In a diversified workforce post-pandemic, the process of vertical recruitment becomes a challenge in terms of sourcing the right talent. Haikal will share his case study on how he addresses UOA’s pain points in terms of hiring as well as the various framework, tools and resources they have used to streamline hiring time with strategies that have been proven to work with focus on: 

• Key lessons to overcome mistakes and failures in vertical recruitment 
• What are the various tools and resources to help with recruiting in diversified workforce 
• Strategies in culture change, mindset, retraining hiring managers, communications and setting up expectation in recruiting the perfect candidate 
• Case study of UOA’s vertical hiring process – how they have done it, what went wrong, how they fixed it and how it works again 

Haikal M Z Akmar

Chief Human Resources Officer
UOA Group

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The way organizations engage employees has drastically changed these past years with recent studies showing how people desire to be seen as a person rather than an employee. More and more people are re-evaluating their own life priorities and their relationship to work. HR professionals need to consider more than a simple employee experience. Rather deeper connection, radical flexibility and shared purpose contribute to create a well-resourced, talented, connected and high performing organization.

Dr Stacey Ashley will share how the internal talent acquisition team can be leading possibility, creating the opportunity to become even more of a business partner, how to leverage the moment of change in the Great Resignation and attract more of the right people to your organization. You will learn

• How to develop an internal talent acquisition team as the evangelist for your organization 
• How being on purpose creates the opportunity for connection and contribution
• How to create a powerful message to engage, attract and retain the right talent 

Dr Stacey Ashley

Leadership Performance & Coaching Expert
Ashley Coaching

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In the last few years, one of the paradigms that has come up with talent acquisition is the talent marketplace to develop and scout for talent internally. Divkiran will focus on the horizontal hiring approach and how AI based tools can help discover unknown talent within the organization whilst promoting career and skills development for a future-proof workforce with focus on: 

• Why internal candidate approach should not be overlooked 
• How AI algorithms can deliver personalized recommendations based on current skills and experience 
• What is the future of work and creating strategies that enable AI to facilitate action 
• Case study on why Seagate Technology went into internal talent marketplace, AI vendors enabling this, success stories as well as cutting cost 

Divkiran Kathuria

Global Director Talent Marketplace and Talent Acquisition Programs
Seagate Technology

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