2024 RecOps Con Recap
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A look back at RecOps Con 2024. The first conference curated specifically for recruiting operations professionals.
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October 24 – 25, | Chicago
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October 24 – 25, | Chicago
The
Recruiting Operations Conference
Join your talent industry peers for inspiring talks, hands-on workshops, and actionable insights – all designed to propel our industry forward together.
Unique Focus.
What is RecOps Con?
RecOps Con is OneReq’s two-day conference dedicated to the latest trends and tactics in recruiting operations, TA enablement, & recruiting technology. We are bringing together the builders who understand that behind any exceptional talent acquisition team is a first-class recruiting operation.
Agenda
Recruiting Technology is booming, and RecOps teams are evaluating more tools than ever to keep their teams competitive. This track is for those looking to understand what the best teams are doing from a tactical standpoint from leveraging AI to enabling recruiters.
We’ve all seen it: your team builds a fantastic program, Initiative, or runs a great project only to have a key person leave and it falls apart or we don’t get the adoption we were expecting. Dive into workshops and discussion on building sustainable programs that are built to scale, aligning headcount with organizational goals and optimizing recruiter resources.
Data literacy is crucial to having an individual and team impact, so understanding how to enhance this capability is essential. We’ll explore the tools and emerging technologies revolutionizing how we derive insights for recruiting teams and company leadership. We’ll discuss the big ones: Quality of Hire, Headcount/Capacity planning, and forecasting. Additionally, learn how to drive equity in recruiting by integrating robust metrics, data collection, and comprehensive reporting, ensuring fair and inclusive practices throughout your organization.
A clear strategy leveraging tactical expertise while maintaining alignment with the recruiting function and the business is key to elevating your Recruiting Operations teams to new heights. Dive into discussions around how to position your team to showcase its indispensable value to the business by defining precise team objectives, establishing effective structures, and prioritizing work efficiently.
Fresh Ideas.
Schedule
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
LOUNGE
Registration & Continental Breakfast
Get to know other attendees over a light delicious breakfast featuring fresh juice, bagels with cream cheese and jams, pastries, and seasonal fruit.
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
FORUM
Welcome Remarks
Welcome + Opening Remarks
Wahab Owolabi
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
FORUM
Navigating the AI Revolution: Strategies for Adapting in Recruiting Operations
Join Jose Cong, Chief People Officer at Humane and a veteran recruiting leader from Apple, Nest, and Google, for an insightful talk on how recruiting operations professionals can effectively adapt to the challenges and opportunities of the AI revolution. Jose will share actionable strategies for embracing change and innovation in talent acquisition, emphasizing the importance of resilience and agility in today’s fast-paced environment. Discover how recruiting teams can leverage AI to enhance their processes and drive efficiency. He will also provide examples of tools that have emerged when talent acquisition teams embrace and adapt to new technologies.
Jose Cong
10:35 AM - 11:20 AM
FORUM
Nerding Out on Tech with Power Users
In this session, we’ll get real about how to choose the right tools for your team, ones that actually make a difference. We’ll discuss how to measure the ROI of your tech and, more importantly, how to align it with your company’s bigger goals and OKRs. You’ll hear creative ways others are tackling roadblocks and making sure their tools work for them—not the other way around. Expect real talk, practical tips, and some lightbulb moments!
Max Butler
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
FORUM
The Art and Science of Communication in Recruiting Operations
The Art and Science of Communication in Recruiting Operations" explores critical communication concepts in talent acquisition. We'll blend psychology and communication theory with real-world recruiting challenges. Through hands-on exercises, you'll experience how information flows in recruiting operations and learn practical strategies to enhance your message delivery.
Stephanie Baysinger
12:15 PM - 1:25 PM
LOUNGE
Lunch
Enjoy a hot lunch and great conversations thanks to our friends at Ashby!
Ashby
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
FORUM
How AI Unlocks the Power of the Data in Your Hiring Conversations
Metaview co-founder & CEO, Siadhal Magos, demonstrates how to turn your company’s interviews and hiring conversations into sources of highly-specific and actionable insights that will blow your hiring teams’ minds. Learn how to leverage tech to tap into this conversational data in order to understand and optimize your hiring process in ways that were never previously possible.
Siadhal Magos
Metaview
2:20 PM - 2:50 PM
LOUNGE
Networking Break
Get to know fellow attendees via a fun and engaging icebreaker + an afternoon treat and energy pick me up sponsored by Reimbi! We are community first after all!
Reimbi
2:50 PM - 3:35 PM
FORUM
Partnering with the Business: Becoming a Trusted Advisor
This session will transform your recruiting ops team from tactical contributors to strategic and trusted advisors to the business. Great recruiting operations professionals are not just notetakers, generating reports and clicking configuration options in an ATS—they are trusted advisors to recruiting and across many stakeholders. Being a trusted advisor means that you are seen as a valuable resource and a strategic partner who provides sound guidance and advice. Yet earning that trust requires a set of many skills. This session is designed to highlight those skills.
Amy Wood
Mike Joyner
3:40 PM - 4:25 PM
Lessons From Working With World-Class RecOps Teams
At Ashby, RecOps teams have been at the core of our product development philosophy from day one. As we’ve grown to over 1,600 customers, we’ve observed a number of learnings and traits that make RecOps teams stand out. We’re excited to share these practical insights!
Benjamin Encz
Ashby
4:25 PM - 4:35 PM
FORUM
Day 1 Recap & Reflection
Jeremy Lyons
4:35 PM - 5:45 PM
LOUNGE
Cocktail Reception
Join us for a delightful cocktail reception made possible by our friends at Reimbi and Scalis. Enjoy refreshing drinks, tasty hors d'oeuvres, and great company.
Scalis
Reimbi
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
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Talent Leaders Dinner
Join the OneReq team, ModernLoop, & TeamOhana for a complimentary sit down dinner to cap a phenomenal first day of the conference! Unwind with Talent Leaders from fellow attendees, speakers, & community members local to Chicago in a relaxed private setting at one of Chicagos premier restaurants! Space is limited, so be sure to RSVP as soon as possible to secure your spot.
TeamOhana
ModernLoop
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
LOUNGE
Continental Breakfast
8:55 AM - 9:00 AM
FORUM
Day 2 Welcome
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
FORUM
Cutting Through the Noise: Strategies for Tech Stack Simplification
The number of TA technology vendors has 10x-ed in the past five years. Tack on the proliferation of AI solutions and it’s a hot mess. While the growth of innovation has ignited a new buzz – how do we cut through the noise? As the capabilities of early point solutions have expanded, the overlap and bloat have made it hard to keep teams and processes connected. Meanwhile, most TA leaders say their budgets and teams are shrinking. Now’s the time to get back to basics and consolidate.
Leigh Miller
Gem
9:50 AM - 10:35 AM
FORUM
Headcount/Capacity Planning, Forecasting, and Metrics
Data and analytics make up a huge portion of RecOps. As you grow your career, you move from simple reports (e.g., number of hires, time to fill) to more complex (e.g., headcount/capacity planning, forecasts). During this time, we'll focus on more than just the how but also the why and the when to help you understand the cycles.
Tushar Makhija
Luke Eaton
Viet Nguyen
10:45 AM - 11:25 AM
FORUM
How Teams are Using AI in Their Process
We need to stay up on the hottest trends in technology, and nothing is hotter than AI. For this Q&A, our panelists will not only cover how they are already using it to creatively improve their processes but also how they are using it to build better relationships with stakeholders and change the perception of TA to the wider business.
Alyson Doering
Kari Robison
Maksym Dziarmaga
Lizzy Mann
11:25 AM - 12:00 PM
FORUM
Your RecOps Career Journey
To succeed in our space, you gain a lot of different skills. While exciting, it can also leave you with questions like "What skill do I need to grow to get to the next level?", "What is that next level?", and "What are my options beyond the RecOps fence?" We'll these questions and more will be answered in this Q&A with RecOps folks who have stayed, left, or returned to RecOps after stints in other departments.
Geva Whyte
Emily Sung-Simon
Lizzy Mann
Amy Wood
12:00 PM - 1:10 PM
LOUNGE
LUNCH
1:10 PM - 1:50 PM
FORUM
Hello from the Other Side: Direct Feedback with Stakeholders & Partners
Have you ever wondered what the different stakeholders and partners think about RecOps teams or what RecOps teams can do to be better partners? Well, here is your chance. For this interactive Q&A, we've invited several representatives to help answer some of those burning questions.
Tiffany Doyle
Justin Taylor
Smaran Mandala
Asha Beirne
Ali Yousaf
1:55 PM - 2:40 PM
FORUM
Recruiter/Recruiting Ops Enablement
Enablement is increasingly becoming the responsibility of RecOps teams everywhere, with some teams even having a dedicated enablement specialist. But what is enablement, and how do you do it right? In this Q&A session, we'll discuss some of the ins and outs of enablement, including what separates it from training, how to track it for effectiveness, and more.
Tommy Barth
Molly Sly
Viet Nguyen
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
FORUM
Starting the Conversation on RecOps Standardization
As a newer function, RecOps is still searching for industry-wide standards. Without standardization, it can be hard to know the skills/opportunities you need to grow your career, who to talk to about that growth, or even where to advocate for RecOps to sit within your company. We'll start the conversation in this interactive workshop and brainstorm ideas for our field's future.
Jeremy Lyons
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Closing Remarks
Get to know other attendees over a light delicious breakfast featuring fresh juice, bagels with cream cheese and jams, pastries, and seasonal fruit.
To succeed in RecOps, you must learn and leverage many different skills. While exciting, it can also leave you with questions:
- “What skill do I need to grow to get to the next level?”
- “What is that next level?”
- “What are my options beyond the RecOps fence?”
We’ll answer these questions and more.
Data and analytics make up a huge portion of RecOps. As you grow your career, you move from simple reports (e.g., number of hires, time to fill) to more complex (e.g., headcount/capacity planning, forecasts). During this time, we’ll focus on more than just the how but also the why and the when to help you understand the cycles.
Experience live demonstrations of the latest tech innovations, learn from industry experts about their successful implementations, and participate in engaging workshops to deepen your understanding and skills. Choose from three options to see technology in action, discuss its impact, and gain practical insights to apply in your own projects.
You’ve designed your tech stack to fit your organization’s needs. But how do you enable your teams and stakeholders to ensure you are getting acceptance and the most out of them? In this session, we’ll discuss the frameworks, steps, and everything you need to do to make sure you reach 100% optimization.
Get to know fellow attendees via a fun and engaging icebreaker. We are community first after all!
As a newer function, RecOps role evolves daily within a company. So how do you manage the ambiguity, especially if you lead a team? If you want to lead a RecOps team, what experiences can you get that will help you? We’ll discuss these topics and more.
Recap key insights and takeaways from The Recruiting Operations Conference!
New Perspectives.
Speakers
Hear from today’s leading voices in Recruiting Operations
Ali Yousaf
Director of Talent, Helion
Alyson Doering
Senior Customer Success Manager, Humanly
Amy Wood
Head of Recruiting Operations, Anthropic
Asha Beirne
Talent Acquisition Operations Manager, Rula
Benjamin Encz
CEO, Ashby
Emily Sung-Simon
Sr Recruiting Operations Manager, Postman
Geva Whyte
Recruiting Operations Coordinator
Jeremy Lyons
Co-Founder, RecOps Collective
Jose Cong
Chief People Officer, Humane
Justin Taylor
Payroll Director, Fastly
Kari Robison
Senior Manager, Global Recruiting Operations, Intercom
Leigh Miller
Senior Customer Talent Advisor, Gem
Lizzy Mann
VP, Product, Scalis.ai
Luke Eaton
Founder, The Data Driven Recruiter
Maksym Dziarmaga
TA Enablement Lead, Loop
Max Butler
Founder, Butler Talent
Mike Joyner
Founding Partner, Growth by Design Talent
Molly Sly
Global Talent Acquisition Enablement Manager, Sage
Siadhal Magos
Co-founder and CEO
Smaran Mandala
People Analytics Manager, GoodRx
Stephanie Baysinger
Recruiting Operations and Enablement, Anthropic
Tiffany Doyle
Senior Executive Talent Sourcing Partner & Americas Training Lead, Genentech
Tommy Barth
Senior Manager, Talent Operations and Analytics, Apollo.io
Tushar Makhija
Founder & CEO, TeamOhana
Viet Nguyen
Program Manager, TA Operations Service Design, Netflix
Wahab Owolabi
Founder & CEO, OneReq
and more!
Sponsors
Gem
Gem is the AI-powered recruiting platform TA teams love. It helps you maximize productivity, hire faster, and save money – all while giving recruiters a solution they find easy to use. Use Gem as your all-in-one recruiting platform or enhance your existing ATS with integrated products for CRM, sourcing, scheduling, analytics, career sites, events, and more.
Metaview
Metaview is the AI platform for your recruiting conversations. With our AI-powered notes, Assistant, and reporting, you can automate away hours of admin per week and understand what's actually going on in your hiring process like never before.
Ashby
Ashby’s all-in-one platform is designed for RecOps to streamline hiring processes and customize workflows, delivering more efficient team experiences. By integrating ATS, CRM, Sourcing, Scheduling, and Analytics, Ashby eliminates tool switching and allows RecOps to tailor workflows to their exact needs. Real-time, reliable data keeps hiring managers informed and enables faster, more accurate decisions.
Reimbi
The best way to reimburse job candidate interview expenses. Reimbi perfectly balances easy expense reporting, required business controls, and exceptionally fast payouts. Reimbi is a modern, efficient solution for hiring companies, streamlining the interview expense reimbursement process for job candidates and improving the overall candidate experience.
ModernLoop
ModernLoop automates recruiting operations by integrating with your ATS to streamline interview scheduling and candidate engagement. Its advanced scheduling algorithm syncs calendars, reduces manual tasks, and optimizes interviewer workloads, ensuring efficiency while enhancing the candidate experience with personalized portals and timely communication.
Humanly
Humanly is an AI-powered end-to-end recruiting platform that facilitates conversations between candidates and hiring teams. Leverage Humanly to streamline hiring with a complete suite of solutions to source, attract, screen, schedule, and convert candidates. Humanly aims to establish itself as the global leader in ethical AI for recruiting, empowering hiring teams to eliminate the administrative work of running an equitable hiring process, at scale.
Interested in Sponsoring? Contact us team [at] onereq.com!
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If you have ever wondered what it would be like to experience an enriching offsite with your peers in Recruiting Operations this is the event for you.
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Venue
Convene
311 W Monroe
Chicago, IL 60606
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2024 RecOps Con Session Recordings
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Session recordings from the 2024 OneReq RecOps Con.
Headcount/Capacity Planning, Forecasting, and Metrics
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From RecOps Con 2024. Watch a real time demo of capacity planning followed by a Q&A.
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The Recruiting Operations Conference will take place October 24-25, 2024.
Convene
311 W Monroe
Chicago, IL 60606
Venue
Convene
311 W Monroe
Chicago, IL 60606
Located in The Loop neighborhood of downtown Chicago, Convene 311 W Monroe.
Convene 311 W Monroe is located between South Wacker Drive and South Franklin Street in the Loop near Washington/Wells Station and Quincy Station.
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