Creating Trust in Hiring: Forward-Thinking Leaders Navigate the New World
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Hiring is becoming harder to navigate – for employers and candidates alike.
AI-generated CVs, salary rumours and increasing expectations around transparency are making it more difficult to know what’s genuine. The EU AI Act classifies artificial intelligence used in recruitment, selection, and candidate evaluation as high-risk systems. At the same time, the EU Pay Transparency Directive is reshaping expectations around openness, fairness and trust in hiring.
What challenges, major shifts, and new opportunities will shape companies operating in Europe in 2026?
This session explores what those changes mean in practice, and how employers can respond in a way that feels credible, practical and human.
What’s in it for you?
- Understand how AI, misinformation and changing candidate expectations are affecting trust in recruitment
- Explore what the EU Pay Transparency Directive could mean for hiring and competition for talent across Europe
- Learn how organisations can approach pay transparency in a way that builds credibility and candidate trust
- Hear how some employers are using transparency and fairness to strengthen employer brand and attract talent
- Take away practical thinking points for navigating a hiring market that is becoming more open, competitive and AI-influenced
Who should attend?
- Talent Acquisition leaders
- HR and People teams
- Employer Branding professionals
- Recruitment leaders and hiring managers
- Anyone interested in how hiring and candidate expectations are evolving
Why join?
The way organisations hire – and how candidates evaluate employers – is changing quickly.
This session is an opportunity to hear an honest discussion about the challenges hiring teams are facing today, and how businesses can build stronger trust with candidates in a market that often feels noisy, uncertain and increasingly shaped by AI.
Book your spot today – places are going fast!
Meet the speakers
Cian Martin
Director of Legal, EMEACian Martin is Director of Legal, EMEA at Greenhouse Software, leading legal strategy across the region. A seasoned in-house counsel with deep experience in commercial and privacy matters, he previously served as Lead Counsel EMEA at Benchling and held senior roles at Twilio, IAC and Segment. Prior to moving in-house Cian worked in Ireland's leading commercial law firm and holds legal degrees from University College Cork and the University of Cambridge.
Christina Langer
Senior EconomistDr Christina Langer is Senior Economist at The Stepstone Group, an economist and labour market researcher focusing on the future of work, generative AI and skills development. Alongside her role at Stepstone, she is an Economist at the ifo Institute and a Digital Fellow at the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, part of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI. Previously, she conducted research there as a Postdoctoral Researcher on the impact of artificial intelligence, new technologies and changing skill requirements on the labour market, companies and employees.
With her research, Dr Christina Langer conducts data-intensive analyses on generative AI, skills, productivity, recruiting, and labour market transformation. Her academic work has been published in international journals and has been featured by media outlets such as The New York Times. She has presented at international conferences, collaborated with institutions including Harvard, the UCL School of Management and the Institute for Employment Research, and has received several awards for her dissertation.
In media appearances, discussions, and presentations, Dr Christina Langer combines scientific evidence with practical recommendations for companies, policymakers and the wider public. She explains how generative AI is changing the world of work, which skills will become more important in the future and how companies can successfully shape the transformation of work.
Julius Probst
Senior Economist at AppcastJulius Probst is Senior Economist at Appcast. He did his M.Sc. in Economics with a specialisation in macroeconomics and his PhD in Economic History at Lund University in Sweden. During his PhD, he also worked as a researcher for the European Central Bank.
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