How Hiring Decisions Are Actually Made - Velric Live Webinar
How Hiring Decisions Are Actually Made
Speakers
Kristen Vautour
Senior Recruiter, CoLab (Series C SaaS)
10+ years across agencies and high-growth tech startups. Built and scaled people operations and hiring functions across the Canadian tech ecosystem.
Margaret Buj
Global Head of Recruitment, Mixmax | LinkedIn Top Voice
20+ years hiring globally across engineering, product, marketing, and leadership. Formerly hired for and partnered with teams at Expedia Group, Typeform, Box, VMware, Avanade, WorldRemit, and King. Featured in Forbes, Business Insider, Financial Times, Management Today, CIO Online, Cosmopolitan, and Fox Business Network.
Ali Najaf
Human Resources Leader, Seaspan ULC
HR leader with experience across recruitment, workforce planning, onboarding, and people operations. Previously an HR Business Partner at Greenlane Renewables, with experience supporting large-scale, complex organizations.
🗓 Monday, January 19
⏰ 8:30–9:30 AM EST | 1:30–2:30 PM GMT
Hiring has changed. Resumes haven’t.
This live webinar breaks down how hiring decisions are actually made today, what signals matter beyond resumes, and how recruiters evaluate candidates as companies scale.
This is a practitioner-led discussion focused on real hiring, not theory.
We’ll cover:
What recruiters actually look for beyond resumes
How candidates are evaluated at scale
Where interviews fail and what replaces them
How hiring expectations change as organizations grow
The conversation will be guided by prepared questions, with each speaker sharing their perspective followed by open discussion.
The audience includes job seekers, early-career professionals, aspiring recruiters, and anyone looking to better understand how modern hiring works.