hrtechconf – Resource Center https://resources.eteki.com eTeki-Technical Screening for Quality IT Hires Thu, 06 Oct 2022 13:03:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 The Top 35 Conferences in 2021 for Technical Recruiters Targeting Financial Services, Banking & Fintech https://resources.eteki.com/the-top-35-conferences-in-2021-for-technical-recruiters-targeting-financial-services-banking-fintech/ Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:04:30 +0000 https://resources.eteki.com/?p=210414 The post The Top 35 Conferences in 2021 for Technical Recruiters Targeting Financial Services, Banking & Fintech appeared first on Resource Center.

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Demand for high-quality technical talent in financial services, banking, and fintech is exploding. It’s increasingly difficult for technical recruiters targeting these industries to deliver talent in sufficient quantities, especially with stiff competition for tech talent from the tech industry and others.

This raises a question: How can you, as a technical recruiter serving these industries, get better results for clients, and grow your career?
One great way is by participating in the right conferences. Our hand-picked list of the top 35 conferences for technical recruiters targeting financial services, banking, and fintech—presented at the bottom of this post—is a useful resource for finding great events around the globe.

How can participating in conferences help you? The benefits include:

  • Increase your credibility and build your personal brand (through presenting)
  • Meet valuable connections and find new clients (through networking)
  • Find potential talent (through networking)
  • Learn strategies that will help you recruit better and meet clients’ needs (through attending sessions)
  • Discover new technologies that will save you time and help you get better results (through attending trade shows)

How do you select the right events? Unfortunately, it’s not a good idea to just pick at random from our list of 35 conferences. Selecting the right events does take a bit of research. In our opinion, it’s particularly important to consider:

  • Who will be there: If people and companies you’d like to meet or know will be at an event, the networking alone can have great value. Look at conferences’ audience demographics and exhibitor lists for insights.
  • What’s being talked about: This may be even more important than who will be there, because participating in conferences with the right topics can help you serve your clients. For example, if your clients are concerned with diversity and inclusion, the candidate experience, or quality hiring, learning the latest research, knowledge, and strategies can go a long way. Learn about key topics being covered by examining conference programs.

You may be thinking, “Who has the time to participate in a bunch of conferences?” Well, not many people. But the good news is you DON’T have to be present at an event to take part. You can also participate remotely by using events’ Twitter hashtags before, during, and after the events. For some good suggestions, see Hubgets blog post, “Participating Remotely in Conferences: 3 Things to Know.”

One final note: If you’re interested in presenting (many conferences are interested in getting insights from recruiters), you typically need to apply for speaking slots at least six months, and as much as a year or more, prior to a conference. That means you’ll probably need to wait until the 2022 conference to apply to speak at many of these events. Also, if you’re new to speaking, you may need to get some experience at smaller recruiting events to earn opportunities to speak at events like those below.

The Top 35 Conferences in 2021 for technical recruiters targeting financial services, banking, and fintech
Jan. 15 ICSTEM 2021, Melbourne, Australia.
Jan. 19 TAtec Leadership Summit on AI & Machine Learning, Virtual.
Jan. 25-29 Talent Acquisition Week, Virtual.
Jan. 25-29 Social Recruiting Strategies Conference, Virtual.
Jan. 28 FinTech Asia 2021, Bangkok, Thailand.
Feb. 3-4 Artificial Intelligence in Financial Services 2021, Virtual.
Feb. 16 HR Tech Conference & Awards, Taj Lands End, Mumbai.
Feb. 17-18 Latam Mobile Summit, Virtual.
Feb. 17-19 Developer Week, Virtual.
Mar. 3-5 HRcoreLAB summit, Virtual.
Mar. 8-11 SIA Executive Forum, Virtual.
Mar. 9-11 SourceCon, Virtual.
Mar. 16-17 MarTech West, Virtual.
Mar. 16-19 HR Tech 2021, Virtual.
Mar. 17-18 HR West, Virtual.
Mar. 24-26 FinTech India and Blockchain Summit, New Delhi, India.
Apr. 8-9 Technology, Knowledge & Society, University of Melbourne.
Apr. 11-14 HR Virginia 2021, Virtual.
Apr. 14 Empire Startups Fintech Conference, New York, USA.
Apr. 19-21 SHRM Talent Management Conference, Virtual or Las Vegas, USA.
Apr. 19-22 IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering, Virtual.
Apr. 28-30 Direct Employers Annual Meeting & Conference, Indianapolis, IN.
May. 11-13 Virtual Employee Engagement Summit, Virtual.
May. 18-19 UNLEASH America 2021, Las Vegas, USA.
May. 27 recruitDC, Falls Church, VA, USA.
May. 28-29 HR Summit 2021, Mumbai, India.
Jun. 8-9 d&i Leaders Global Forum 2021, London, UK.
Jun. 20-23 SHRM Annual Conference, Chicago.
Aug. 17-20 International Design Engineering & Technical Conferences and Computers & Information in Engineering Conference, Virtual.
Aug. 29 – Sep. 1 ATD21, Virtual.
Sep. 28 – Oct. 1 HRTech World, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas.
Oct. 5-7 TechRecruit Conference 2021, Virtual.
Oct. 10-13 The HR Southwest Conference, Dallas, TX, USA.
Nov. 2-4 The i4cp 2021 Conference, Virtual.
Nov. 8-10 Gartner ReimagineHR Conference 2021, San Diego, CA.

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]]> Top Tech Trends Overheard at #HrTechConf https://resources.eteki.com/top-tech-trends-overheard-at-hrtechconf/ Thu, 20 Sep 2018 13:56:53 +0000 https://resources.eteki.com/?p=206662 The post Top Tech Trends Overheard at #HrTechConf appeared first on Resource Center.

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9,000+ attendees. 430+ vendors from all over the HR, talent acquisition, employee engagement, etc. spectrums. What were the big tech takeaways from HR Tech 2018?

The seemingly “must have” product feature…

… is some degree of AI. Over 76 different booths promoted that they use AI. In many cases, the AI being referenced is a more effective scheduling tool (which is the level of scale AI is currently at too many), but still, AI dominated the day. It’s interesting to note, however, that a panel on the final day about AI and bias concerns had over 350 attendees in a relatively small space — and while other panels and demos were going on. Many are concerned about increased bias from increased tech use. That’s an issue which is not going away.

Time is both (a) money and (b) of the essence

One of the other major themes of vendor booths was saving recruiters time, which makes a lot of sense — we’ve seen stats that 65% of a recruiter’s time is used up with top-of-funnel logistical activities, i.e. interview scheduling. And as Josh Bersin pointed out in one of his recaps of the event, everyone is more busy/slammed than ever, and that’s driving some of the investment you’re seeing from executives. Namely, there’s a commitment to wellness programs and a commitment to programs and processes which can free up people once in a while.

Video interviewing continues to be a hit

In addition to some platforms solely focused on video, video interviewing capability is increasing being baked into new suites that previously didn’t have it. We heard from many decision-makers that their hiring managers substantially prefer video over standard means of interviewing, especially for distance candidates where flight + hotel might be prohibitive to the type of role.

HR platforms need to be baked into how people already work

One increasing criticism was that too much HR software forces employees to navigate to new sites, instead of being baked into the tools they already use like Facebook Messenger, Slack, Google, Trello, etc. We need more integration of the tech for more full-scale adoption and a reduction in “Oh, that’s an HR thing.”

An increased need for training

Bersin told a story in his Thursday morning keynote with Arianna Huffington and Jennifer Morgan of SAP about how, as a young employee in the late 1970s, he used to sit and read technical manuals to learn the business better. Now? Employees report having about 24 minutes per week to learn. Learning/training solutions will always be a “nice to have” from a budget perspective, and even more so if budgets are tight, but with increasing discussions about “the skills gap,” we need to find that learning bridge for continuous employee life cycle development.

The hiring manager-recruiter relationship isn’t improving quickly

Not so much of a tech play but a general trend amongst the numerous discussions was about the flaws in the standard hiring manager-recruiter relationship, including job descriptions. Oftentimes hiring managers will attach the word “senior” to a role even without a substantial pay increase just as an effort to “game” the system and get better candidates. There is a lack of clarity, trust, and overall communication between the two worlds, and the TA professionals on hand often said it’s getting worse before it gets better.

Did you attend HR Tech 2018? What were your takeaways? Tweet us your thoughts @eTeki_Inc!

Bala Nemani

Bala Nemani, Founder of eTeki

Founder of eTeki and IT Solutions Executive with a passion for getting “candidate to role” fit right 100% of the time.

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