Brian Fink

Brian Fink is currently a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner at McAfee. With 10+ years of specialized recruiting experience, he has helped a wide range of professionals, from entry-level candidates (new grads) to C-Suite executives, take the next step up in their careers and stretch their professional capabilities. Brian specializes in recruitment tooling, building boolean strings, natural language search, and raw sourcing. He believes and advocates that you are never done learning, regardless of where you are in your career.

Brian Fink’s Session(s)

3:20 p.m.–4:10 p.m. PT —

Keynote: Reimagining the "No" Business in a Post-AI World

How we tell our candidates "no, you did not get the job" matters more than ever. In a world where talent acquisition leaders have to address trust, bias, and regulation, many job seekers report alienation due to overreliance on chatbots, AI interviews, and impersonal experiences. What gives?

To reimagine recruitment in 2026, Michael Goldberg and Brian Fink share how to lean into human-centric AI, advanced contextual tools, and a hybrid model that amplifies fairness, transparency, and candidate trust. Let AI optimize for speed and scale, but let humans inspire, engage, verify, and ensure ethical outcomes. AI hasn’t killed recruiting. Instead, it’s killing the lazy version of it, letting tech handle the noise while you double down on the one thing no algorithm can replicate: trust, connection, and impact.

In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Audit Your Tech Stack for Impact, Not Shiny Objects
• Build a Human + AI Workflow
• Bake Transparency and Trust Into Your Process
• Invest in Skills AI Can’t Replicate
• Create Feedback Loops and Actually Use Them

12:45 p.m.–1:25 p.m. PT —

Beyond Boolean: Making Connections With The Next Generation of Talent