Conference Day Two | Thursday, November 6, 2025
8:00 am Morning Coffee & Networking
8:30 am Welcome Back & Recap of Day One
Transforming Talent Acquisition Teams with Scalable Strategies to Stay Ahead of Demand
8:40 am Discover: Building a High-Performing, Resilient TA Team Through Smart Tech and Strategic Restructuring to Drive Long-Term Cost Savings
Synopsis
- Learn how Nuvance Health built and presented a compelling business case that secured board-level investment in their talent acquisition team.
- Explore the strategies that reduced contingent labor costs from $55 million to $13 million and cut recruitment outsourcing spend from $7 million to zero within a year.
- See how smarter hiring practices halve both new year turnover rates and open vacancy numbers, strengthening workforce stability while reducing long-term costs.
9:00 am Discover: Building a Strategic, Equity-Centered TA Engine to Support Global Workforce Demands: The MSF-USA Case Study
Synopsis
- Optimizing TA strategy to meet evolving workforce demands through inclusive practices, demonstrating how TA drives cultural change, leadership alignment, and readiness for future workforce capabilities.
- Creating a workforce strategy that addresses immediate hiring needs while building equitable, sustainable talent pipelines for long-term success.
- Leveraging tools, cross-functional partnerships, and aligned leadership to improve hiring outcomes and expand access to opportunity in resource-constrained, high-demand environments
9:20 am Develop: How Do We Build a Compelling Case to Secure Leadership Investment in Strategic, Inclusive, and Data-Driven Talent Acquisition?
Synopsis
Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Focus Day Chair.
9:40 am Action: What Will You Do Differently to Enhance Your Team’s Efficiency & Optimize Recruitment in Your Healthcare Organization?
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair.
10:00 am Innovate: Top 5 Insights from RogueHire’s Healthcare Recruitment Benchmark Study
Synopsis
- Learn how your recruitment metrics stack up against national benchmarks
- Identify areas for immediate improvement and long-term impact
- Gain practical insights to align teams, tools, and tactics
10:10 am Morning Networking Break
Transforming the Onboarding Experience to Protect New Hire Turnover
10:40 am Discover: Empowering People Leaders to Drive Retention Through Purposeful Onboarding
Synopsis
- Equip managers to lead structured 30/60/90-day check-ins that foster trust, identify early red flags, and ensure every new hire feels seen and supported.
- Use meaningful, mission-aligned touchpoints to turn onboarding into a powerful retention strategy – especially in hard-to-fill roles.
- Understand how Kaiser Permanente built a feedback-driven culture where hiring leaders own the onboarding experience and elevate engagement from day one.
11:00 am Discover: Redefining Onboarding as a Personalized, Process-Driven Experience That Boosts Retention from Day One
Synopsis
- Implement a structured yet flexible pre-boarding process that blends clear task tracking with consistent, multi-channel communication to keep candidates engaged before day one.
- Use emotional onboarding strategies—like personalized welcome kits, custom videos from leadership, and “get to know you” touchpoints—to create a sense of belonging from the start.
- Explore how Signature’s standardized, system-driven approach has reduced 90-day turnover, increased hires by 31%, and empowered hiring managers with greater visibility and accountability.
11:20 am Discover: Rethinking Preboarding to Reduce Drop-Off and Improve the Candidate Experience
Synopsis
- Explore how Seattle Children’s redesigned their preboarding experience to meet candidates where they are; offering flexibility, remote processes, and reduced friction from offer to start date.
- Learn how leveraging in-house AI tools and remote scheduling has improved efficiency, reduced in-person requirements, and boosted candidate satisfaction.
- Understand the connection between streamlined preboarding, realistic job previews, and stronger early retention, especially in high-stakes roles like pediatric critical care.
11:40 am Develop: How TA Work to Boost Engagement & Retention, Especially in Hard-to-fill Roles?
Synopsis
Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Focus Day Chair.
12:00 pm Action: What New Strategies Do We Bring Back to Our Company to Boost Engagement & Retention?
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair.
12:20 pm Networking Lunch
Leveraging New TA Technology to Become a More Time & Cost-Effective Function
1:20 pm Discover: Harnessing New Technology to Transform the Candidate Experience—Improving Quality of Hire & Empowering Your TA Team
Synopsis
- Explore how innovative tools like AI interview bots, custom-built ATS platforms, and video testimonials are creating a more engaging and efficient hiring journey.
- From smart scheduling and personalized job recommendations to automated re-matching for rejected candidates, technology is helping candidates move through the pipeline faster and more smoothly.
- Learn how Boston Children’s TA team is leveraging data from new technology and AI to become more strategic, using insights to guide decision-making and focus on high-impact talent initiatives.
1:30 pm Discover: Optimizing TA Technology to Attract More Qualified Candidates—Without Compromising Time-to-Fill
Synopsis
- Launching new TA technology that helped increase candidate applications by 87% since implementation, while maintaining an average time-to-fill of 38 days.
- Understand how streamlining repetitive recruiting tasks and processes frees up TA teams to focus on engaging and attracting top talent.
- Learn the next steps Sutter Health is taking to elevate the candidate experience—and how they’re using AI to enhance later stages of the recruitment funnel.
1:50 pm Develop: How Are You Balancing the Implementation of New Recruitment Technologies with Maintaining a Personalized, Human-Centered Candidate Experience?
Synopsis
Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Focus Day Chair.
2:10 pm Action: What Steps Can We Take to Use Technology and AI to Relieve Our TA Team of Routine Tasks & Focus on Strategic Work?
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair.
2:30 pm Afternoon Networking Break
3:00 pm Speed Learning
Synopsis
In this quick-fire session, each table will be hosted by a TA leader who will share the secrets of their most high-impact leap; you then get the opportunity to question the host before moving onto the next table.
4:00 pm Chair’s Closing Remarks & End of Conference
Designing an Onboarding
Experience to Reduce New Hire Turnover
Marquis McCraw
Vice President, Talent
Acquisition
Easterseals Southern
California
Growing Talent from Within –
Building Community-Rooted Healthcare
Pipelines That Start Local & Stay Local
Shemeka Shufford
Director, Emerging Talent &
Workforce Development
Novant Health
Using Real-time Data
to Shift from Reactive Recruiting
to a Proactive, Data-driven
Talent Acquisition Team
Kimberly Jones
Senior Director, Talent
Strategy
UC Irvine
Building a Modern
Talent Acquisition Function
Through Recruitment Marketing
& Strategic Sourcing
Lindsey Breiner
Assistant Vice President,
Talent Acquisition &
Physician Recruitment
Main Line Health
Optimizing the Candidate Experience
to Streamline Healthcare Hiring
Claudine Trudeau
Assistant Vice President,
Talent Acquisition
Vi
Beyond Job Boards – Building
Sustainable Talent Pipelines
for Mission-Critical Roles Through
Community Engagement
Kelsie Whitfield
HR Director: Talent &
Engagement
U.S. Dermatology
Partners