"What if we told you you could overcome skills shortages, improve candidate quality, future-proof for the era of the AI-enabled candidate, and have hiring managers coming to you asking to adopt skills-based hiring?

You can. And Siemens are here to tell you how they did it. Last year, Siemens Siemens’ Head of Talent Acquisition Gemma Aldridge spoke at RecFest to share insights into a pilot that filled technical roles 5x faster than before, achieved a 50:50 gender balanced shortlist, and unlocked phenomenal talent - despite the skills crisis.

A year on and Siemens have moved beyond the pilot and are in the process of scaling this pioneering new approach across the business. This year, Gemma will be joined on stage by James Higgins, Head of Systems Delivery – Systems GB&I at Siemens Electrification & Automation who will share his experience of being Siemens’ first hiring manager outside Early Careers to pilot CV-less, skills-based hiring.

They’ll also be sharing insights into…

Their practical framework for moving from adopting skills-based hiring in Early Careers, to trialling the approach for ‘hard-to-fill’ roles, to scaling the roll-out across the business (achieving recognition from the CEO)
Lessons learned from scaling –– including tips on how to get started with a pilot, form an innovation squad, and turn sceptics into advocates
Perspectives on how to adapt your whole selection process beyond just sift, and how to evolve your process for the era of the AI-enabled candidate
Insights into how to save recruiter time while increasing candidate quality to help your TA team become a strategic function –– not just an admin focused one

We’ll also reveal the results of Arctic Shores latest survey into candidate usage of GenAI and what that means for TA from here on out. We hope to see you there. "