More than 800 business leaders and senior human resources (HR) managers took part in the HR Tech Conference 2023 - Enhancing advantages for sustainable future via talent management digitalization, held by the TopCV Viet Nam Joint Stock Company (TopCV) in both the online and in-person formats at Vinpearl Landmark 81, Autograph Collection, in Ho Chi Minh City on August 30, where they heard of the latest trends in human resources management around the world and in Vietnam.

The conference affirmed its stature with the participation of 16 experienced speakers from Vietnam and the world, who shared their practical experience on the potential of applying technology in talent management to build a strong human resources team to accompany the business in overcoming the recession and maintaining long-term sustainable development.

Opening the conference session with the topic “Management Transformation & Talent Management in the Digital Era”, Dr. Gian Tu Trung, Founder of the PACE Institute of Management, offered a new context on many large-scale changes in terms of politics, culture, society, and especially economics. The emergence of human and machine (via technology) factors have had a significant influence on business management in the digital era.

He proposed a new way of defining “talent” more deeply as “righteous talent” and also profoundly spoke of how technology has helped transform management and culture as well as talent management, thereby enhancing advantages for businesses to adapt to unpredictable changes.

The conference was followed by the Panel Discussion on HR Tech solutions, with the special participation of Mr. Kazumasa Yoshida, Director and Managing Executive Officer of the Mynavi Corporation, and experienced speakers such as Ms. Quyen Le, HR Director South East Asia and Apparel Divisional Reward Head at Coats,and Mr. Duong Quoc Tu, Deputy Head of the Digital Division & Deputy Head of the Retail Banking Division at SHB. Moderated by Ms. Tran Thi Lang Hoai, former Country HR - GA Head at Sony Vietnam, the Panel Discussion provided practical perspectives via case studies from businesses on how to design a suitable digital transformation strategy to meetthe needs of each organization to maximize efficiency in the current circumstances.

The highlight of the HR Tech Conference 2023 was the in-depth session “The power of AI & Big Data in optimizing recruitment efficiency”, featuring two speakers: Mr. Hieu Tran, CEO of TopCV, and Mr. Nhat Anh Vu, CPTO of TopCV.

Mr. Hieu focused on trends and the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in technology companies around the world and the potential of this technology in Vietnam, especially in the recruitment field. Mr. Nhat Anh Vu then presented the intensive story of how TopCV has integrated AI and Big Data to resolve two challenges: The first is to connect “the right person” to the “right job” at the “right time”, and the second is about balancing supply and demand factors in recruitment through the distribution of job-post effectiveness, thereby enhancing advantages to help businesses attract talenteffectively and at optimal cost, which creates more opportunities to build strong human resources matching the corporate culture and with long-term engagement.

Following the conference, many topical discussions were held, offering new viewpoints through the application of technology solutions in human resources performance optimization, comprehensive healthcare, and learning and development.

Many new perspectives on talent management in the digital era were explored by experienced speakers such as Ms. Tran Thi My Yen, Chairwoman of the Mindful Living Institute, Mr. Nguyen Minh Tuan, Vice President of theMISA Joint Stock Company, Ms. Thuy Nguyen, Country Head, Vietnam at TalentView, Ms. Dinh Kim Nhung, Head of Human Resources at the VNG Corporation, Ms. Jenny Ngoc Vu Walker, Country Director, Vietnam at Udemy, Ms. Alexis Pham, Chief People Officer at Home Credit Vietnam, Mr. Tran Phuoc Tuan, Human Resources Director at The Coffee House, Ms. Tran Ngan Ha, Associate Director, Human Resources Administration, at TopCV, and Ms. Han Phan, Head of Training & Development and HRBP at the Phu My Hung Corporation.

In addition to experiencing the technology-based human resources ecosystem from TopCV, conference participants also had the opportunity to interact and experience four groups of smart technology solutions: Recruitment Technology, Learning and Development, Comprehensive Human Resource Engagement and Care, and Human Resource Performance Management, from TopCV’s partners such as Mynavi Corporation and many others.

The HR Tech Conference 2023 discussed effective technology solutions to help businesses attract and retain talent and toalso build efficient human resources strategies in the digital era; a core value that creates competitive advantages for businesses in this period of instability, thereby evolving the advantages for success upon success.