Today’s Talent Economy Is Texting. Are You?

2018 Talent Conference & Exposition
You will learn best practices on how to increase the number of candidates you screen daily through the use of texting and text-based interview platforms.

Today's workforce is quick to avoid talking on the phone, causing headaches for recruiters who need to screen high volumes of candidates daily. With 50 million members of Generation Y who will be hired between now and 2025, you must be focused on designing recruitment strategies that align with the preferred communication preferences of today's workforce. This session will discuss how screening candidates via text message can help you reach three to five times more candidates daily. This session will help you:

·         Understand the importance of crafting recruitment strategies that align with the changing
          communication preferences of today's workforce.

·         Gain awareness of texting as a tool for screening applicants.

·         Gain knowledge of best practices for texting candidates on a mobile device or
          through a text-based interviewing platform.

·         Understand the advantages of engaging candidates through text messages,
          such as improved candidate experience, increased employment brand engagement and a reduction in hiring bias.

Date(s) & Time(s): 
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 - 8:15am to 9:30am
Presenter: 

Aman Brar

Aman
Brar

Aman Brar has an extensive background leading technology companies through periods of high growth and has also held key corporate strategy and finance roles at Fortune 500 companies. Recognizing the need for increased productivity in recruiting, Aman launched Canvas, the first text-based interviewing platform. Companies have used Canvas to screen and engage tens of thousands of candidates across a variety of industries and for positions ranging from machinists and welders to software engineers, sales professionals, physical therapists, nurses, pilots, and more. Canvas users span from startups to Fortune 500 companies located in Silicon Valley to the East Coast to France.

 

Location: 
Emperor's Level: Emperor Ballroom
Amount of Credit: 
1.25
Credit Type: 
SHRM PDCs
Session Type: 
Concurrent Session
Competency: 
HR Expertise
Communication
Intended Audience: 
Mid-Level
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