Webinar

Calibrating Recruiting Swimlanes: Optimizing the Hiring Workflow for Maximum Efficiency

Discover how to streamline your recruiting workflow.

Jun 05, 2025
2:00 PM EDT
1 Hour
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Presented by:
Amelia Winter
Jodi Hill
Kari Elias
Justin Swisher
Amelia Winter, 
Jodi Hill, 
Kari Elias, 
and Justin Swisher

Join us for a webinar on optimizing the recruiting workflow, featuring talent acquisition experts who will break down how to calibrate recruiting roles for clarity, efficiency, and collaboration. Our panel will address the challenges of overlapping responsibilities and misaligned expectations, sharing tactics that enhance role definition and reduce process friction. Discover how these industry professionals are fine-tuning the collaboration between recruiters, sourcers, coordinators, and hiring managers, all while maintaining speed and quality in hiring.

We’ll also explore the complexities of cross-functional communication and the efficiencies gained by aligning each team member’s contributions with broader hiring goals. Speakers will offer firsthand insights into configuring workflows that eliminate confusion, increase accountability, and boost performance across recruiting teams. By the end, attendees will have actionable strategies to structure their recruiting function for clarity, cohesion, and consistent hiring success. Don’t miss this opportunity to sharpen your team’s focus and drive smarter collaboration.

Attendees will gain insights around:

  • Role Clarity in Recruiting: Practical methods for defining and calibrating responsibilities across sourcing, recruiting, coordination, and hiring manager roles.
  • Workflow Efficiency: How to structure the recruiting process to minimize handoff delays and reduce duplicated efforts.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Strategies for improving communication and coordination between internal stakeholders to prevent misalignment.
  • Performance Accountability: Techniques for ensuring each role is measured and managed based on clear, role-specific outcomes.
  • Team Optimization: Best practices for structuring recruiting teams to scale effectively while maintaining quality and agility.
Sponsored by
Gem
Gem’s Talent Engagement Platform helps recruiting teams use data and automation to engage talent more deeply, build diverse, high-quality pipelines, and hire predictably at any scale.

Gem unifies data and context from the tools recruiters use daily to create a source of truth for all talent relationships. Armed with insights about the entire recruiting process, automation to reach out to talent at scale, and true cross-functional collaboration tools, TA teams can proactively and strategically plan for what’s ahead.

About the speakers
Amelia Winter

Amelia Winter

Associate Director of Talent Acquisition

Verona Pharma

Amelia Winter is a seasoned talent acquisition leader with over eight years of experience building high-performing teams in the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors. As Associate Director of Talent Acquisition at Verona Pharma, she drives strategic hiring initiatives to support innovation in respiratory medicine. Amelia brings a strong background in recruitment strategy, leadership, and process optimization, honed through roles at Phreesia and beyond. She excels in aligning talent strategies with business goals, enhancing candidate experience, and cultivating collaborative cultures.

Jodi Hill

Jodi Hill

VP, Strategic Initiatives Lead - Global Talent Attraction & Engagement

Wells Fargo

Jodi Hill is a seasoned Talent Acquisition leader with over 25 years of experience, including senior and executive roles in diverse domains such as technology, health care, and financial services. Renowned for her expertise in leveraging data to drive recruiting operations and strategic talent management, Jodi's leadership is characterized by a commitment to creating exceptional recruiting experiences and strategically aligning talent acquisition with organizational goals.

Jodi's has held senior roles at respected public companies including Wells Fargo, Evolent, Phreesia, SPS Commerce, and MoneyGram International.
 
Kari Elias

Kari Elias

Director of Talent Acquisition

NMDP

Kari Elias is a seasoned Talent Acquisition leader with deep expertise in recruitment strategy, performance management, and program leadership. Currently Director of Talent Acquisition at NMDP, she leads innovative hiring strategies across early career to executive roles. With over a decade of experience, including leadership roles at Cygnus Recruiting Group and Experis, Kari excels in building high-performing teams and optimizing talent processes. Her background spans technology, operations, and HR, with a strong focus on change management and organizational growth. Outside of work Kari enjoys volunteering for her kids sports and proudly wears the title of baseball, football and hockey mom.
 
Justin Swisher

Justin Swisher

Head of Talent

11x

Justin Swisher is a seasoned talent leader with over a decade of experience building high-performing teams in the enterprise software space. Currently Head of Talent at 11x, he previously led global recruiting at Apollo.io and held key roles at Gem, HashiCorp, and AppDynamics. Justin specializes in scaling organizations through strategic hiring, particularly in GTM and technical functions, and has a track record of placing impactful leaders across startups and growth-stage companies. Based in San Francisco, he is passionate about driving innovation in recruiting and helping companies grow through exceptional talent.