What is Hiring Excellence?
In 2019, SocialTalent gathered the world’s foremost hiring experts to speak on the topic of Hiring Excellence at Unleash World.
Over two days, 18 experts tackled the nuances of the topic; from how IKEA inspire leadership through change, to how Heineken empower employees to create stories that stick.
Join some of the biggest brands in the world on the journey towards Hiring Excellence with SocialTalent. All of the talks from our Hiring Excellence stage are available to watch in full below - so what are you waiting for!?
Hiring Excellence Speakers
TA Maturity Models
Soeren Winter Global Head of Talent Acquisition
Zalando SE
Interview Automation
Joanna Abeyie Managing Director
Blue Moon
Power of Exclusion
Johnny Campbell
TA Maturity: Why you’ll never get there & why that’s ok
Many models of Talent Acquisition have been proposed, each suggesting that one day you’ll reach the summit of excellence. In his talk, Johnny will demonstrate the flaw in this logic and propose a new framework of maturity that will require you to “give away your legos” and start thinking about the real role TA plays in business strategy.
LEARN MORESoeren Winter
Automation of Interview Scheduling - how Zalando used automation technology to create efficiency and improved candidate experience
Interview scheduling is often the unloved part of Talent Acquisition which many companies struggle with. In this talk, Soeren will explain Zalando’s approach to tech in Talent Acquisition and how Zalando's TA team was able to reduce the manual workload of interview scheduling while improving the candidates experience and speeding up the process.
LEARN MOREJoanna Abeyie
The Power of Exclusion
Joanna Abeyie explains how to include talent through powerful, real life storytelling offering practical solutions to your diversity needs
LEARN MORECandice DeClerck Global Director, Talent Acquisition
OLX
Influencing Recruitment Strategy
Ben Clark Global Head of Talent Acquisition
Heineken
Epic Employer Branding
Lars Schmidt Founder
Amplify
HR in the 21st Century
Candice DeClerck
Talent Market Intelligence – How to influence recruitment strategy
Imagine you had a tool that could tell the exact size of a given talent pool, with a specific skillset, in specific locations, in target companies and much much more. Naspers have created a simple inhouse tool that takes advantage of market insights and provides recruiters with data they need to better inform their hiring managers, enhancing storytelling and influencing capability, and simultaneously raising TA credibility. Join us to learn more about how we are using market data to influence our recruiting strategies.
LEARN MOREBen Clark
Heineken's secret to brewing a better brand!
HEINEKEN created a brand that resonates with consumers and job applicants across the globe. It’s easy to attribute success to budget, but that’s not the whole story. Ben shares the inner mechanics of an internal engagement campaign that took the brand to another level - building authentic stories to capture the behaviours and mindset that prove successful, empowering every employee to share their story, and bringing it to life within a decentralized business model.
LEARN MORELars Schmidt
A New Era of Human Resources: Inside 21st Century HR
The field of HR is evolving. What does it mean for practitioners? What does great HR look like today? This engaging talk from Amplify Founder, Lars Schmidt, will share a vision for the HR team of tomorrow - today.
LEARN MORELee Andrews Head of Talent Acquisition
IBM
Making better decisions
Chris Long Manager- Organisational Strategy
Sydney Metro
Creative Hiring
Paul Maxin VP Talent Acquisition EMEA
Publicis Sapient
TA Roadmaps
Lee Andrews
Select For [IBM]: License to Hire
An exclusive introduction to IBM Talent Acquisition's newest creation - 'Select for [IBM]' - an app and a way of working built to enhance the interview and hiring experience for hiring managers, interviewers, TA professionals and, most importantly, candidates.
LEARN MOREChris Long
Transforming the Future Workforce
With technology advances changing demographics, and the growing influence in consumer and talent markets shaping the future of work, business leaders are experiencing both threats as well as opportunities. See how you can use this shifting landscape as an opportunity to improve how work is done. Hear how emerging technologies can enable work to become more impactful and productive and better support the overall wellbeing of employees.
LEARN MOREPaul Maxin
How to set your TA Vision & Roadmap
Talent Acquisition transformation, like any other, is a continuous journey rather than something that’s ever complete. Creating a current baseline and future vision through the lens of a maturity model will inform your strategy and outcomes. Paul tells you how to do this with success in mind
LEARN MOREBarbara Lee SVP Global Talent Acquisition
Nielsen
TA Transformation
Shannon Custard Global Talent Acquisition Manager
IKEA
Leadership Through Change
Hung Lee Curator and Co-Founder
Recruiting Brainfood and Workshape.io
Epic Engagement
Barbara Lee
TA Transformation: How Nielsen managed a global reorganisation of the Talent Acquisition function
Transformation is an inticing and daunting prospect. The challenge of managing and coordinating TA as a global function was simply too exciting an opportunity for Barbara to pass up. This session will explore how Nielsen managed to implement new technologies across over 100+ markets and create a globalised process that embodies effiency and scalability.
LEARN MOREShannon Custard
Leadership through change
Automation and digitalization are solving many TA/HR challenges, but motivated teams and strong leaders is our key to success. The human factor makes all the difference and Shannon will discuss how IKEA empower co-workers and develop leaders that achieve results even when the odds are against them
LEARN MOREHung Lee
Changing the UX of the Inbox: 10 Lessons from sending 1 million emails to recruiters
Email remains the default mode of communication in business. When I started Recruiting Brainfood, I wanted to change how we experience it. This short talk is a collection of lessons from sending over 1 million emails to the recruitment community - what works, what doesn't, how to get attention, how to build audience and how to change the UX of the inbox.
LEARN MOREMaren Hogan CEO and Founder
Red Branch Media
Attitude and Aptitude
Kate Warman Global Lead
Avanade
Benefits of shared service model
Holly Fawcett Head of Content and Curriculum
SocialTalent
Hiring Excellence Framework
Maren Hogan
Hiring for Attitude and Aptitude: Get the Brains and the Smile
Attitude or aptitude? All recruiters want a candidate with the skills to perform, but not at the risk of losing a good cultural fit. Truth is, we don’t want a choice - we want it all. For a long time talent acquisition professionals have been under the impression you should focus on one over the other. Maren Hogan dives into this question to strike the balance between what we need and what we want in a candidate. At the end of this session, you will know how to approach your own assessment process with a more critical eye, building your hiring decisions around what will work best for your company.
LEARN MOREKate Warman
The Human Connection: Harnessing the Value of a Shared Service Model
Traditionally, the value of the Shared Service model is attributed to its lower cost. While cost savings and scalability are welcomed outcomes, the biggest value of the Shared Service model is to give recruiters time back to focus on the human connection: being a trusted talent advisor and creating meaningful candidate connections.
LEARN MOREHolly Fawcett
A framework of hiring excellence: How the repositioning of TA is driving business change
"Bringing your organization through a roadmap, to go from alright to good to great, as you transform from a reactive and inefficient recruiting model to a proactive, holistic talent model, is not a well-chartered path. Until now. As SocialTalent have mapped the maturity of not just recruiting, but hiring manager maturity and the overall organization’s approach to talent strategy, we now have a framework that can chart your journey towards hiring excellence. In this rapid-fire session, Holly will share with you how you can elevate hiring to its true home (as priority one for the board) and refocus your whole the organisation on walking the walk when we talk about “our business is nothing without its people"
LEARN MOREMatt Charney Chief Content Officer and Editor
Allegis and Recruiting Daily
Recruiting in a Recession
Jolie den Boer AVP Recruitment CE & Africa
Cognizant
Improving Candidate Experience
Bill Boorman Founder
Bill Boorman Ltd and #Tru Unconferences
Employer Branding
Matt Charney
Recruiting in a recession
It’s been over 10 years now since the economy was mired in one of the worst recessions in history. Fueled by the spectacular burst of the speculative housing bubble and the dramatic downturn of global markets, the employment picture a decade ago looked a whole lot less robust than it does today. Matt Charney dives into the data to share some surprising insights about where people are spending their budget
LEARN MOREJolie den Boer
How to change the candidate experience for the better while fighting the war for talent
Being a digital company Cognizant like to give candidates a truly unique digital experience. Jolie discusses the powerful impact of building an app that sets their candidate experience apart from the competition
LEARN MOREBill Boorman
Dude, who moved my brand?
In this session Boorman will share research based on tracking 7mn job applications with 17 companies across the globe. How did the applicants get to apply and what happens after? What stages of the process are best served by automation? Has employer brand been replaced by something new? Expect some controversy. Hold on to your hats!
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