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FutureWorks Main Stage In-person: sold out In-person Virtual Virtual

Jobs Need People: Matching Potential to Opportunity

9:00am - 9:20am CST

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9:00am - 9:20am CST

Behind every job application is a person, not just a conversion metric. Join James Whitemore, Indeed’s Chief Marketing Officer, as he examines the systemic forces making hiring harder today. Drawing on Indeed data and real workforce stories, he makes the case that the talent leaders in the room hold the one thing that can’t be automated–the human judgment to look past credentials alone and match potential to opportunity.