The Role of TA in Overarching Diversity and Branding Strategies
Talent attraction, talent retention, employer branding, diversity, and employee experience are important points of focus for most talent acquisition teams, however these initiatives often run adjacent to each other rather than within a coordinated framework.
Many teams are realizing that by unifying efforts across multiple activities, the sum is nearly always greater than the parts. This is especially true when it comes to talent acquisition, diversity, and branding.
Join us for a free webinar on Thursday, March 24, at 2pm ET, as Jacquese Brown, Atiba Page, Weston Fillman, and Jessica Jolley discuss the importance of synergizing efforts between TA, diversity, and branding, and how when goals in these areas are clearly and realistically defined, the results can exceed what the C-suite ever thought was possible.
Key discussion points of this webinar will be:
- Defining diversity and branding goals
- Investing beyond the role and funding resources
- Speaking the language of business
- Producing results that exceed expectations
Register for free to reserve your seat now. Can’t attend? No problem! Register for the webinar, and you’ll receive a link to view the video recording the next day. Everyone who attends the live broadcast will receive HRCI and SHRM credits. If you have any issues with the registration process, reach out to us directly at webinars@ere.net.
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Jacquese Brown
Sr. Director, DEI Programs
Cielo Talent
Jacquese Brown is a certified DEI Practitioner and Strategist with a passion for Workplace Inclusion and a background in HR. She has been with Cielo for 5 years and brings collectively 15 years of experience in the area of TA Strategic Attraction as well as Diversity Pipelining and Partnerships in various industries from Home Improvement to Healthcare. In addition to her focus in building our client strategies, she also partners internally at Cielo as a member of the Diversity Council and a facilitator for our Inclusion events.
Atiba Page
Diversity & Inclusion Manager
Bristol Myers Squibb
Atiba Page is excited to bridge the gap between global communities, PBRG’s, Talent Acquisition, and
Talent Management. Atiba is known to put the D in diversity & disability with her dynamic personality
and relationship-building skills. Her passion for belonging is the fuel she uses to be an inclusive global
champion for everyone!
Atiba was named one of disabled & Careers Magazine ‘Employee of the Year’.
Diagnosed with Stage IV breast cancer in February 2019, Atiba has had over 100 doctor visits,
chemotherapy and radiation treatments, a single right mastectomy, and gamma knife brain surgery, all
within the last 2 years. Atiba is thrilled to report she has received NO EVIDENCE OF DISEASE (NED) from
her oncology team since May 2020!
Atiba is recently accepted a board member position for Living Beyond Cancer which supports 600,000
active members.
Weston Fillman
Senior Manager, Diversity Outreach & Engagement
Zendesk
At Zendesk, Weston is a leader on the Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion team designing and managing the Diverse Talent Communities Team – responsible for diversity recruiting partnerships, pipeline development programs, and partnering with TA on inclusive recruiting strategies. Prior to Zendesk, Weston spent six years as a Diversity Business Partner and Diversity Program Manager at Facebook and Google, respectively. Before pivoting to tech 7+ years ago, Weston began his career with Teach For America. He has a background in higher education and a master’s degree from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education and is engaged in the non-profit community in San Francisco.
Jessica Jolley
Head of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Pendo.io
Jessica Jolley is Pendo’s first director of diversity, equity, and inclusion. She has a decade of experience in DEI, organizational design, and community engagement. Jessica previously worked as Deputy Director of Strategy and Operations for My Brother's Keeper Alliance, an initiative of the Obama Foundation. At MBK Alliance she worked with Fortune 500s to diversify their hiring pipeline and organized Opportunity Summits across the country, resulting in thousands of job placements for men of color.
Demand from corporations for help establishing DEI programs and curriculum led Jess and her colleagues to form their own consulting firm, Generation Titans. Jessica’s work at Generation Titans was centered in translating and connecting the needs of communities with the right resources and support. In this role worked with organizations including Ben and Jerry’s, NBA, Prudential, Comcast, Google, American Eagle, and Open to All to implement community engagement and DEI efforts.The team eventually launched a community and crowdfunding platform called Join Reunion to connect Black, LatinX, and Indigenous founders to investors and corporate funders.
Jessica previously worked at Deloitte Consulting in the Strategy and Operations Practice. At Deloitte, Jessica co-founded Communities of Color (C2C). She and her co-founders supported more than 400 women of color through education and training, community building, and mentorship.
Jessica has roots in North Carolina, growing up on a rural tobacco farm, attending the North Carolina School of Science and Math, and obtaining her bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill as a Morehead-Cain Scholar. Jessica also obtained a Masters in Science in Management and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University.