Transforming Global Hiring: How Marriott Innovates with VP Meghan Rhatigan (LIVE @ RecFest USA 2026)

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/nDS1u0ueWEM Recorded LIVE at RecFest USA 2026 in Nashville, Meghan Rhatigan, Vice President of Talent Acquisition Experience at Marriott, shares how the hospitality giant transformed its global hiring operations post-pandemic. Facing high hiring demand and slow hiring, Marriott re-engineered its recruitment processes by introducing automated scheduling, streamlining application and assessment steps, and leveraging organic brand appeal instead of costly job boards. She discusses balancing automation with human connection, strategies to prevent candidate fraud, the role of AI in interview preparation, and the evolving future of talent acquisition professionals. Meghan is a Human Resources Executive with over 20 years of experience and thought leadership in talent acquisition, high-volume recruiting, RPO vendor management, HR transformation, change management, business process management, project management, and HRO vendor relationship management for several Fortune 500 companies. Connect with Meghan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meghanrhatigan/