What I Learned at RecFest 2025 ☀️🎡

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Employer Content Marketing

Chris Le'cand-Harwood

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Did you know that only 21% of employees are engaged with their work? That's $8 trillion in lost productivity [Gallup's State of the Global Workplace report]. The principles of content marketing can influence necessary changes in employer branding and talent marketing. Chris Le'cand-Harwood - Strategy & Production Lead at Content Marketing Pod Ltd - is joined by experts in employee engagement, marketing, employer branding, and talent acquisition about how to make workplaces more engaging. We share tips, strategies, and stories to help companies attract, engage, and retain the right talent.

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What I Learned at RecFest 2025 ☀️🎡

Employer Content Marketing

9 minutes 57 seconds

4 months ago

What I Learned at RecFest 2025 ☀️🎡

I spent a blazing hot day at RecFest 2025 talking to talent acquisition leaders about the one thing keeping them up at night: CHANGE.From Rory Sutherland's brilliant keynote on behavioural science and hiring "weirdos" to game-changing AI tools that are transforming interviews, here's what I discovered about the future of talent acquisition.KEY TAKEAWAYS:• Rory Sutherland's "bee theory" - why 20% of your hires should be explorers• AI note-taking is changing interviews forever• Why you need an AI strategy before your CFO gets one• How to shift from order-taker to strategic advisorTIMESTAMPS:00:00 - RecFest atmosphere and what to expect01:00 - Festival vibes and morning energy02:00 - Rory Sutherland's hiring heresy04:00 - Interview with Neil on dealing with change06:00 - AI strategy conversation07:00 - Evening festival atmosphere09:00 - Final thoughts and wrap-upThis isn't just another conference recap - it's real talk about what's actually changing in our industry and how to get ahead of it.CONNECT WITH ME:• Newsletter: https://www.employercontent.marketing/• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrislch/#RecFest2025 #TalentAcquisition #AIInHiring #RorySutherland #EmployerBranding #HRTech #Recruitment