Audra & Elena Valentine, CEO & Co-Founder of Skill Scout covering for KC, chatted to Bob Stocklin, Talent Attraction & Candidate Experience Specialist at National Veterinary Associates, about how you can humanise your employer brand through video - with or without a budget!

Chatbot & Recruiting Automation Architect at GoHire, Jonathan Duarte, shared the benefits (and limits) of chatbots & got quite a grilling from the chat box.

Joanne Lockwood, Diversity & Inclusion Consultant at SEE Change Happen talked to us about diversity and inclusion, a hot topic that is easier said than done. Joanne walked us through some of the challenges and ways we can become more inclusive for all.

Clair Bush, founder of AM-Bush, shared the hows of sharing your peer-to-peer content and human stories rather than the why you need to do it. Be this online, on social or on stage. Great tips for speaker too!

Debi Easterday, CEO | Chief H2B MatchMaker at MatchMade Consulting, asked if it is fair that agency recruiters are regarded as "lesser citizens" by many corporate recruiters and debated the battle between internal and agency recruiters. Shouldn't the individual come before the bickering?

Katrina Kibben (filling in for KC) & Audra ended up speaking to Stephen O'Donnell, Founder & Chairman of the NORAs, about personas when our planned guest had a tech fail! Huge thanks to Stephen for stepping in last minute, it was a great conversation.

Great conversation with Louise Triance, MD of UK Recruiter, about finding enough women from the recruitment industry to speak. As three women speakers and two event organisers, we discussed how we got going, what could be causing the problem and what we could do to encourage more women to speak.

Katrina Kibben (filling in for KC) and Audra chatted to Holland McCue, Head of Global Employer Branding & Recruitment Marketing Programs at Delta Air Lines. Having worked worked in large and one person employer brand teams, Holland shared the good, the bad and the lessons learned.

Katrina Kibben (filling in for KC) and Audra, chatted to Tennille Folk, Director of Talent Branding & Recruitment Marketing at Stryker. Tennille shared tips on how you can get into recruitment marketing as well as how you can make a name for yourself in this growing niche.

Derek Murphy-Johnson, Talent Acquisition Manager at KinderCare Education, debated if when interviewing, you should look at experience or skills? What makes the best hire in the long run?