The Skills Shift: Redefining How We Hire and Grow Talent
Discover how to future-proof your talent strategy by adopting skills-based hiring practices that boost agility, inclusivity, and workforce retention.
Join us for a discussion on skills-based hiring, featuring practitioners from forward-thinking organizations driving change in how talent is sourced, evaluated, and developed. Our panel will address the challenges of moving beyond traditional role-based requirements, sharing tactics that align hiring practices with real-world skills and capabilities. Discover how these industry experts are leveraging data, competency frameworks, and agile methodologies to identify potential, all while maintaining equity, speed, and consistency in their processes.
We’ll also discuss the complexities of internal mobility, upskilling, and cross-functional team building – and the efficiencies gained by rethinking how talent is matched to opportunity. Speakers will offer firsthand insights into aligning TA and HR teams around a skills-first approach, benefiting from increased agility and retention without compromising candidate experience or brand identity. By the end, attendees will have actionable strategies to reshape their hiring models for a skills-based future. Don’t miss this opportunity to future-proof your talent strategy and lead with skills.
Attendees will gain insights around:
- Agile Talent Matching: How skills-first frameworks accelerate time-to-productivity.
- Workforce Flexibility: Rethinking job descriptions to support cross-functional movement.
- Inclusive Hiring Practices: Reducing bias by decoupling credentials from capability.
- Retention Through Growth: Building internal career paths based on evolving skill sets.
Employ is the only company that gives you three market-leading ATS solutions — because you deserve the right solution, not just our only solution. Whether it’s JazzHR, Lever, or Jobvite, you get an ATS that fits your needs while we handle the busy work. That means your TA team can focus on what really matters: connecting with top talent. With 23,000+ customers from SMBs to enterprises and 500+ partners, we know hiring inside and out — and we’re here to help you hire the best, every time.
Stephanie Manzelli
Chief Human Resources Officer
Employ Inc.
Stephanie Manzelli is a seasoned and dynamic HR executive who partners with leadership teams to develop on going strategic priorities that influence and guide employees to improve business outcomes. Prior to joining Employ, Stephanie held several leadership roles across retail, insurance, technology, and software. She most recently served as Vice President, People & Culture at SmartBear.
Stephanie has expertise in employee engagement, HR Strategy, learning and development, talent acquisition, employee relations, and total rewards, as well as a track record of coaching in areas of transformation leadership, team building, and managing change with proven success of marrying the needs of business and employees on a global scale.
Jacqueline Ivy Hardin
Senior Advisor, Workforce Development
STEM Next Opportunity Fund
Jacqueline Ivy is a workforce strategist and founder of Ivy + Hedera Consulting, LLC, where she helps mission-driven organizations develop inclusive talent strategies, training programs, and operational solutions that drive equity and impact. She brings 17 years of experience across government, philanthropy, tech, and the private sector.
Her work includes launching AI-powered career tools, leading national training and talent development initiatives, and building cross-sector partnerships and strategies that have connected thousands of job seekers to opportunity while supporting organizations in upskilling their workforce to be future-of-work ready.
Jacqueline helps organizations turn workforce trends into strategies that grow, retain, and meaningfully support diverse talent, building systems rooted in purpose, equity, and long-term impact.