Allegra Highsmith
VP of Recruiting, Goodwin Recruiter
Allegra Highsmith is the Vice President of Recruiting at Goodwin Recruiting, overseeing a team of over 300 recruiters nationwide working in a variety of industries for direct hire roles. She has been with the company for 12 years after a successful career in hospitality management. Goodwin Recruiting has been a trusted expert in the staffing space for over 25 years and has been recognized as a Forbes Best Professional Recruiting Firm since 2020, and as a Best Executive Recruiting Firm for the last four years. Allegra thrives on helping recruiting partners at Goodwin develop the skills needed to differentiate themselves through personalized and tailored engagement, alongside tapping into the powerful technological resources that are now available in the staffing realm. It all stems from a passion for helping others, and expert communication honed through a variety of leadership positions throughout her career, and through her B.A. in English Literature.
Speaker Sessions
Finding your competitive advantage: Winning new business in a tight market
As the staffing market levels off to a “new normal,” firms are still under pressure to win and maintain business. Hear from a panel of recruitment leaders across a variety of sectors about how their business has honed in on their key differentiators to get ahead, despite market challenges. Learn how firms are putting a focus back on training teams to sell and using technology to save time on some of the more manual parts of the sales process so salespeople can focus on building relationships.