TalentNet

06/16/2026

Expanding into a new market is exciting.

Until you try to hire there.

Compliance regulations that don't match your home market. Cultural hiring norms you weren't prepared for. Niche skillsets that are harder to find than expected.

Most companies treat talent as a downstream function. Something that kicks in after the business decisions are made. That's where expansion plans stall.

Direct Sourcing flips that. Instead of scrambling to fill roles in an unfamiliar market, you go in with a pipeline: engaged Talent Communities built before you need them, and pre-vetted former hires ready to re-engage.

The result? Faster time-to-fill, lower cost-per-hire, and a hiring process that scales across regions without rebuilding from scratch every time.

We broke down the most common expansion hiring challenges and how to avoid them: https://hubs.li/Q04lz1Qj0

06/15/2026

Thinking about Direct Sourcing for your org? Don’t get derailed before you even start.

In our latest Direct Sourcing, Simplified video, TalentNet Sales Director Dylan Halpin breaks down 3 common pitfalls:

📍Waiting for the “perfect time” - it doesn’t exist
📍Winging it with the wrong partners - process matters more than promises
📍Leading with price alone - cost ≠ value or outcomes

Direct Sourcing works when it’s intentional, structured, and built with the right foundation. Otherwise it stalls fast.

Every program is different but these mistakes show up more often than you’d think.

🎥 Watch the full video

Learn how to build a stronger Direct Sourcing strategy with the right partner at https://hubs.li/Q04kvMXW0.

06/10/2026

We go live in 3 hours!

Join TalentNet’s Customer Success team and Monique Campbell Dayes, VP Client Service Delivery, for the next session in our Direct Sourcing De-Coded series:

The Work Before the Win: Implementation Uncovered

This session is focused on the foundational work behind strong, scalable Direct Sourcing programs and the implementation decisions that help teams build momentum from day one.

We’ll explore:
📌Implementation readiness
📌Stakeholder alignment
📌Rollout planning
📌The building blocks behind scalable programs

📅 Today
⏰ 11:00 AM EST

Join us live on LinkedIn or register on Zoom for bonus content and live Q&A.

Click here to register: https://hubs.li/Q04kScVL0

06/09/2026

Your Direct Sourcing program will only go as far as the team behind it.

That’s why choosing the right partners and bringing them in at the right time matters.

VMS. MSP. Curation team. Technology platform. Each plays a different role, but the real impact comes from how they work together.

The strongest programs are not built around one tool or one vendor. They’re built around alignment, ex*****on, and a clear program lead driving the strategy forward.

In our latest blog, we break down what to look for in each partner, where organizations often get it wrong, and why the right foundation changes everything.

Read the blog and see what separates scalable Direct Sourcing programs from the ones that stall out. 👇
https://hubs.li/Q04kDthQ0

When building a Direct Sourcing program, nothing is as important as finding a strong team. We look at which partners to choose and what to look for in each category.

06/08/2026

Top talent is not dropping out by accident.

Candidates are judging your hiring process just as much as you’re judging them.

In our latest video, Anne Llewellin from TalentNet shares 3 major talent turnoffs:

📌No communication
📌Slow, complicated hiring processes
📌Generic candidate engagement

Top talent moves fast. If the experience feels disconnected, impersonal, or dragged out, they’re gone.

That’s why Direct Sourcing matters. It creates a faster, more human candidate experience that keeps talent engaged from the start.

The companies winning talent today are not just filling roles. They’re building experiences people actually want to be part of.

Visit https://hubs.li/Q04kv68p0 to learn how we’re helping organizations build better hiring experiences.

06/04/2026

Agentic AI is reshaping talent acquisition fast, and in Direct Sourcing the shift is already happening in real time.

That’s exactly why we are launching our latest series, Class is in Session.

New tools, new language, new claims about what’s possible. But underneath all of that, the conversations we’re having with teams are surprisingly consistent.

They’re not asking whether Agentic AI is relevant anymore. They’re asking what is actually real inside a working hiring program, and what is worth paying attention to.

That’s where this starts for us.

Direct Sourcing for us has always been about clarity. How organizations engage talent, build pools, and make better hiring decisions with more control and better outcomes.

Agentic AI doesn’t change that foundation. It raises the expectation for how intelligently and efficiently those decisions get made.

And right now, clarity is what the market is missing.

That’s the space this series focuses on.

Not theory. Not noise. Just a clearer look at how Direct Sourcing is evolving in practice as Agentic AI becomes part of how work actually gets done.

Class is in session.

Explore more at https://hubs.li/Q04k3nmF0

06/03/2026

Strong Direct Sourcing programs don’t happen by accident.

They’re built through the right planning, alignment, and implementation foundation from day one.

Join TalentNet’s Customer Success team - Anne Llewellin, Sathi Ganpat and Matt Redling - for the next session in our Direct Sourcing De-Coded series:The Work Before the Win - Implementation Uncovered.

This session is all about the groundwork behind successful Direct Sourcing programs and the decisions that help teams build for long-term scale.

With Monique Campbell-Dayes, VP Client Service Delivery, joining the conversation, we’ll explore:
📌What implementation readiness looks like in practice
📌 How leading teams create alignment early
📌The building blocks behind scalable programs
📌What helps organizations create momentum from the start

📅 June 10, 2026
⏰ 11:00 AM EST
🔗Click here to register: https://hubs.li/Q04jCXv10

06/02/2026

TalentNet is heading to Atlanta.

Phil Cooper is joining Jay Vesce, Procurement & Sourcing Leader at SiriusXM, at ClubVMSA's Atlanta Enterprise Roundtable for a conversation on Supplier Consolidation & Technology Integration in Contingent Workforce Programs.

The most forward-thinking programs aren't just consolidating suppliers. They're using technology to get cleaner data, faster decisions, and a stronger program overall. That's exactly what this conversation is about.

Small room. Real practitioners. No fluff.

📍 AC Hotel by Marriott Downtown, Atlanta
📅 Thursday, June 11, 2026

Learn how TalentNet helps organizations build smarter, more efficient Contingent Workforce programs at https://hubs.li/Q04jCS7C0

06/01/2026

Own your talent. Stop renting it.

In Direct Sourcing De-Coded: The Program Fundamentals, TalentNet's Customer Success Executive Matt Redling walks through what a truly strategic approach to talent looks like, building proprietary talent communities, engaging candidates directly through your brand, and creating a pipeline that works for you long after the first hire.

Request access to the full recording 👇
https://hubs.li/Q04jyTFJ0

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05/28/2026

We’re welcoming Brad Clayton as Vice President of AI and Transformation at TalentNet.

Brad joins from AWS, where he led the Canada Specialist Organization across Data, AI, and Machine Learning, working with enterprise teams on large-scale transformation. Prior to that, he held senior roles at Microsoft, leading Canadian enterprise-focused innovation teams.

He has been in the rooms where the most rigorous enterprise AI gets built. That is the room we operate in.

Justin Lumby, our President, on why this hire matters now:

'The next era of Direct Sourcing will be defined by how thoughtfully companies apply AI. The opportunity is not just to automate tasks. It is to deliver compounding gains in efficiency, candidate experiences rich enough to surface insight no static profile could reveal, and intelligent agents that connect seamlessly across the hiring lifecycle. Doing that at enterprise scale demands an uncompromising commitment to security and compliance, and that is core to how we build.'

Brad on what he is here to do:

'AI is reshaping how organizations approach talent acquisition, and TalentNet is well positioned to lead that shift in the Direct Sourcing space. I am looking forward to applying my experience in enterprise AI to help build solutions that simplify the hiring process and create new opportunities for industry leaders.'

Brad joins as we move into a new chapter of the work.

Full press release: https://hubs.li/Q04j9rd30

Welcome, Brad.