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Dayton Area Recruiting Alliance

Sinclair-administered regional network

Dayton Area Recruiting Alliance

The Dayton Area Recruiting Alliance is a regional network that connects talent and workforce professionals through meetings, shared resources, and workforce-focused collaboration.

Administrative sponsorship: DARA is administered by Sinclair Community College’s Administration Division as part of Sinclair’s workforce, employer, and community engagement efforts.

About DARA

The Dayton Area Recruiting Alliance provides an informal forum for professionals involved in talent, people strategy, and workforce development to exchange ideas, discuss industry trends, share resources, and build connections across the region. DARA also provides professional development by giving attendees the opportunity to learn from speakers, peers, and shared regional workforce insights.

DARA meetings may include guest speakers, discussion topics, employer updates, and shared resources relevant to talent attraction, hiring, retention, and workforce development.

DARA Meetings

General Schedule

  • Meeting frequency: Quarterly
  • Typical Location: Sinclair Community College, Dayton Campus, Building 2 (Blair Hall), Room 334
  • Audience: Professionals involved in talent, people strategy, and workforce development
  • Cost: Free

How to Participate

Use the contact form below to ask about upcoming meetings, request to be added to the DARA contact list, or share a topic suggestion for a future meeting.

Contact DARA

Upcoming Meeting Details

Next Meeting

  • Date: Thursday, July 16
  • Time: 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
  • Location: Sinclair Dayton Campus, Building 2 (Blair Hall), Room 334
  • Topic: AI-Powered Talent Acquisition

During the session, Jennifer will demonstrate an AI recruiting agent in CoPilot that helps Talent Partners create talent launch summaries and recruiter screening questions from launch-call transcripts while maintaining consistent document formatting and workflow standards.

  • Speaker: Jennifer Beard, Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, Assurant

Jennifer Beard is a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner with more than a decade of experience helping organizations attract and hire top talent across both high-volume and specialized roles. She is passionate about partnering with business leaders to align hiring strategies with organizational goals while leveraging technology and process improvements to drive efficiency and results. A certified HR professional, Jennifer enjoys building strong teams, enhancing the candidate experience, and delivering meaningful, measurable impact. 

Parking: Free parking is available in Visitor Lot B off of West Fourth Street. Covered parking is also available in Lot C, under the Conference Center building. Parking passes will be available upon request.

DARA Archive

Past meeting materials will be posted here as they are available. Archive materials may include meeting summaries, presentation slides, handouts, and shared resources.

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Contact DARA

Use the DARA contact form to ask a question, request meeting information, suggest a future topic, or ask to receive DARA communications.

Open the DARA Contact Form

This form is administered by Sinclair Community College for DARA-related communications.