Webinar

Making Sense of Talent Metrics for Smarter Hiring

Discover how to cut through the noise of recruiting data and focus on the metrics that drive smarter, more human-centered hiring.

This webinar is over.

Presented by:

Jim Durbin,

Sarah Kummer,

and Damien Glancy

If you’re feeling overwhelmed by the “metrics maze” of modern recruiting, you’re not alone. The pressure is coming from every direction: burned-out teams, pipelines filled with AI-generated resumes, and constant demands to prove the ROI of your tech stack. It’s a lot to manage.

According to Gartner’s Future of Work Trends 2025, employee well-being and engagement are now central to organizational success. That shift matters for recruiting analytics because when metrics ignore well-being, they often miss what truly drives performance and retention.

So how do you find your way out?

Mastering recruiting analytics today means moving beyond surface-level activity to uncover meaningful insights. This session will help you refocus on the data that actually moves the needle and build a more efficient, human-centered hiring process.

What you’ll learn:

See beyond the dashboard by identifying metrics that reflect burnout and team capacity, not just application volume
Uncover the hidden costs of inauthenticity by spotting data points that reveal the impact of low-quality or AI-generated applicants
Translate candidate experience into numbers by measuring how well your outreach is truly engaging and converting talent
Build a business case leadership can’t ignore by using data to tell a story that connects recruiting to business results

This isn’t just another webinar about metrics. It’s an honest conversation about making hiring more effective, more human, and less overwhelming. Join us to walk away with practical tools you can actually use, not just another dashboard to manage.

Sponsored by

PageUp’s AI-powered talent acquisition platform doesn’t just fill roles – it creates seamless, personalized experiences that attract, engage, and retain top talent. Its flexible, scalable platform delivers end-to-end hiring experiences for mid-sized and enterprise organizations. Balancing automation with human-first engagement, PageUp keeps talent connected and hiring teams in control. With AI-driven capabilities, configurable workflows, and powerful integrations to hire your way. Trusted in 190+ countries, PageUp combines deep functionality with exceptional support.

About the speakers

Jim Durbin

Managing Principal

Respondable

Jim Durbin is the managing principal of Respondable, a recruitment consulting agency in Dallas. TX. With over 20 years of experience in improving talent acquisition, he's worked in all four major categories of recruiting, pushing the boundaries of better hiring and better technology.

He's been known as the Indeed Whisperer, the Social Media Headhunter, and just a guy in the Stetson. His background includes digital and social marketing, programmatic advertising, headhunting, AI, media, and technology. He's trained over 10,000 recruiters to be better sourcers, and currently is engaged in developing the next generation of recruitment marketers.

Sarah Kummer

Senior Recruiting Manager, Consumer Group

T-Mobile

Sarah Kummer is the Senior Recruiting Manager, Consumer Group at T-Mobile, where she leads strategic efforts to attract top talent for Retail and Customer Care. With nearly 20 years of leadership experience, she focuses on high-volume recruiting, optimizing candidate experience, and enhancing recruiter efficiency. Known for championing data-informed approaches, Sarah led the impactful "How We Hire" initiative, standardizing T-Mobile’s recruitment framework. She’s also a member of the Women’s and Allies Network ERG, fostering inclusivity and mentorship. Her commitment to innovation and a people-first approach has driven impressive hiring achievements while prioritizing diversity and operational efficiency.

Damien Glancy

Senior Vice President of Engineering

PageUp

Damien Glancy is the Senior Vice President of Engineering at PageUp, overseeing the recruitment marketing platforms initially built under his leadership at Clinch, a Dublin‑based SaaS company he co‑founded. In this role, Damien directs engineering strategy and execution across career site technology, candidate AI, automation, and CRM systems. He leads a high-performing global engineering team to build scalable, data-driven tools that enhance how organizations attract, engage, and hire talent. Damien’s leadership extends beyond engineering. Through regular industry commentary and thought leadership, he acts as a strategic voice on the future of talent acquisition, recruitment automation, and AI‑powered hiring. His perspectives are frequently featured in discussions on recruitment marketing strategies and talent‑tech trends.