NEWS

Elevating Higher Ed HR: Highlights from the Hirezon User Community Conference 2025

June 23, 2025

The Hirezon User Community Conference 2025, held June 1-3 at Mohegan Sun Casino Resort in Connecticut, was a tremendous success. The event brought together Hirezon customers, partners, and industry experts for three days of learning, networking, and exploring the latest innovations in HR technology, including AI-powered tools and solutions tailored for higher education.

Inspiring Keynote and Product Previews

The conference opened with a keynote by Hirezon President Naray Viswanathan, PhD, who shared how the Hirezon platform continues to evolve with new features and functionalities shaped by HR trends and customer feedback.

Our team, previewed upcoming upgrades, including AI-powered tools designed to further streamline HR operations in higher education. Attendees also gained insights into MyReferred™, a first-of-its-kind talent acquisition platform, and the new Document Management System (DMS), scheduled for release in Q3 2025.

Engaging Sessions and Customer Insights

The agenda featured a variety of sessions led by Hirezon experts, customers, and industry professionals:

Leveraging Technology to Align Your HR Programs — Kari Aikins and Michael Venezia, Segal
Transforming Hiring at FITNY — Zania Rogers, Fashion Institute of Technology
Enhancing Efficiencies at NECC — James DiGiuseppe, Northern Essex Community College
Enhancing the Employee & Employer Experience — Bristol Community College team
From Paper Trails to Digital Efficiency — Jessica Schavrien, Quinsigamond Community College
MyReferred™ and DMS Overview — Hirezon team
Hirezon Interactive Training & User Roundtable — Hands-on demos, guided exercises, and peer exchange
General Lecture: Improving Your Sleep Health — Fewer Screens, More Routines Presenter: Lauren Hale, PhD Professor, Stony Brook Medicine

Partner Showcase

A dedicated Partner Showcase gave attendees the opportunity to connect with Hirezon’s trusted industry partners and explore complementary solutions that integrate with and enhance the Hirezon platform.

What Attendees Said

“It was great to meet individuals from other campuses and see how they utilize the system. I walked away with valuable information and new connections. Looking forward to next year!” – Jenn Collins, Worcester State University
“The sessions were extremely valuable, and I left with numerous takeaways. The venue was excellent, and Hirezon staff were welcoming and eager to help.” – Austin Calkins, SUNY Oswego
“The presenters and topics were informative and educational. I’m interested in learning more about additional Hirezon solutions for our institution.” – Lindsey Steppello, SUNY Polytechnic Institute
“It was great meeting the team we work with. The presentations from campuses were very helpful.” – Jessie O’Brien, SUNY System Administration
“The sessions were useful for gaining knowledge of Hirezon’s systems. I brought back suggestions to improve how we use the platform.” – Zachery Long, SUNY System Administration
“Excellent and informative—topics and networking were great!” – Loyce Brown, North Shore Community College
“A great conference for networking and learning how others are using the system. I appreciated the sessions on metrics and the job library.” – Lexie Zabik-Maki, Westfield State University
“We’ve used Hirezon since 2009, and it’s valuable to see how other colleges address similar challenges. I also had the opportunity to present our recruitment and onboarding process using Hirezon, and it was well received.” – Jessica Schavrien, Quinsigamond Community College

Looking Ahead

The conference highlighted the importance of innovation, collaboration, and shared learning in higher education HR. Many attendees are already looking forward to next year’s event!

Interested in learning more?

If you’re a higher education HR professional interested in AI-driven recruitment, onboarding, performance evaluation, or MyReferred™, contact the Hirezon team to request a demo. We’d be happy to help tailor solutions to your institution’s needs.

TESTIMONIALS

Interview Exchange is a Talent Management Solution that genuinely solves problems. Organizing applicant pools using electronic folders is an intuitive and logical way to see what is going on with an applicant pool at a glance. Our Hiring Committee loves the COREquisites, email alerts, Outlook invitations and so many other functions of the system.

Western Kentucky University

Franklin & Marshall College’s Human Resources department has been using Interview Exchange since 2007, and we are quite satisfied with this product. It has enhanced our office’s efficiency and eliminated routine clerical work and data entry; the training provided and technical support have been great; and both hiring managers and applicants are easily able to use the system.

Franklin & Marshall College

Interview Exchange has been a welcomed improvement from our previous application processes. It has saved us a great amount of paper and has added to our efficiency. The ability to mass update applicants on the status of a position has been a great benefit by saving time and decreasing phone call inquiries from applicants. Our search committees are truly enjoying the user-friendly nature of the system as well…

Oakton Community College

At Greenfield Community College, we recognize technology is a powerful tool for change, innovation, and opportunity. But technology also can be very expensive.
In using the services of Interview Exchange, GCC satisfied both needs: technology and affordability.
With Interview Exchange, we have moved forward to bring into play a system that allowed us to streamline our hiring process and select the best possible candidates in a very effective and convenient way.

Greenfield Community College

The training provided by the Interview Exchange staff to get going with our on-line application system was tremendous and they continue to support us in a most accommodating manner.
The supervisors, hiring managers, and search committees also really like being able to access all applicants for the appropriate job posting from their computers, whether on campus or off campus.
It is a great product and we are extremely pleased with the Interview Exchange staff and the performance of the software.

Central College

Interview Exchange has made a significant positive impact on the search process at the University at Albany.
Our search committees are excited about the ability to now receive all resumes electronically, thus the “paperless search.” This conforms to the University’s “Go Green Initiative,” to reduce and eventually eliminate unnecessary paperwork…

SUNY – Albany

By implementing this system it has made our recruiting process more efficient, eliminating paper, and hiring excellent candidates.
It is a user friendly system that offers many features. No more worrying about resumes getting lost in the mail or via e-mail. The system tracks everything and screens candidates so that you can review your top candidates first.
We are very pleased with the system and look forward to using all the features.

Sacred Heart University

Interview Exchange has allowed Salve Regina University to move from an over burdensome full paper recruitment process, to a smooth, user friendly online system.
We are very pleased with the software’s capabilities and tech support. Our hiring managers are very pleased with the ease of use of the product and many applicants comment on how easy and efficient the system is to use.

Salve Regina University

The training and technical support have been outstanding and the ease of use has been noted by both hiring officials and applicants.
Thanks to Interview Exchange, AUC recruiting has become a nearly 100% paperless effort and the hours previously spent doing mundane clerical work are now being put to much better use.