You are killing it in your current role. But what’s next? How do take the next step to grow your career? In this session, you will discover new career paths. Using real life examples and information gathered by interviewing some of the most influential professionals in talent acquisition, you will learn how to leverage your experience in order to map out your future career.

1. Career Coaching
Mapping Your Next Step
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9. Pencom Systems
Technical Recruiter
Magento
Head of Recruiting
(contract)
Ticketmaster
Recruiter --> VP, HRIntersperse
Contract Recruiter
Amplify Talent
Founder
NPR
Sr Dir, TA & Innovation
Property of Amplify Talent
Lars Schmidt
Corp Recruiting & Branding Full-Cycle Recruiting
Sourcing
Digital Recruiting (SM, Brand)
Strategic Planning
Leadership
Project Management
Technical Skills
Relationship Management
Research Skills
Closing Skills

11. Randstad N America
Account Manager
Strayer University
Director, Recruiting
comScore
Director, RecruitingSapphire Tech
Lead Tech Recruiter
NPR
Recruiting Consultant LivingSocial
Sr Manager, Recruiting
Property of Amplify Talent
Pete Radloff
Corporate Recruiter Full-Cycle Recruiting
Sourcing
Digital Recruiting (SM, Brand)
Strategic Planning
Leadership
Project Management
Technical Skills
Relationship Management
Research Skills
Closing Skills
exaqueo
Lead Consultant
comScore, Inc.
Principal Tech Recruiter

12. Why did you pursue your current field of recruiting?
“Like everyone else, I fell into it by accident. But I found
that the profession is a social one, and I'm a social,
extroverted creature, so the fit was just right. The passion
got even deeper when I realized I could be making a
difference for people and companies, that was gravy on
top. Lastly, as a competitive athlete, the nature of the job
is to beat out the other recruiters who want the same
people. It was a natural fit for me.”

13. What’s the most important quality for someone in your field?
“You have to be organized at a very high level. There
are multiple conflicting priorities, and you need to
make spot judgements on what is most important - in
the moment. Lack of organization causes delays and
miscommunication, and that can be the detriment of
any hiring process.”

14. What advice do you have for someone pursuing your career path?
“I was incredibly lucky to work with some of the smartest,
savviest people in the business early on in my career.
Having those mentors allowed me to see the good and the
bad in the recruiting industry and it also made me strive for
continuous improvement. Seek out a mentor and absorb all
you can. It also made me strive for continuous improvement.
Embrace your curiosity, be open to a way of doing things
which is different from how you have always done it, and
experiment daily.”

15. What’s the best part about your job?

16. Competitive Resources
Principal & Founder
nLight Photonics
Sr Recruiting Manager
Microvision
Senior Recruiter
TMP
Technical Recruiter
Microsoft
Talent Sourcer Wilson Smith Associates
Principal Consultant/Owner
Property of Amplify Talent
Marvin Smith
Sourcing / Leadership
Research In Motion
Strategic Sourcing Manager
Lockheed Martin
Strategic Talent Sourcing
Gates Foundation
Sr Research Recruiter
Full-Cycle Recruiting
Sourcing
Digital Recruiting (SM, Brand)
Strategic Planning
Leadership
Project Management
Technical Skills
Relationship Management
Research Skills
Closing Skills

17. Why did you pursue your current field of recruiting?
“I think of the work that I do as leveraging technology to put
the human touch into recruiting. Initially, I was more of an
accidental tourist in talent sourcing and building talent
communities than selecting a specific career path. In
hindsight, it was the third party recruiting experiences of
managing information on talent segments and developing my
talent networks that provided the foundation for my current
work. I continue to pursue opportunities in building talent
pipelines and talent communities because I believe that a
missing component in talent acquisition is the relationship
with the prospective talent and technology can help us realize
this goal.”

18. What’s the most important quality for someone in your field?
“The quality that that I believe is important is change
management. By that I mean tenacity with an unrelenting
belief in the vision, while allowing for some pivots and course
changes as the mission plan is executed. I subscribe to the
notion that “everything is in beta” and the technology vendor
partners will continuously developing their products, requiring
great flexibility on our part. The implementation of a solution
that has never been done before often creates internal
tension and resistance to change that requires being artful at
change management.”

19. What advice do you have for someone pursuing your career path?
“I would recommend a person interested in this type of role
cultivate skills in project management, excel, as well as have
a strong social media acumen. In addition, I think a solid
technical systems background could be very useful. Finally, a
strong understanding of analytics can be very useful as well.
In terms of career trajectory, I would seek positions in the
HRIS, workforce planning, staffing marketing or talent
sourcing areas of talent acquisition. The type of position that I
enjoy contains elements of each of those areas.”

20. What’s the best part about your job?

21. NAS Recruitment
Account Executive
Ericsson
Recruiting Manager
NAS Recruitment
VP & Talent Strategist
NAS Reruitment
Director, Biz Dev
Ericsson
Global Employer Branding
& Digital Recruitment
Property of Amplify Talent
Matt Kaiser
Global Recruiting & Branding Full-Cycle Recruiting
Sourcing
Digital Recruiting (SM, Brand)
Strategic Planning
Leadership
Project Management
Technical Skills
Relationship Management
Research Skills
Closing Skills

22. Why did you pursue your current field of recruiting?
“In my role, I have a unique opportunity help drive
the evolution of employer branding and recruiting.
It’s rewarding to work in a field that is changing
people’s lives while at the same time developing
solutions that are transforming talent acquisition.”

23. What’s the most important quality for someone in your field?
“The ability to create change. Many companies are
reluctant to embrace new ideas. In my field of
recruiting, it’s important to help leadership and key
stakeholders understand what needs to change, why
it needs to change and the impact it will have on the
organization, not just talent acquisition.”

24. What advice do you have for someone pursuing your career path?
“Never stop learning – study, research and explore
new ideas to keep your skills sharp. More
importantly, build your network and share ideas with
others in our field.”

25. What’s the best part about your job?

26. Modis
Recruiting Team Lead
Peregrine Systems
Sr Tech Recruiter
Qualcomm
Contract IT Recruiter
Gateway
Lead Recruiter
Websense
Recruiting Lead
Property of Amplify Talent
Stacy Zapar
Recruiting & Training Full-Cycle Recruiting
Sourcing
Digital Recruiting (SM, Brand)
Strategic Planning
Leadership
Project Management
Technical Skills
Relationship Management
Research Skills
Closing Skills
Wiley
Technical Editor
Tenfold
Founder
Intuit
Contract Sourcer
Zappos
Recruiting Strategist

27. Why did you pursue your current field of recruiting?
“I have a passion for recruiting and love helping
others to be better recruiters, enjoy their work more
and create a better candidate experience.”

28. What’s the most important quality for someone in your field?
“A mix of educational and entertainment value.”
Try to make it fun, get them excited about the
work. Must be passionate, knowledgeable,
memorable, engaging, fun.

29. What advice do you have for someone pursuing your career path?
“Work as hard as you can, always strive to hone your
skills and follow your passions. If you’re great at it
and love doing it, there’s always a career path there.”

30. What’s the best part about your job?

31. VMware
Social Media Administrator
SuccessFactors
Dir, TA Strat Programs
VMware
TA Web Strategy ManagerVMware
Social Recruiting Mgr
Glassdoor
Head Talent Warrior
SAP
Dir, TA Strat Programs
Property of Amplify Talent
Will Staney
Corporate Recruiting Leader Full-Cycle Recruiting
Sourcing
Digital Recruiting (SM, Brand)
Strategic Planning
Leadership
Project Management
Technical Skills
Relationship Management
Research Skills
Closing Skills
Twilio
Head of Global Reruiting

32. Why did you pursue your current field of recruiting?
“I had a background and education in Mass
Communications and Advertising and 10 years
experience in big ticket sales. When the recession hit in
2008 I had to shift my career away from the banking
world and thought that recruiting was a field that allowed
me to utilize all my skillset, experience and education all
at once. It was also ripe for innovation and I found
applying marketing and technology principals to the craft
helped me be very successful.”

33. What’s the most important quality for someone in your field?
“I lead a recruiting organization for a fast growing
start up and I think the most important quality of a
recruiting leader is to know themselves well. Know
your strengths and weaknesses and hire strong
leaders on your team that complement you and fill
those gaps that you may have.”

34. What advice do you have for someone pursuing your career path?
“For someone looking to lead large recruiting teams, my
advice would be to focus on the higher level in whatever role
you are in now. Look holistically at recruiting as an engine
and continually look for ways to build a better, faster one that
at the same time makes recruiting more human. That's been
my mantra for over 5 years and it's done me well and lead
me where I am today. I think most recruiters get bogged
down in the weeds and the day to day of recruiting without
thinking holistically at the bigger picture and how they can do
things differently.”

35. What’s the best part about your job?

36. NeXT Computer
Sales Support
Amazon.com
Director, Recruiting
Amazon.com
Sr Mgr, Talent Acquisition
AT&T Wireless
HR/Recruiting Lead
Recruiting Toolbox
Founder &
Managing Director
Expedia
Sr Dir, Global TA
Property of Amplify Talent
John Vlastelica
Entrepreneur / Training / Strategy Full-Cycle Recruiting
Sourcing & Attraction Strat
Training & Speaking
Writing
Team Leadership
Listening/Needs Assessment
Project Management
Relationship Management
Research
Selling

37. Why did you pursue your current field of recruiting?
“I’m on a mission to help recruiters and sourcers
become Talent Advisors, and deliver more value
without feeling like order taking, people pleasing,
backseat passengers. And I’m on a mission to
help Hiring Managers be better leaders around
recruiting. I love my job, as I get to help build skills
in the people who are building their companies.”

38. What’s the most important quality for someone in your field?
“I think consultants and trainers need to balance
confidence with humility, knowing that not all
companies and cultures are the same; what you
recommend for one firm may not work at all for
another. There is no one way to do everything. I also
think you need credibility that usually only comes from
building, deploying and scaling the best practices you
share and sell in the real world of limited resources,
competing priorities, and high req loads.”

39. What advice do you have for someone pursuing your career path?
“Put yourself in situations where you’ll get exposure
to working with high-expectation leaders. If your job
is easy today, make it harder. The biggest growth
spurts in my career as a corporate recruiting leader
came from working with unbelievably unrealistic,
demanding, smart hiring leaders - they pushed me,
and made me better.”

40. What’s the best part about your job?

41. Thank You
Lars Schmidt | Founder, Amplify Talent | @ThisIsLars