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# How to Fix Four of Our Biggest Recruiting Challenges

In this #1 rated session from LinkedIn Talent Connect, [John Vlastelica](https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnvlastelica/)shares how to fix four of our biggest recruiting challenges. He focuses on the internal challenges corporate recruiting teams face, and shares how recruiting leaders are engaging the business differently, creating a culture of recruiting, rethinking their resource model, and diagnosing funnel issues to improve their recruiting function. John, former corporate recruiting leader and founder of Recruiting Toolbox, discusses what he’s learned from his team’s consulting work with over 200 companies and thousands of recruiters and hiring managers. If you’re focused on high impact changes to your recruiting function, check this out. 

Two things to note: The video didn’t capture the slides, so you’ll want to download the PDF of slides (below) to follow along.  AND, John has a tendency to swear when he’s really passionate about what he’s talking about…so, be warned, this is not something you’d play in front of children or anyone offended by a PG-13 movie.  

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