The Secret to Success: Self-Advocacy and Self-Care
with Ericka Spradley
The Human Side of AI Recruiting
Saqib Khan
AI is transforming the way companies find and hire talent, but technology alone can’t replace the human connection that makes recruiting effective. Join Saqib Khan, Vice President – Global Talent Engine, Ascendion as he explains how his organization leverages AI to streamline hiring while keeping empathy, culture, and personal engagement at the center of the process. In this candid conversation, Saqib will share real-world insights, practical strategies, and lessons from leading global talent initiatives to help recruiters, HR leaders, and hiring managers embrace AI without losing the human touch.
Key Takeaways:
- How AI can enhance, not replace, the human elements of recruiting
- Best practices for maintaining candidate experience in an automated world
- Balancing efficiency and empathy in global talent strategies
- Lessons from real-world implementations of AI-powered recruiting
Have a question for Saqib? Add it when you register.
Plus, this conversation is eligible for SHRM credits too!
Meet The Speaker
Saqib Khan
Vice President – Global Talent Engine, Ascendion
Saqib Khan is serving as the Vice President of Global Talent Engine, North America & LATAM at Ascendion. In his role, he is responsible for managing a team of 150+ Talent Specialists across the Globe. Along with Talent Acquisition, he is also responsible for managing Global Talent Supply Chain and Talent Mobility across the organization.
He has partnered with IT team to assist with development of in-house ATS systems and processes – rolled out Gen-AI & Agentic AI workflow solutions in their Talent Platform to focus more time on candidate relationships and cut down administrative tasks saving as much as 50% time in manual efforts. Our advanced AI helps identify right the resources based on skills, rewrites precise job descriptors, automates email content, automated sourcing and matching, automated reach out to candidates via voice bots, generates multiple Boolean key strings (combination keyword searches), automating 1st round of interview screening — overall improving the speed and quality in turn reducing the time to fill.
Saqib is based out of Charlotte, NC living with his Spouse and two beautiful daughters – 9 yr old and 4 yr old. He loves traveling, passionate about Cricket (Sport popular in Southeast Asia, England and Australia), watching live sporting action and enjoys cooking.
More events you might like
