Making the Case for Innovation in Campus Recruiting Organizations: A Cultural Imperative

Career Level: Basic- and intermediate-level university relations and recruiting professionals
Competency: Technology and information management
Fee: FREE (member); $69 (nonmember);

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Summary
Many companies approach innovation as an austere concept or a race to purchase technology or expertise via vendors. This session, which encourages innovation as a critical necessity of being an impactful leader and organization, addresses key elements of getting started and shares successes and missteps of KPMG’s journey to transform its operations, delivery, expectations, and team behavior through a culture of innovation. This session challenges employers to build innovation within talent acquisition teams, regardless of size or budget, and explores how to mine, leverage, and reward the ideas of the team. Please note this session focuses upon driving innovation internally not upon innovation events, or programs for recruits.

Following this program, you will be able to:
- Articulate the business imperative of driving innovation within campus recruiting;
- Leverage key considerations and roadmap for defining and driving innovation in culture and leadership of organization; and
- Explore plausible formats and tools for hosting an internal innovation challenge.
Presenters

Karissa Cornell, Director of Campus Recruiting, KPMG LLP
Karissa has 20+ years of experience in university talent acquisition and is currently KPMG’s Director of Transformation and Innovation. In this role, Karissa is responsible for driving a culture of innovation within the talent organization, as well as implementing a nimble and impactful every day and transformative campus recruiting innovation strategy. With innovation at the core, Karissa recently co-led transformation of the US KPMG UTA delivery model, systems, and team structure. Karissa serves as a national instructor for the KPMG Business School, including curriculum development and facilitation of a variety of courses. She collaborates with the global sourcing and US talent teams on new and emerging technologies and vendors.

Sean Treccia, Director, Talent Acquisition, KPMG LLP
In his role, Sean Treccia leads three core TA teams for KPMG – Inclusion & Diversity, Branding & Marketing, and Events & Relaxations. In addition, he leads the Global Campus Programs for KPMG and serves as a national instructor for the KPMG Business School. Over the past three years, he has co-led a complete technology transformation of the KPMG campus team. Treccia has been with KPMG for 17 years. Prior to KPMG, he worked in marketing and recruiting for PwC and UPS. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois – Urbana/Champaign and an M.B.A. degree from Northwestern University.