Matt Alder - Speaker - By Promotivate Speaker Agency

    Matt Alder

    Conference Speaker Matt Alder - By Promotivate Speaker Agency

    Matt Alder

    Elevate your recruitment with an expert HR speaker. Discover cutting-edge digital talent acquisition strategies to attract top talent and transform your organisation today.


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      Matt Alder

      Pioneering Strategist in Talent Acquisition and the Future of Work

      Core Intelligence Domain: Future of Work
      Location: United Kingdom | Languages: English
      Representation: Represented globally by PSpeakers Global Intelligence

      Matt Alder is a globally recognised visionary in talent acquisition, human resources technology, and the future of work. As the producer and host of the highly acclaimed Recruiting Future podcast, he shapes the strategic narrative for C-suite executives and HR leaders navigating the complexities of modern workforce dynamics. By synthesising decades of proprietary insights with emerging technological trends—such as artificial intelligence, automation, and digital transformation—Alder provides organisations with robust frameworks to attract, engage, and retain exceptional talent in an increasingly competitive global marketplace.

      Professional Background and Leadership

      With a career spanning over two decades, Matt Alder has consistently operated at the critical intersection of human capital and digital innovation. As the founder of Metafocus, a specialised digital consultancy, he has partnered with numerous multinational corporations and enterprise businesses to pioneer progressive strategies in recruitment marketing, HR innovation, and employer branding. His advanced foresight into the digitalisation of the HR function has firmly established him as a trusted advisor to senior business leaders worldwide.

      Alder is the co-author of two seminal business books published by Kogan Page: Exceptional Talent, an authoritative guide detailing how to attract, acquire, and retain elite employees, and Digital Talent, a comprehensive framework for utilising technology to build an agile, future-ready workforce. Through his global consultancy and his extensively downloaded podcast, he continually monitors, analyses, and disseminates the macro-economic and technological trends fundamentally altering the professional landscape.

      Core Speaking Themes

      Matt Alder delivers highly tailored, data-driven keynote presentations designed to challenge conventional HR paradigms and inspire strategic corporate action. His key speaking topics encompass:

      • The Future of Work: Understanding the demographic, technological, and cultural shifts redefining how, where, and why we work in a post-disruption era.
      • Digital Transformation in Talent Acquisition: Leveraging artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced automation to optimise and scale the recruitment lifecycle.
      • Building High-Performance Employer Brands: Crafting authentic, compelling narratives to engage and convert top-tier global talent in a digital-first ecosystem.
      • HR Technology & Innovation: Dissecting the latest software trends, platforms, and technological tools actively reshaping human capital management on a global scale.
      • Strategies for Exceptional Talent: Implementing proprietary frameworks for sustainable workforce planning, capability forecasting, and skills categorisation.
      • The Evolution of the Candidate Experience: Aligning consumer-grade digital experiences with enterprise recruitment processes to secure competitive advantage.

      Key Takeaways

      Organisations and audiences engaging with Matt Alder leave equipped with a strategic roadmap tailored for future operational success. Essential learning outcomes include:

      • Actionable intelligence on integrating generative AI and automation safely and effectively into existing HR and recruitment workflows.
      • Proven frameworks for modernising employer branding strategies to ensure profound resonance with an evolving, multi-generational workforce.
      • Strategic foresight into the rapidly shifting expectations of elite global talent, enabling proactive rather than reactive talent management.
      • Robust methodologies for fostering an agile, digitally proficient corporate culture capable of sustaining high performance amidst continuous market disruption.
      • “Matt is great. Scouting out the latest developments within the industry and helping to apply them to problems in the now. An invaluable resource for any strategic planning initiative, all done with credibility and aplomb. I'm always recommending Matt to anyone who would benefit from his insight and am more than happy to do so here too!”

        Leon Richards

      • Matt Alder “Matt is great. Scouting out the latest developments within the industry and helping to apply them to problems in the now. An invaluable resource for any strategic planning initiative, all done with credibility and aplomb. I'm always recommending Matt to anyone who would benefit from his insight and am more than happy to do so here too!”
        5 / 5
      • “I have worked with Matt for a number of years, in his capacity as a trainer and consultant on behalf of Emarketeers. Throughout this time, Matt has delivered 5 star results for all of the clients that have attended public or In-house training programmes, with feedback which has been unanimously excellent. Matt is professional, approachable, collaborative, hugely knowledgeable and makes sense of all things social with simplicity and clarity.”

        Tracey Stern, Managing Director at Emarketeers

      • Matt Alder “I have worked with Matt for a number of years, in his capacity as a trainer and consultant on behalf of Emarketeers. Throughout this time, Matt has delivered 5 star results for all of the clients that have attended public or In-house training programmes, with feedback which has been unanimously excellent. Matt is professional, approachable, collaborative, hugely knowledgeable and makes sense of all things social with simplicity and clarity.”
        5 / 5
      • “Matt has supported Tesco (and me personally) as we look to improve our careers web presence, and our social recruiting capability. He combines deep knowledge and insight, clear and honest communication, and tremendous customer focus. Whether he is delivering a keynote to a group of recruiters, marketeers and comms professionals, or helping to create an RFP document, his insight and experience has been tremendously helpful. I strongly recommend him.”

        Matt Flury, Head of Talent, Resourcing and HR Operations, Tesco

      • Matt Alder “Matt has supported Tesco (and me personally) as we look to improve our careers web presence, and our social recruiting capability. He combines deep knowledge and insight, clear and honest communication, and tremendous customer focus. Whether he is delivering a keynote to a group of recruiters, marketeers and comms professionals, or helping to create an RFP document, his insight and experience has been tremendously helpful. I strongly recommend him.”
        5 / 5