Lars Schmidt

*Is your employer brand aligned with what today’s top talent actually values?* Blueprint to Belonging is a strategic guide for HR leaders, TA professionals, and executives who understand that culture, recruitment, and reputation are deeply interconnected. In this eBook, you’ll learn how to: 🔹 Define and articulate your culture with precision 🔹 Communicate your value proposition to the right talent segments 🔹 Implement measurable frameworks to assess brand effectiveness Whether you're scaling fast or rebuilding trust, this is the blueprint for long-term employer brand equity. 📥 Download now: https://hubs.ly/Q03w2DBS0 #EmployerValueProposition #DEI #HRLeadership #BlueprintToBelonging

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TA leaders are being pushed to adopt AI, do more with less, and constantly fight for budget. It’s difficult to make the case for investment in a new AI solution or additional recruitment marketing spend. Solution providers are falling short: they are not equipping TA with the insights needed to craft persuasive narratives, to share within their orgs. This is one of my learnings from recent conferences. We need to empower TA leaders to tell compelling stories. The hard truth is TA is often viewed as a cost center. Very few TA leaders enjoy the organizational clout that sales and marketing leaders do, primarily because those functions speak the universal language of revenue. The absence of this persuasive narrative is what’s holding TA back from the influence it deserves. The pivot is simple, but not easy: Transform your data into a compelling, stakeholder-specific narrative. Storytelling is the single most critical tool for influencing your CHRO, your CFO, and your CEO. We need to start telling the story of why great talent is a core competitive advantage. We must make the case for why an investment in AI tools, candidate experience, and recruitment marketing is not just a cost, but an insurance policy against falling behind the competition. The good news? Storytelling is not that hard either. Ask your partners and teams to equip you with the insights you need. This will enable you to: - Unlock dollars. Tell a people-to-profit story. Articulate the ROI of recruitment marketing, candidate experience, and technology investment in those terms. - Influence compensation. Tell the story of labor market competition, talent scarcity, and competitive compensation. - Gain a seat at the AI council table. Provide the context needed to vet vendors and allocate resources. Our community is filled with incredibly talented and passionate leaders. We just need to arm ourselves with the right storytelling tools, insights, and language.

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Did the hiring volume just get louder? 🔊📈 HR Dive dug into new data from Employ’s Hiring Benchmarks Report—and applicant volume has officially turned up, with teams reporting 250+ applications per role.  👇 See the benchmarks behind the volume spike. https://lnkd.in/gwBfwyb3  #HiringBenchmarks #TalentAcquisition #HRData #WhyEmploy

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SHRM 25 opens today, and we’re bringing AI you can actually use. Stop by the 50skills stand to see how HR teams are using AI to cut manual work and keep everything moving. No fluff. Just real workflows doing real work. Think contract approvals, instant signatures, onboarding steps triggered automatically and updates sent without a single follow-up! ✅ Get your AI-generated headshot printed on the spot 🎤 Chat with Kristjan Kristjansson and Einar Gudnason about what’s working 🤖 See AI in action inside real HR workflows Come see what AI looks like when it’s built for the way you work. #SHRM25 #AIinHR #WorkflowAutomation

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The average organization juggles 9-11 HR tools. That's a lot of silos, friction, and missed insights. Our whitepaper shares how consolidating your HR tech stack can improve talent decisions, streamline workflows, and boost candidate engagement. Download 💻 https://bit.ly/3JrXwtO #TalentAcquisition #HRTech #HiringInsights

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AI is reshaping recruiting—but the edge goes to teams that pair smart automation with human judgment. LinkedIn’s 2025 report shows how TA pros become more strategic by mastering AI (not fearing it). Quick skim, big insights: https://loom.ly/5mtraHs What’s one workflow you’ve upgraded with AI this quarter? #RecruitingTrends #AIinHiring #TalentAcquisition #GetPlaced

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