Sessions

This panel brings together top talent acquisition experts to explore critical hiring trends shaping 2025. Topics include AI's expanding role in recruitment, transforming candidate sourcing, screening, and engagement through automation and data insights. The panel will discuss skills-based hiring, focusing on verifying competencies over traditional degrees, and its broad implications for talent pools and inclusivity. They’ll also examine the impact of Return-to-Office (RTO) policies on candidate preferences and retention, offering insights on balancing flexibility with business needs. Additionally, strategies for fostering workforce resilience and adaptability amid ongoing industry shifts will be shared, offering HR and TA leaders essential insights to effectively attract and retain talent in a competitive landscape.

Learning Outcome 1: Understand the role of AI in transforming recruitment processes, including how automation and data-driven insights can enhance candidate sourcing, screening, and engagement.

Learning Outcome 2: Identify the benefits and challenges of skills-based hiring, including strategies to assess essential competencies over traditional qualifications, and how this approach impacts diversity and inclusivity in talent acquisition.

Learning Outcome 3: Explore best practices for addressing Return-to-Office (RTO) policies that balance flexibility with business needs, while fostering workforce resilience and aligning with evolving candidate and employee expectations.