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THE PLACE TO GO FOR RPO™ |
#rpoacon2025
2025 RPOA Annual Conference
September 28-30, 2025 | LondonHouse, Chicago, IL
The 2025 RPOA Annual Conference brought together recruitment process outsourcing leaders, talent acquisition executives, industry partners, and technology innovators for two days of stories, insights, and strategic dialogue at LondonHouse Chicago. With a program designed around the theme Listen Up! Powerful Stories Shaping Strategic Talent Acquisition in Uncertain Times, attendees explored market trends, AI adoption, business model evolution, and real-world case studies illustrating how forward-thinking organizations are redefining RPO’s role. Feedback from participants highlighted the event’s practical value, depth of expertise, and collaborative energy, with many noting the rare opportunity to learn directly from peers and industry pioneers. This page provides access to session summaries and podcast episodes that extend the learning and capture the conversations that made the 2025 conference a high-impact experience for the RPO community.
What Recruitment Process Outsourcing Providers Should Know About Multi-Agent Recruiting Systems |
Indeed on Skills-First Hiring: A Modern Approach to Attracting and Retaining Qualified Candidates |
Speakers |
Guru Sethupathy CEO & Co-Founder at FairNow |
Stanislaw Wasowicz Co-Founder at Scotty AI |
Raleen Gagnon, CEO at TalentEdgeAI |
Joe Marino Revenue Growth Officer |
Pam Verhaff CEO at Advanced RPO |
Sailesh Hota Vice President at Everest Group |
Terry Terhark Founder and CEO at NXTThing RPO |
Emily Kahn Head of Product and Innovation / CXO, Hueman People Solutions |
Alex Ridder Global Head of Client Partnerships at LHH |
John West Chairman at Hire Velocity |
Kyle M.K Talent Strategy Advisor at Indeed |
Tim Gates Director of RPO/BPO, Enterprise Accounts at Indeed |
Keynote Speaker Spotlight |
| Jordan Morrow is known as the "Godfather of Data Literacy", having helped pioneer and invent the entire field. He is also the founder and CEO of Bodhi Data and currently is the Senior Vice President of Data & AI Transformation for AgileOne, helping to utilize data and AI in the total talent management space. Jordan is a global trailblazer in the world of data literacy and enjoys his time traveling the world speaking and/or helping companies. He served as the Chair of the Advisory Board for The Data Literacy Project, has spoken at numerous conferences around the world, and is an active voice in the data and analytics community. He has also helped companies and organizations around the world, including the United Nations, build and/or understand data literacy. When not found within his work of Data, Jordan is married with 5 kids. Jordan loves fitness and has run multiple ultra marathons. He loves to travel with his wife and family. Jordan loves to read, often reading (or using Audible) to go through multiple books at a time. Jordan is the author of four books: Be Data Literate, Be Data Driven, Be Data Analytical, and Business 101 for the Data Professional. Plus, Jordan was a part of a children's book, The Data Detective at the Carnival. |
What attendees said... | "RPOACon this year had the best energy yet, and the expertise in the room was more palatable than ever. The speaker lineup was on target, and I walked away with a lot to dig into regarding the increasing need to fuse RPO more deeply into the next generation of digital resource transformation driven by AI and associated business transformation." -Zach Chertok, Sr. Research Manager, HCM at IDC
"This year’s RPOA Annual Conference did not disappoint. Lamees Abourahma put together excellent content, focused on AI, technology, governance and service, helping us meet the moment we’re in and bring together an incredibly talented group. So excited to be a part of it!" -Christine Bonk, Chief Operating Officer at Orion Talent
This [RPOA Annual Conference] has always been one of my favorite events. It feels less like a typical conference and more like a reunion—a chance to catch up with old friends and debate the future with 70 of the smartest people in our industry. -David Robertson, CEO and Founder at Robertson and Company
“The RPOA annual conference is an opportunity for the industry to come together, learn about the latest advances and changes, and reset their thinking for the year ahead. Filled with networking and insightful content, this is one event that RPO leaders can't afford to miss.”
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About Us We are a member-driven, mission-driven association committed to serving and elevating the recruitment process outsourcing industry. Learn more about who we are and what we do. (c) 2025 Recruitment Process Outsourcing Association Contact us at info@rpoassociation.org.
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