About the Panel Discussion

High-volume hiring is under more pressure than ever. Candidate expectations have changed, application volumes are rising, and AI has made it easier than ever for every CV to look polished, optimised and highly relevant. The result is a growing challenge for Talent Acquisition teams: when every candidate looks like an A or B on paper, how do you spot the people who are genuinely right for the role?

For organisations hiring at scale, the old recruitment model is beginning to break. Great candidates can get lost in the volume, strong applicants may have already moved on by the time they surface, and many candidates never hear back at all. That does not just create operational inefficiency. It damages employer brand, weakens candidate trust and places unrealistic expectations on recruiters who are already managing peak season hiring, graduate campaigns and fluctuating workforce demand with limited capacity.

The opportunity now is to rethink high-volume hiring around better signals, faster decisions and a more human candidate experience. Leading organisations are exploring how to move beyond CV-based screening, use AI and automation more intelligently, improve candidate communication, and help recruiters focus their time where human judgment matters most. Those that get this right will be able to identify better talent faster, reduce candidate drop-off, protect their employer brand and build a hiring model that can handle volume without losing quality or care.

Learn from senior HR and Talent Acquisition leaders where you will learn how leading organisations are redesigning high-volume hiring for a world where traditional screening signals are becoming less reliable. They’ll discuss how to identify real talent when AI-generated applications are flooding the process, how to prevent great candidates from being missed, how to improve communication at scale, and how to build a recruitment model that works for candidates, recruiters and the business.

Discussion points

Rethink screening in the AI-CV era: Learn how organisations are moving beyond polished CVs and keyword matching to identify genuine skills, motivation, fit and potential at scale.
Spot great candidates before they move on: Explore how to reduce delays, improve prioritisation and make faster decisions in high-volume hiring without sacrificing quality.
Protect the candidate experience: Understand how poor communication, slow feedback and lack of transparency damage the employer brand, and how leading teams are improving candidate engagement at scale.
Support recruiters under pressure: Discover how to reduce unrealistic workload expectations by using automation, AI and better process design to free recruiters for higher-value human judgment.
Prepare for peak and graduate hiring demand: See how organisations are building more resilient hiring models that can flex during seasonal spikes, graduate campaigns and sudden workforce demand shifts.

Speakers

Yuliia Zembal, Head of Talent Acquisition at UKRSIBBANK BNP Paribas Group
Claudiu Badea, Early Careers Lead EMEA at Shell
Kevin Walker, Former Talent Acquisition and Talent Management Lead at McDonalds
Jim Gounelas, VP HR at Northwell Health
Robert Jaime, Global Head of Talent Acquisition at Eightfold
[Moderator] Shane Kemp, COO & Co-Founder at HR Leaders