Recruiting Roundtable: High-Volume Hiring, Without the Fairy Tales
High-volume hiring has always been hard. In 2026, it’s become unforgiving.
Candidate expectations are moving faster than most recruiting operating models. Recruiter capacity is flat or shrinking. Budgets are under scrutiny. And the old playbook, post more jobs, buy more traffic, hope for the best, is quietly failing.
This one-hour executive roundtable is for recruiting and TA leaders who are responsible for outcomes, not activity. We’ll unpack what’s actually changing in high-volume hiring, what the data says is working right now, and where teams are wasting time, money, and credibility.
No sales pitches. No generic “AI will fix it” promises. Just a grounded conversation about how high-volume hiring is really getting done, and where it’s breaking.
What You’ll Learn
This session is designed to help senior TA leaders recalibrate their high-volume hiring strategy for the realities of today’s market, not the assumptions of five years ago.
You’ll walk away with a clearer understanding of:
How candidate behavior has shifted across hourly and frontline roles, and why speed alone is no longer enough
Where high-volume funnels actually break down, from first click to first conversation
How leading teams are balancing automation with human interaction without blowing up candidate experience
What “quality” really means in high-volume hiring, and how to measure it without pretending everyone has perfect downstream data
Specific Takeaways
By the end of the roundtable, you should be able to:
Identify the friction points killing conversion in your high-volume funnel and prioritize which one to fix first
Reframe recruiter workload around moving work forward, not administrative triage
Align career site experience, screening, and outreach to optimize candidate experience
Set realistic expectations about what automation can and cannot solve in high-volume hiring
Pressure-test your current tech stack against actual candidate behavior
Who Should Attend
This roundtable is built for:
Heads of Talent Acquisition
VP-level and Director-level recruiting leaders
Leaders responsible for hourly, frontline, or high-volume hiring at scale
TA leaders who are tired of vanity metrics and want fewer surprises in their funnel
If you own outcomes, budgets, or both, this session is for you.
Format
This is a live, interactive roundtable. Expect real discussion, shared examples, and candid conversation. Expect fewer slides and more honesty.
If you’re looking for another webinar that tells you everything is fine and the future is magic, this is not that.
If you want a sharper view of what’s actually working in high-volume hiring right now, pull up a chair.
Speakers
Matt Charney
Talent industry analyst, advisor, and longtime TA thought leader known for his unfiltered, pragmatic POV on recruiting.
Rachel Allen
Senior Director of Talent Acquisition at 7-Eleven, leading corporate and field recruiting, employer branding, and TA operations at scale. Rachel focuses on using data, automation, and AI to improve funnel performance and candidate experience across high-volume hiring.
Prem Kumar
CEO & Co-Founder of Humanly, leading teams in building responsible AI designed to accelerate high-volume hiring.
Sam Fitzroy
CEO & Co-Founder of Dalia, focused on improving applicant conversion and funnel performance in high-volume hiring.
Save Your Seat
Register now to reserve your spot and join a candid discussion on what’s working (and what’s breaking) in high-volume hiring in 2026.