The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is already showing how it has and will continue to transform most businesses and our lives. The speed, breadth, and depth of this revolution changes the way we live, work, and relate to one another. Technology adoption is happening faster than the speed of light while the recent COVID-19 crisis has shown just how fundamental emerging technologies are to our lives. As society, economies, and the workforce change, what does that mean for how organizations create value? What will be the impact on our careers and how we work? How will skills and jobs change? For all Talent Acquisition leaders, this is an opportunity to look beyond the challenges of today and find ways to create a positive impact on both people and business results.

Join Melanie Villapando of Thermo Fisher Scientific, Eric Offner of Phenom People, and TALK’s own Lori Murin as we look for answers to these questions and explore the emerging technology possibilities within TA. Learn how you can use new AI recruitment tools to create focused, fast, personalized outreach and engagement with talent to design human-focused strategies that keep pace with the changing market and workforce needs.

About the Panelists:

Melanie Villapando
Melanie is currently the Sr. Director, Global Talent Attraction for Thermo Fisher Scientific, where she manages a team of 100 recruiters across the Americas. She has 20+ years of global TA experience with a unique blend of in-house and RPO positions at companies like Aramark, OfficeMax, and Korn Ferry. In her current role, Melanie leads the development and expertise improvements for transforming Thermo Fisher's strategy for discovering and attracting talent.  Working cross-functionally, she identifies and implements innovative approaches to talent attraction, sourcing, brand, and technology implementation technology to transform the way we work.

If you’re interested in joining Melanie at the world leader in serving science, you can learn more about Thermo Fisher career opportunities here.

Eric Offner
Eric Offner is Vice President of Sales at Phenom, the leader in Talent Experience Management (TXM). Eric is an industry veteran and has spent over 20 years in recruiting, recruitment advertising, and recruitment technology. He began his recruiting background at Aerotek and later moved onto CareerBuilder where he won the Ideas from Everywhere competition and launched CBMobile. CBMobile helped put Eric on his current path at Phenom, bringing the latest AI technology to market in the recruiting space. During his tenure, he has helped bring more than 50 Fortune 500 clients including Microsoft, GM, and Whole Foods onto the revolutionary Phenom TXM platform.

Phenom drives personalization, automation, and accuracy for candidates, recruiters, employees, and management. If you’d like to learn more, please reach out to Eric directly here: eric.offner@phenompeople.com.

Lori Murin
Lori is a Senior Director at TALK and VP of Customer Success at RecruitiFi, which is a platform that enables companies to manage all agency recruiters more efficiently, saving time, money and improving candidate quality.  RecruitiFi is used by hundreds of Fortune 5000 companies and over 20K agencies on a global basis. To learn more, schedule a time to chat with Lori.