HR: Gap b/w Science & Business (In Recruitment, Hiring and Career Management)

Summary:
In the first LeSS book, *Scaling Lean & Agile Development*, several important HR-related experiments are recommended for organizations seeking to improve organizational and team dynamics, the quality of their workforce, and the work they produce.

But how well do today’s recruiting, hiring, performance-management, and career-development practices support those goals?

Join us for an open and thought-provoking conversation with a senior HR recruiter Bob Waldo, who will share 36-years of his experience, to help us examine the realities facing both sides of the hiring process. We will explore:
* Key challenges experienced by job applicants
* Obstacles faced by internal recruiters and hiring managers
* Concerns about the quality and preparedness of candidates
* Communication gaps caused by differences in experience, seniority, and generation between interviewers and interviewees
* Misalignment among job descriptions, required skills, candidate expectations, career paths, and promotion opportunities
* The tension between rewarding individual performance and improving team and organizational performance
* The impact of individual bonuses on collaboration—particularly within banks and other large organizations
* Additional “uncomfortable” topics that are often discussed privately but rarely addressed openly
The event will combine prepared questions for our presenter with a live audience Q&A, creating space for honest discussion, different perspectives, and practical insights.
Whether you are looking for your next opportunity or representing a company trying to attract, evaluate, retain, and reward the right people, this conversation is for you. Job seekers, recruiters, hiring managers, HR leaders, and organizational decision-makers are all strongly encouraged to attend—especially those working in banks and large companies where individual performance is closely tied to bonuses and career advancement.
Come prepared to listen, challenge conventional thinking, ask difficult questions, and examine the gap between what organizations say they value and what their HR systems actually reward.

Speaker's Bio:
Bob Waldo is a business-driven leader in the recruitment and staffing industry, with deep expertise in connecting top Information Technology talent with organizations ready to grow. Over the course of his career, he has thrived across contingency search, contract consulting, and corporate recruiting roles — building a versatile, results-oriented approach that few in the field can match.
What sets Bob apart is his consultative mindset. He doesn't just fill roles — he partners with organizations to shape smart, strategic recruitment processes and procedures that make staffing efforts efficient, transparent, and built to last. He's equally comfortable setting high-level strategy and rolling up his sleeves as a hands-on resource, personally identifying, screening, and hiring the high-caliber talent that drives real business results.
Bob's specialties reflect his passion for people and process alike: identifying, recruiting, evaluating, and hiring exceptional IT and senior-level business professionals, while continually assessing and refining the tools and methodologies that make recruitment work better for everyone involved.
With a career built on precision, strategy, and genuine investment in finding the right fit, Bob Waldo brings both heart and expertise to every search — helping businesses build the teams that power their success.