A clear look at where AI fits in industrial hiring today, from three leaders who use it every day.
One works inside an employer talent team and two run staffing desks. They share where AI earns its place in the process, where they have held back, and what it takes to close the trust gap between a recommendation and a decision.
For lean hiring teams bearing the brunt of the qualified candidate shortage. Two one-person recruiting operations share how they manage the gap between what's expected and what the labor market allows.
How a staffing team adopts AI without losing the human side. Mark Herbst and Cameron Hidalgo from Express Baton Rouge walk through the strategy and the day-to-day. Plus a first look at a new feature built specifically for staffing teams.
What AI adoption actually looks like inside industrial hiring teams today. Where it's working, where teams have held back, and what it takes to close the trust gap.
We analyzed 1.2 million applications across 15,500 roles, surveyed 83 TA and HR professionals, and published the findings in the FactoryFix 2026 Industrial Hiring Benchmark Report.The data tells you what's happening across the industry. This session puts you in the room with two hiring leaders who are using that same data to make different decisions about where they source, how they prioritize roles, and what they've stopped doing.
This session is for TA and HR professionals at manufacturing companies and industrial staffing firms who are accountable for filling skilled trades and technical roles, and who are figuring out where AI fits.
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