Uncover and Activate Alternative Sourcing Channels for Diversity in Leadership Hires
This session will focus on the prioritization for developing strategies and channels to source diverse leaders, managers and other professional roles and create a partnership with business executives to attract top talent during up and down cycles. HR and Recruiting professionals will learn about professional networks beyond traditional functional sources to develop sustainable relationships with potential diverse candidates.
Learning Objectives:
- Discover how to use simple repeatable processes to develop deep relationships and emerging channels.
- Learn how to leverage the power of senior leaders, alumni and your Employer Value Proposition to ensure positive positioning of your organization and roles.
- Create shared accountable plans and actions for a sustainable diverse hiring process with ROI.
- Gain skills building on mentoring circles, affinity groups and leadership development program participants to driving strategic goals in partnership with Talent Acquisition professionals.
Tara Noonan Amaral
Tara Noonan Amaral is a Principal Consultant at Riviera Advisors. Tara brings several decades of talent acquisition and leadership strategy expertise to Riviera Advisors. Tara has had an impressive career in recruitment, diversity and strategic talent acquisition for some of the most successful organizations in the world including: Marsh & McLennan, Fidelity Investments, New York Life, ADP and AON/Hewitt. She has more than 20 years of experience developing, implementing, and operating both Corporate and RPO talent acquisition and recruiting functions where she has inspired innovation, and integrated emerging technologies and practices into the talent acquisition function. Prior to her talent acquisition career, Tara held banking and financial services leadership positions at JPMorgan Chase in retail and institutional client management and Six Sigma and Agile project management.
In addition to her corporate leadership roles, Tara has been a frequent industry speaker, well-travelled industry advocate and has participated in leadership roles with the Association of Talent Acquisition Professional (ATAP), the Conference Board Global Labor Advisory Council, and the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM). Tara also serves as an HR Venture Advisor with SemperVirensVenture Capital.
Tara’s passions include working on the continued importance of a strong talent acquisition and retention ecosystem, the future of work(ers), Diversity & Inclusion solutions, and cross-cultural and multi-generational talent strategies. Tara holds a Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Behavior from Brown University. Tara is based in Charleston, South Carolina.