2024 Accelerate Conference | Recruiting Strategies to Help Win the Talent Race

Quality employees aren’t just a commodity anymore; they’ve become a scarce resource as Boomers and Gen Xers retire. The race is on to find top talent! But an effective workforce is far more than a certain ‘head count’ or number of full-time equivalents. A successful company will look strategically at the wide range of experiences and technical and skills needed from their optimum workforce. Diversity in the workforce also has become a strategic advantage, as employees from different ages, genders and cultural backgrounds work together as “mixed teams” perform better.

Human resource executives with leading companies share their perspectives, experiences and advice on how to generate success in your talent management strategy. During this session they will share:

How to effectively develop a workforce planning and talent acquisition strategy that closely aligns and supports your corporate goals and objectives
Ideas on how to develop a practical sourcing strategy that generates your desired results
Tips and tactics that effectively attracts quality candidates and ensures they’re the right talent for you
Advice on how to develop your company as an “employer of choice.”

MEET THE SPEAKERS

Facilitator
Trey Griggs

Founder and CEO
BETA Consulting Group

Facilitator
Trey Griggs

Founder and CEO
BETA Consulting Group

Trey Griggs enjoys coaching CEOs and their teams on branding and messaging, guiding them to build a lasting brand that attracts the right customers and team members. He is also a skilled writer producing website content, blogs, white papers, customer testimonials and social media content. C-level executives and sales & marketing leaders rely on Griggs to promote and build collaboration between sales and marketing teams in order to grow revenue.

Griggs also has a passion for podcasting, facilitating conversations with executives to share valuable insights. He hosts four weekly podcasts, including The Word on the Street LIVE with the #StreetCrew, Iron Minds with Hayden Allred, and The Full Send Podcast with PGA Tour Player Jared Wolfe, as well as a twice-a-week LIVE show called Standing Out: a podcast about sales, marketing & leadership.

Jessica Hughes

Director of Sales
Tenstreet

Jessica Hughes

Director of Sales
Tenstreet

Jessica Hughes has been a true Tenstreet powerhouse since walking through the doors in 2016. Transitioning from sales executive to sales director in 2018, she is passionate about identifying talent, fostering success, and teaching people to show up and believe in themselves has been instrumental in the growth of our overall team. She approaches leadership with elegance, class, and a touch of fun, and in the last four years has grown the sales team from ten to over 60 strong.

In the high-energy world of sales, Jessica stands out by bringing a steady sense of calm into every conversation. She inspires her team and consistently exceeds target goals. Jessica's heart is in the transportation industry and she believes it deserves top talent, which shows in the way she works endlessly to create new opportunities for Tenstreet and the industry as a whole.

Jennifer Hoffman

Logistics Agent Recruiter
Trinity Logistics

Jennifer Hoffman

Logistics Agent Recruiter
Trinity Logistics

With 10 years of experience in the logistics industry, and most of that working directly with independent Freight Agents, Jennifer has learned what it takes to build a successful freight agency. This knowledge and experience built from leading the Agent Division at Trinity Logistics for 5 of those 10 years has been critical during the transition into the recruiting role she currently holds.

Jennifer has earned multiple company awards, the nomination of Top Women to Watch in Transportation in 2021, and lives by the motto of “Faith, Family, Hustle” hoping to show other women that a partnership of faith, family, and a strong career are achievable.

Justin Clarke

Co-Founder and CEO
F|Staff

Justin Clarke

Co-Founder and CEO
F|Staff

Justin Clarke is the co-founder and CEO of F|Staff, an on-demand truck driver staffing company. Clarke has an inspirational story and continues to mold himself as a trusted leader and disruptor in the staffing industry and remains passionate about helping people find quality and meaningful work.

In life, Clarke follows one primary motto: BEE KIND TO OTHERS.

Following the loss of Clarke’s identical twin brother, he co-founded a new charity dedicated to kindness. The Honey Foundation provides kindness education programs to K-12 students in Arizona and across the United States in an effort to improve positive behaviors at school and reduce negative traits like bullying.

An Arizona native, Clarke resides in Goodyear with his wife, Jaime, and children Hayley and Jackson, loves golfing, coaching youth sports, traveling, good food, and human-kindness.

Tisha Backer

Senior Director, Talent Acquisition
C.H. Robinson

Tisha Backer

Senior Director, Talent Acquisition
C.H. Robinson

With more than 15 years in HR and talent acquisition, Tisha Backer is the Senior Director of Talent Acquisition at C.H. Robinson. She leads the global talent acquisition team in developing and executing innovative recruitment strategies, while also managing the company’s new contingent workforce program. Backer is also accountable for delivering recruitment marketing strategies that differentiate C.H. Robinson from the competition. Finally, she co-leads HR's AI and lean committee, focused on continuous improvement and reducing waste, while maximizing technology to solve critical talent problems.

Sylvia Mahfouz

Senior Director of Marketing, Recruiting and Retention
TCI Transportation

Sylvia Mahfouz

Senior Director of Marketing, Recruiting and Retention
TCI Transportation

Sylvia Mahfouz, named one of 2024’s Top Women to Watch in Transportation, is a seasoned professional with more than a decade of experience in the industry, honed through a dedicated career at TCI Transportation. Starting in human resources, she focused on employee development, building a strong foundation in talent management. For the past five years, she has led the recruiting and retention team, implementing innovative strategies to attract and retain top talent while exceeding department goals.

Recently promoted to Senior Director of Marketing, Recruiting and Retention, Mahfouz champions growth and development at TCI through initiatives like mentorship, career development and philanthropic programs. Notably, she oversaw the onboarding of 260 employees in one month across 10 cities, marking TCI's largest new account acquisition in its 45-year history.

Recruiting Strategies to Help Win the Talent Race

MEET THE SPEAKERS

Facilitator Trey Griggs

Facilitator Trey Griggs

Jessica Hughes

Jessica Hughes

Jennifer Hoffman

Jennifer Hoffman

Justin Clarke

Justin Clarke

Tisha Backer

Tisha Backer

Sylvia Mahfouz

Sylvia Mahfouz

Facilitator
Trey Griggs

Facilitator
Trey Griggs