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MidWest TechRecruit 2019

  • 1871 222. West Merchandise Mart Plaza Chicago, IL, 60654 United States (map)
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MidWest TechRecruit

Sept 18th | 8am - 4pm

1871 - Chicago

Pre-Conference Mixer @ LinkedIn - Chicago HQ (RSVP)

A one day training on tech innovations to attract talent across all industries. It’s about the technologies used to make Talent Acquisition more efficient taught by 30+ internal Talent Acquisition, Employer Branding, Recruitment Marketing, Talent Analytics & Sourcing Experts sharing their playbooks on hiring.

KeyNote: Lou Adler
Global Speaker, Best-Selling Author and Founder of Performance-Based Hiring

  Companies Speaking: 

Kraft/Heinz - Centro - Nestle - Bridgestone - Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Lockheed Martin - DocuSign - Kraken - ShopRunner - BrainTree - BCV - Livingston - AST - IBM - LinkedIn - Allegis Global - Red Branch Media - Objective Paradigm - Aspen Advisors
+ MANY MORE

Promo Video: MidWest TechRecruit
Register HERE

Who Should Attend:

Track 1: C-Suite - CHROs, Heads of Talent Acquisition, Chief People Officers, Recruitment Leaders, Employer Branding Officers, Recruitment Marketing Leaders, Hiring Managers

Track 2: Practioners - Recruiters, Sourcers, Analysts, Talent Acquisition

AGENDA

  • 8am - Check-in + Coffee Reception

  • 8:45am - Welcome Address - Stacey Broadwell, CEO @ TechRecruit Conferences

People Analytics & Workforce Planning

  • 9:00am - People Analytics @ Nestle - Jade Votava, Mgr. People Analytics & Business Optimization @ Nestle

  • 9:15am - Talent Analytics - Andrew Gadomski, Managing Director @ Aspen Analytics

  • 9:30am - Organizational Network Analysis - Dan George, Former Head of People Analytics @ Bridgestone

- BREAK - 9:45am

Sourcing & Talent Intelligence

  • 10:00am - Sourcing at Scale: Advanced Tools, Advanced Process Sarah Goldberg, Sourcery & Research, Objective Paradigm

  • 10:20am - Plug & Play Tools for The Recruiting Empiricist Jung Kim, Sourcing BEAST, Kraken Digital Asset Exchange

Networking Session @ 10:45am - 11:15am

Keynote @ 11:15am
Lou Adler
"Performance Based Hiring"

- Lunch Break - 12pm - 1pm

Recruitment Process & Strategy

  • 01:00pm - Programmatic Ads for Hiring - Maricelle RodriguezTalent Acquisition Business Partner, GroupM

  • 01:15pm - Diversity: Building a More Inclusive Pipeline - Rachel Kraska, Sr. Manager of Talent @ ShopRunner

  • 01:30pm - Humanizing Candidate EngagementDerek Zeller, Sourcing Lead @ Lockheed Martin

Recruitment Marketing & Employer Branding

  • 01:45pm - Employer Branding with Video - Craig Fisher, Head of Marketing @ Allegis Global Solutions

  • 02:00pm - Content Lead Funnels - Maren Hogan, CEO @ Red Branch Media

  • 02:15pm - Talent Insights to Build Your Employer Brand - Holly Lignelli, Director LinkedIn Talent Solutions @ LinkedIn

- BREAK - 02:30pm

Roundtables: Ask the Experts
Personalized Mentorship in Groups
(2:35 - 3:30pm)

  • Analytics Table - Leaders; Andrew Gadomski, Dan George & Jade Votava

  • Sourcing Intelligence Table - Leaders; Sarah Goldberg & Jung Kim

  • Hiring Strategy Table - Leaders; Lou Adler

  • Employer Branding & Marketing Table - Leaders; Maren Hogan & Craig Fisher

Leaders in Talent Acquisition Panel

  • 03:30pm - 04:15pm - Panel Moderator - Ron Godier, Managing Director @ HackingHR

    • The Kraft Heinz Company - Gary Barnstable, Head of Talent Acquisition - US Operations, Global IT & Business Services

    • Livingston International - Kelly Burlage, Global Director, Talent Acquisition

    • Centro - Elles Skony, VP Talent Management

    • BCV - Cece Novotny, Head of People

    • Blue Cross & Blue ShieldMahima Dhir - Manager Talent Acquisition

WORKSHOPS (9am - 2:30pm)

09:00am - How To Apply Design Thinking To Talent Acquisition - Nicole Dessain, Chief Talent Experience Designer @ talent.imperative

09:30am - College Recruitment & Grad Programs: AST’s Long View Approach to Hiring - Hilary Wagner, Director of Global Talent Acquisition @ AST

10:00am - 12 Ways to Make Data & Recruitment Great - Andrew Gadomski, Aspen Analytics

10:30am - Video Branding: Editor Tools and Optimization - Craig Fisher, Head of Marketing, Allegis Global

01:00pm – Sponsor Demo: Linkedin Talent Insights - Tom VentimigliaSenior Solutions Consultant, LinkedIn

01:30pm – Sponsor Demo: HackerEarth -

02:00pm – Sponsor Demo: ZipRecruiter - Charles Thames & John Fagen, ZipRecruiter

09:00am - Tech Recruitment Literacy 101: Moving from "Generalist" to TechRecruiter Paul Giron, Head of Talent Acquisition @ Numerator


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Earlier Event: July 18
LAXTechRecruit 2019
Later Event: March 5
LAX TechRecruit 2020