Speaker Info

Amanda is CEO of CoderPad, the leading software platform for evaluating & hiring technical talent. At CoderPad, Amanda has grown the team from a handful of employees to nearly 100, driven four-fold revenue growth & scaled customer count to over 4,000 in under three years. Amanda holds a BS in Commerce from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Stanford University.

Amanda Richardson’s Session(s)

1:35 p.m.–2:05 p.m. PT —

Skills-based Hiring: An Old Practice with New Power

Skills-based hiring is not a new phenomenon. For thousands of years, people have been hiring and retaining talent based on skills – and weren’t relying on resumes.In 2024, it’s easier than ever for employers to put skills at the forefront of the hiring process in the technology sector and beyond. In this presentation, you'll learn how to create and implement skills-based hiring processes at your organization, recent trends and changes in the tech skills market, and how it may be less of a revolution than you are imagining.