CLOSED for sign ups: Talent Acquisition Day 2025
NOCA’s annual Talent Acquisition conference takes place on January 17th 2025
In today’s dynamic and competitive business landscape, Talent Acquisition isn’t just a department; it’s the lifeblood of your organization’s growth and success.
Your ability to identify, attract, retain, and connect the right talent directly impacts your capacity to innovate, thrive, and perform in the market. However, today, organizations finding the right talent for our organizations is becoming more difficult. Therefore, it’s essential to keep up to date with the trends, development, best practices, and new approaches within the Talent Acquisition field.
To address these challenges, we’re excited to present the findings of NOCA’s first-ever Talent Acquisition survey, developed in collaboration with Capax Recruitment. This groundbreaking initiative explores talent acquisition tendencies, knowledge sharing, and organizational experiences, gathering actionable insights to shape the future of HR practices. By participating in this survey, you contribute to a deeper understanding of the field and receive an exclusive report summarizing the findings by providing your email at the end of the survey., This survey is just part of an engaging day featuring dynamic speakers, concrete case studies, and practical tools to help you navigate the complexities of talent acquisition. Whether you’re seeking inspiration or looking to benchmark your strategies, Talent Acquisition Day 2025 promises valuable insights and meaningful connections.
Join us for this unique opportunity to uncover key findings, learn from experts, and explore strategies that drive success in the ever-evolving world of Talent Acquisition.
Presentations of the day
How to Find the Human Premium in the Era of AI
Hung Lee, Curator, Recruiting Brainfood
If AI is going to change Talent Acquisition – and in fact, reduce the volume of work currently performed by TA – then we need to understand what things humans can do that AI cannot.
Focus and dedication in Talent Acquisition build further diversity
Learnings from the Tryg Group
Anna-Louise Plougmand, Head of Talent Acquisition at Tryg, will share her expertise with ensuring diversity, equity, and inclusion within the recruitment process at The Tryg Group. Focusing on Tryg’s approach, Anna-Louise will present initiatives for attracting applicants from diverse backgrounds. She will also discuss training programs for recruiters and leaders that raise awareness of bias. Additionally, she will share examples of how Tryg uses data and feedback to evaluate the effectiveness of their DEI efforts and ensure continuous improvement. She will introduce practical tools and methods for creating an inclusive recruitment process.
Beyond the CV: The Power of Blind Recruitment and Anonymized Cases
Blind recruitment is about stripping away irrelevant factors like gender, age, ethnicity, and appearance to focus on what truly counts: competencies and motivation. But why stop there? Instead of relying on CVs and cover letters, we should delve into candidates’ actual abilities and drive. This can be achieved through tailored recruitment cases designed to assess their job-specific competencies and motivation. In his talk, Lars Lundmann explains how multiple-choice recruitment-cases transform hiring by making the process more engaging and accessible, attracting a broader, more diverse range of candidates—including passive job seekers. The impact? A richer talent pool, a fairer process, positive candidate experiences, and a streamlined, cost-effective approach that enhances both quality and diversity in hiring.
How can we use AI in our TA functions?
Learnings from – and between – academia and practice with Claus Nygaard.
Results from the Talent Acquisition survey
Learnings from Capax Recruitment
Building a global Talent Acquisition organization
Learnings from Novonesis – from Trine Rulffs, Head of Talent Acquisition and Maria Beck Petersen, Head of Candidate Experience
This conference will be a recurring event every year, allowing us to inspire you in your daily work with TA continuously. The ambition is to inspire you professionally and connect with your TA peers in the largest Danish companies and public organizations.
Speakers at the TA Day 2025
Hung Lee ,
Hung Lee is a recruitment industry professional with over 15 years experience as an agency recruiter, Recruitment manager, Internal Head of Talent, recruitment trainer, founder of award winning online recruiting platform WorkShape and now Editor and Community builder at Recruiting Brainfood – a popular weekly newsletter about recruitment.
Claus Nygaard, Professor, CEO and strategic AI advisor
Claus Nygaard holds a cand.merc.SOL (Strategy, Organization and Leadership) from Copenhagen Business School and has a Ph.D. in Strategic Collaboration in the Danish Manufacturing Industry. With almost 30 years of experience bridgring the gap between academia and practice, Claus has dedicated his career to strengthening organizational performance and employee well being. His knowledge comes from research and over 1000 hours of executive teachings on more than 120 workshops. Claus has published his insights in more than 150 publications in Danish, Swedish, German, and English.
Trine Rulffs, Head of Talent Acquisition, Novonesis
Trine Rulffs is the Head of Global Talent Acquisition at Novonesis, a leading biotechnology company with over 10,000 employees. With 18+ years of HR experience, she has held various roles from individual contributor to leadership positions. Following a recent merger, Trine now leads the Novonesis Talent Acquisition team, driving global strategies to attract, develop, and retain top talent. Trine holds a BSc in International Hospitality Management from Oxford Brookes University. She champions a leadership style with a focus on empathy and authenticity, prioritizing work-life balance and thriving in diverse and ambitious teams.
Maria Beck Petersen, Head of Candidate Experience, Novonesis
Maria Beck Petersen is a Senior HR professional with 15+ years of experience in HR development, specializing in concept, process, and project development within HR. Currently, she serves as Head of Candidate Experience at Novonesis responsible for Global Onboarding and Employer Branding. Maria has an extensive track record in developing tools and frameworks for HR such as strategic workforce planning, performance management, onboarding, and talent programs. Prior to Novonesis, she held Global HR roles at Novozymes and Nordea. She also spent 4 years at NOCA where she facilitated HR innovation and knowledge-sharing initiatives among Denmark’s largest organizations. Maria holds a master’s degree in human resource management and a bachelor’s degree in economics and business administration from Copenhagen Business School.
Anna-Louise Plougmand, Head of Talent Acqusition, Nordic CoE
Anna-Louise Plougmand has over 20 years of experience with HR, which includes recruitment, training, business partnering, and talent acquisition. She is currently Head of Talent Acquisition at The Tryg Group, where she is responsible for both the strategic initiatives around Talent Acquisition as well as the operational execution of TA in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and across Europe. With more than 5 years of living and working in the United States, and with TA experience from more European countries she possesses knowledge of international and intercultural perspectives and understand the true value of diversity and what it takes to create an inclusive culture. Anna-Louise has a master’s degree in Strategy and Management with a special focus on Human Resources from Aarhus University, as well as a separate master’s in leadership.
Lars Lundmann, Psychologist & PhD in Recruitment
Lars Lundmann is a trained psychologist and holds a Ph.D. in recruitment. He has written numerous articles and books on recruitment; you can, for example, read his latest article on blind recruitment here. Lars is the COO and partner at Caseflow which develops tailored case studies and new recruitment processes as an alternative to traditional applications and CVs.
Christina Just, CEO / Managing Partner, Capax Recruitment
Christina Just is Managing Partner and CEO of Capax Recruitment, a leading Nordic HR-consultancy and recruitment agency. She has led Capax Recruitment from the mere beginning – from business plan to one of the leading HR-consultancy organizations in Scandinavia. In her more than 25 year-long career, she has worked with management consultancy, project management, business development and strategy in a variety of large and international organizations. Christina holds a BSc and MSc in Economics and Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School as well as a degree in journalism from DMJX.
*No show fee
By registering for this event, you also accept NOCA’s conditions regarding no-show fee.
In order to give the most members the opportunity to participate in the event and to protect ourselves against food waste, we need to know if you are participating, otherwise we can give your place to someone else. Therefore, if you cancel after the deadline on January 15th 2025 at 12:00 CET or do not arrive on the day, you will subsequently receive a charge of 450 DKK.
Should you be prevented, you are always welcome to send a colleague in your place and thereby avoid paying a no-show fee. Your colleague will need to pick up your name tag upon arrival at the event.