For recruiters and talent acquisition leaders, navigating the challenges in the sector over the past couple of years has been quite a journey. Initially, it was a fiercely competitive landscape, where securing top candidates became a battleground. Subsequently, the economic climate tightened, teams streamlined, the candidate pool for each open position surged, and simultaneously, the significance of making precise strategic hires intensified.
Keeping pace with these changes has demanded remarkable agility from the recruitment world, requiring constant adaptation to ongoing shifts.
Why Attend a Recruitment and HR Conference?
Attending conferences is a valuable investment for recruiters, offering a range of benefits, including:
- Networking Opportunities: Conferences provide an excellent platform for recruiters to expand their professional network. Meeting peers, industry experts, and potential candidates face-to-face can foster meaningful connections that may not be as easily established through online platforms.
- Staying Informed on Industry Trends: Conferences offer insights into the latest trends, technologies, and best practices within the recruitment industry. Staying informed on these trends is crucial for recruiters to remain competitive and ensure they are using the most effective tools and strategies.
- Professional Development: Conferences often provide access to workshops, seminars, and presentations by industry leaders. These opportunities for learning and professional development can enhance recruiters' skills, keeping them abreast of the latest methodologies and approaches in talent acquisition.
- Inspiration and Motivation: Conferences can be a source of inspiration and motivation. Engaging with success stories, hearing about innovative approaches, and learning from the experiences of others can rekindle enthusiasm and provide fresh perspectives on overcoming challenges in the recruitment field.
Continue reading to discover why these conferences and events are ideal for recruiting professionals:
January
- TA Week - Jan. 29-Feb 1, 2024
“For over a decade, TA pros & HR leaders have come together to leverage emerging recruiting practices, offering the latest in global recruiting trends, recruitment marketing, candidate engagement, tools and technology through practitioner-to-practitioner sessions, panel discussions and case studies. Join us for the leading independent talent acquisition event for the most comprehensive attendee experience!"
February
- World Staffing Summit - Feb. 1, 2024
“Join to experience “Bridging the Digital Chasm: Staffing's Pursuit of Talent-Centric Excellence.”
- HR Summit - Feb. 8, 2024
“The HR Summit is a highly focused one-day event that brings the HR industry together for business meetings, interactive seminars, discussion groups, and valuable networking opportunities.”
- In-house Recruitment Expo VE - Feb. 27, 2024
“IHRE London aims to provide a national platform for In-House teams to network with their peers, understand best practices, and learn about new products and services which will help them find the best candidates and achieve organisational objectives."
- HR Technology Conference and Expo - Feb. 27-29, 2024
"This event is a sure-fire, convenient way to stay on top of current trends and best practices for using technology to meet the evolving needs of today’s workforce and drive HR success.”
March
- HR Vision London - March 5-6, 2024
“Join us and discover how to stay ahead of the curve in the rapidly changing world of HR. Learn about talent management strategies that work, get up to speed on the latest HR Technologies, and network with the best in the industry."
- HRWest: Better HR Today & Tomorrow - March 5-6, 2024
“Being asked to do your job with less budget or personnel? You're not alone. HRWest expert content will help you move forward with clarity and confidence.”
- TechRecruit - March 6-7, 2024
“This is a rapid-learning event covering Talent Intelligence, Sourcing, Recruiting, Talent Operations, Recruitment Analytics & Metrics, Recruitment Program Management, Recruitment Marketing, Employer Branding, Contingent Workforce Programs, Purchasing & Evaluating Talent Technologies, Automation, Leadership & Measuring Success.”
- Engage Sydney - March 14, 2024
“Discover how to more effectively engage talent, leadership, and learn about the future of recruitment at Engage, the premier global recruiting conference series. At this event, recruitment leaders and practitioners alike come together for unparalleled industry insights and tactical Bullhorn product training. Engage is the perfect place to make new connections and learn from the brightest minds in the field but is still intimate enough that you’ll see some of your favorite recruitment friends.”
- Recruitment Agency Expo - March 19-20, 2024
“Future-proofing your agency is about ensuring its resilience and success in the years to come. Make sure you’re a part of the change.”
- Rethink! HR Tech USA - March 20-22, 2024
“Rethink! HR Tech is home to forward-thinking pioneers shaping the Future of Work and Technology. The benchmark calendar event in the US brings together more than 100+ CHROs & HR decision-makers to discuss the newest HR Technologies, New Work, People Analytics & Recruitment tech among other topics. Discover inspirational stories and know-how through real live best practices and mind-blowing innovation that will change the way you think about HR and innovation.”
- AAPPR Annual Conference - March 25-27, 2024
“AAPPR conferences include vendors whose reason for being is to connect with you and educate you on their latest and greatest products and services. You may find new tools you were unaware of, tools that could provide a solution to problems your company or your physicians are facing."
- i4cp Conference - March 25-28, 2024
“Best practices are fine, but next practices set you apart. Through i4cp research, dozens of innovative speakers, and the HR executives in the audience, you'll walk away with fresh, new ideas that drive real business impact.”
- SIA - Executive Forum North America - March 25-28, 2024
"Executive Forum North America is presented by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA), the leading research and advisory firm on contingent staffing and workforce solutions. Don’t miss this premier event for staffing leaders to connect and gain new insights from key industry trailblazers."
April
- The HR Conference for Retail and eCommerce - April 2-4, 2024
“With major disruption and changing workforce needs, retail is heading into the next decade with a lot yet to be figured out. Through sessions on innovating talent attraction, embracing digitization, and refocusing on workplace culture and more, HR Retail is the premiere, retailer-only conference for those looking to define HR’s transformed role in the next normal.”
- AHA Annual Membership Meeting - April 14-16, 2024
“Join us in the nation’s capital April 14 - 16, 2024 for insightful conversations with policymakers, legislators, and thought leaders on the most pressing issues facing our field. You’ll connect with the decision makers who create, shape, and implement health care policy and influence the political landscape. With a focus on AHA’s key advocacy priorities, these three days of programming will give you what you need to make your voice heard on the Hill.”
- ASHHRA Annual Conference and Exposition - April 14-16, 2024
“The ASHHRA Annual Conference and Exposition is where HR leaders from across the continuum of care gather to learn about the latest trends impacting the HR function in the healthcare work environment.”
- SHRM Talent Conference & Exposition - April 14-17, 2024
“At the SHRM Talent Conference & Expo 2024, engage with top industry experts and thought leaders delivering cutting-edge methods/processes to transform the way you manage talent and empower your organization to succeed in an ever-evolving job market.”
- Workhuman Live - April 15-18, 2024
“Get ready to narrow your focus on a few key topics with targeted sessions and workshops featuring the industry’s top speakers, researchers, and futurists. You’ll walk away not just with a plan, but with countless new connections doing just the same.”
- RecBuzz Conference - April 16-17, 2024
“Major shifts are underway in recruitment marketing and talent acquisition. How can you ensure you’re doing everything to stay ahead? How should you shore things up for the future? How will AI and programmatic advertising change what you do? Find out here!”
- IAMPHENOM - April 23-25th, 2024
"Discover leading ways to accelerate hiring, enhance recruiter efficiency, boost employee evolution and retention, leverage skills intelligence to drive workforce planning, and much more."
May
- UNLEASH America - May 7-9, 2024
“UNLEASH America Conference and Expo in Las Vegas is the most influential HR marketplace in the world. For a decade, UNLEASH has been the proving ground for Startups, scaleups, breakthrough technologies, and global innovators shaping HR.”
- Engage Boston - May 14-15, 2024
“Discover how to more effectively engage talent, leadership, and the future of recruitment at Engage, the premier global recruiting conference series. At this event, recruitment leaders and practitioners alike come together for unparalleled industry insights and tactical Bullhorn product training. Engage is the perfect place to make new connections and learn from the brightest minds in the field but is still intimate enough that you’ll see some of your favorite recruitment friends.”
- ERE Recruiting Conference - May 15-17, 2024
“The ERE Recruiting Conference is the leading practitioner-led recruiting event that provides actionable insights for talent acquisition professionals, by talent acquisition professionals. Join fellow colleagues in-person or digitally to discover practical ideas, best practices, and case study solutions from leaders who share your toughest recruiting challenges — and have experience overcoming them.”
- SIA - CWS Summit Europe - May 21-22, 2024
“Expand your horizons, forge new connections, and evolve your contingent workforce management strategy in an interactive and collaborative conference setting, where expert industry speakers will discuss opportunities for talent sourcing and engagement management, current and future technologies across the workforce solutions ecosystem, and strategies and innovations for contingent workforce programme improvement and programme maturity.”
June
- Talent42 - June 3-4, 2024
“Talent42 is the international conference that is 100% focused on helping talent acquisition professionals hire top technology talent. Delivering straight talk from developers, engineers, and tech candidates, presentations from tech recruiting leaders, hands-on workshops, and roundtables with industry-leading recruiters and sourcers, this is an event you will not want to miss.”
- NACE Conference + Expo - June 3-5, 2024
“Join us for three days of engaging education, in-person networking, and community building with your peers from around the country. Find innovative new business solutions by visiting the Expo Hall and attending live Marketplace Solutions and Product Demos.”
- TAtech North America & The World Job Board Forum - June 4-6, 2024
"TAtech North America & The World Job Board Forum is the only conference in the North American market that is completely dedicated to job boards, talent marketplaces and aggregators as well as the full spectrum of talent technology solutions, from ATS and CRM platforms to conversational AI products, recruitment advertising and marketing providers, and interviewing and assessment products."
- HR Vision Amsterdam - June 5-6, 2024
“Join the closed circle of HR leaders and discover how to unleash the true strength of your employees, allowing them to excel in areas like collaboration, creativity, HR analytics and problem-solving, while leveraging the possibilities that HR Tech can bring to your organization.”
- CIPD Festival of Work - June 12-13, 2024
“At The Festival of Work you’ll hear insights from industry thought leaders on how business and people strategy need to evolve to adapt to a new working environment. Our Festival floor will bring those ideas to life, allowing you to interact with the people and solutions to help you create a better world of work.”
- SHRM Annual Conference and Expo - June 23-26, 2024
“The journey to creating a better world of work is an ever-evolving path. Propel towards a future of limitless opportunities when you experience SHRM24, your compass guiding you toward success. This curated event, taking place in the vibrant city of Chicago, will empower you to embrace change, drive innovation within your organization, and equip you with the tools to advance your career’s success. Join forward-thinking HR professionals who are committed to creating a better HR landscape. Immerse yourself in thought-provoking sessions, collaborate with industry trailblazers, and equip yourself with the knowledge and tools to navigate the journey ahead.”
July
- TA Week - July 2024
This conference is dedicated to sharing fresh ideas and strategies for talent sourcing, social recruiting, and employer branding from fellow TA practitioners.
- RecFest UK - July 11, 2024
“Forget the tired tradeshows and rehashed talks in hotels, RecFest is an event like no other! Tailor-made specifically for TA Practitioners and Resourcing Leaders, you'll get a dazzling fusion of conference-worthy content, exciting vendor activities, and cutting-edge tech showcases, as well as that all important in-person connection with your Talent community.”
- NAHCR - July 16-19, 2024
“Whether you are a new human resource specialist, an established talent acquisition manager or director, or VP overseeing those hiring nurses and clinical professionals, you'll find this conference meets all your professional development needs. Since the full program was developed by practicing health care recruiters, you can rest easy knowing the content presented will address your recruitment challenges and help position your organization for a successful future.”
September
- RecFest USA - Sept. 2024
“Forget the tired tradeshows and rehashed talks in hotels, RecFest is an event like no other! Tailor-made specifically for TA Practitioners and Resourcing Leaders, you'll get a dazzling fusion of conference-worthy content, exciting vendor activities, and cutting-edge tech showcases, as well as that all important in-person connection with your Talent community.”
- SIA - CWS Summit North America - Sept. 16-17, 2024
“CWS Summit North America is the largest, most exciting event of its kind for contingent workforce management professionals and buyers of contingent labor. Attracting professionals and experts from global organizations, large enterprises, and leading businesses, the CWS Summit North America empowers you in evolving your contingent workforce management strategy. Expand your horizons and forge connections in a highly engaging, collaborative conference setting alongside your peers at this unmissable event!"
- Workday Rising - Sept. 16-19, 2024
"Workday Rising is the annual culmination of technology, innovation, and community where attendees take on a changing world together. With in-person and digital options, Workday Rising is an immersive experience offering inspiration, education, connection, and celebration."
- SIA - Collaboration In The Gig Economy - Sept. 17-19, 2024
“Collaboration in the Gig Economy is a one-of-a-kind event where tech, talent solutions and suppliers converge to collaborate on strategies for the evolved workforce of tomorrow. This unique event allows you to network with peers, professionals and thought leaders from across the staffing and workforce solutions ecosystem as you gain insights into the latest talent supply chain innovations unfolding in the gig economy and around contingent work. Be part of the staffing and workforce solutions ecosystem’s greatest gathering at Collaboration in the Gig Economy!”
- HR Healthcare - Sept. 23-24, 2024
“This is a peer-led, interactive forum for 200+ HR innovators at the nation's health systems and hospitals. Discover the tools, insights, and cutting-edge solutions needed to evolve your hiring strategies in an ever-changing healthcare industry.”
- HR Technology Conference - Sept. 24-27, 2024
“Meet and connect with HR and IT leaders from around the globe at the world’s original and largest event dedicated to HR innovation. The HR Technology Conference is the only place you’ll discover all the trends, tools, technology and insight to take your HR strategies beyond best practice all in one spot.”
October
- Recruitment Agency Expo - Oct. 9-10, 2024
"The Recruitment Agency Expo is a great way to see, first hand, new and emerging products and services that can make the life of a recruiter easier."
- UNLEASH World - Oct. 16-17, 2024
“UNLEASH has championed HR excellence and disruption since 2011 and as our industry changes, we just keep getting more inspired. From Start-ups, the Fortune 500 and everything in between, we give our community a platform to find solutions to their challenges and transform the way they practice HR.”
- LinkedIn Talent Connect - Week of Oct. 28, 2024
“Talent, learning, development, and recruitment professionals will advance a more people-first world of work through provocative conversation and unique insights powered by LinkedIn.”
- Gartner ReimagineHR Conference - Oct. 28-30, 2024
“Join a community of global HR leaders from progressive organizations across all industries at the Gartner ReimagineHR Conference 2024.”
November
- TechRecruit - Nov. 6-7, 2024
“This is a rapid-learning event covering Talent Intelligence, Sourcing, Recruiting, Talent Operations, Recruitment Analytics & Metrics, Recruitment Program Management, Recruitment Marketing, Employer Branding, Contingent Workforce Programs, Purchasing & Evaluating Talent Technologies, Automation, Leadership & Measuring Success.”
- SIA - Healthcare Staffing Summit - Nov. 6-8, 2024
“Join healthcare staffing executives from across the US at SIA’s annual Healthcare Staffing Summit to gain insights into strategies and tactics you need to drive your business forward. Connect with industry peers, learn about the rapid acceleration of technologies and solutions available, and be inspired by leaders and experts who are transforming the field.”
- UKG Aspire - Nov. 12-14, 2024
"Three days of immersive learning and hands-on education. Hundreds of sessions are dedicated to deepening your expertise. Limitless opportunity to collaborate and connect with experts and peers – all while having the time of your life."
Stay Tuned
- LEAP TA: Healthcare - TBD
"This is your best opportunity to uncover how the most agile healthcare organizations are winning in the fight for high-quality, mission-critical clinical and non-clinical talent. Find out how healthcare organizations and hospitals are transforming their genuine employer brand to attract the best talent, reducing their reliance on financially-burdening traveler nurse economy and addressing some traditional work schedules and structures in order to attract and onboard the next-gen workforce.”
- LEAP Tech Talent - TBD
“LEAP Tech Talent is your best opportunity to uncover how brand-new, non-traditional HR is enabling the most forward-thinking tech organizations to transform how they find and retain top tech talent and accelerate business impact in the next era of work.”
- Engage London - TBD
Details Coming Soon
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Given the obstacles encountered by talent acquisition and recruitment marketing teams in recent years, these gatherings provide an opportunity to foster connections, glean insights from both peers and experts, and redefine strategies.
The thoughtfully assembled agenda for 2024 delves into a range of subjects, presenting avenues for development and innovation. These occasions are truly transformative, empowering professionals to thrive in recruitment and influence the trajectory of talent acquisition in the future.
Which events are you attending in 2024? Are there any we forgot to include? Reach out to Recruitics, and we’ll add them!
