From Reactive to Strategic: Building a Recruiting Process That Actually Works

• Workshop Room 3

Most small and mid-sized businesses only react to hiring needs when they arise, leading to rushed decisions, missed candidates, and inconsistent results.

In this session, we’ll walk through how to build a structured, scalable recruiting process that improves time-to-hire, increases efficiency, and helps you consistently attract the right talent to support business growth.

Presented by:

Aimee Houde from OneDigital Headshot Photo at Small Business Expo

Aimee Houde OneDigital

Twenty years. Every industry. Every size company. Aimee Houde is a working director who leads the Recruiting Services practice at OneDigital | Resourcing Edge — supporting her team while partnering directly with small business clients on hiring, retention, and the employee experience in between. She started her career as a “fit finder” at a Philadelphia law firm and has since placed talent across nearly every sector that’s asked her to help — from salespeople to sous chefs to surgeons — building recruiting teams and practices from the ground up along the way. Her core belief: talent is like a dog. Hiring is the head, retention is the tail, and employee experience is everything in
Twenty years. Every industry. Every size company. Aimee Houde is a working director who leads the Recruiting Services practice at OneDigital | Resourcing Edge — supporting her team while partnering directly with small business clients on hiring, retention, and the employee experience in between. She started her career as a “fit finder” at a Philadelphia law firm and has since placed talent across nearly every sector that’s asked her to help — from salespeople to sous chefs to surgeons — building recruiting teams and practices from the ground up along the way. Her core belief: talent is like a dog. Hiring is the head, retention is the tail, and employee experience is everything in between. Tend to the care and feeding of the whole dog, and you’ll have a thriving company. Most leaders treat those as separate. Aimee doesn’t. Based in Columbus, Ohio.