Is Talent Acquisition About to Become the Most Strategic Function in the Business? | James Gardner

Talent acquisition has traditionally been measured by hiring metrics such as time-to-hire, cost-per-hire and vacancies filled. But what if AI changes the role of Talent Acquisition completely? In this discussion, Adam Gordon is joined by talent transformation specialist James Gardner to explore whether Talent Acquisition has an opportunity to move beyond running recruitment processes and become the function responsible for improving hiring capability across the entire organisation. Topics include: Why AI creates bandwidth for Talent Acquisition to become more strategic The difference between recruitment as a process and hiring as a business capability Why hiring managers need more support, not less How Talent Acquisition can influence workforce planning and organisational performance The future skills of talent leaders in an AI-enabled world Why automation should lead to transformation, not simply efficiency As AI removes more operational work, could Talent Acquisition become one of the organisation's most commercially valuable functions?