Every quarter companies scramble, but nothing compares to the urgency of Q4. You’re racing against booked budgets, aggressive targets and workforce shortages that could stall your year-end momentum. If you need to boost capacity before the calendar resets, you don’t have six weeks. You have days. That’s why pepelwerk’s October 23 Match Event in the Dallas-Fort Worth area is a real solution, not just another hiring option — it’s how businesses fill mission-critical roles fast, with people who actually have the skills to get the job done.
This isn’t about job fairs. It’s about walking in with open positions and walking out with ready-to-work talent — backed by AI-powered matching, skill-based vetting and an environment designed for closing hiring gaps before they cost you revenue. If you want to hit year-end goals, you need to stop posting jobs and start making hires. What can you look forward to with the differences of pepelwerk Match Event vs. a typical career fair? Check out it out below!
By October, your workforce gaps are no longer operational inconveniences — they’re financial risks. Roles left unfilled cause delays, overtime costs and lost contracts. Traditional hiring channels are too slow. Job boards flood you with résumés that don’t reflect skills. Recruiting firms overcharge for urgency and still gamble on fit.
The October 23 Match Event removes this lag. Instead of waiting for candidates, you meet pre-matched people who already align with the attributes and capabilities your roles demand. pepelwerk’s system prioritizes abilities-oriented recruitment and AI-powered workforce matching, ensuring you spend time interviewing the right person — not sorting through the wrong ones. It’s tailored workforce planning without the guesswork or waiting period you get with a typical career fair.
Predictive workforce analytics have made it clear: hiring based on résumés is outdated, which tends to be to focus of a traditional career or job fair. Skills gaps are widening, and companies can’t afford to restart searches every time a candidate falls through. The smarter approach is engaging with vetted talent pools, where candidates are sourced based on verified skills and developmental potential.
That’s what the Match Event delivers. You arrive knowing the talent pool aligns with your specific needs — engineering, logistics, operations, customer support, skilled trades or mid-level management. These are people ready to work now, not passive job seekers. It’s essentially a live talent development marketplace, where you’re not browsing résumés but interacting with available, vetted human capability. That shift from search to selection is how businesses reclaim time and reduce cost per hire before the quarter closes.
Recruiting pipelines have become clogged with inefficiencies — duplicated resumes, repetitive screenings, no validation of actual skills. You’re spending more money to get fewer qualified results. AI, when deployed correctly, is the fix. And pepelwerk’s Work AI Assistant and our Match Event, it doesn’t just enhance recruiting — it re-engineers it.
Unlike automated recruiting systems that filter keywords, pepelwerk uses predictive workforce analytics to match based on traits, skills and capability signals. It allows businesses to determine not just who can perform, but who can grow. You’re not just hiring for today; you’re identifying people who can evolve into next quarter’s team leaders. Companies can also build their AI agent or create their AI agent within pepelwerk’s platform to internalize these processes, making future planning proactive rather than reactive.
Q4 isn’t the time for theoretical workforce development strategies. You need clear decisions: hire, contract or develop. The Match Event gives you a platform to make those distinctions with clarity. You meet candidates who could serve immediate output needs as contractors and others who are better suited for long-term training investment. A typical job fair often just leaves you without any real candidates. A pepelwerk Match Event pre-screens candidates to help you close your company's skill gap and hire the people you need, right at the event.
With pepelwerk’s workforce planning platform, you can leave the event not only with hires but with data — where your gaps are, which roles cost you the most delay and which capabilities you need to build internally. It replaces fragmented RPO services and manual planning spreadsheets with a single, strategic view of workforce composition. You’re no longer hiring blind. You’re making talent decisions tied directly to your operational goals.
Recruiting firms profit from your urgency. They sell speed at a premium, but not precision. They don’t invest in the long-term loyalty of your workforce. That’s why companies are turning away from traditional agencies and toward platforms that treat workforce as an asset, not a transaction.
The `October 23rd Match Event gives you direct access to people — no intermediaries, no inflated fees. You aren’t buying a placement. You’re building a workforce. And if you face inevitable transitions, pepelwerk also supports outplacement services for laid-off employees, retaining brand goodwill and protecting employer reputation while focusing on long-term workforce health.
Many leaders make the mistake of filling seats to show progress, rather than securing capability to drive output. Skill misalignment is the fastest way to erode profit. A wrong hire in Q4 doesn’t just cost salary — it risks project delivery, increases rework and jeopardizes next-year planning.
The talent you’ll meet at the Match Event is filtered through skill development tracking and readiness indicators. Candidates aren’t just available — they’re aligned. That means faster onboarding, immediate contribution and minimal turnover risk. If you’re looking to upskill employees or train future leaders, those pathways are available through integrated training partnerships, giving you long-term control over capability growth rather than relying on agency roulette.
pepelwerk is built for leaders who want complete control of their workforce without managing fragmented tools. Whether you're hiring for execution or planning for development, pepelwerk consolidates AI matching, hiring logistics and talent planning into one platform. You can conduct interviews at the Match Event, make offers the same day and lock in talent before annual freeze dates.
And beyond the event, you can deploy the Work AI Assistant to internalize smarter hiring, onboarding and workforce optimization. You can even build your AI agent to match your unique business rules and workflows, ensuring every future hire aligns with your performance models and cultural DNA.
You can’t afford another hiring cycle. You need hires who show up, perform and drive end-of-year delivery. The October 23 Match Event isn’t a hiring experiment — it’s a final-quarter advantage. Your competitors will still be posting jobs. You’ll be filling roles.
The Match Event is a curated, skills-first hiring experience where employers meet pre-screened, job-ready candidates matched through AI — not resumes. Unlike traditional career fairs, this event is designed for immediate hiring and workforce planning.
Job fairs focus on collecting résumés. Match Events focus on making hires. Instead of guessing from credentials, you interview candidates who’ve already been matched to your open roles based on skill, capability and work attributes.
Hiring managers, workforce planners and HR leaders who are responsible for filling roles, reducing time-to-hire or planning headcount before year-end. Bringing decision-makers enables same-day offers and faster onboarding.
No. pepelwerk provides the technology and event framework. You after creating a Work Hub Account, posting your open roles and workforce priorities — we handle logistics, matching and candidate flow.
The Match Event is focused on several popular areas for hiring, including but not limited to: cybersecurity, marketing, creative, tech and more!
Candidates are matched in a number of ways, such as by skills assessments and profile verification through pepelwerk’s platform. Matching is based on aptitude, transferable skills and role compatibility — not inflated résumés or keyword filters.
Yes. The Match Event is designed for interview-to-offer decisions. Many companies complete final interviews and issue conditional offers onsite, sealing year-end capacity before competitors.
You retain access to candidate profiles, workforce analytics and ongoing talent matching through the pepelwerk platform. You’re not walking away with résumés — you’re making an ongoing hiring pipeline for both now and the future.
You can contact one of our customer success representatives if you have more questions at: cody.campbell@pepelwerk.com Or click the image below to learn more and create your account for the event.