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Recruiting Leadership Lab 50

Preparing Heads of Talent Acquisition for the biggest decisions they’ll make in the next 18 months. A hands-on, invite-only working session for senior TA leaders. Not a conference. Not a networking mixer. No sponsor booths.

Date

10 & 11 Feb 2027

Location

WTC Seattle

Format

1.5 days, in person

Fee

US $3,495

Trainer

John Vlastelica

What it is

An invite-only working session, not a conference.

This is a hands-on, strategic 1.5-day workshop for senior TA leaders. It combines fire-starter panels and talks with small-group work sprints, so you leave with strategies, processes and new models you can take straight back to work.

It’s highly interactive, much more workshop than conference, and it’s built only for senior TA leaders from 2,000+ person orgs with 30+ person TA teams. There are no sponsor booths and no sales pitches. You must apply and qualify to register.

Produced by John Vlastelica.

John Vlastelica, CEO of Recruiting Toolbox, has been hired to train TA leaders at companies like Nike, Slack, Disney, LinkedIn and Adobe, and has been rated a #1 speaker at most of our industry’s events. John and his team are bringing you this #willnotsuck TA leadership event.

Agenda

Built to help you win in your job, and prepare for what’s next.

The agenda is 100% focused on helping you win as a head of TA and preparing you for the big decisions of the next 18 months. You’ll get workbooks with frameworks and guides to design your strategies and lead your team through the changes ahead.

The impact of AI on your org, for hourly and salaried roles

Where automation lands first in your hiring, what it does to headcount planning, and which parts of the process get more valuable rather than less. You leave with a view you can take to your exec team.

Build your Recruiter 2.0 role with the Talent Advisor 2.0 framework

What the recruiter role becomes when the transactional half is automated, and how to redraw the job description, the competencies and the career path around it.

Design your adoption plan for the new tech and role expectations

Sequencing the change so the team comes with you: what to pilot, what to leave alone, and how to set expectations with hiring managers before the tools land.

Teams who changed how they hire.

Quotes from the leaders who have run this programme.

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This event is for a specific room.

It’s for corporate directors or VPs of Talent Acquisition in a larger org with a 30+ person TA team. You must lead managers and own TA strategy for all or a major function or geography to qualify.

It’s not for TA managers from smaller companies who report into TA directors, we have other events for you. And no consultants, vendors, contractors, RPO or search firms will be permitted to register.

📅  10 & 11 Feb 2027📍  World Trade Center Seattle

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Logistics

The details.

You must pre-register to attend. No tickets are sold on-site.

Dates & times
Wed 10 Feb 2027: 8:30am–4:00pm. Thu 11 Feb 2027: 8:30am–2:00pm, plus an optional sponsor-demo hour, 2:30–3:30pm, at the end of day two.
Location
World Trade Center Seattle, 2200 Alaskan Wy #410, Seattle, WA 98121, USA.
From SeaTac
30–60 minutes by car, depending on traffic.
Hotels
We arrange a discounted room block at a hotel within walking distance. If you’re approved to register, you’ll get an email with details on how to reserve, subject to availability.
Meals
Two breakfasts, two lunches and snacks. You may be invited to an optional peer dinner with one of our sponsors on day one, coordinated in advance.
Fee
US$3,495, including breakfasts and lunches on both days. Discounts may be available for Recruiting Toolbox clients and sponsor customers.

FAQs

The questions Heads of TA ask us before they commit. If yours is not here, ask us directly.

Corporate directors and VPs of Talent Acquisition from organisations of roughly 2,000 people or more, with TA teams of 30 or more. Everyone in the room leads managers and owns strategy for a function or a geography.

Because the value is the room. We keep it to senior in-house TA leaders so the conversation stays candid, and we decline consultants, vendors, contractors, RPO and search firms.

No. There are no sponsor booths, no sales pitches and no keynote-and-leave format. It is fire-starter talks followed by small-group work sprints, and you leave with drafted work rather than notes.

Workbooks with the frameworks and guides used on the day, and the drafts you build in the sprints. Most people leave with something they can put in front of their exec team the following week.

Only if they meet the same bar. The session is pitched at people who own TA strategy, and it does not land the same way for managers who report into a TA director.

Join 50 senior TA leaders in Seattle.

Two days, one room, and the decisions that will shape your function for the next 18 months. Places are limited and every attendee is approved individually.