Vanessa Raath
Global Talent Sourcing TrainerThe Talent Hunter
Vanessa is globally renowned for her contributions to the international Sourcing Community. She has delivered keynotes across four continents and trained teams from Auckland to Seattle.
Vanessa launched her Talent Sourcing Training business in early 2019 and has not looked back. She is a qualified teacher with experience in agency recruiting and internal talent acquisition (she loved both roles!). She now gets to combine her love of empowering others to do better, with her passion for recruiting through her own Online Academy.
She loves it when her training delegates experience that ‘light bulb’ moment as she knows that she has just changed someone’s career, for the better.
When Vanessa is not doing research for her training, recording content, or delivering a Keynote, you can find her at the Beach or in the South African Bushveld, taking photographs.
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. PT —
Unlock the full potential of GenAI in your recruiting and employer brand work — no coding required.
This fast-paced, hands-on session will show you how to turn AI from a novelty into your most productive teammate. You’ll learn how to:
Choose the right AI for the job — ChatGPT isn’t always your best option.
Write smarter prompts, faster — and get consistent, usable results every time.
Train AI to sound like you — so it amplifies your voice, not replaces it.
Create stunning, on-brand visuals using the best image-generation tools.
Stop overspending on the wrong AI subscriptions by aligning tools to real recruiting and content needs.
Customize and build your own GPTs without a single line of code.
This is a practical, interactive workshop — expect live demos, real-time prompt fixes, and open Q&A.
What to bring: your favorite LLM login, your messiest prompt, and your curiosity.
You’ll leave with ready-to-use templates, smarter workflows, and the confidence to make GenAI actually work for you.
2:05 p.m.–2:45 p.m. PT —
AI isn’t coming for your job — it’s coming for your tasks.
After sitting through over 100 AI product demos, global sourcing expert Vanessa Raath has seen it all — the overpromises, the breakthroughs, and the few tools that actually deliver. In this no-fluff, tell-it-like-it-is session, Vanessa shares what she’s learned so you don’t have to waste your time (or your budget).
Here’s what you’ll take away:
Where AI is already outperforming recruiters — and how to leverage it instead of fearing it.
Which recruiting tasks are quietly being automated (and which ones still need the human touch).
Why most tools still need you to work properly — and how to avoid becoming just a human spellcheck.
The one thing that will future-proof your career: strengthening your uniquely human skills while AI gets better at the rest.
Walk away with a clear, practical view of what AI can (and can’t) do for recruiters, plus actionable insights to keep you relevant, strategic, and irreplaceable in the age of automation.