SocialTalent at
RecFest 2022

At RecFest 2022, SocialTalent hosted the Hiring and Talent Management stage featuring global thought leaders in Talent, Recruiting, HR, and DEI to share insights on how to attract, find, hire, onboard, develop, and retain great talent.

Panel discussions

Through a series of panel discussions and fireside chats, we covered everything from talent attraction, recruitment marketing and employer branding to talent sourcing, interviewing, inclusive hiring and TA enablement. We also delved into how to build a culture of hiring as well as create opportunities for internal mobility and champion an inclusive and diverse workplace.

1 Transforming Your Approach to Finding and Hiring Great Talent

Transforming Your Approach to Finding and Hiring Great Talent

The challenges facing Talent Acquisition continue to evolve and it’s vital to keep adapting your approach and processes. Kevin Blair (Celonis), Adele Lomax (BCG) and Andy Headworth (HMRC) team up for a discussion on how to best transform your approach in order to find the right candidates and meet your hiring goals.


With Kevin Blair (Celonis), Adele Lomax (BCG), Andy Headworth (HMRC) and Johnny Campbell (SocialTalent)

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2 How to Build a Hiring Culture to Drive Great Hiring Results

How to Build a Hiring Culture to Drive Great Hiring Results

Hiring isn’t just the job of TA – it’s a company-wide imperative. Join Yasar Ahmad (HelloFresh) and Annabel Nichols (Avanade) for an in-depth look at how embedding a culture of hiring into the DNA of your organization can lead to even better hiring results.


With Kevin Blair (Celonis), Yasar Ahmad (HelloFresh) And Annabel Nichols (Avanade)

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3 Create and Sustain a Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Workplace

Create and Sustain a Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Workplace

Conversations about DEI are omnipresent, but creating and sustaining a workplace that truly embodies these practices requires more than talk. In this panel, Dr. Joanna Abeyie (BBC) and Dr. Mary Collins (RCSI) dig into the actionable necessities behind successful DEI programs.


With Johnny Campbell (SocialTalent), Dr. Joanna Abeyie and Dr. Mary Collins

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4 Engaging and Retaining Talent in 2022

Engaging and Retaining Talent in 2022

Employee engagement is the term on every TA person’s lips in 2022. Companies are struggling to keep employees engaged and it’s leading to severe retention challenges. Lee Andrews (Mambu) and Gail Shaw (Hudson RPO) discuss strategies and tactics that they've seen work for engaging and retaining talent.


With Holly Fawcett (SocialTalent), Lee Andrews (Mambu), Gail Shaw (Hudson RPO)

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5 Elevating Your Internal Mobility Strategy

Elevating Your Internal Mobility Strategy

Statistically, internal candidates will generally make more successful hires than external. So why are internal hires still less common? Paul Bowles (Nokia) and Kingsley Aikins (The Networking Institute) join up to discuss how to elevate your internal mobility strategy so it becomes an effective source of talent.


With Dr. Mary Collins, Paul Bowles (Nokia) and Kingsley Aikins

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6 Driving and Measuring Success in Recruitment Marketing and Employer Branding

Driving and Measuring Success in Recruitment Marketing and Employer Branding

Finding unique ways to raise your organization above the noise is essential in this current candidate market. Steph McGinty (Kingfisher) and Jennifer Candee (Cargill) will discuss how effective recruitment marketing and employer branding will enable you to attract and hire elusive talent.


With Johnny Campbell (SocialTalent), Steph McGinty (Kingfisher) and Jennifer Candee (Cargill)

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7 How to Excel at Tech Recruiting in a Competitive Hiring Market

How to Excel at Tech Recruiting in a Competitive Hiring Market

Tech recruiting can be a challenging field, especially in this tight market. But there are ways to set yourself up for success – and Alison Daley (Recruiting Innovation) and Virginia Ionita (Toast) discuss just how! They share insights and tactics to excel in this sphere and explain how to find and attract top tech talent.


With Stacy Zapar, Alison Daley and Virginia Ionita (Toast)

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8 Cultivating a Psychologically Safe Work Environment

Cultivating a Psychologically Safe Work Environment

Every employee deserves to show up as the best version of themselves. But creating a psychologically safe and inclusive work environment requires consistent effort. Join Yasmin Sheikh (Diverse Matters), Joanne Lockwood (See Change Happen) and Sinead Rose (WeAreWe) to learn how your organization can make targeted and meaningful adjustments to foster this.


With Johnny Campbell (SocialTalent), Yasmin Sheikh, Joanne Lockwood and Sinead Rose (SocialTalent CS)

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9 Cultivating a Psychologically Safe Work Environment

How to Drive Hiring Speed, Quality, Diversity, and Results in Today's Market

Speed, quality and diversity are the essential trifecta of hiring. Every person in Talent Acquisition strives for these. But how do you maintain such standards in this competitive hiring market? Join Michel Guye-Bergeret (SITA), Stacy Zapar (The Talent Agency), and Peter Coulson (Spotify) to discover their unique takes on this topic.


With Ewa Zajac (SocialTalent), Michel Guye-Bergeret (SITA), Peter Coulson (Spotify) and Stacy Zapar

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10 Diverse Hiring Perspectives and Strategies

Diverse Hiring Perspectives and Strategies

Leading DEI expert, Torin Ellis, and Paul Bowles from Nokia will discuss the importance of understanding a range of diverse perspectives and embedding diverse hiring strategies when recruiting. Through their insights, you’ll discover how to build these into your talent acquisition processes, so you can find, hire and enable diverse employees with success.


With Johnny Campbell (SocialTalent), Torin Ellis and Paul Bowles (Nokia)

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Meet our speakers

Our industry-leading experts from companies like Nokia, HelloFresh, Acacium, Celonis, Kingfisher, and many more, give you the knowledge to inspire more innovative thinking when it comes to hiring, engaging and retaining great talent.

Kevin Blair

Johnny Campbell

Torin Ellis

Joanna Abeyie

Holly Fawcett

Stacy Donovan Zapar

Alison Daley

Yasar Ahmad

Annabel Nichols

Dr. Joanna Abeyie

Dr. Mary Collins

Lee Andrews

Gail Shaw

Paul Bowles

Kingsley Aikins

Steph McGinty

Jennifer Candee

Virginia Ionita

Yasmin Sheikh

Sinead Rose

Let’s talk!

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If you’d like to learn more about how SocialTalent can help your organization find, hire, and develop great talent, get in touch!