Presentation delivered to talent acquisition and HR leaders at KPMG New Zealand office, covering some of the latest global trends in recruiting and talent.

1. Talent Leadership Breakfast
Friday, 15th July, 2016

2. I can’t believe we’re actually here.

3. Our story so far
User Research
Oct ‘12 - Mar ‘13
6mo in the trenches
with fast-growing,
innovative companies
700 → 1500
S12 Class
Founding
Fall 2012
Founders unite
to empower talent-
centered organizations.
Private Beta
Mar ‘13 - Sep ‘13
Helped early launch
partners double their
headcount
Growth
Jan 2016
$20M Series B led by
Scale Venture
Partners
Launch
Oct 2014
$10M Series A with
Matrix Partners
Expansion
May 2016
1,000+ customers
globally; unveiled
Lever Nurture

4. Our mission
Lever exists to help companies invent
the next-generation workplace
where people, talent, and collaboration
are the drivers of growth.

5. Our aim
To free recruiting teams up to focus on what matters

6. What’s your single biggest challenge as a talent leader?

7. The ball is in the candidate’s court
Source: MRI Network, 2016

8. Quality is top of mind in the US too
$1,000 USD
4 job boards
93 applicants
4 vaguely viable
candidates

9. We hear you on the challenge of keeping up with technology
“I keep a spreadsheet of all the HR and
recruiting software companies out there.
There are 21,000 of them.”
The struggle is real.
William Tincup, Analyst
Tincup & Co.

10. Technology is a make-or-break factor on both sides
82%
of companies want HR
technology that is easier
to use by employees*
Hiring stakeholders Candidates
When did YOU last apply to YOU?
Matt Charney took 32 min
to get 25% through an
apply process
Source: Bersin by Deloitte, 2016

11. New movements for industry sharing and learning
DBR
Dragons, Beers &
Recruiters
#HROS
HR
OpenSource
CandEs
Candidate
Experience Awards

12. Trend (1): Pursuit of excellence via accountability
Critical strategic needs:
➔ Replace their homegrown ATS
➔ Hiring manager pipeline visibility
➔ Engineering team buy-in
Nellie Peshkov
VP Talent Acquisition
“Tell hiring managers this is
going to be hard. Don’t make
recruiting seem easy - it’s not.”

13. Trend (2): Relationship-building via marketing techniques
Critical strategic needs:
➔ Movement away from indiscriminate blasting
➔ Switch to relationships and engagement
➔ Use of technology that enables and measures
Mike Bailen
Director of Recruiting
“The ultimate winners in our space will be
those who study the marketing playbook,
build out a multi-touchpoint candidate
journey, and apply a relationship-based
approach… all while measuring so they
can figure out what’s actually working.”

14. Trend (3): Diversity & inclusion is no longer just a fad
The “guys” jar The “no resume”
campaign
The diversity
dashboard

15. It’s roundtable time!
Proactive
candidate
sourcing
Candidate
experience
Candidate
quality
& fit
Talent
strategy
& planning
Arjun
Leela
Dale
Kirsti

16. Thank you so much for coming!
Lever.co
Lever.co/blog
@lever