Agenda at a Glance
Day 1 — Social Recruiting Strategies Conference
Monday, July 17, 2023
8:15 – 9:00 AM PDT
Coffee Talk: Meet and Greet in the Lounge
Kickstart your day with live networking in the Lounge!
9:15 –9:55 AM PDT
Moneyball for Talent: Building Complimentary Teams on a Budget (Read More)
Are you struggling to compete with companies who seem to have endless resources to hire all-star teams? In today’s economic climate, building a team of all-stars is often out of reach for many organizations. Drawing from real-world examples, this session will show how the principles of Moneyball can be applied to talent management. You’ll learn how to identify undervalued talent to build a strong, resilient and high-performing team that will put you back in the game.
9:55 –10:00 AM PDT
Coffee Break
10:00 –10:30 AM PDT
The Recruiting Network Effect: Leveraging Organic Social Media for Talent Acquisition (Read More)
Many organizations are overlooking the value that an organic social media recruiting strategy can bring talent acquisition teams. While it may not be your area of expertise, the truth is that 86% of job seekers use social media in their job search. Are you ready to unlock the recruiting network effect to reach more, quality candidates?
Join this session to learn how you can activate your most influential recruiting resources–your employer brand and employee networks–to create a recruiting engine that keeps candidates interested, and your talent funnel full, including:
- Which social media networks candidates are finding jobs on in 2023
- How organic job posts work together with your paid job ad strategy to boost your recruiting reach
- What results talent acquisition leaders are seeing by automating their employer brand ambassador programs
10:30 –10:45 AM PDT
Networking in the Lounge
10:45 –11:15 AM PDT
TikTok For Recruiting: The Next Frontier (Read More)
The popularity of TikTok has dramatically shaped how a whole generation perceives the world - including careers. Chances are, your company, products and jobs are already on TikTok in one form or another. So the question is,how do we as Talent Acquisition professionals participate?
What can we learn from TikTok trends that enable people to see an authentic view of what we do at our companies, and increase our connection to the community and boost hiring efforts?
If TikTok boggles your mind- have no fear. There are principles for designing your content for success and reaching a whole new demographic of candidates.
Listen, learn, and watch from Alexander Lamburini, Skill Scout Film’s Creative Director on the power and punch of TikTok for Recruiting. In this session you will:
- Learn how to design your video for TikTok
- Understand the TikTok audience(s) and their potential
- See how other companies are using TikTok as part of a lean, effective recruitment strategy
11:15 –11:20 AM PDT
Coffee Break
11:20 –11:50 AM PDT
Case Study
TA Transformation at MGM Resorts
12:00 –12:30 PM PDT
Networking Break
12:30 –1:00 PM PDT
Internal Mobility: Leveraging Internal Talent through Upskilling and Mobility (Read More)
The key take away from this session will include:
- How to foster a culture of mobility;
- Enabling internal career moves that allow for equal opportunities and growth for everyone in the workforce across the organization;
- How can organizations create career pathways for internal promotions that create employee loyalty and greater employer branding.
1:00 –1:05 PM PDT
Coffee Break
1:05 –1:35 PM PDT
Do More with Less? How About do Less, Get More! (Read More)
Facebook and other major companies are calling it the “Year of Efficiency” and somehow that’s translated into “You need to do more with less.” But that doesn’t work, not for Engineering, not for Sales, not for Marketing, and certainly not for Talent Acquisition. Now picture this: you’re being asked to hire more with less, but instead of feeling like you’re in quicksand, you’ve found a way to deliver better hires in greater volume to your organization with fewer dollars and time spent. Join this session to learn best practices around:
- Automate your teams work so they can get more done with less time
- Enhance the ATS with solutions that deliver more qualified talent with fewer headaches
- Create a structured, efficient process that closes more candidates in less time
1:35 –1:50 PM PDT
Afternoon Networking Break
1:50 –2:20 PM PDT
Jack of All Trades... How Specialization Can Optimize Your Talent Acquisition Function (Read More)
We've all heard the saying "jack of all trades, master of none"... this session will focus on how having "jack of all trades" recruiters can be a deterrent to truly optimizing the experience of your candidates, hiring managers, and recruiters. This session will highlight a case study on how we've specialized aspects of our recruiting process at PwC and the outcomes we've had as a result. TA practitioners will leave with tangible steps they can take to diagnosis bottlenecks in their recruiting process and implement specialization to increase their value to the organization and improve the outcomes for their stakeholders.
2:20 –3:00 PM PDT
Panel Discussion
Building a Game-Changing Talent Strategy (Read More)
Now more than ever, talent engagement is key to a company’s success and, quite possibly, to its competitive advantage. To enable execution of any business strategy, leaders must develop a comprehensive talent strategy customized to enable business strategy execution for the future. To achieve effective recruitment, retention, and staff development, leaders must develop a comprehensive talent strategy to address the company’s current and future needs. Join this engaging panel discussion to identify key practices for developing a talent strategy.
3:00 –3:30 PM PDT
Networking in the Lounge
Grab a drink and connect with someone new. Cocktails optional!
Day 2 — Employer Branding Strategies Conference
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
8:15 –9:00 AM PDT
Showcase Showdown
Join us for this energy-packed pitchfest to learn about our sponsor platforms and tools. This brand-new TA Week sponsor highlight series is all about helping you connect and learn in a fast-paced fun experience! Jump into the Networking Lounge afterwards for morning coffee to meet and greet fellow attendees.
9:15 –9:55 AM PDT
Keynote
The Bottom Line of Employer Branding (Read More)
Building and maintaining relationships with candidates and employees requires constant attention, resources, and investment. Just like consumer branding and marketing, you have to attract, maintain, and build ambassadors for your brand. In an era where candidates have access to an exceptional amount of information and opportunities for employment, it’s more important than ever to show the value, cost savings, and bottom-line impact of branding and marketing the entirety of the employment experience.
In this session, Susan will take you through four top-line examples of the cost impact of employer brand so you can demonstrate to your leaders the importance of your work.
9:45 –10:00 AM PDT
Coffee Break
10:30 -10:45 AM PDT
Networking in the Lounge
10:45 –11:15 AM PDT
The ROI of EB: Showcasing EB Success to Leadership
Senior Director, Talent Attraction, Employer Brand and University Relations
Thermo Fisher Scientific

11:20 –11:50 AM PDT
Redefining Employer Value Proposition (Read More)
For years, recruitment marketeers and employment branders have struggled with the fuzziness of the traditional "Employer Value Proposition" (EVP) model. The measurement of effectiveness has been, at best, muddy as the outputs of EVP work have largely been focused on the employer, not the worker. However, in recent years a more effective shift in EVP development to include Person-Environment (P-E) alignment has emerged. Using grounded research and "real world" examples, participants of this session will learn:
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- What constitutes Person-Environment alignment between Organizations and Workers (and why it matters!)
- What a P-E Aligned EVP looks like and how to build it
- How to embed and activate your EVP
- Updated metrics needed to measure EVP effectiveness
12:00 –12:30 PM PDT
Networking Break
12:30 –1:00 PM PDT
How to Effectively Manage a Social Media Page for an Employer Brand (Read More)
In this session, attendees will go through real-life examples to grasp how social media theory comes to life through helpful case studies. Attendees will learn about:
- Social Media Strategy: Participants will be able to set up a proper employer brand social media strategy from market analysis to content strategy, channels definition KPIs and metrics, etc.
- What is successful content: Attendees will understand how to develop social media content coherent with the strategy that catches the attention and brings value through copywriting models, graphic posts' best practices, and content structure.
- Tracking and analytics: Attendees will be able to optimize employer brand social media content based on metrics and KPIs in order to improve the impact on the business (e.g., candidates applications, brand awareness, brand reputation, etc.)
1:00 –1:05 PM PDT
Coffee Break
1:05 –1:35 PM PDT
Attract, Engage, & Nurture Top-Tier Job Seekers with the Power of Video (Read More)
Many sources tout the power of video over written content, citing video as 1,200% more successful than other types of content. They not only allow content to be consumed quicker but also allow employers to showcase their employer brand and candidate experience in a meaningful way. However, many organizations struggle with the challenges and complexities of storytelling, as well as capturing and editing video content — but times are changing!
Reimagine how your TA team can produce videos, all without the fancy equipment and added expenses. Join Recruit Rooster’s Heather Hoffman, Drew Palmer and Ruth Toombs to explore how companies are simplifying the video-making process. You’ll learn how to create employee testimonials and culture highlight videos for your career ecosystem that further supplements recruitment marketing efforts and drives real, proven results.
1:35 –1:40 PM PDT
Coffee Break
1:50 –2:20 PM PDT
Creative Resources for High Volume Positions (Read More)
In this conversation we will deep dive into becoming the talent strategist when it comes to identifying creative ways to find quality candidates for your high volume roles.
2:20 –3:00 PM PDT
Panel Discussion
How to Research and Create Talent Personas to Drive Recruitment Marketing (Read More)
Candidate personas need to be based on actual data, not assumptions. Research should account for current employees, any major stakeholders in the hiring process and candidates. Creating a good candidate persona describes the target candidate’s background and work experience, their motivations, personality traits, and career goals.
Join us for this engaging and insightful panel discussion with leaders in EB to identify tips and examples to successfully creating talent personas to drive your recruitment marketing strategy.
3:00 –3:30 PM PDT
Networking in the Lounge
Grab a drink and connect with someone new. Cocktails optional!
Day 3 — Talent Sourcing Strategies Summit
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
8:15 – 9:00 AM
Showcase Showdown
Join us for this energy-packed pitchfest to learn about our sponsor platforms and tools. This brand-new TA Week sponsor highlight series is all about helping you connect and learn in a fast-paced fun experience! Jump into the Networking Lounge afterwards for morning coffee to meet and greet fellow attendees.
9:15 –9:45 AM PDT
Keynote
Keynote: Leading Through Layoffs: How to Manage Your Team Through Change (Read More)
Join us for this opening keynote session to kickstart your day with practical use-cases for sourcers and recruiters in tough times.
9:45 –10:00 AM PDT
Coffee Break
10:00 –10:30 AM PDT
Thought Leader Session
10:30 –10:45 AM PDT
Networking in the Lounge
10:45 –11:15 AM PDT
Creative Sourcing Strategies for Pipeline Building During Hiring Slowdown (Read More)
Purpose and Objective: Presentation will cover topics on creative sourcing strategies with examples and anecdotal data for successful pipeline building and recruiting during a downturn.
- Networking Strategies
- Leveraging Social Media, and Referral Sourcing
- Partnering with Hiring Managers
- Proactive Candidate Engagement Strategies
Takeaways: The audience will learn about unique and proven ways to source, engage and recruit highly skilled talent in an ever-changing labor market when hiring is slow. They will learn to utilize social media to find and network with potential candidates for hard to fill tech roles.
11:15 –11:20 AM PDT
Coffee Break
11:20 –11:50 AM PDT
Employee Powered Hiring (Read More)
Employee referrals are an unparalleled source when it comes to recruiting top quality candidates for your organization. In this engaging session, Matt will share how he set the bold goal of bringing in 50% hires from employee referrals and how he has worked to empower employees to meet that goal. He will discuss:
- Achieving buy-in for your referral initiative
- Employee benefits: ideas for rewarding employees
- ROI: making the case for referrals
12:00 –12:30 PM PDT
Networking Break
12:30 –1:00 PM PDT
Sourcing Fundamentals: How to Leverage Google, Boolean, and Natural Language Search (Read More)
In this session, Brian Fink, Talent Acquisition Partner at McAfee, will teach the latest and most effective techniques for talent sourcing on search engines and social sites, including the most efficient ways to collect, organize, and manage your searching efforts.
Takeaways:
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Go beyond AND, OR, and NOT.
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Learn critical keyword driven extensions to find unclaimed resources
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Update your Chrome extensions that take the guesswork out of organizing.
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Harness the power of Natural Language Search.
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Find hidden resumes in the cloud.
1:00 –1:05 PM PDT
Coffee Break
1:05 –1:35 PM PDT
Thought Leader Session
1:35 –1:40 PM PDT
Coffee Break
1:50 –2:20 PM PDT
Breaking Barriers: Targeting Tech Talent (Read More)
Identifying Talent is competitive and often requires a sourcer to seek out unconventional search methods to fill difficult roles. Erin Mathew will take you through best practices to power through common barriers that many Talent Acquisition professionals face. Key takeaways include:
- How to properly research a role to ensure the right search calibration
- Lesser known places to source
- How to capture the attention of the ideal candidate
2:20 –3:00 PM PDT
Panel Discussion
Tips and Tricks for Sourcing and Building Diverse Candidate Pools (Read More)
To achieve your DEI goals, the first step is building a more diverse talent pipeline that will feed into the workforce and provide more opportunities for people from underrepresented groups. Join this interactive and engaging panel discussion about how to attract diverse talent, set goals for sourcing diverse talent, proactively source candidates to build your diversity talent pipeline, update job descriptions to make them more inclusive, and look internally to drive diversity hiring initiatives and curb potential bias in the recruiting process. Bring your questions!
3:00 –3:30 PM PDT
Networking in the Lounge
Grab a drink and connect with someone new. Cocktails optional!
Day 4 — Diversity Talent Acquisition Strategies
Thursday, July 20, 2023
8:15 – 9:00 AM PDT
Showcase Showdown
Join us for this energy-packed pitchfest to learn about our sponsor platforms and tools. This brand-new TA Week sponsor highlight series is all about helping you connect and learn in a fast-paced fun experience! Jump into the Networking Lounge afterwards for morning coffee to meet and greet fellow attendees.
9:00 –9:15 PM PDT
Day 4 Opening Remarks
9:15 –9:45 AM PDT
Keynote
3 Ways to Put DEIB at the Center of Your Recruiting Strategy
9:45 –10:00 AM PDT
Coffee Break
10:00 –10:30 AM PDT
Recruiting Essentials for a Diverse Talent Pipeline (Read More)
In this session, Roselle Rogers, Executive Director, DEI Strategy for Circa Mitratech will help you kick start your diversity outreach and save you valuable time by providing you with the “must-have” resources that are essential to any recruiter’s outreach strategy. She will show you the variety of options that you have – from government workforce agencies to non-government community-based organizations – who are present in every major city across the country who provide job placement, career search, job training, and job coaching services to individuals with disabilities, veterans, minorities, women, the LGBTQIA+ population, older workers, and other protected classes, that you can partner with to refer qualified candidates to you and amplify your diversity recruiting efforts. Roselle will also discuss little-known workforce programs to incentivize employers to hire targeted populations, and help you secure buy-in from your management team.
Discussion Topics:
- Essential recruiting resources for your pipeline
- Learn more about workforce incentive programs for employers
- Best practices for diversity outreach
- Learn how to gather outreach data effectively
10:30 –10:45 AM PDT
Networking in the Lounge
10:45 –11:15 AM PDT
ChatGPT Unleashed (Read More)
This session will give an exceptional overview on how sourcers can leverage AI to build the ultimate sourcing strategy, and focus on DEI. Topics discussed include:
- Create Boolean Strings
- Diversity Searching & Events
- Scan and Screen Resumes
- Create job ads
- Custom outreach messaging
- Develop Interview Questions
- Building Data/Strategy with ChatGPT
11:15 –11:20 AM PDT
Coffee Break
11:20 –11:50 AM PDT
Equation for Equality: Diversify Talent Pools, and Retain, Support, and Promote Diverse Talent for Long Term Success (Read More)
This session focuses on how to diversify the talent pipeline by identifying skill similarities to remove barriers with skills-based recruiting. By identifying equity building transitions, the equation for equality is focused on activating tech talent by implementing a shift in measurement, hiring, retention and advancement and policy. Join this session to learn how to broaden the talent pipeline and implement a free and accessible toolkit for equality for long term success.
12:00 –12:30 PM PDT
Networking Break
12:30 –1:00 PM PDT
Hiring and Retaining Disabled and Neurodiverse Talent (Read More)
Neurodiverse and Disabled Talent are wanting to enter the workforce, but how do you actually go about it? In this session, Sydney will teach you some tips that you need to ensure that you are more accessible and inclusive in your hiring process to ensure you can properly hire and retain disabled and neurodiverse talent in the workplace from the perspective of being an HR Professional who is also disabled and neurodivergent.
1:00 –1:05 PM PDT
Coffee Break
1:05 –1:35 PM PDT
Thought Leader Session
1:35 –1:40 PM PDT
Coffee Break
1:50 –2:20 PM PDT
'Going All In:' Inclusive Job Ads (Read More)
Inclusion Matters, but many workers struggle to feel it throughout the employment lifecycle. For nearly 40% of working respondents in a 2020 McKinsey survey, the struggle begins before the hire; causing them to not pursue jobs due to perceived lack of organizational inclusion. So what are we to do? We start with job ads, which when well-written, have been shown to actually help create more inclusive workplaces. In this session, participants will learn:
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- review job description components
- remove and avoid coded phrases
- reduce and eliminate discriminatory language and focus on inclusive considerations
- how to highlight work experience and conditions, along with inclusive organizational practices
2:20 –3:00 PM PDT
Panel Discussion
Recruiting Strategies and Accommodations for Neurodivergent Talent (Read More)
Actionable steps to help organizations fine-tune your hiring strategies for neurodivergent talent. Role out accommodations with traditional hiring process:
- Building Accessible Job Descriptions
- How to enhance job descriptions to convey the organization's commitment to neurodiversity and to incorporate inclusive language (including vendors that make writing these job descriptions very easy!) Partnering with staffing agencies that specialize in placing neurodivergent talent How to implement accessible candidate screening practices including work samples, assigned projects, scripted interviews, and rec letters How to de-bias your recruiting processes
3:00 –3:30 PM PDT
Networking in the Lounge
Grab a drink and connect with someone new. Cocktails optional!
Day 5 — Talent Acquisition Data Analytics
Friday, July 21, 2023
8:15 –9:00 AM PDT
Showcase Showdown
Join us for this energy-packed pitchfest to learn about our sponsor platforms and tools. This brand-new TA Week sponsor highlight series is all about helping you connect and learn in a fast-paced fun experience! Jump into the Networking Lounge afterwards for morning coffee to meet and greet fellow attendees.
9:00 –9:15 AM PDT
Day 5 Opening Remarks
9:15 –9:55 AM PDT
Unlocking the Future: Strategies for Infusing Foresight into Talent Acquisition (Read More)
Are you struggling to keep up with the ever-changing demands of the talent market? Do you find yourself constantly reacting to talent shortages and turnover, rather than proactively planning for the future? It's time to unlock the power of foresight and incorporate forward-thinking strategies into your talent acquisition approach.
In this presentation, we will explore effective techniques for infusing foresight into talent acquisition and to build better partnerships with the people team. From leveraging data analytics to identifying emerging trends and building strategic partnerships, I will cover a range of practical strategies that can help your organization stay ahead of the curve in acquiring and retaining top talent. You will learn how to develop a strategy that is flexible, adaptive, and future-focused, enabling you to build a workforce that can meet the evolving needs of your business.
9:55 –10:00 AM PDT
Coffee Break
10:00 –10:30 AM PDT
Thought Leader Session
What's Wrong With the Modern Job Search? New Data Reveals How Gen Z is Engaging With Today's Employers
As Gen Z continues to enter the workforce, they're applying their own set of standards and expectations to job applications and interviews. Data collected through RippleMatch shows that Gen Z is increasingly losing confidence in the modern job search – but why? Tune in as RippleMatch shares brand new data on how recruitment teams and Gen Z candidates are interacting, and which engagement methods are most successful. Covering everything from application volume to renege rates to industry interest, these new insights will help your talent team better understand how to form stronger connections with the new generation of talent.
10:30 –10:45 AM PDT
Networking in the Lounge
10:45 –11:15 AM PDT
How to Recruit and Convert More Accurate Candidates (Read More)
In this session, Craig will delve into the key principles and best practices for identifying accurate candidates who align with your organization's requirements and culture. Drawing from his extensive experience in the field, he will provide actionable insights on optimizing recruitment processes, leveraging innovative tools and technologies, and implementing targeted strategies to attract top talent.
Whether you are an experienced recruiter looking to enhance your candidate selection process or a talent acquisition professional seeking to improve conversion rates, this session promises to deliver practical tips and techniques to achieve better results. Session takeaways include:
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The importance of leveraging technological advancements in recruiting processes
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How AI-powered solutions can streamline and optimize your approach
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Strategies to prioritize and enhance candidate experience throughout the recruitment journey
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How to take a proactive approach to talent sourcing by building strategic partnerships
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The benefits of fostering diversity and inclusion in recruitment
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How to provide a personalized and empathetic approach throughout the recruitment process
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Techniques for continuous innovation in TA to stay ahead of the curve, adapt to changing market dynamics, and meet candidate expectations
11:15 –11:20 AM PDT
Coffee Break
11:20 –11:50 AM PDT
How To Write A Job Posting (Read More)
Join this session to learn the steps to write a more accurate job description.
In this session, Katrina will show attendees how to rewrite your job step-by-step to successfully receive more qualified applicants than ever. Let's find the tools to teach your team to write job postings that deliver results.
12:00 –12:30 PM PDT
Networking Break
12:30 –1:00 PM PDT
Candidate Experience: How to Improve Talent Acquisition to Drive Business Performance (Read More)
Talent acquisition is more than just recruiting and hiring. It's also about how positive or negative job candidates feel about their recruiting experience and ultimately how they perceive the business and the brand. For those who aren't hired, which is most for any given job, it's the difference between candidates applying again or not, referring others or not, being a brand advocate or not, and for consumer-based businesses, being a customer or not.
Excelling at recruitment and helping the business thrive in a post-Covid world means delivering a stellar candidate experience. During this informative TA week session, Talent Board president Kevin W. Grossman and Edwards Lifesciences TA manager Adela Schoolderman will share insights and best practices from their candidate experience book as well as current CandE benchmark research data on the benefits of improving the recruiting process and candidate experience.
Key takeaways include:
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What talent acquisition teams can do to improve candidate communication and feedback loops throughout the recruiting cycle
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How sustaining candidate experience improvements year after year can ensure your employer brand equity pays out in referrals and revenue
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How improving TA processes and optimizing recruiting tech stacks ultimately drive business performance
1:00 –1:05 PM PDT
Coffee Break
1:05 –1:35 PM PDT
Thought Leader Session
1:35 –1:50 PM PDT
Networking Break
1:50 –2:30 PM PDT
Panel Discussion
Analytics that Matter to Better Position TA (Read More)
Talent acquisition should be viewed as more than an investment — it’s a revenue generator. Join us for this session to learn how to leverage strategic talent acquisition partnerships and utilize data analytics to demonstrate the value of TA.
2:30 –3:00 PM PDT
Networking in the Lounge
Grab a drink and connect with someone new. Cocktails optional!