Kevin Grossman

VP, Research
CandE Benchmark Research

Kevin W. Grossman is now the VP of Research at ERE Media responsible for talent acquisition and candidate experience research. Formerly President of Talent Board and the Candidate Experience Awards, the CandE Benchmark Research Program has merged with ERE Media. The CandEs as they’re known is first research organization focused on the elevation and promotion of a quality candidate experience. Kevin has over 25 years of domain expertise in the human resource and talent acquisition industry and related technology marketplace.  He’s been a prolific industry writer since 2004 and his first business book on career management titled Tech Job Hunt Handbook was released in December 2012 from Apress. His second book titled Candidate Experience: How to Improve Talent Acquisition to Drive Business Performance was released in 2022 by Kogan Page. Kevin holds a B.A. in Psychology from San Jose State University, is an HCI certified Talent Acquisition Strategist (TAS) and Human Capital Strategist and has learning certificates from eCornell on HR Analytics and Diversity and Inclusion. Kevin also writes regularly about positive parenting and personal leadership at GetOffTheGround, and he now
serves on his local Santa Cruz City Schools (SCCS) Board.

CandE Benchmark Research

Kevin Grossman’s Session(s)


12:45 p.m. —

Review and Adapt Your Digital Candidate Experience

COVID-19 has changed everything. It’s drastically altered the global economy across industries and how employers recruit, hire and retain people. And as vaccines are distributed to the general public, and companies increase hiring in 2021, the pandemic also continues to impact how and where their employees work. 

According to recent research by Talent Board and the Candidate Experience (CandE) Awards, nearly 50% of companies say they’ll remain mostly virtual with some essential onsite employees (office/store/plant, etc.). That of course can and will change as the year progresses. 

No matter what the mix is, virtual work will remain a competitive differentiator for companies beyond covid, and virtualizing the recruiting and hiring process is here to stay. Many companies of hiring volumes will continue to screen, assess, interview and onboard virtually. HR and recruiting technologies are critical for companies to be competitive -- and to keep candidate and employee experiences transparent and engaging -- and this is why reviewing and adapting your digital candidate experience is so important.

During this informative session, Talent Board and the Candidate Experience (CandE) Awards president Kevin Grossman, will share insights from their candidate experience benchmark research including:

  • How employers could improve virtual communication and feedback loops throughout the recruiting and hiring process

  • How HR and recruiting technologies are empowering employers to provide a better candidate and employee experiences       

  • How candidates and employees may take their alliance, product purchases, and relationships elsewhere when they have poor experiences – and how they’ll increase it when it’s great  

  • How retaining critical employees who may have more flexible virtual opportunities elsewhere will be very difficult


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