ERE San Diego 2018

There’s no one better in the talent-acquisition field to talk about recruiting that scales than Janice Bryant Howroyd ("the first black female billionaire not named Oprah,” says the Atlanta Daily World). She started ActOne in 1978 as a one-desk placement firm and turned it into a global, multi-billion-dollar business, including AppleOne, Agile-1, and more. Howroyd shares some of the secrets to her success, what you can learn from them, and will leave you inspired and energized. 

Gretchen Carlson has faced her fair share of criticism and backlash. But rather than letting it bring her down, Carlson has resolved time and again to “be fierce.” With this talk, she explores the challenges she has faced in her own life and the lessons she’s learned along the way, including how to be a true leader by valuing your own self-worth, how to stand up against bullying or injustice, and how to fight for what’s right. A motivational and rousing look at how to cultivate talent and own failure, Carlson guides audiences on a journey to develop the strongest and fiercest version of themselves.

As the professional body for talent acquisition Professionals, ATAP is developing a broad picture of our profession: Who are they? Where are they? How many are there? What do they want? What’s important to them?

Join ATAP Board President Tom Darrow as he shares ATAP’s research into the demographics of the profession as well as the results of a survey about what TA professionals want, where they are succeeding, where they are struggling, and where they are innovating and blazing new trails.

Who should attend

Anyone interested in hearing about the current state and the future of the talent-acquisition profession and what their peers are doing to adapt and prepare.

What to expect

Hear from a group of TA professionals and leaders as they share what’s on their mind in 2018.

New tech giants are clearing the playing field and knocking out pesky competition. For the rest of us trying to survive and secure our foothold in the coming decade, we must give something to our customers that our competitors lack. And that is to recruit people who’ll provide our companies an edge, workers who truly understand customer service, and who are innovators.

Roselyn Connor, who has trained thousands at Macy’s, Miller Beer, the EPA, the Chicago Police Department, and the Secret Service, takes a hard look at how you can thrive in an uncertain environment. She’ll give you memorable examples of what others are doing to ensure a place at the table of success and innovation, in a session loaded with stories from the front lines.

Who should attend

Anyone and everyone in the talent profession

What to expect

To be inspired for the final day of the conference!

David Watson spoke a couple years ago to rave reviews, so we’re bringing him back for an encore session aimed at recruiting leaders and front-line recruiters alike. He'll forgo the typical fluff and recruiting jargon like “be positive!” or “play nice in the sandbox!” and share useful tips, laced with real-life stories from the talent trenches.

Who Should Attend
If you want to accelerate your career path, be more respected by your peers and business partners, understand how to be more influential and add value to your organization, this is a session for you!

What to Expect
You’ll leave with better ideas on how to manage conflicts; be accountable; influence stakeholders; work better within a team; and the three words you should never say.

A wrap-up of what people learned the last 2+ days, and more importantly, some ideas about what to do with that information.

What to Expect

Two days of takeaways and notes compressed into 20 minutes and a valuable presentation file to take back to the office.

Catch information on all the breakout sessions you were not able to attend. Get notes on items that you may have missed in sessions you did attend. 

Get fired up to go back and make a difference with all this new information and a new group of colleagues and peers to call on for help.