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World Congress 2026 Europe • Jul 9, 2026 • Session details

How to Attract & Retain in a fast moving environment

Kent Frederiksen

Can you still buy top talent in a shrinking market? Discover why aggressive compensation is dead and how data-driven HR and inclusive cultures are your new competitive advantage.

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#1 about 2 min

Global life expectancy and data biases

Understanding true global longevity sets the baseline for demographic data and realistic HR planning.

#2 about 2 min

Impact of population decline on talent pools

How shrinking populations in Western nations require localized talent acquisition interventions to sustain corporate growth.

#3 about 3 min

Aligning corporate rewards and location strategies

Placing business hubs in desirable locations naturally incentivizes high-skill candidate attraction and long-term retention.

#4 about 2 min

Global fertility rates and technological automation

Fertility metrics falling below replacement levels accelerate enterprise dependency on robotics and workforce automation.

#5 about 2 min

Aligning talent strategy with demographic shifts

Tracking hyper-local recruitment data allows people operations to adjust international hiring ratios before local talent pools evaporate.

#6 about 3 min

Building talent pipelines over expensive senior hires

Developing early-career candidates mitigates organizational exposure to retiring senior generations and costly compensation wars.

#7 about 2 min

Tracking HR metrics to guide talent investments

Consolidating turnover, absenteeism, and time-to-fill statistics directs actionable investments into global recruitment efficiency.

#8 about 2 min

Building employer brand in new target markets

Entering unfamiliar geographical regions necessitates robust employer brand storytelling beyond basic salary incentives.

#9 about 1 min

Competing for IT talent without stock options

Promoting stable tenure, strong corporate values, and engaging environments offsets the absence of sweeping digital equity distributions.

#10 about 2 min

Navigating EU pay transparency legislation challenges

Compliance with upcoming pay disclosure limits the ability to attract top-tier candidates with unchecked isolated monetary offers.

#11 about 3 min

Lobbying governments for favorable immigration tax policies

Advocating for expatriate tax restructuring is vital to remaining internationally competitive inside high-tax welfare societies.

#12 about 2 min

Structuring early career development for digital roles

Implementing clearly defined progression pathways empowers developers below leadership tiers without utilizing executive equity packages.

#13 about 3 min

Supporting family infrastructure to improve workforce participation

Subsidizing affordable daycare and sustaining merit-based parity during parental leaves actively counters plummeting regional birth rates.

#14 about 2 min

Mitigating relocation friction for international hires

Dedicated corporate management of work permits and spousal integration proves essential when uprooting seasoned professionals.

#15 about 1 min

Enforcing hybrid schedules and limiting remote work

Mandating in-country employment safeguards cross-functional inclusion while providing structured local hybrid flexibility.

#16 about 2 min

Integrating diverse cultures into an egalitarian workplace

Adopting universal behavioral frameworks allows incoming international workforces to smoothly adapt to highly nuanced company norms.

#17 about 2 min

Transitioning employees from remote to hybrid environments

Balancing return-to-office compromises involves acknowledging location-bound hourly frontline personnel to ensure sweeping internal fairness.

#18 about 1 min

Assisting international hires with competitive housing markets

Leveraging external relocation vendors lowers candidate abandonment driven by saturated housing scenarios in destination countries.

#19 about 2 min

Prioritizing workplace flexibility to attract competitive talent

Adapting part-time arrangements alongside hybrid mobility provides a strategic alternative to solely aggressive financial offers.

Matching moments

3:27 min

Understanding demographic shifts and changing global workforce priorities

Rudi Bauer Rudi Bauer +1 · Cappuccino with HR

6:38 min

Innovating reward strategies for shrinking future talent pools

Rudi Bauer Rudi Bauer +1 · Cappuccino with HR

4:04 min

Analyzing global workforce dynamics and talent competition

Rudi Bauer Rudi Bauer +1 · Cappuccino with HR

5:20 min

Leveraging workations for talent acquisition and senior retention

Stefan Dietz Stefan Dietz · WWC 2024

3:03 min

Navigating demographic shifts and changing candidate expectations

Nicole Lamprecht Nicole Lamprecht · WWC 2024

3:36 min

Introduction to macro forces affecting the talent climate

Rudi Bauer Rudi Bauer +1 · Cappuccino with HR

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