Webinar

Top Strategies for Scaling Candidate Engagement in 2025

Learn how to craft personalized messaging, leverage content marketing, and host engaging events to attract, nurture, and hire top talent.

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Presented by:

Jim D'Amico,

Alex Dunn,

Melissa Rhoades,

and Jarrin Harvey

Scaling candidate engagement can be a challenging but very impactful exercise. Engaging top talent starts long before a candidate clicks ‘Apply’ and involves crafting a consistent, personalized, and value-driven message at every touchpoint of the candidate life cycle.

Join us for a free webinar as we explore actionable strategies to ensure your engagement efforts resonate with the right people, from tailored communication and authentic social media strategies to content marketing through blogging and newsletters.

We’ll also discuss how to leverage events, both in-person and virtual, to foster deeper connections with potential candidates, along with best practices for creating a welcoming and comfortable interview experience.

By bridging the gap between candidate awareness and placement, you can build a solid engagement strategy that attracts, nurtures, and ultimately hires top talent.

Key discussion points of this webinar will include:

Crafting Personalized Messaging: Learn how to create tailored communication that resonates with candidates at every stage of the hiring process.

Maximizing Social Media and Content Marketing: Discover how to use social media, blogging, and email newsletters to build a compelling employer brand and engage top talent.

Hosting Engaging Events: Explore the benefits of in-person and virtual events, such as webinars and speaker series, to connect with candidates on a deeper level.

Ensuring a Positive Candidate Experience: Understand the importance of delivering a seamless and welcoming interview process while managing your online reputation to attract future talent.

Sponsored by

Sense delivers a leading AI-powered talent engagement platform that helps recruiting teams personalize their interactions with talent at every stage of the candidate journey. More than 1,000 organizations rely on Sense to accelerate hiring, strengthen their brand, and exceed recruiting targets—all while delivering an outstanding candidate experience. For more information, visit www.sensehq.com.

About the speakers

Jim D'Amico

Director Shoreside Talent Acquisition

Holland America Group

Jim D'Amico is a globally recognized TA Leader, specializing in building best in class TA functions for global organizations. He is an in demand speaker, author, and mentor, with an intense passion for all things talent acquisition. Jim currently leads Shoreside Talent Acquisition for Holland America Group and is a proud Board Member of the Association of Talent Acquisition Professionals.

Alex Dunn

Product Growth & Marketing

Sense

Alex Dunn is a Product Growth Manager at Sense, leading efforts to help customers scale candidate engagement with innovative recruitment technologies. With a background in recruiting and product marketing, Alex develops strategies that enhance the candidate experience and optimize hiring processes. His work involves creating scalable, data-driven solutions tailored to meet the needs of high-volume recruitment efforts in today’s shifting landscape of talent acquisition.

Melissa Rhoades

Senior Talent Acquisition Advisor

Greystar

Melissa Rhoades is a Senior Talent Acquisition Advisor with Greystar, the global leader in rental housing. Melissa has a passion of supporting her leadership team in the Austin Texas market by identifying top talent with a focus on retention. With a background in recruiting and education, Melissa strives to build genuine relationships to create a unique and defining culture. Not only does she focus on talent acquisitions, she plays a part in retention strategies and building internal growth. Her side hustle with Greystar is providing career counseling and coaching to candidates and Greystar employees.

Jarrin Harvey

Senior Talent Operations Partner

Eskenazi Health

Jarrin Harvey is a Senior Talent Operations Partner with Eskenazi Health, a public health system in Indianapolis, IN. Jarrin has a passion for supporting Eskenazi Health by identifying quality talent, improving talent acquisition processes through usage of HR technology and fostering strategic initiatives with key HR/TA metrics. Like most in the talent acquisition space, he has a focus on not only talent attraction and engagement, but also talent retention and internal growth. Through his tenure at Eskenazi Health, he has participated and/or led a variety of initiatives including HR system implementations, internal career growth programs and various process improvement initiatives.