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 | Talent Acquisition Leader | ARC Document Solutions |
| Edward Cruz | TA Leaders | Global Recruitment Lead, Data Science and Technology | GroupM |
| Justin DeLauri | TA Leaders | Director, Talent Acquisition | Definitive Healthcare |
| Katherine Amato | Recruiting LA | Senior Corporate Recruiter | Guitar Center |
Some of the attendees…
| Name & LinkedIn Profile | Group | Title | Company |
| Candace B. | Recruiting Atlanta | Sr. Corporate Recruiter | EIS |
| Cindy Kelly | Recruiting Atlanta | Executive Director/ Search Consultant/ Coach | Genesis Professional Services |
| Mariam Malik | Recruiting Atlanta | Senior Talent Acquisition Partner | Vonage |
| Lauren Melson | Recruiting Atlanta | Campus Manager, Doctor Recruiting | Heartland Dental |
| Deb Ryan | Recruiting Boston | Contract Recruiter | USI Insurance Services |
| Jessica Marotta | Recruiting Boston | Principal, Talent Acquisition | Forrester |
| Patrick Ward | Recruiting Boston | Talent Acquisition Partner | Halloran Consulting Group |
| Julianna Raffa | Recruiting Boston | Recruiter | Timberland |
| 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 Technical Recruiter / Scientific Recruiter | Fermilab |
| Barbara Fasth | Recruiting Chicago | Recruiting Manager | Menasha Packaging |
| Cindy McWilliams | Recruiting Chicago | Talent Manager | American College of Surgeons |
| Sarah Schaefer | Recruiting Chicago | Senior Recruiter | 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 | Talent Acquisition Partner | Academic Partnerships |
| Christine Drelling | Recruiting DCBmore | Global Team Lead - Technical Recruiting | Sitecore |
| Shelbi Davis | Recruiting Denver | Sr. Talent Advisor - Digital Services & Technology | Charles Schwab |
| Joe Sorrow | Recruiting Denver | Talent Acquisition Partner | FullContact |
| Kelly Greene | Recruiting Denver | Contract Corporate Recruiter | Merrick & Company |
| Allyson Leszman | Recruiting Denver | Talent Acquisition / Operations Transformation | Looking for Work |
| Christopher Smith | Recruiting Houston | Talent Management _ Senior Non Commission Officer | United States Army Reserve |
| Chris Bowen | Recruiting Houston | Senior Recruiter | Looking for Work |
| Vira Garcia | Recruiting Houston | Director of Recruiting | vcfo |
| Tiffany Reyna | Recruiting Houston | Talent Acquisition | Percepta |
| Cynthia Lopez | Recruiting LA | Sr. Regional Healthcare Recruiter | CVHCare |
| Bianca Medici | Recruiting LA | Talent Acquisition Manager | Havas Edge |
| Christine Doane | Recruiting LA | Director, TA | On the market |
| Cara Schaeffer | Recruiting LA | Recruiter | Tiktok |
| Jennifer Ward | Recruiting LA | HR Recruiter II - Americas | Wesco Aircraft |
| Sylvia Correa | Recruiting LA | Sr. Talen | Capital Group |
| Bez Rengifo | Recruiting LA | Sr. Manager / Director, People Services (HR Business Partner department) | Loma Linda University Health Care |
| Michelle McKnight | Recruiting LA | Senior Recruiter | Herbalife |
| Mike Crosby | Recruiting LA | Talent Acquisition Partner | Age of Learning / ABCmouse.com |
| Lance Hunsicker | Recruiting LA | Executive Recruiter | Parsons Corporation |
| Cindy Wong | Recruiting LA | Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist | Princess Cruises |
| McKenzie Sutton | Recruiting LA | Talent Acquisition Consultant | Mammoth Distribution |
| Seth Hilgert | Recruiting Minneapolis | Principal Talent Acquisiton Consultant | Donaldson |
| Denise Ward | Recruiting Minneapolis | Technical Recruiter | Wunderlich-Malec Engineering |
| Becky Gramenz | Recruiting Minneapolis | Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist | Looking for Work |
| Evan Waldera | Recruiting Minneapolis | Senior Recruiter | Sovos |
| Janelle Mofsenson | Recruiting NYC | Talent Acquisition Coordinator | Invesco Ltd. |
| Le Nguyen | Recruiting Phoenix | Talent Acquisition | Travelers |
| Elaine Dewitt | Recruiting Phoenix | Contract Recruiter | HonorHealth |
| Diane Redinger | Recruiting Portland | Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition | Altium |
| Anu Sodhi | Recruiting Seattle | Principal Recruiter | Edifecs |
| Annette Gregersen | Recruiting Seattle | Sr. Corporate Recruiter | T-Mobile |
| Katie Fitzner | Recruiting Seattle | Sr. Recruiter (Contract) | Walmart eCommerce |
| Wendy Vandel | Recruiting Seattle | Health Services Recruiter | Washington State Department of Corrections |
| Anca Cristea | Recruiting Seattle | Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist | West Monroe Partners |
| Brittanie Phelan | Recruiting Seattle | Region Recruiter- Pacific Northwest | Herc Rentals Inc. |
| Kathy Simmons | Recruiting Seattle | Technical Recruiter | 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 | Recruiting Analyst | Globant |
| Brandon Diehm | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition?Tax & Audit | Heidrick & Struggles |
| Michelle Marquand | TA Leaders | Director Of Recruitment Operations Center West Region | Hilton Worldwide |
| Annette Rushin | TA Leaders | Director, Recruiting | Dovel Technologies |
| Mahen Kathirithamby | TA Leaders | Director Of Recruiting | Looking for Work |
| Jay Barrow | TA Leaders | Head of Talent Acquisition | Southern States Cooperative |
| Michael Martinolich | TA Leaders | Head of Global Recruiting | NERA Economic Consulting |
| Glenn Murani | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition | Optima Global Solutions |
| Jean Sheehan | TA Leaders | Director, Talent Acquisition | ConServe |
| Michael Jin | TA Leaders | Senior Director, Talent Acquisition | AuditBoard |
| Karen DiGenova | TA Leaders | Global Head of Talent Acquisition | Columbia Sportswear Company |
| Ryan Reeder | TA Leaders | Director Talent Acquisition | Sorenson Communications |
| Justin DeLauri | TA Leaders | Director, Talent Acquisition | Definitive Healthcare |
| Kathy King | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition | Confluent Health |
| Dawn Losinger | TA Leaders | Head of Talent Acquisition | Precision BioSciences |
| JoDee Klinker | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition | Carson Group |
| Monica Parker | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition and Development | Helget Gas Products |
| Coleen Kane Hiring | TA Leaders | Talent Acquisition | Volkswagen Group of America Innovation and Engineering Center California (IECC) |
| Amy Clem | TA Leaders | Director, Talent Acquisition - National Geographic Partners | Fox |
| Andrea Constantinides | TA Leaders | Director, Recruiting Operations | Align Technology |
| Rachel Broder | TA Leaders | Director Of Recruiting | Industrious |
| Nancee Martin | TA Leaders | Managing Director Corporate Recruiting | AvAirPros |
| Jessica Wall | TA Leaders | Associate Director | SAGE Therapeutics |
| Shelley Radford | TA Leaders | Head of Talent Acquisition | The Wonderful Company |
| Jim McMillin | TA Leaders | Vice President of Talent Acquisition | Optum |
| Marnie Jarrett | TA Leaders | Director, Leadership Recruiting | USI Insurance Services |
| Christy D. | TA Leaders | HR I Talent Acquisition | Putman Media |
| Jennifer Talley | TA Leaders | Director, Global Talent Acquisition | Nutanix |
| Tracey Saccani | TA Leaders | Head of Talent Acquisition | Air Products |
| Tim Mayer | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition | Kraus-Anderson Construction Company |
| Kelly Colig | TA Leaders | Head of Talent Acquisition | Le Creuset |
| Alli Burton | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition | McKinstry |
| Edward Cruz | TA Leaders | Global Recruitment Lead, Data Science and Technology | GroupM |
| Cara Kuhn | TA Leaders | Manager/Director of Talent Acquisition | Wesley Enhanced Living |
| 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) | Airbus |
| Ingrid Smith | TA Leaders | Director Global Talent Acquisition | Globalization Partners |
| Joe Shanbaum | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition - Autonomous Vehicles | Ford Motor Company |
| Vinay Velivela | TA Leaders | Vice President - Head of Global Operations/ Talent Acquisition/ Recruitment/ Staffing Services | Libsys |
| Guiti Nabavi | TA Leaders | Director Talent Acquisition | MyVest |
| Matthew Liptak | TA Leaders | Director, Talent Acquisition | Aura |
| Chris Rosenau | TA Leaders | Director of Technical Recruiting | Coupang |
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
