Gretchen Keefner

Gretchen Keefner

Senior Vice President, Global Enterprise , Bullhorn

As SVP of Bullhorn’s Global Enterprise business, Gretchen is responsible for the growth of the company’s largest and most strategic customers. Gretchen has been a leader in staffing and recruiting technology for the entirety of her career working with many of the industry’s top executives for 10+ years. Gretchen holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Illinois Wesleyan University and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. She is currently the Executive Sponsor emeritus, and Gretchen served for many years on the ASA Women in Leadership Council.

Speaker Sessions

The future of the contingent workforce: Where will demand rise and fall?

With low demand for contingent labor the last two years despite a strengthening job market, it’s been difficult to predict where the staffing industry will go from here. This session will cover the trends shaping the long-term forecast for the staffing industry, based on original industry research and firsthand experience from recruitment leaders. How is the candidate pool for contingent labor changing as skills-based hiring becomes more common? What new service lines are most appealing for future diversification? In which industries are job openings rising and falling? See the latest market insights from Bullhorn’s extensive recruitment dataset, and then learn how some firms are already capitalizing on these trends in diversifying their businesses.