Building the Talent Engine: Strategic People Sourcing
About this Event
Presented by AppleOne and AgileOne
Join AppleOne and AgileOne on October 23 in Houston, for an interactive lunch-and-learn focused on how talent acquisition leaders can move from reactive recruiting to a more strategic, proactive sourcing model.
Led by Leigh Rodriguez, the session will explore how organizations can build stronger talent pipelines, use market intelligence more effectively, improve candidate engagement, rethink traditional recruiting metrics, and apply AI in ways that elevate—not replace—the human side of talent acquisition. The workshop is designed to be practical and action-oriented, with discussion, exercises, and frameworks participants can begin applying immediately.
Event Details
Date: Friday, October 23, 2026
Time: 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Location:
12 Greenway Plaza
1st Floor, Phase 2 Auditorium
Houston, TX 77046
Lunch will be provided.
What We’ll Explore
During this 90-minute workshop, participants will work through five core components of a stronger talent engine:
- Understanding the true business impact and cost of open positions
- Moving sourcing from volume-driven activity to signal-driven strategy
- Reducing process friction that negatively affects candidate engagement
- Measuring readiness and business impact rather than activity alone
- Using AI and technology to automate transactional work so recruiters can focus on higher-value, human interactions
The session will conclude with a practical 30-day experiment participants can take back to their organizations and begin testing immediately.
Featured Speaker
Leigh Rodriguez, Head of Direct Sourcing, AgileOne
Leigh Rodriguez is an author, keynote speaker and talent acquisition leader with nearly three decades of experience building talent strategies across healthcare, pharma, technology, engineering and banking. As Head of Direct Sourcing at AgileOne and a member of the RPO Executive Team, she leads global direct sourcing strategy and helps organizations build more proactive, connected and technology-enabled talent ecosystems.
Hosted By
Kelly Carlton, Senior Director of Client Strategy, AgileOne
Kelly Carlton brings more than 25 years of experience across recruitment delivery, operations, RPO, MSP and total talent solutions. She works with HR, talent acquisition and business leaders to assess workforce challenges and develop scalable talent strategies aligned with business outcomes.
Ebony Howard, Area Manager, AppleOne
Ebony Howard is a workforce solutions leader with more than two decades of experience connecting people with meaningful opportunities and helping organizations build strong teams. At AppleOne, she brings a people-first approach to staffing, client partnerships and workforce strategy.
Who Should Attend
This session is designed for talent acquisition, HR and workforce leaders who are responsible for building, improving or transforming how their organizations identify, engage and hire talent.
Whether your organization is focused on improving sourcing performance, strengthening recruiter effectiveness, expanding talent communities, applying AI more strategically or moving toward a more proactive talent model, this workshop is designed to provide practical ideas you can take back to your team.
About the Workshop
Traditional recruiting models often begin when a requisition opens. By then, the business is already waiting.
Building the Talent Engine challenges that model.
The workshop explores how organizations can create greater readiness before demand becomes urgent, through market intelligence, stronger talent communities, disciplined candidate engagement, better metrics and a thoughtful human-AI partnership.
The goal is not simply to recruit faster. It is to build a talent acquisition function that operates with greater intelligence, credibility and business impact.
Presented by AppleOne and AgileOne.
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