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 | Sr Recruiter - Team Lead | Amazon |
| Katherine Amato | Recruiting LA | Senior Corporate Recruiter | Guitar Center |
| Marvin Smith | Recruiting Seattle | Talent Sourcer, Software Engineering | Talent Engagement Strategist | Lockheed Martin |
| Matthew Liptak | TA Leaders | Director, Talent Acquisition | PrismHR |
Some of the attendees…
| Name & LinkedIn Profile | Group | Title | Company |
| Alejandra Frias | Recruiter | Charter Communications | |
| Siena Buccigrossi | Sr. Recruiter, Special Projects | Surf Search | |
| Rose Nolen | Talent Acquisition Sourcer | ManpowerGroup Talent Solutions | |
| Mike Murray | Senior Technical Recruiter | VMware | |
| Gina Gotsill | Director Of Recruiting | SAGE Veterinary Centers | |
| Kevin Oram | Co-Founder | Hivemind Careers LLC | |
| Nyesha Song | Recruiting Atlanta | Talent Acquisition Coordinator | Solidifi |
| Dan Baker | Recruiting Atlanta | Recruiting Manager | Healthstat |
| Patrick Ward | Recruiting Boston | Talent Acquisition Manager | Halloran Consulting Group |
| Laurie Meninno | Recruiting Boston | Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist | Lundbeck |
| Eileen Beno | Recruiting Chicago | Senior HR Business Partner | Fermilab |
| Koli Donohue | Recruiting Chicago | Senior Technical Recruiter | Stillwater Architecture, LLC |
| Traci Hollett | Recruiting Chicago | Sr. Recruiter, Talent Acquisition | Grubhub |
| Cathy Barry | Recruiting Chicago | Talent Acquisition Manager | Sierra Space |
| Lisa Wrezel | Recruiting Chicago | Talent Acquistion Manager-Sourcing | Centric Consulting |
| Sarah Moore | Recruiting Chicago | Talent Acquisition Recruiter / Partner | NorthShore University HealthSystem |
| Shawn Watzka | Recruiting Chicago | Physician Recruiter | Inpatient Psych Solutions |
| Katie Stevens | Recruiting Chicago | Director, Global Talent Acquisition | GE Healthcare |
| Maria Smithson | Recruiting Chicago | Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist | Faithlife |
| Claudia Castaneda | Recruiting Chicago | Sr Talent Advisor | U.S. Cellular |
| Heather Shepard | Recruiting Chicago | Sr Talent Acquisition Liaison | Comcast |
| Sarah Schaefer | Recruiting Chicago | Staffing Manager | Fresenius Kabi USA |
| Kelly Esquivel | Recruiting Chicago | Sr. Recruiter | Avtex Solutions, LLC |
| Margaret Ford | Recruiting Dallas | Sr. Corporate Technical Recruiter | Capgemini, N.A. |
| Leticia Mitchell | Recruiting Dallas | Sr. Technology Recruiter | Microsoft |
| Kendall Lockwood | Recruiting Dallas | Manager, Technical Talent Acquisition | Cambium Learning Group |
| Antonia Ndi | Recruiting Dallas | Sr. Recruiter | Academic Partnerships |
| Kimberly Baxter | Recruiting Dallas | Talent Acquisition Specialist | The Delta Companies |
| Allyson Leszman | Recruiting Denver | Lead Experienced Hire Recruiter | Looking for Work |
| leah herzog | Recruiting Denver | Recruiter | Spectrum |
| Kris Saprano | Recruiting Denver | ED and ICU Recruiter | SCL Health |
| Natalie DiChiaro | Recruiting Houston | Contract Corporate Recruiter | Indorama Ventures PCL |
| Tiffany Reyna | Recruiting Houston | Talent Acquisition | Percepta |
| Julie Montgomery | Recruiting Houston | Senior Technical Recruiter | Beyondsoft |
| Renee Myers | Recruiting Houston | Southwest Region Talent Acquisition Business Partner | Avanade |
| Nancy Genitempo | Recruiting Houston | Associate, Talent Acquisition Operations | Looking for Work |
| Kimberly Vuor-Mshrd | Recruiting Houston | Field Recruiter | Doggett Machinery Services |
| Khadija Washington | Recruiting Houston | Team Leader - Talent Acquisition | Southwest Airlines |
| Naveed Agha | Recruiting Houston | Executive, Talent Acquisition - North America | Baker Hughes |
| Sandra Ancira | Recruiting Houston | Talent Acquisition Manager | Foundation Partners Group |
| Jennifer Allen | Recruiting Houston | Talent Acquisition, Central Operations Region | WestRock Company |
| Nicholas Steinberg | Recruiting LA | Talent Acquisition Manager | Bluebeam |
| Charles Carbajo | Recruiting LA | Talent Acquisition | Looking for Work |
| Suk Dhaliwal | Recruiting LA | Senior Talent Acquisition Lead | Deluxe Entertainment Services Group |
| Cindy Wong | Recruiting LA | Sr. Contract Recruiter | Princess Cruises |
| Jessica Pasco | Recruiting LA | Sourcer - G&A | Internet Brands |
| Melissa Willis | Recruiting LA | Global Project Manager, Talent Acquisition Operations | Allstate Insurance |
| Cynthia Lopez | Recruiting LA | Sr. Regional Healthcare Recruiter | CVHCare |
| McKenzie Sutton | Recruiting LA | Talent Acquisition Consultant | Mammoth Distribution |
| Megan Sperling | Recruiting Minneapolis | Senior Recruiter | Dungarvin |
| Dave Elliston | Recruiting Minneapolis | Lead Recruiter | SPS Commerce |
| Becky Gramenz | Recruiting Minneapolis | Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist | Looking for Work |
| Nick Kelch | Recruiting Minneapolis | Campus Recruiter and University Programs Coordinator | Esri |
| Denise Ward | Recruiting Minneapolis | Technical Recruiter | Wunderlich-Malec Engineering |
| Elise Holmes | Recruiting Nashville | Corporate Talent Manager | Insight |
| Lauren Melton | Recruiting Nashville | Corporate Recruiter | Gresham Smith |
| Cheryl Ridgway | Recruiting Nashville | Vice President, Global Diversity Talent Sourcing - Executive Search | Charter |
| Jennifer McWilliams | Recruiting Phoenix | Senior Principal Talent Acquisition Business Partner | Northrop Grumman |
| Nancie Meeks | Recruiting Phoenix | Senior Sales Recruiter | Insight Enterprises, Inc. |
| Meghann Hanvey | Recruiting Phoenix | Lead Sales Recruiter | Clari |
| Dana Del Rio | Recruiting Phoenix | Senior Recruiter | Edward Jones |
| Le Nguyen | Recruiting Phoenix | Talent Acquisition | Travelers |
| Carin Crowder | Recruiting Portland | Sr. Talent Acquisition Consultant | Legacy Health |
| Danette Dickerman | Recruiting Portland | Talent Advisor | Fisher Investments |
| Marta Gordon | Recruiting Portland | Senior Recruiter | Coherent |
| Tiffany Dedeaux | Recruiting Seattle | Senior Career Specialist | CareerFoundry |
| Beth Kester-Warner | Recruiting Seattle | Global Manager, Recruiting & Sourcing | ExtraHop |
| 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 | Talent Acquisition Lead | Accenture |
| Richard Shoff | Recruiting Seattle | Senior Recruiter | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
| Danielle Lyndes | Recruiting Seattle | Senior Associate - National Recruiting | Andersen |
| Melissa Anderson | Recruiting Seattle | Human Resources Recruiter | Community Transit |
| Amy Shook | Recruiting Seattle | Senior Recruiter | RealSelf |
| Karen Sovath | Recruiting SFBA | Senior Talent Acquisition Partner | Banyan Security |
| Cyndi Summers | Recruiting SFBA | Sr. Technical Recruiter | Splunk |
| Jessica Nbuyen | Recruiting SFBA | Talent Acquisition | Roku |
| Natalya McCool | Recruiting SFBA | Senior Recruiter | Berkeley Lab |
| Ben Nagrani | Recruiting SFBA | Talent Acquisition - Technical Recruiter | Cruise |
| Matt Stadler | Recruiting The Triangle | HR Coordinator | Spectrum |
| Megan Dorler | Recruiting.Work | Recruiter | Spectrum |
| Evan Parris | Recruiting.Work | Recruiter | Charter Communications |
| JoNelle Sood | TA Leaders | Talent Management Leader | Postman |
| Matt Hill | TA Leaders | Director, Talent Acquisition | Dexcom |
| Jessica Marotta | TA Leaders | Talent Acquisition Manager | Forrester |
| Khursheed Irani | TA Leaders | Head of Talent Acquisition | Cprime, Inc |
| Andie Sanchez | TA Leaders | Head of Talent Acquisition | NoRedInk |
| Jeanne Amey | TA Leaders | Talent Acquisition Manager | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC |
| Brendan Macomber | TA Leaders | Director of Programmatic Sales, Northeast Enterprise and Staffing | PandoLogic |
| Marci Caudle | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition & Development | Frontline Education |
| Anita Pagin | TA Leaders | Head of Talent | Not Available |
| Ryan Reeder | TA Leaders | Director Talent Acquisition | Avalon Health Care Group |
| 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 Aquisition Delivery | McKesson |
| Kathy King | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition | Amazon Web Services (AWS) |
| 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 | PureCycle Technologies |
| James Perduto | TA Leaders | Head of Americas Talent Acquisition | BNP Paribas |
| Jay Barrow | TA Leaders | Manager, Talent Acquisition | C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. |
| Pam Rush | TA Leaders | Director, Talent Acquisition | Assurant |
| Glenn Murani | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition | BioTelemetry, Inc. |
| Tom Graumann | TA Leaders | Talent Acquisition & Leadership Dev at ARC Automotive | PureCycle Technologies |
| Nadia McKinney | TA Leaders | Talent Acquisition Leader- Global Business Organization | |
| Victor Apkarian | TA Leaders | Director Talent Acquisition | RGP |
| Leia Bradford | TA Leaders | Director of People Operations | HIMSS |
| Tony Le | TA Leaders | Sr. Director, Global Talent Acquisition | Contentful |
| Lisa Eisenstat | TA Leaders | Head of Talent Acquisition | Hyundai Motor America |
| Bridget Pratt | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition | Sarepta Therapeutics |
| Amy Clem | TA Leaders | Principal Executive Recruiter | Paramount |
| JoDee Klinker | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition | Carson Group |
| Tiffany Byrd | TA Leaders | Director, Recruiting & Training | Executive Leadership | Employee Development | Pioneer Industries International |
| Michael Jin | TA Leaders | Senior Director, Talent Acquisition | DISQO |
| Vira Trevino-Garcia | TA Leaders | Recruiting Consultant | Hexcel Corporation |
| Morgan Price | TA Leaders | Senior Vice President, Recruiting and Talent Acquisition | Allied Universal |
| Kevin Francis | TA Leaders | Director Talent Acquisition | Lark Health |
| Marti Pranger | TA Leaders | Director, Talent Acquisition | Harvard Maintenance |
| Kelly Schwallie | TA Leaders | HR Director | Spectrum |
| 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 Partnerships | SAGE Therapeutics |
| Jeff Klein | TA Leaders | Director, Talent Acquisition | Motrex LLC |
| Renée Ingram | TA Leaders | Director Of Recruiting | Apple Growth Partners |
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
