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Strategic Conversations on Hiring and Retention

Talent acquisition strategist Molly Weaver leads an overview and interactive conversation about innovative hiring and retention strategies to generate more effective results.

Molly Weaver discusses skills-based hiring

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Expert talent acquisition and human resources strategist Molly Weaver leads an overview and interactive conversation about innovative hiring and retention strategies that companies can apply for more effective results. We’ll look beyond the metrics of talent acquisition to examine people-centered approaches and methods. Network, learn how to build a sustainable pipeline of talent, and meet company needs now and as the hiring market shifts.

Network, learn how to adapt and build a sustainable pipeline of talent, and meet company needs as the hiring market evolves.

Round Table Discussion Topics include:

  • Adapting to New Attitudes in the Workforce
  • Balancing Efficiency and Quality in Hiring
  • Empowering Employee Engagement Strategies

Attendees will gain practical takeaways for their hiring, onboarding, and retention processes.

9 Top Insights and Takeaways (based on attendee feedback)

• How to adapt to new trends from younger generations and consider candidate experience

• Assessing application process to make sure it is hassle-free

• Analytics on Generation Z; hearing the challenges that other companies share align with our challenges

• Onboarding hierarchy of needs and a candidate’s expectations in the recruiting process

• Thinking from the applicant’s point of view

• Strategies to improve the application process as well as retention

• Empowering employee engagement strategies

• Mindset shift – How to build candidates’ expectations; the importance of a current state audit of people, process, policy, and technology

• Data to support recommendations and make decisions

Event is eligible for two (2) SHRM credits.

About Molly Weaver

Molly Weaver’s insights and guidance is based on more than 20 years of experience helping organizations design and implement candidate-focused experiences that attract top talent. With a specialty in the healthcare industry earned during her tenure as the Senior Director of Talent Acquisition at Children’s Mercy in Kansas City, Weaver launched Sunflower Talent Strategies to help organizations navigate the new world of work by enhancing their recruiting processes and creating a pipeline to produce the talent they need for the future.

Thompson Barn

UMKC TalentLink hosts this exclusive event at Thompson Barn on the historic Lackman-Thompson estate. Join us for networking and industry-advancing conversation in this rustic meets modern setting.