Michael Goldberg
CEO and FounderHiring Transformed
Michael Goldberg is the CEO and Founder of Hiring Transformed, a TA Operations advisory firm that gives growing companies senior talent acquisition expertise without the cost of a full-time HR or recruiting hire. He has led Global Talent Acquisition Operations functions for multi-site healthcare services organizations, applying the same principles in the field rather than from the sidelines. His thesis is that most recruiting problems are infrastructure problems, not people problems, and that the fix is measurable. In short, he turns insight into outcomes.
3:20 p.m.–4:10 p.m. PT —
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: