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 important to keep up to date with the trends, development, best practices, and different approaches within the Talent Acquisition field.
Join us for our annual Talent Acquisition Day to gain valuable insights and stay ahead of the curve. We are excited to feature interesting speakers who will share their expertise, along with concrete case studies that highlight effective Talent Acquisition strategies. Additionally, we will showcase NOCA’s first Talent Acquisition survey, diving into the results to uncover key findings that can shape your recruitment strategies.
This conference will focus on the many aspects of Talent Acquisition:
- Diversity
- Recruitment
- Attracton
- Strategy
- Case examples
Presentations of the day
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: skills and motivation. But why stop there? The CV falls short in predicting job performance and can limit candidates’ ability to change career paths. 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 Lundmand 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. For true objectivity, it’s crucial to fully anonymize candidates’ case responses to ensure that each applicant is evaluated solely on their competencies and motivation for the role at hand. 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.
More details will be shared as the conference approaches. Secure your spot by signing up today!
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
Psst.. more keynote speakers to be announced soon. Stay tuned!
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 Tryg Forsikring in Copenhagen, where she is strategizing Tryg’s work with TA. With more than 8 years of working in the United States, she possesses a unique understanding of international and intercultural HR. 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. Combined with her education and impressive working experience, she is constantly developing herself and her team, which includes an increased focus on e.g. AI, diversity, and inclusion in recruitment and TA.
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.io, which develops tailored case studies and new recruitment processes as an alternative to traditional applications and CVs.
Psst.. more keynote speakers to be announced soon. Stay tuned!