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

2. 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

3. 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

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

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

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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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