PwC’s Digital Recruiting Journey: Disruption By Choice...Before We HAD to Do It!

Career Level: Basic-, intermediate-, and advanced-level career services and university relations and recruiting professionals
Competency: Relationship development and management
Fee: $49 (member); $69 (nonmember);

Summary
It is the era of COVID-19 and most career services programming has gone virtual. Presenters from PwC will share their five-year digital and virtual journey for attracting, screening, interviewing, and onboarding. Lessons learned will be shared with employers and career services professionals, and the impact that various technologies have had on the recruiting process will be discussed. Join this session to develop a deeper understanding of key tools and implications at each stage of the candidate life cycle and how it has been impacted by digital tools. This session will also explore a handful of in-person programming options that employers and career services professionals can transfer to a virtual format in unique ways.

Following this program, you will be able to:
- Understand that each stage of the candidate life cycle is impacted by digital/virtual tools;
- Learn lessons of success and failure through the use of various technologies;
- Make more-informed decisions for employers and provide better advice for career services individuals; and
- Use the data and research presented to implement best practices and immediate take-aways that support and promote understanding of the content.
Presenters

John May, Advisory Talent Leader, PwC
John May has 20 years of experience with PwC in various roles, spending the past 15 years in talent acquisition. He leads a team of 100+ professionals responsible for hiring approximately 6.5K entry-level, experienced, contract, and executive-level consultants in the United States, Mexico, China, and India. He has led several significant TA transformation projects, including the redesign of PwC's entry-level selection/interview process, centralization of key activities, technology implementations, and cognitive assessment pilots. He is a Six Sigma Green Belt and was a lean project business volunteer for the city of Detroit, focused on improving the city’s hiring and onboarding processes.

Lauren Lemick, Talent Acquisition Director, [ARCHIVES]
Lauren Lemick leads a team of business recruiters to acquire entry-level talent across the United States. She works with firm leadership to develop innovative strategies, leverage new recruitment technology, and use cutting-edge sourcing techniques to improve candidate, stakeholder, and recruiter experiences, bringing a top, diverse talent pipeline to bear. She has led TA transformation initiatives, including the redesign of PwC's entry-level selection/interview process and a cognitive assessment pilot. She currently leads a team of 40+ professionals in hiring more than 4,000 entry-level and intern candidates into the assurance line of service. She holds certifications in human centered design and data and business analytics.