BREAKFAST & NETWORKING - 7:15 AM
ANNOUNCEMENTS - 7:45 AM
Jon Anderson, SHRMA President
PROGRAM - 8:00 - 9:30 AM
Positioning for the Future Talent Acquisition Strategy
DESCRIPTION/COURSE OVERVIEW
This presentation challenges participants to move from a traditional recruitment model to a proactive, future focused talent acquisition strategy designed to strengthen organizational capability and long-term workforce readiness.
By investing in a more strategic, relationship-driven approach, we are positioning the organization to secure top talent, reduce time-to-hire, and strengthen our culture through intentional hiring practices. Ultimately, this forward-looking strategy ensures we have the people, skills and capabilities required to support the company’s growth and long-term success.
Through an interactive approach, we will walk through a roadmap to move from current to future.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Participants will be able to differentiate between recruiting activities and talent acquisition strategy.
- Participants will be able to develop a roadmap attracting, engaging, and retaining high quality candidates aligned with business goals.
- Participants will learn about practical ways to make better decisions, increase efficiency, and reduce time to hire using Artificial Intelligence.
SPEAKER
Kimberly A. Nash, MBA, SHRM-SCP, SPHR
As a passionate human resource professional, Kim Nash has spent more than 35 years as a trailblazer to advance the profession and mentor human resource professionals along their growth and development journey.
After several years of working for organizations as their first HR leader, Kim transitioned into a consulting role.
She has partnered with hundreds of organizations in a variety of
industries, for profit and not for profit, to mentor their human resource professionals and to assist in strengthening the human resource function of the organization.
In December 2025, Kim joined Cherry Bekaert Advisory LLC leading their Organizational Development and Strategic HR team partnering with organizations to provide a variety of business consulting, training & development, compliance management, and other human resource related services. In the spring of 2023, Kim’s first book was published, Burn the Plow, her story of career journey, and the lessons learned along the way.
Kim has had the opportunity to speak on leadership and human resource related topics at a variety of events locally and nationally including the 2019 & 2022 National SHRM Conferences.
Kim has spent more than 25 years teaching the SHRM HR Essentials, the SHRM Learning System, and other human resource related courses to mentor and encourage human resource professionals to grow in their professional development and pass the certification exam! Kim teaches through a variety of universities and SHRM Partners.
Kim holds the SHRM-SCP certification through the Society of Human Resource Management, the SPHR certification through HR Certification Institute, the Compensation Management Specialist designation from the International Foundation of Employee Benefits, and has completed the John C. Maxwell Certification Program to teach, coach, train, and speak.
Kim is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management and a Past President of the Human Resource Professionals of Central PA. She is a graduate of York College of PA with a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Business Education, and holds an MBA/Human Resource Management from the University of Phoenix.
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Payments for non-members will be verified before confirming registration. Payment instructions will be included in invoice.
This session has been submitted for recertification credits with SHRM and HRCI. Chapter members in good standing with their dues and non-members that have paid the nominal fee will receive these credits if in attendance for a minimum of 75 minutes of the program.
