In a talent-driven world, the candidate experience is your competitive edge. It's the first chapter of your employee story, and it sets the stage for organizational success. In this session, Blair Bennett – SVP, Global Talent Acquisition at PepsiCo will unpack how to design a talent acquisition operating model that delivers a consistently exceptional candidate journey, regardless of your team's size or industry.

She’ll share how to move beyond transactional recruitment and build a predictive and adaptive talent engine that anticipates and meets the evolving needs of your business and candidates. Discover how to leverage strategic alignment, process optimization, and recruiter empowerment to create a seamless and impactful candidate experience.

In this session, you will learn:

• Strategic Foundation: Aligning Talent Acquisition with Business Goals. Learn how to build a scalable strategy, driven by a Center of Excellence (COE), that ensures your recruitment efforts directly support your organization's overarching objectives and creates a unified candidate experience vision.
• Operational Excellence: Balancing Technology and Human Touch. Discover how to implement processes powered by technology while empowering a Global Process Team to optimize workflows while preserving the critical human element in the candidate journey through empowered recruiters.
• Empowered Engagement: Building a Candidate-Centric Culture. Understand how to equip your team, from individual recruiters to specialized teams, with the tools and training they need to deliver personalized, engaging interactions and foster a candidate-centric culture that scales with your organization.