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AI-enabled Product Recruitment: Panel + Industry State of the Union

Thursday 22 October 2026·5:30pm·CreateFuture
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Date & Time

Thursday 22 October 2026

5:30pm – 8:00pm

Location

CreateFuture

Level 1, 10 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3EG

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Price

Free

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Organiser

ProductTank Edinburgh

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ProductTank Edinburgh puts four local tech recruiters on a panel to talk about what has actually changed in hiring product people, hosted at CreateFuture's Waterloo Place office. The panel is Bethany McKenzie (Harvey Nash), Lauren Simpson (Stoffel), Leanne Weir (CreateFuture) and Stuart Ritchie (Experis Scotland). The stated questions include how the local and regional product job market is shifting and how AI is changing the way recruiters find and screen candidates, followed by an industry state-of-the-union segment. Free, 17:30 to 20:00, with time to talk afterwards. Why go: most AI-and-hiring panels are run by vendors selling screening tools. This one is the people doing the screening, in one city, answering questions on the record. Best for product managers between roles or planning a move, and for hiring managers trying to work out why their pipeline looks different this year.

Speakers

BM

Bethany McKenzie

Recruiter, Harvey Nash

LS

Lauren Simpson

Recruiter, Stoffel

LW

Leanne Weir

Talent, CreateFuture

SR

Stuart Ritchie

Recruiter, Experis Scotland

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