Bridging the talent gap in AI Workshop: Bridging the talent gap in AI Antoine Lambert | Marie Sorokakis | Sven Rymenans Training Manager @ Digityser Freelance Talent Acquisition Consultant Managing Partner @ eXcavate | Unearthing Talent Data Innovation Summit 27th June 2018 #DISUMMIT

Agenda Introduction #AI talent market Current challenges: internal HR point of view Current challenges: external HR point of view Attracting / Retaining #AI Talent Antoine Lambert | Sven Rymenans | Marie Sorokakis – Bridging the talent gap in AI – #DISUMMIT

Introduction Antoine Lambert Marie Sorokakis Sven Rymenans Manager of the Digityser Data Science Bootcamp Marie Sorokakis + 15 years as In-house Recruiter Bank Service, Marketing, Staffing... Today freelance Talent Acquisition Sven Rymenans 4 years of headhunting in the big data scene Mostly for start-ups, scale-ups & R&D units of bigger companies Global scope Antoine Lambert | Sven Rymenans | Marie Sorokakis – Bridging the talent gap in AI – #DISUMMIT

#AI Talent Market Antoine Lambert | Sven Rymenans | Marie Sorokakis – Bridging the talent gap in AI – #DISUMMIT

#AI Talent Market Antoine Lambert | Sven Rymenans | Marie Sorokakis – Bridging the talent gap in AI – #DISUMMIT

#AI Talent Market Antoine Lambert | Sven Rymenans | Marie Sorokakis – Bridging the talent gap in AI – #DISUMMIT

Current Challenges – Internal HR POV Facts Digital needs in Belgium are big and growing, growing, growing… Digital transformation brings insecurity Digital understanding amongst recruiter/HR is not optimized Turnover Employee retention becomes a difficult exercise Change of working formats Community => awareness of its importance Antoine Lambert | Sven Rymenans | Marie Sorokakis – Bridging the talent gap in AI – #DISUMMIT

Current Challenges – Internal HR POV How is in-house HR reacting to this? By hiring without being prepared By lack of understanding and knowledge By thinking that ‘Project’ is the key word By Sourcing with #.... By proposing the same working format as usual … Antoine Lambert | Sven Rymenans | Marie Sorokakis – Bridging the talent gap in AI – #DISUMMIT

Current Challenges – Internal HR POV What can already be done? By humanising the recruitment, more authenticity By building a relationship, by following the professional path of a candidate, by understanding it and proposing te best next steps… By being creative/flexible/open-minded By continuous training/participation in events (for candidates) Antoine Lambert | Sven Rymenans | Marie Sorokakis – Bridging the talent gap in AI – #DISUMMIT

Current Challenges – External HR POV Attracting Experience Retaining Talent Training Potential Understanding Talent Antoine Lambert | Sven Rymenans | Marie Sorokakis – Bridging the talent gap in AI – #DISUMMIT

Current Challenges – External HR POV Antoine Lambert | Sven Rymenans | Marie Sorokakis – Bridging the talent gap in AI – #DISUMMIT

Current Challenges – External HR POV Antoine Lambert | Sven Rymenans | Marie Sorokakis – Bridging the talent gap in AI – #DISUMMIT

Current Challenges – External HR POV Antoine Lambert | Sven Rymenans | Marie Sorokakis – Bridging the talent gap in AI – #DISUMMIT

Current Challenges – External HR POV Antoine Lambert | Sven Rymenans | Marie Sorokakis – Bridging the talent gap in AI – #DISUMMIT

Attracting #AI Talent Antoine Lambert | Sven Rymenans | Marie Sorokakis – Bridging the talent gap in AI – #DISUMMIT

Retaining #AI Talent Antoine Lambert | Sven Rymenans | Marie Sorokakis – Bridging the talent gap in AI – #DISUMMIT