Keynotes & Speaking Events
Laurie brings a vibrant, approachable style to her presentations and corporate training sessions. Pulling from her years of experience and perspective working congruently with both corporations and employees in the market, she uniquely tailors her material to her attendees. Laurie has been working as a communication expert and speaker for over 20 years, speaking to audiences from small groups to large conferences. She has served as a Keynote speaker for several events and is regularly asked to speak on expert panels around the state of Texas and online.
“Laurie’s presentation was an innovative, informative dive into the new world of recruiting that kept our HR professionals of all experience levels engaged. After the presentation, several participants were talking about improvements they intended to make to their processes and how helpful the fresh perspective was. This is not a heard-it-before recruiting presentation, I would highly recommend it!”
“Laurie is an award winning professional knowledgeable in organizational people trends. Her presentations are always relevant and useful in many levels. Her style of presenting is influential and her management focus is on training and performance excellence. Laurie's expertise in Austin talent acquisition and management are a huge asset to CEOs and managers. She comes up with effective strategies and can implement them fast and flawlessly.”
- Director of Conferences and Keynote Presenter
Speaking Topics and Corporate Training
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SHRM and HRCI Certified
The objective of this presentation is to discuss steps in the recruiting process in detail, to determine how to triage a process with examples of challenges and solutions, and lastly how to optimize a recruiting process with detailed information on creating a process at the top level to be the most efficient and effective.
Bottom line: How to Most Effectively Create or Optimize a Recruiting Program
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Training focused on Diversity and Inclusion objectives. Topics covered include:
Training for all interviewers on bias related to interviewing
DEI considerations on Job descriptions, interview sheets, and other documents
DEI process considerations from applications to on boarding
Common mistakes that lead to a non-diverse workforce
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Why does the gap continue to widen between employee and employer expectations? This presentation provides updated information to better understand the employment market, how to compete for talent and how individuals can stay competitive. An interactive discussion includes information on bias recognition and training for management, as well as practical implementations for accountability and employee engagement.
Participants will learn to:
• Optimize candidate experience and engagement
• Implement and use talent activation tools and methodology
• Educate C-Suite and hiring managers on:
candidate market and realistic hiring expectations
hiring process best practices
effective interviewing & unconscious bias
employee engagement and talent activation techniques (including handouts for training)
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Being a job seeker in a highly competitive market can feel overwhelming, especially if you are unexpectedly looking. Learn How To Stand Out Against the Competition and set yourself apart. Laurie Holsman, a subject matter expert, will share the best tips, tricks and tools to set yourself up for the best outcome in a highly competitive job market. She will also address the mistakes candidates make that elimates them from consideration.
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Best tools and strategies to prepare for an interview of various types and levels. Handling objections and bias, asking appropriate questions, setting yourself apart from other candidates, and the most common mistakes that interviewers/job seekers make.
Bottom line: How to Interview on Purpose to Present Your Best Self
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Steps for becoming self-aware, getting out of auto-pilot and engaging in life and work. Gaining a better understanding of the concept of living on autopilot - understanding how and why our brains are wired to this default, how to recognize when this has become a problem for yourself or your employees, and learning techniques to get out of that routine and take steps to get you and your employees engaged and productive at work.
What People Are Saying
“Thank you Laurie Holsman for speaking to our group! We loved having you and our attendees really enjoyed your presentation. They found it to be insightful and full of great takeaways. ”
— Event Planner
“Your presentation today was outstanding! Your message was on point for me as I job search and I'm sure it resonated with everyone.”
— Job Seeker
“Your approach is unique. You have set the bar high. Hope others follow. Best information I have seen on this topic.”