Win The Talent War

As Global Head of Talent and Human Resources at Jobbatical, Alina Basina is a busy woman. She and her team work to create a platform that helps talent work in a new environment, country, or culture and find the job of their dreams. Jobbatical's dynamic and innovative concepts put it in a league of its own. Now Basina shares her experience of working internationally, and why providing that opportunity for others has become her passion.

Natasha Bowman is highly experienced in talent management and leadership development. Bowman, a.k.a. The Workplace Doctor, is a keynote speaker, professional trainer, and author, as well as founder and CEO of Performance ReNEW. She and her team offer guidance and support to organizations in implementing her proven strategies for attracting top talent and developing existing talent. Here she shares her take on the current job market, with particular focus on trends around the war for talent.

GE's Global Employment Brand Leader, Shaunda Zilich, shares her experience and insights on some of GE's best practices around branding, their quest for a digital presence, and a positive candidate experience. She explores what that might mean for future applicants and the top potential with which GE aims to fill their ranks. Zilich has a varied career background, but she always had an interest in branding and marketing. It's all about her inner passion to make an impact in other people's lives, and inspire them to find out if they can connect with the company.

Ilya Usorov, co-founder of Day100, shares his ideas for using references as a best practice to vet your candidates and ensure that you capture only the top potential for all of your job postings. In the interest of making recruiting more data driven and more human, Usorov and his team leverage software and referrals to take a more personalized approach to recruiting.

According to Vanessa Van Edwards, people skills are among the most valuable we can possess, yet we're never given any formal training as to how to acquire them. A dynamic speaker, Van Edwards considers herself a "recovering awkward person," and through her business, Science of People, she is on a mission to share what she has learned. Entrepreneurs, managers, corporations, and job seekers can learn to put her hacks to work for them in business, on the job, and in their personal lives.

Founder and CEO of ValuesCulture, Peter Phelan shares his views on the subject of corporate culture. Often referred to as the culture doctor, Phelan shares his experience from a 25-year career in global people and culture leadership. He helps organizations hone their corporate culture for the benefit of all concerned, producing win/wins for business owners and employees alike. Chosen as one of the top 100 HR Innovators in tech in 2016, he is often referenced in HR Magazine and the SHRM Blog.

His list of clients reads like the who's who of the corporate world, including giants like NASA, Bank of America, Pfizer, US Navy Seals, and Shaw Communications. Bill Jensen is the founder of Simplerwork, the only professional services firm with tested tools and processes for creating simpler companies and helping people do their best work. He is a keynote speaker, consultant, and author of 8 books, the newest of which is Future Strong in which he shares secrets to help companies, organizations, teams, and individuals meet the future with confidence, using simple techniques that can transform the workplace.   

Jeanne Meister is a founding partner of Future Workplace and a recognized expert on how to create a positive employee experience. Her company is an HR advisory and research firm, specializing in discussing and sharing new practices in the future workplace. Meister brings to the table more than 25 years of experience in the HR consulting field. She is also the author of 4 books, including her newest, The Future Workplace Experience: 10 Rules for Mastering Disruption in Recruiting and Engaging Employees.  

Bestselling author of 7 books, Simon T. Bailey, who once worked at Disney World, now owns and operates a self-described "premium education and learning development company, where we design curriculum and content, for individuals and organizations to be brilliant in business and life." He is also one of America's 10 most-booked keynote speakers for corporations and associations, and gives seminars and presentations worldwide, for companies like IBM, AT&T, MasterCard, Microsoft, and Toyota. Bailey shares his experience of company culture, and attracting, nurturing, and retaining top talent.

Aaron Dallek is no stranger to startup. Opternative is his 7th, if you don't count the lemonade stands and other ventures he explored before the age of 14. As co-founder, Opternative is his most exciting venture yet. It's the first online eye exam that delivers an eyeglass or contact lens prescription signed by an optometrist. In terms of time and money, it's a fraction of the cost of going to a doctor's office. As featured in a New York Times article, using just your laptop, you can now take an online eye exam. With a passion for making a positive difference in the world, Dallek shares his mission and his methods of hiring and retaining top talent.

As the Chief Operating Officer of Betterment, Dustin Lucien knows about company culture and why it is important in attracting and retaining the right talent. Betterment was featured recently in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, CNBC, and Forbes. And it is no wonder there is a buzz. Lucien explains, "Betterment is the largest independent robo-advisor, currently managing more than 6 billion in assets, and has more than 200,000 customers on the platform."

Founder and CEO of Krossover, Vasu Kulkarni runs an online sports analytics platform, as well as being a founding partner of Courtside Ventures, an early-stage venture capital company, focusing on sports-related ventures. He's been featured in magazines such as Forbes, Sports Illustrated, and on ESPN. Kulkarni was named as one of America's Top 25 Entrepreneurs Under 25 in 2010 by Bloomberg Businessweek. Competition in the job market has never been so fierce, but despite that Kulkarni has been able to attract and retain some great talent and is sharing some of his secrets.

Tom Ogletree, Director of Social Impact at General Assembly, acknowledges that the company is a pioneer in the education and career transformation space. They are a leading resource for training, staffing, and career transitions. Starting in a coworking space in 2011, they now have campuses in twenty cities, and over 35,000 graduates worldwide. Their dynamic training model is providing skills that are changing people's lives. General Assembly has been featured in several magazines, including Forbes, Fast Company, and TechCrunch.

A returning military veteran who served both in Kuwait and Iraq, Kari Granger was stationed at the USAF Academy, where she taught leadership. She interviewed, collaborated, and studied with experts around the world in the field of human performance. Granger is now an entrepreneur, Executive Coach, Leadership Development Educator, and Performance Consultant.

Josh Goldstein is the co-founder of Underdog.io, a talent placement platform that connects qualified job seekers in the technology industry to companies looking to hire top talent. Goldstein and his partner check out both the seeker and the company so job hunters don't waste their time with a company that is not a good fit, and companies don't waste their time on unqualified job seekers. Underdog.io works with select companies including Kickstarter, Foursquare, New York Times, SeatGeek, Jet, Lever, and Digital Ocean. Their mission is to connect the best with the best.

When you are listed by Inc. magazine as one of the top 10 fastest growing companies in the U.S., you're bound to attract attention. Dexton Deboree is Managing Partner and co-founder of Los York Studios, and has thriving studios in Santa Monica and New York City. Late in 2012 Deboree and his business partner Seth Epstein purchased Stardust Studios, renamed it, and took it in a new direction. Something about that new advertising and marketing direction was incredibly attractive to clients, because Los York experienced a three-year growth of 14,405%.