new zealand talent leadership breakfast
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Our story so far
User Research
Oct ‘12 - Mar ‘13
6mo in the trenches with fast-growing,
innovative companies
700 → 1500
S12 Class
Founding
Fall 2012
Founders unite to empower talent-
centered organizations.
Private Beta
Mar ‘13 - Sep ‘13
Helped early launch partners double their
headcount
Growth
Jan 2016
$20M Series B led by Scale Venture
Partners
Launch
Oct 2014
$10M Series A with Matrix Partners
Expansion
May 2016
1,000+ customersglobally; unveiled
Lever Nurture
Our mission
Lever exists to help companies invent the next-generation workplace
where people, talent, and collaboration are the drivers of growth.
Quality is top of mind in the US too
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$1,000 USD
4 job boards
93 applicants
4 vaguely viable candidates
We hear you on the challenge of keeping up with technology
“I keep a spreadsheet of all the HR and recruiting software companies out there. There are 21,000 of them.”
The struggle is real.
William Tincup, AnalystTincup & Co.
Technology is a make-or-break factor on both sides
82% of companies want HR
technology that is easier to use by employees*
Hiring stakeholders Candidates
When did YOU last apply to YOU?
Matt Charney took 32 min to get 25% through an apply process
Source: Bersin by Deloitte, 2016
New movements for industry sharing and learning
DBRDragons, Beers &
Recruiters
#HROSHR
OpenSource
CandEsCandidate
Experience Awards
Trend (1): Pursuit of excellence via accountability
Critical strategic needs:
➔ Replace their homegrown ATS
➔ Hiring manager pipeline visibility
➔ Engineering team buy-in
Nellie PeshkovVP Talent Acquisition
“Tell hiring managers this is going to be hard. Don’t make recruiting seem easy - it’s not.”
Trend (2): Relationship-building via marketing techniques
Critical strategic needs:
➔ Movement away from indiscriminate blasting
➔ Switch to relationships and engagement
➔ Use of technology that enables and measures
Mike BailenDirector of Recruiting
“The ultimate winners in our space will be those who study the marketing playbook, build out a multi-touchpoint candidate journey, and apply a relationship-based approach… all while measuring so they can figure out what’s actually working.”
Trend (3): Diversity & inclusion is no longer just a fad
The “guys” jar The “no resume” campaign
The diversity dashboard
It’s roundtable time!
Proactive candidate sourcing
Candidate experience
Candidate quality & fit
Talent strategy & planning
Arjun
Leela
Dale
Kirsti