Webinar: From Admin to Advisor. How AI Brings Humanity Back to Recruitment by OrbitalX Webinars

| London (GMT +0:00)

About This Webinar

Recruitment has always been about people, but in today’s world, admin, compliance, and digital overload have buried that human connection. Consultants can spend more time formatting CVs than building trust with candidates or clients.

AI is changing that. The next leap in recruitment technology isn’t about replacing people, it’s about freeing them. By automating repetitive tasks and surfacing meaningful insights, AI gives recruiters back their time, their confidence, and their edge.

In this session, Laura Tressler, Sales Director at Access Recruitment, sits down with James Osborne, Chairman and Co-Founder of The Recruitment Network (TRN), and Ford Garrard, CEO of Auxo Talent, for an honest conversation about how technology can re-ignite the human side of recruitment. Together, they’ll explore how AI can remove the admin drag, rebuild consultant confidence, and empower agencies to deliver relationships, not just placements.

Join us to learn how the best recruiters are using AI to bring humanity back to recruitment, and how you can too.

AGENDA

● The Lost Art of Connection
How digital overload and compliance pressure have made recruiters feel more like administrators than advisors.

●Tech That Frees, Not Replaces
Real examples and data on how AI automation is helping recruiters reclaim hours each week for meaningful conversations.

● The Future Recruiter: Human at the Core, AI at the Side
Engaging discussion on how firms can build teams that lead with empathy and outperform with insight.

Laura Tressler

Sales Director, Access Recruitment

Laura Tressler boasts over 20 years of sales experience, starting her career in furniture sales, where she honed her skills in customer experience. She then transitioned into business-to-business (B2B) sales with BT, spending 12 years in a variety of roles, from Inside Sales Executive to Sales Director. This diverse journey has equipped her with a deep understanding of the evolving sales landscape, allowing her to embed innovative practices within her organisation.

Holding a degree in Music, Laura leverages her creative and communicative skills to enhance her sales approach. She believes in leading by example, ensuring she is willing to undertake any task she assigns her team. Passionate about networking, collaboration, and diversity, Laura advocates for inclusive workplace practices that foster innovation and empower every individual. Committed to nurturing relationships and driving success, Laura remains enthusiastic about her professional journey in sales and leadership.

James Osborne

Chairman of The Recruitment Network (TRN)

Co-founder of The Recruitment Network (TRN), a large global community made up of some incredible recruitment businesses from around the world and supported by some of the industry's most respected advisors, thought leaders and mentors.

Together, we have one simple objective:Enabling recruitment businesses to maximise their performance, productivity, and profitability. We enable them achieve their strategic ambitions.We enable them navigate through the ever-changing business landscape they work in.

We enable them to enjoy the journey and maximise the opportunity. With over 20 years of experience in the recruitment industry, I have a passion for exercising the real potential recruiters, recruitment leaders and recruitment businesses have and TRN gives me the perfect platform to do just that.

Ford Garrard

CEO, Auxo

Ford is a seasoned professional in the recruitment industry, with over 20 years of hands-on and leadership experience. He has served as CEO of Visuna, an Energy and Tech Recruitment company, and as Managing Director of Airswift, a global workforce solutions provider to the engineering and technology sectors, before taking the helm at Auxo Group.

Ford is known by colleagues and clients alike as a people-centred, action-oriented leader, driven by a passion for success and empowering others. These qualities shape how he approaches his work and guides Auxo Group’s growth. He is also committed to humanitarian efforts as a Search Technician with Cheshire Search and Rescue Team.

With firsthand experience of the recruitment industry’s evolution, Ford understands its challenges and opportunities, and how AI and automation can free recruiters to focus on what truly matters: building stronger relationships and delivering value.