Let us dream a little on this one and come up with some ideas that we hope we might see happen in recruiting. Even if we do not think they will.
Listen in on what our panelists have to say.
This event is part of the “Let’s Talk Recruiting” series where a panel of recruiting practitioners get together online and have a conversation on a variety of topics related to corporate recruiting.
Our Panelists…
| Name & LinkedIn Profile | Group | Title | Company |
| Ed Sayson | TA Leaders | Head of Talent Acquisition | ARC Document Solutions |
| Edward Cruz | TA Leaders | Global Recruitment Lead, Data Science and Technology | GroupM |
| Justin DeLauri | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition | Definitive Healthcare |
| Katherine Amato | Recruiting LA | Senior Corporate Recruiter | Guitar Center |
Some of the attendees…
| Name & LinkedIn Profile | Group | Title | Company |
| Christine Doane | Global Director, Human Resources | On the market | |
| Julianna Raffa | Recruiter | Timberland | |
| Vinay Velivela | Vice President - Head of Global Operations/ Talent Acquisition/ Recruitment/ Staffing Services | Fixity Technologies | |
| Chris Rosenau | Director of Technical Recruiting | Flawless Recruit | |
| Mariam Malik | Recruiting Atlanta | Senior Talent Acquisition Partner | Vonage |
| Lauren Melson | Recruiting Atlanta | Campus Manager, Doctor Recruiting | Heartland Dental |
| Candace B. | Recruiting Atlanta | Sr. Corporate Recruiter | EIS |
| Deb Ryan | Recruiting Boston | Senior Recruiter | USI Insurance Services |
| Patrick Ward | Recruiting Boston | Talent Acquisition Manager | Halloran Consulting Group |
| JENNIFER ONEIL | Recruiting Boston | Talent Acquisition Manager | Forward Financing (previous) |
| Shawn McGoorty | Recruiting Boston | Manager, Talent Acquisition | Steward Health Care |
| Robin Moschetti | Recruiting Boston | Talent Acquisition Manager | Brainshark |
| Eileen Beno | Recruiting Chicago | Senior HR Business Partner | Fermilab |
| Barbara Fasth | Recruiting Chicago | Sr. Talent Acquisition Partner | Menasha |
| Cindy McWilliams | Recruiting Chicago | Talent Manager | American College of Surgeons |
| Sarah Schaefer | Recruiting Chicago | Staffing Manager | Fresenius Kabi USA |
| Tonia Romanelli | Recruiting Chicago | Talent Acquisition Manager & Advisor | EY |
| Maria Smithson | Recruiting Chicago | Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist | Faithlife |
| Heather Sisson | Recruiting Dallas | Talent Acquisition Leader | Bottle Rocket |
| Antonia Ndi | Recruiting Dallas | Sr. Recruiter | Academic Partnerships |
| Christine Drelling | Recruiting DCBmore | Global Team Lead - Technical Recruiting | Sitecore |
| Kelly Greene | Recruiting Denver | Contract Recruiter | Stantec |
| Allyson Leszman | Recruiting Denver | Lead Experienced Hire Recruiter | Looking for Work |
| Joe Sorrow | Recruiting Denver | Head of US Talent | FullContact |
| Christopher Smith | Recruiting Houston | Talent Management _ Senior Non Commission Officer | United States Army Reserve |
| Chris Bowen | Recruiting Houston | Talent Acquisition Partner | Looking for Work |
| Tiffany Reyna | Recruiting Houston | Talent Acquisition | Percepta |
| Cara Schaeffer | Recruiting LA | Talent Acquisition Leader - Content, Music, Creative, Marketing & BD | Tiktok |
| Cynthia Lopez | Recruiting LA | Sr. Regional Healthcare Recruiter | CVHCare |
| Bianca Medici | Recruiting LA | Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition | Havas Edge |
| Jennifer Ward | Recruiting LA | Talent Acquisition Recruiter - IT/Marketing | Farmers Insurance |
| Sylvia Correa | Recruiting LA | Sr. Talen | Capital Group |
| Mike Crosby | Recruiting LA | Senior Talent Partner | Age of Learning / ABCmouse.com |
| Michelle McKnight | Recruiting LA | Recruitment Lead, Corporate Functions, Marketing & Sales | Herbalife |
| Lance Hunsicker | Recruiting LA | Lead Executive Recruiter | Parsons Corporation |
| Cindy Wong | Recruiting LA | Sr. Contract Recruiter | Princess Cruises |
| McKenzie Sutton | Recruiting LA | Talent Acquisition Consultant | Mammoth Distribution |
| Evan Waldera | Recruiting Minneapolis | Recruiter | Sovos |
| Denise Ward | Recruiting Minneapolis | Technical Recruiter | Wunderlich-Malec Engineering |
| Becky Gramenz | Recruiting Minneapolis | Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist | Looking for Work |
| Janelle Mofsenson | Recruiting NYC | Talent Acquisition Coordinator | Invesco Ltd. |
| Elaine Dewitt | Recruiting Phoenix | Contract Recruiter | HonorHealth |
| Le Nguyen | Recruiting Phoenix | Talent Acquisition | Travelers |
| Diane Redinger | Recruiting Portland | Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition | Altium |
| Anu Sodhi | Recruiting Seattle | Principal Recruiter | Edifecs |
| Annette Gregersen | Recruiting Seattle | Sr. Technical Recruiter | T-Mobile |
| Katie Fitzner | Recruiting Seattle | Sr. Recruiter (Contract) | Walmart eCommerce |
| Anca Cristea | Recruiting Seattle | Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist | West Monroe Partners |
| Brittanie Phelan | Recruiting Seattle | Talent Partner | Herc Rentals Inc. |
| Kathy Simmons | Recruiting Seattle | Talent Acquisition Lead | Accenture |
| Melisa Medrano | Recruiting SFBA | Manager, Talent Acquisition | NGM Biopharmaceuticals |
| Sydney Clark | Recruiting SFBA | University and Diversity Sourcer | Udemy |
| Josie Morgado | Recruiting SFBA | Sr. Sourcing Recruiter | Zillow |
| Karen Tuozzo | Recruiting The Triangle | Senior Recruiter, Legal | Liberty Mutual Insurance |
| Lucinda Lara | Recruiting The Triangle | Direct Recruiter | Globant |
| Michelle Marquand | TA Leaders | (Head of Talent Acquisition, US) Country Manager / Recruiting & Sourcing | sweetgreen |
| Seth Hilgert | TA Leaders | Director Talent Acquisition | American AgCredit |
| Annette Rushin | TA Leaders | Vice President, Talent Acquisition and Employee Development | Advanced Decision Vectors (ADV) |
| Mahen Kathirithamby | TA Leaders | Director, Head of Executive, Campus & Early Career Talent Acquisition | Xerox |
| Vira Trevino-Garcia | TA Leaders | Recruiting Consultant | Hexcel Corporation |
| Jay Barrow | TA Leaders | Manager, Talent Acquisition | C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. |
| Michael Martinolich | TA Leaders | Head of Global Recruiting | NERA Economic Consulting |
| Glenn Murani | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition | BioTelemetry, Inc. |
| Jean Sheehan | TA Leaders | Director, Talent Acquisition | ConServe |
| Michael Jin | TA Leaders | Senior Director, Talent Acquisition | DISQO |
| Karen DiGenova | TA Leaders | Global Head of Talent Acquisition | Columbia Sportswear Company |
| Ryan Reeder | TA Leaders | Director Talent Acquisition | Avalon Health Care Group |
| Justin DeLauri | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition | Definitive Healthcare |
| Dawn Losinger | TA Leaders | Director, Talent Acquisition and Management - Acting Head of HR | Precision BioSciences, Inc. |
| Kathy King | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition | Amazon Web Services (AWS) |
| Monica Parker | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition and Development | Bracewell LLP |
| Coleen Kane Hiring | TA Leaders | Talent Acquisition | Volkswagen Group of America Innovation and Engineering Center California (IECC) |
| Amy Clem | TA Leaders | Principal Executive Recruiter | Paramount |
| Wendy Vandel | TA Leaders | Health Services Recruiter | Washington State Department of Corrections |
| Andrea Constantinides | TA Leaders | Head of Global Talent Acquisition | Udacity |
| Rachel Broder | TA Leaders | Director Of Recruiting | Industrious |
| Nancee Martin | TA Leaders | Managing Director, Corporate Recruiting | AvAirPros |
| Jessica Wall | TA Leaders | Associate Director, Talent Acquisition: Recruitment and Supplier Partnerships | SAGE Therapeutics |
| Shelley Radford | TA Leaders | Vice President of Talent Acquisition | The Wonderful Company |
| Jim McMillin | TA Leaders | Vice President of Talent Acquisition | Dentrust Optimized Care Solutions |
| Marnie Jarrett | TA Leaders | Director, Leadership Recruiting | USI Insurance Services |
| Jessica Marotta | TA Leaders | Talent Acquisition Manager | Forrester |
| Christy D. | TA Leaders | HR I Talent Acquisition | Putman Media |
| Jennifer Talley | TA Leaders | Senior Director, Global Talent Acquisition Sales | SoftwareONE |
| Tracey Saccani | TA Leaders | Director Talent Sourcing, Acquisition and Strategic Partnerships-Global | Air Products |
| Tim Mayer | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition | Kraus-Anderson Construction Company |
| Kelly Colig | TA Leaders | Director, Talent Acquisition & Employee Engagement | Le Creuset |
| Alli Burton | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition | McKinstry |
| Edward Cruz | TA Leaders | Global Recruitment Lead, Data Science and Technology | GroupM |
| Shelbi Davis | TA Leaders | Sr. Talent Advisor - Digital Services & Technology | The Charles Schwab Corp |
| Cara Kuhn | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition | BAYADA Home Health Care |
| Jennifer Parulekar | TA Leaders | Associate Director, Research & Advisory Recruiting | Gartner |
| Bix Cruz | TA Leaders | US Head of Recruiting, Airbus Urban Mobility (Vahana, UTM, Voom and Systems) | Merlin Labs |
| Brandon Diehm | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition, Americas | Heidrick & Struggles International |
| Ingrid Smith | TA Leaders | Vice President Human Resources | Examity |
| Joe Shanbaum | TA Leaders | Director of Technical Recruitment - Autonomous Vehicles & Mobility | Ford Motor Company |
| Guiti Nabavi | TA Leaders | Diversity & University Recruiting | NVIDIA |
| Matthew Liptak | TA Leaders | Director, Talent Acquisition | PrismHR |
| JoDee Klinker | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition | Carson Group |
We asked our attendees, “What do you think is the “next big thing” in recruiting?”
Here are their answers:
- AI
- AI
- AI
- AI
- AI
- AI
- AI and complete cenrtalization of all functions
- AI and Google analytics
- AI and machine learning
- AI assisted search
- AI for sourcing
- AI for top of the funnel
- AI recruiting
- AI sourcing
- AI?
- Artificial Intelligence
- Artificial Intelligence
- Artificial intelligence
- Artificial Intelligence
- Artificial Intelligence Process
- Assessment Based Interviews
- ATS that suits everyone's needs
- Augemented / enhanced virtual recruiting abilities / process
- Automation
- Bot screens - though ugh.... 🙂
- Candidate video (short) presentations in addition to the resume
- Candidate video cover letters
- chatbots...
- D&I AI tool.
- D&I, Virtual Interviews, AI
- Deepening AI, customization in candidate favor
- Digital Job Descriptions and Enhanced video interviewing with smart body language reading tools
- diversity and inclusion
- EB
- Enhanced employer branding
- Enhanced/innovative automation for applicant tracking and efficient screening mechanisms
- Fundamentals
- Getting back to basics with great manager and candidate experience
- global access to candidates and virtual hiring
- I hope it's not AI
- I'd love to find out!
- i'm unsure - it's got to be around virtual hiring
- Job boards with pre-screened (science based assessments) and pre-interviewed candidate databases.
- Job testing/ trial as a new way of doing employer branding, or hiring in a highly competitive market
- location flexibility - work from anywhere
- Looking to find out!
- More AI
- More AI
- More automation, more creative ways of finding / contacting candidates.
- more current than upcoming, but the recruiting/hiring (and maybe on-the-job) process being 100% virtual.
- more innovated virtual recruiting
- No more resumes
- Not sure! I'm here for new ideas! Currently using TextRecruit and Zoom and wondering what other ideas might be out there!
- Paragraph position descriptions that attract the driven, out of the box thinkers
- Post -COVID. Competing with companies who choose to remain remote. Candidates prioritizing companies based on support of causes
- Promoting WFH
- Recruiting owning more pieces of the employee experience
- RPA
- social recruiting, less sourcing due to current high unemployment rate
- Something technology driven 🙂
- Talent Acquisition CRM tools
- Tech, there are so many startups right now focused on recruiting support.
- That is what I am hoping to learn!
- True diversity, not just arbitrary number goals.
- Unsure
- video interviews
- video interviews, video submissions for applications and a universal platform to house these
- Virtual - everything.
- Virtual Career Fairs are going to become more popular; hiring more remote workers in some industries; enhancements in AI
- Virtual Career fairs.
- Virtual everything?
- Virtual Interviewing becomes the norm
- Virtual interviewing platforms/models
- Virtual interviews, AI software for screening
- Webinar interviewing
- work from home post Covid era
- WOW, I seriously have no idea.
- Zoom interviews
