninno | Recruiting Boston | Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist (Planet Pharma Contractor) | Lundbeck |
| Jessica Marotta | Recruiting Boston | Principal, Talent Acquisition | Forrester |
| Patrick Ward | Recruiting Boston | Talent Acquisition Partner | Halloran Consulting Group |
| Cathy Barry | Recruiting Chicago | Sr. Talent Acquisition Business Partner | iRhythm Technologies |
| Eileen Beno | Recruiting Chicago | Senior Technical Recruiter / Scientific Recruiter | Fermilab |
| Leia Bradford | Recruiting Chicago | Talent Acquisition Specialist | HIMSS |
| Koli Donohue | Recruiting Chicago | Manager | Stillwater Architecture, LLC |
| Traci Hollett | Recruiting Chicago | Sr. Recruiter, Talent Acquisition | Grubhub Inc. |
| Maria Smithson | Recruiting Chicago | Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist | Faithlife |
| Lisa Wrezel | Recruiting Chicago | Talent Acquisition Lead | Centric Consulting |
| Sarah Moore | Recruiting Chicago | Talent Acquisition Recruiter / Partner | NorthShore University HealthSystem |
| Shawn Watzka | Recruiting Chicago | Senior Recruiter | Inpatient Psych Solutions |
| Katie Stevens | Recruiting Chicago | Talent Acquisition Leader | GE Healthcare |
| Claudia Castaneda | Recruiting Chicago | Sr Talent Advisor | U.S. Cellular |
| Heather Shepard | Recruiting Chicago | Sr Talent Acquisition Liaison | Comcast |
| Sarah Schaefer | Recruiting Chicago | Senior Recruiter | Fresenius Kabi USA |
| Kelly Esquivel | Recruiting Chicago | Sr. Recruiter | Avtex Solutions, LLC |
| Antonia Ndi | Recruiting Dallas | Talent Acquisition Partner | Academic Partnerships |
| Margaret Ford | Recruiting Dallas | Sr. Corporate Technical Recruiter | Capgemini, N.A. |
| Leticia Mitchell | Recruiting Dallas | Technical Talent Acquisition | Microsoft Corporation |
| Kendall Lockwood | Recruiting Dallas | Principal Technical Recruiter | Cambium Learning Group |
| Kimberly Baxter | Recruiting Dallas | Talent Acquisition Specialist | The Delta Companies |
| leah herzog | Recruiting Denver | Recruiter | Spectrum |
| Allyson Leszman | Recruiting Denver | Talent Acquisition / Operations Transformation | Looking for Work |
| Kris Saprano | Recruiting Denver | ED and ICU Recruiter | SCL Health |
| Renee Myers | Recruiting Houston | Southwest Region Talent Acquisition Business Partner | Avanade |
| Vira Garcia | Recruiting Houston | Director of Recruiting | vcfo |
| Julie Montgomery | Recruiting Houston | Technical Recruiter | Beyondsoft |
| Tiffany Reyna | Recruiting Houston | Talent Acquisition | Percepta |
| Natalie DiChiaro | Recruiting Houston | Contract Corporate Recruiter | Indorama Ventures PCL |
| Jennifer Allen | Recruiting Houston | Talent Acquisition, Central Operations Region | WestRock Company |
| Khadija Washington | Recruiting Houston | Senior Recruiter | Southwest Airlines |
| Naveed Agha | Recruiting Houston | Sr. Talent Acquisition Manager, North America | BAKER HUGHES |
| Sandra Ancira | Recruiting Houston | Talent Acquisition Manager | Foundation Partners Group |
| Nancy Genitempo | Recruiting Houston | Associate, Talent Acquisition Operations | Looking for Work |
| Kimberly Vuor-Mshrd | Recruiting Houston | Field Recruiter | Doggett Machinery Services |
| Cindy Wong | Recruiting LA | Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist | Princess Cruises |
| Jessica Pasco | Recruiting LA | Lead Recruiter | Internet Brands |
| Suk Dhaliwal | Recruiting LA | Senior Talent Acquisition Lead | Deluxe Entertainment Services Group |
| Cynthia Lopez | Recruiting LA | Sr. Regional Healthcare Recruiter | CVHCare |
| McKenzie Sutton | Recruiting LA | Talent Acquisition Consultant | Mammoth Distribution |
| Melissa Willis | Recruiting LA | Talent Acquisition Project Manager | Allstate |
| Nicholas Steinberg | Recruiting LA | Talent Acquisition Specialist | Bluebeam |
| Charles Carbajo | Recruiting LA | Talent Acquisition | Looking for Work |
| Denise Ward | Recruiting Minneapolis | Technical Recruiter | Wunderlich-Malec Engineering |
| Dave Elliston | Recruiting Minneapolis | Senior Technology Recruiter | SPS Commerce |
| Becky Gramenz | Recruiting Minneapolis | Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist | Looking for Work |
| Megan Sperling | Recruiting Minneapolis | Senior Recruiter | Dungarvin |
| Nick Kelch | Recruiting Minneapolis | Campus Recruiter and University Programs Coordinator | Esri |
| Elise Holmes | Recruiting Nashville | Corporate Talent Manager | Insight |
| Cheryl Ridgway | Recruiting Nashville | Senior Recruiter | Charter |
| Lauren Melton | Recruiting Nashville | Corporate Recruiter | Gresham Smith |
| Kelly Schwallie | Recruiting NYC | HR Director | Charter Communications |
| Lisa Eisenstat | Recruiting Phoenix | Head of Global Talent Acquisition Delivery and Mobility | Hyundai Motor America |
| Nancie Meeks | Recruiting Phoenix | Senior Corporate Recruiter | Insight Enterprises, Inc. |
| Dana Del Rio | Recruiting Phoenix | Senior Recruiter | Edward Jones |
| Alejandra Frias | Recruiting Phoenix | Recruiter | Charter Communications |
| Meghann Hanvey | Recruiting Phoenix | Lead Sales Recruiter | Clari |
| Le Nguyen | Recruiting Phoenix | Talent Acquisition | Travelers |
| Jennifer McWilliams | Recruiting Phoenix | Senior Principal Talent Acquisition Business Partner | Northrop Grumman |
| Marta Gordon | Recruiting Portland | Senior Recruiter | Coherent |
| Danette Dickerman | Recruiting Portland | Talent Acquisition Advisor | Fisher Investments |
| Carin Crowder | Recruiting Portland | Sr. Talent Acquisition Consultant | Legacy Health |
| Anne Royse | Recruiting Seattle | Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition | Talking Rain Beverage Company |
| Joel Elmer | Recruiting Seattle | Manager, Talent Acquisition | Edwards Lifesciences |
| Kathy Simmons | Recruiting Seattle | Technical Recruiter | Accenture |
| Richard Shoff | Recruiting Seattle | Senior Recruiter | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
| Danielle Lyndes | Recruiting Seattle | Experienced Associate | Andersen |
| Melissa Anderson | Recruiting Seattle | Human Resources Recruiter | Community Transit |
| Tiffany Dedeaux | Recruiting Seattle | Senior Career Specialist | CareerFoundry |
| Beth Kester-Warner | Recruiting Seattle | Global Manager, Recruiting & Sourcing | ExtraHop |
| Amy Shook | Recruiting Seattle | Senior Recruiter | RealSelf |
| Siena Buccigrossi | Recruiting SFBA | Sr. Recruiter, Special Projects | Surf Search |
| Karen Sovath | Recruiting SFBA | Sr. Technical Recruiter | Wind River |
| Mike Murray | Recruiting SFBA | Sr. Technical Recruiter | VMware |
| Anita Pagin | Recruiting SFBA | Career Coaching and Consulting | Not Available |
| Ben Nagrani | Recruiting SFBA | Talent Acquisition - Technical Recruiter | Cruise Automation |
| Natalya McCool | Recruiting SFBA | Recruiter | Berkeley Lab |
| Cyndi Summers | Recruiting SFBA | Sr. Technical Recruiter/Sourcer | Splunk |
| Jessica Nbuyen | Recruiting SFBA | Talent Acquisition | Roku |
| Matt Stadler | Recruiting The Triangle | HR Coordinator | Spectrum |
| Megan Dorler | Recruiting.Work | Recruiter | Spectrum |
| Evan Parris | Recruiting.Work | Recruiter | Charter Communications |
| Ryan Reeder | TA Leaders | Director Talent Acquisition | Sorenson Communications |
| John Burke | TA Leaders | Director, Human Resources | Great Minds |
| Chawn Jackson | TA Leaders | Senior Director, Talent Acquisition | AvalonBay Communities |
| Lianne Daues | TA Leaders | Senior Director, Talent Acquisition | Core-Mark International |
| Kathy King | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition | Confluent Health |
| Marina Shakhnazarova | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition G&A and GTM | Bill.com |
| Tom Graumann | TA Leaders | Talent Acquisition & Leadership Dev at ARC Automotive | Connecting opportunity and talent w/ the best inflator maker |
| James Perduto | TA Leaders | Head of Talent Acquisition & Mobility Programs | Looking for Work |
| Jay Barrow | TA Leaders | Head of Talent Acquisition | Southern States Cooperative |
| Glenn Murani | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition | Optima Global Solutions |
| Tom Graumann | TA Leaders | Talent Acquisition & Leadership Dev at ARC Automotive | Connecting opportunity and talent w/ the best inflator maker |
| Nadia McKinney | TA Leaders | Sr. Director, Talent Acquisition & Development | PROS |
| Victor Apkarian | TA Leaders | Director Talent Acquisition | RGP - Resources Global Professionals |
| Marci Caudle | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition & Development | Frontline Education |
| Brendan Macomber | TA Leaders | Director of Programmatic Sales, Northeast Enterprise and Staffing | PandoLogic |
| Jeanne Amey | TA Leaders | Vice President Talent Acquisition | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC |
| Gina Gotsill | TA Leaders | Director Of Recruiting | SAGE Veterinary Centers |
| Kevin Oram | TA Leaders | Director, Talent Acquisition Operations | DreamWorks Animation |
| Andie Sanchez | TA Leaders | Head of Talent Acquisition | Off the Grid |
| Khursheed Irani | TA Leaders | Head of Talent Acquisition | cPrime |
| Matt Hill | TA Leaders | Director, Talent Acquisition | Dexcom |
| JoNelle Sood | TA Leaders | Founder and President | Ho'omau Foundation |
| Tony Le | TA Leaders | Sr. Director, Global Talent Acquisition | Contentful |
| Bridget Pratt | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition | Healthlink Advisors |
| Amy Clem | TA Leaders | Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition | Chewy |
| Renée Ingram | TA Leaders | Director Of Recruiting | Apple Growth Partners |
| Tiffany Chan | TA Leaders | Director, Recruiting & Training | Executive Leadership | Employee Development | Pioneer Industries International |
| Michael Jin | TA Leaders | Senior Director, Talent Acquisition | AuditBoard |
| Morgan Price | TA Leaders | Senior Vice President, Recruiting and Talent Acquisition | Allied Universal |
| JoDee Klinker | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition | Carson Group |
| Marti Pranger | TA Leaders | Director, Talent Acquisition | Empower Partnerships |
| Heather Fast | TA Leaders | Vice President, Talent Acquisition & Onboarding | Signet Jewelers |
| Sherrie Epstein | TA Leaders | Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition | PulteGroup |
| Melanie Symms | TA Leaders | Director Talent Acquisition | SDI |
| Jessica Wall | TA Leaders | Associate Director, Talent Acquisition: Recruitment and Supplier Relationships | SAGE Therapeutics |
| Jeff Klein | TA Leaders | Director, Talent Acquisition | Exide Technologies |
| Kevin Francis | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition | Lark Technologies |
We asked our attendees, “Many things seem to come and go in recruiting, what is something that you see sticking around?”
Here are their answers:
- A good ATS
- A good ATS for data
- AI
- AI
- AI Chatbots
- AI matching
- ATS
- Automation
- being proactive, not reactive
- Candidate and hiring manager feedback
- candidate experience
- candidate experience
- Capacity Planning
- Cloud or self calendar programs
- cold calling
- College Recruiting - Even if virtual!
- Competitive markets
- Countless
- CRM tools
- D&I
- D&I AI
- diversity
- Diversity - it’s not a trend. It’s the right thing to do for the business. But talking about it and being intentional is a newer
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Entelo
- First round video interviews
- flexible work week
- Focusing on the Candidate experience
- Having person to person conversations
- High focus on candidate experience and how we differentiate from the competitors
- High level of customer engagement
- Hiring diverse talent pools
- How has covid impacted recruiting?
- Human touch and interaction can never be replaced by AI
- Humility
- I think I'm too junior to be able to say just yet 🙂
- I'm not sure
- importance of candidate experience
- Importance of employer brand
- In the wake of the pandemic, I see some companies, especially smaller businesses, offering "work from home" as an option.
- Indeed
- Intake Sessions
- Interested in learning more about this topic.
- Involving operations in the interview process
- Less travel
- Leverage the data
- LinkedIn Recruiter, X Ray Searching
- LinkedIn!
- LinkedIn, texting, prescreening via email before first phone interview
- Live video interviewing
- Measuring ROI
- Metrics
- Mobile Recruiting
- Mobility/Work From home is the new norm
- Need for an ATS
- Networking
- Networking
- Nothing to add
- Once you have interviewed a quality candidate - whether or not they are a fit today - always include him/her in your network!
- Online social recruiting
- Perfecting "candidate experience"
- Personal Connections
- Personal contact as opposed to overly AI'd applications
- Personal interaction - not everything will be automated
- Personalized approach
- Phone screens
- Providing a strong candidate experience
- referrals
- referrals and strong networking
- Relationship building
- Relationship Building
- Relationships building
- remote or video interviewing
- social media
- Something that's always been important is maintaining relationships
- Sourcing and Building a relationship with candidates - pipeline
- sourcing talent via Linked-In
- Streamlined application process to improve candidate experience
- Telling the story with data
- Texting as the main form of communication with candidates
- The need for data
- The need to be a true talent advsior and talent market expert
- The value of relationships
- TikTok?
- Transparency
- United States
- Use of LinkedIn to source candidates
- Value of employee referrals
- Video
- Video calls
- Video interview
- Video interviewing
- Video Interviews
- video interviews - limiting in-person interviews
- Video interviews versus traveling for in-person interviews
- video interviews!
- Virtual interviewing
- Virtual Interviewing
- virtual interviews
- Virtual Job Fairs, Video Job Descriptions, and Video job postings
- Virtual meetings, re-skilling
- virtual recruiting
- Virtual Recruiting I feel will continue to progress
- When you can, "Belly to Belly interviews with candidates
- You should send thank you notes or emails after each interview
- zoom interviews
- Zoom interviews, even for the entire process. There will be more flexibility in where people live and work.
- Zoom/remote interviews
