Agenda

Bryan Adams @ PH Creative

As the job market explodes, organisations are experiencing the reality of antiquated recruitment and retention strategies. Talent and HR team mates are under pressure to manage the avalanche of applications, whilst juggling succession planning and future talent strategies.

So how can you strike a balance between recruitment and retention of the very best talent, whilst repelling so many in a positive way?

It’s time to change the way we recruit by rewiring our processes and creating a new blueprint. Join Bryan Adams, CEO & Founder of Ph.Creative and author of Give & Get Employer Branding, as he explains how to implement a new methodology to attract, engage and retain top talent.

Oliver Martin @ Checkout.com

Our recruitment team has had a record year, increasing our number of annual hires from 143 in 2018 to 350 in 2019 and a whopping 230 in H1 of 2020 alone.
Our Head of People Acquisition Oliver Martin would like to speak about the vital role technology has played in making these strides.
We believe there is an incredible amount of value in trialling and experimenting with new tools and technologies to enhance our processes. Oliver will share mini case studies on when this has been most successful.
We also always strive to take a smart approach when it comes to how we use hiring platforms and partners, avoiding a one-size-fits all approach and flexing our messaging, language and roles to make the most of every opportunity.
We are data driven team and take continuous temperature checks on how our tools, platforms and partners are performing – and constantly adapt based off the results to ensure we are always working most effectively.
Off the back of our successful wellness presentation at TA Global Gathering (hosted by our Employer Brand Specialist Tom Pattison) earlier this year, we would love to be involved in what we’re sure will be another virtual success for The Recruitment Events Co.

Zach Linder @ Jobvite

There’s nothing artificial about data insights driving intelligent business outcomes! Talent acquisition leaders want to achieve better results. Leveraging predictive analytics, data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence will enable organizations to deploy and scale data strategies aimed towards today’s pressing goals: increasing transparency, reducing bias, and elevating talent acquisition.
Join this session to learn how to not only define talent acquisition metrics, but also leverage them to optimize your talent acquisition processes for greater efficiency!

Chad & Cheese

Yes we know… COVID is changing how everyone is doing business, but how? HR’s Most Dangerous Podcast strikes up a conversation with two HR Tech CEOs and gets real conversations around adoption, mergers and acquisitions, pivots, and more. Employers, recruiters, established vendors, and startups will be glued to the screen for this information-packed No B<**S#IT discussion.

Ben Murphy Ryan @ ARM, Chuck Stephens @ Booking.com, Janine Chamberlin @ LinkedIn, Jeanine Francis @ LinkedIn, & Justin Foster @ DLL

Diversity, inclusion, and belonging (DIBs) is the foundation for equitable workplaces. HR and TA teams can make an enormous difference in whether DIBs is built into their workforce and company culture.

In this, the fourth Talent Voices interview, our host Janine Chamberlin, UKI Talent Solutions Director at LinkedIn will bring together a panel of experts to share their learnings on two main topics:

– What programmes are being put in place to improve inclusion and promote allyship in the panel’s organisations?
– For talent acquisition, what strategies have really worked when it comes to hiring from diverse backgrounds?

Alastair Campbell, Senior TA Partner @ Arla Foods

Taking inspiration from the “Leadership emergence vs effectiveness” debate, I will discuss the pitfalls of hiring the leaders that make the best impression in an interview process and how that does not necessarily mean you are hiring the best leader.

Mark Chaffey, CEO @ Hackajob

Join Mark Chaffey, Co-Founder and CEO, hackajob, as he discusses how COVID-19 has created the perfect storm for companies that have been able to continue hiring throughout this period, with more candidates looking for roles, higher engagement from those candidates and less competition from other companies.

Marianna Krol & Przemek Siodmiak @ 313c

CV-based selection doesn’t work. Yet, verification of resumes is still one of the most common pre-selection methods. The growing awareness of the low accuracy of CV-based personnel decisions goes along an urgent need for valid, time-efficient and attractive alternatives. This is exactly what we will provide during this presentation.

Mark Jenkins & Ellie Angell

myInterview’s Ellie Angell speaks with Ocado’s Mark Jenkins about the past 6 months of high volume recruitment in challenging times. How candidate experience shines through the screen on video like never before imagined. How candidate insights help manage a surge in available talent. How an unexpected period of rapid-growth in the UK’s largest online grocery provider brought rapid change and the adoption of new technology. Come learn from the pros!

Simon Roberts @ Simens
Skye Trubov & Tom Lucas @ AON

Is there such thing as a future-proofed workforce? The Siemens’ Mindset Model was designed to unify organisational culture, values and behaviors that are known to be essential for success. The Model enables Siemens to identify those candidates who have the potential to survive and thrive in the realities of the VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity) world.
In this session Tom Lucas, Head of Client Solutions, Aon speaks to Simon Roberts, Regional Head of Talent Acquisition, Siemens Energy and Skye Trubov, Organisational Psychologist, Aon about future-proofing candidate selection at Siemens. They will discuss what is needed of their people for success in a post COVID-19 world and how they had hit the ground running with their future talent strategy even before the pandemic hit!

Dave Vinton, Global Talent Pipeline Manager @ Ørsted

Case study of talent pipeline implementation at Ørsted and how talent pipelines fit in a post-Covid world

Jo McCatty, Career Coach , Recruitment Director and Internal TA @ Protoscience

The role of the evolved recruiter and how they can be equipped with the right skills/tool kit to enable effective internal mobility

Paul Maxin @   NHS England and Improvement
Sam Davies @ Real Links

Paul Maxin, Founding Director of Max Intalent (also at consulting at NHS England & Improvement)’ and previously Global Resourcing Director at Unilever, and Sam Davies, CEO of the employee referral platform, Real Links, discuss their strategy to move referrals beyond friends and family and turn them into social & diverse referrals within our wider networks.

Aimee Mail & Rohan Kallicharan @ Hired

This will be a conversation between Rohan and I around the state of mental health in the workplace. We will be discussing Rohan’s personal journey as he is an advocate of this and also exploring how mental health in the workplace is today, and also what benevolentAI are doing in their business to do with this.

Guillaume Alexandre, Senior Talent Sourcer @ Gates Solutions

In this talk will see how the availibity of data and free flow of information has already transformed Talent Acquisition and how you should embrace it, control it, source and nurture data and the paradoxes still exisiting in our industry that should change NOW. Milton Friedman said “only a crisis, actually or perceived, produces real change”. Now is time to make a leap into a proper Talent Attraction sustainable, candidate driven, diverse, agile strategy, independant from external providers inside major companies.

Noel Thomas & Sonia Mooney @ Eli Onboarding

As organisations move toward a hydrid workforce, and remote working become the new norm for many more people, how do you go about creating an engaging onboarding experience that delivers real business results? This webinar-style presentation is a must for anyone thinking about revolutionising their onboarding experience and setting their new hires up for success.

Joe Mullings, CEO @ The Mullings Group Companies

Pipelines are most effective when they aggregate technology, branding, and execution of strong recruiting principles. A Talent Access professional who relies too heavily on technology will get beat every time by a Talent Access professional who uses brand and technology. Joe Mullings shares the practices that have allowed individuals in his firm to bill at more than 3x the market average year after year.

Dave Walstow, Client Services Director @ Creed Communications

We’ll be showcasing a revolution in talent attraction media. Our solution uses AI to optimise recruitment media spend in real time – reducing time to hire and CPA whilst expanding your reach and diversity of channels.

Kate Terry, Kayla MacDonald & James McFadzean

Join Kate Terry, Demand Marketing Manager at Turtl, and Kayla MacDonald, Recruitment Marketing Manager at Farmers Insurance, as they discuss the state of recruitment marketing and how content can play a huge role in driving candidate engagement and increasing the impact and performance of talent acquisition teams.

Hattie Ghaui, Research Director @ Wiser

Over the past few months, how people think about work and their relationship with you as an employer has changed forever – but have you changed your approach to reflect that?
Whether it be re-engaging furloughed talent, navigating increased public scrutiny, or connecting with the right talent in a growing market: a well-executed EVP aligns people in the right direction and acts as a guiding light through times of change to help your business win the race back to normality.

James Adams, Director – Talent, Culture & HR Consultancy @ Henry Meadows Associates Ltd.

In this talk I cover how a people function can become indispensable in the eyes of founders, boards and management teams. Drawing on 15 years of talent acquisition experience and 7 years as a Head of People, I’ll outline some of the techniques that have enabled me to influence strategy and improve the employee experience in the fast-paced world of scaling tech start-ups

Lauren Kort, Employer Insights Manager @ Indeed

What really causes employees to be happy in the workplace and how important is this in a post-pandemic world? Hear the latest research from Indeed as well as an update on the new partnership with Glassdoor as these two organisations join forces.

Jona Gjini – Global Employer Brand Lead @ Vodafone Group
Jennifer Carter – Employer Brand Creative @ Vodafone Group
Marianna Lappou – Employer Brand Manager @ Vodafone Greece 
Terryn Palani – Head of Talent and EXX @ Vodacom South Africa

Have we been more creative during lockdown and how is that going to affect the future for creators and brands alike. Some examples from the Vodafone global team as well as input from Marianna from Greece and Terryn from South Africa.

Neil Armstrong, CEO @ Tribepad

How recruiters use data to improve efficiency and recruiting outcomes will define their worth in a post-pandemic world. Tribepad will share insights and examples of how data-driven recruitment is helping their clients to level up their recruitment and hire the best talent.

Alethe Denis, ManPower Group Solutions @ Market Intelligence Analyst

While we’ve all become more dependent on tools and automation to track candidate patterns, labor cost, and the business dynamics that impact total talent management, the talent landscape has shifted this year to yield the most dynamic pools of talent that some of us will ever see. Data aggregation and tools can miss submit nuances. Sometimes returning to low-tech OSINT (open Source Intelligence) gathering skills and tactics can reap the largest rewards, as we are forced to adapt to near daily shifts in talent availability, cost and regulatory impacts to sourcing.

 Iain Moss,Andrew Hunter, James Neave, David Freeman

Adzuna and the ONS have partnered to produce faster indicators to help the government track the job market and react accordingly. In this talk we’ll discuss some of those key trends and what we’re expecting to see from the recovery.

Chris Hyams, CEO @ Indeed & Deepa Somasundari

Hear how Covid-19 has had an impact on the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) and how Deepa Somasundari rallied her team to avert crisis while fulfilling Indeed’s mission of helping people get jobs.

Oliver Martin, People Acquisition Manager @ Checkout.com

Our recruitment team has had a record year, increasing our number of annual hires from 143 in 2018 to 350 in 2019 and a whopping 230 in H1 of 2020 alone.
Our Head of People Acquisition Oliver Martin would like to speak about the vital role technology has played in making these strides.
We believe there is an incredible amount of value in trialling and experimenting with new tools and technologies to enhance our processes. Oliver will share mini case studies on when this has been most successful.
We also always strive to take a smart approach when it comes to how we use hiring platforms and partners, avoiding a one-size-fits all approach and flexing our messaging, language and roles to make the most of every opportunity.
We are data driven team and take continuous temperature checks on how our tools, platforms and partners are performing – and constantly adapt based off the results to ensure we are always working most effectively.
Off the back of our successful wellness presentation at TA Global Gathering (hosted by our Employer Brand Specialist Tom Pattison) earlier this year, we would love to be involved in what we’re sure will be another virtual success for The Recruitment Events Co.

Rob Ryan, Employer Branding & Marketing Manager @ Serco

Over the summer of 2020 Serco launched its 2nd ever graduate campaign in the UK against a backdrop of coronavirus, lockdown and a dwindling launch window. Find out how they adapted their processes to accommodate the situation whilst still providing an experience candidates and hiring managers loved.

Adam Posner, Founder & Managing Director @ NHP Talent Group

Brian Cristiano, Founder & CEO @ Bold Worldwide

In life and especially in our careers, there are wins and losses. It’s the Losses that will truly define you depending on how you react, learn and grow from them. The first step is to OWN your losses. Once you can take accountability, then comes the self-awareness, vulnerability and then the growth!

There are moments in life that define you. Moments when you have to reach down deep inside and harness your inner tenacity to pull you up and forward. This presentation is my story of how I took my “BIG LOSS” and turned it into the biggest WIN ever!

Emma Davies, Director @ Joint Force Alba

The session provides facts to break down some myths and misconceptions that prevail about the recruitment of ex-British Armed Forces and provides examples of how some of the skills, experience and behaviours of ex-Forces could be an asset to different types of organisations across the UK. We will also explain how you could include the recruitment of ex-Forces into your organisation.

Michele Trusolino, CEO @ Debut

We speak to real students about how they are feeling about the jobs market, career prospects and how they have been impacted by COVID. Based on the recent survey we conducted with the Institute of Student Employers, we followed up to get some real in-depth qualitative thoughts from students going through the COVID pandemic. We also look at how employers can help engage students, while making sure you can hire the right students for the right roles.

 Dimitar Stanimroff

Employers everywhere have adjusted to life remotely over the last 6 months. Now with the future of work and education moving online, it’s time to rethink how we recruit emerging talent into the business. Employers are furthering their digital operations to fulfil pressing hiring needs. In fact, 98% of the nearly 400 employers Handshake polled in a US survey said that they plan on moving to a virtual recruiting strategy.It’s not enough to just show up in this digital landscape. Employers must maintain a competitive edge to stand out and win the mindshare of students and emerging talent before their peers do. Attend this session to:
– Learn about the state of the market in the shift to virtual among leading universities and employers
– Understand what students are looking for and how they prefer to be engaged in this new world
– Leave with data that you can share back with your colleagues internally on making a case for a virtual recruiting strategy

Ben Bartlett, Head of Academy Coaching @ Fulham FC

 Decision making is a fundamental skill in complex environments (like perceived elite sport). Why is this skill important and how might the eco-system enable it to be valued and developed in both performers and coaches? Experiences from time at Chelsea & Fulham Football Clubs and 12 years at The Football Association.

Johnson Adeyanju, Talent Partnerships Manager @ Bright Network

Discover how to engage with the student talent that really matters to you. We asked our 350,000+ members what their expectations of employers were for this campus season, and with opportunities to engage with students limited, reaching the talent that is right for your company has become more important than ever. We’ll reveal how 300+ leading employers use big-data and different engagement channels to become hyper-targeted, as well as how Bright Network supports them on their talent acquisition journey.

Fran Boorman, Founder @ Goal 17 Ltd

How would you like to be able to ensure that not only do you attract the most diverse range of talent but that they go on to integrate and achieve, unlocking their full potential within your organisation? This presentation will share with you how to get your employer brand standing out, diverse talent applying and buy-in from across your organisation.

June Agrawal, Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist @ Robots and Pencils

It’s My Story about the struggle I went through as an immigrant in a Western country. Like me, there are thousands of other people who go through challenging times to secure their first opportunity in a new land.
This story is dedicated to all those who left their loved ones to create a new beginning and had an initial struggle to settle because they were not accepted, they didn’t feel the connection due to their NAME.

Danny Stacy, Recruitment Evangelist @ Indeed

Diversity, inclusion and belonging are so much more than buzzwords. In this presentation, Danny Stacy from Indeed.com will discuss the true importance behind these terms and provide practical steps your organisation can take to hire a diverse workforce. Danny will also spotlight Indeed’s own journey to becoming a more inclusive workplace.

Catalina Hernandez, Diversity & Inclusiveness Assistant Director @ EY

Join Catalina Hernandez, EY’s D&I Recruitment Lead for the UK, to discuss embedding D&I best practices into each stage of the experienced hire recruitment process.

Jeanette Leeds Maister, Managing Director @ Oleeo

Nearly 90% of HR leaders said they feel their organization has been ineffective or flat at increasing diversity representation, a Gartner report found. The same April survey of heads of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) found that 69% are prioritizing advancing underrepresented talent.
The report found that HR and DEI leaders must address the systemic bias embedded in their systems, processes, and stakeholders to truly increase the diversity of workforces. In this webinar, Oleeo explores how this can be done right from the beginning of the hiring process. Key themes explored will include:
*The importance of using brand content at every stage in the journey to be inclusive, engaging, and relevant to the unique questions diverse candidates have
*How to understand where your message is resonating and configure workflows that deliver inclusive, role-specific content at any stage in the candidate journey
*Pointers on how to ensure debiased job postings using technology
*Harnessing events to attract more diverse candidates
*Applying blind recruiting and AI-driven scoring to rank candidates based on their skills and competences alone
*Learning from data insights to know where DEI candidates are dropping out historically and planning improvements to help improve your next hiring cycle.

Dean Delpeache, Sr. Manager, Talent Acquisition @ Fiix Software

Over the past few months, the world has not only experienced a global pandemic but social injustices around the world. Many organizations have voiced their support for racialized employees only to discover that in some organizations the environment may actually be toxic and oppressive.
In this conversation, we discuss how your communication strategy during times of social injustice, and the link between an inclusive workplace where people feel like they belong, relate to your employer branding and recruitment strategy.

Oana Iordachescu, Manuel Da Silva & Sarah Akid

Talent Acquisition is no longer alone in the journey to create a diverse, equitable and inclusive workforce. Internal resources as the Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) have become a partner for defining goals, creating awareness and buy-in, support employer brand actions and provide a wealth of insights about precisely the target audience. From women in tech and leadership to ERGs focused on race, parenthood, LGBTQ+, disability or neuroability we can see multilayered benefits from this close collaboration. Joined by Manuel Da Silva – Technology Recruiter and Sarah Akid – Lead Engineer Sustainability, 2 key members of the Black Employee Connection and respectively Zalando Women at Zalando, Oana Iordachescu, long term advocate for equal opportunity in the workplace will have a sit down from Berlin and open up their secret toolbox. Join the conversation!

Simon Phillips, Executive Vice President, Managing Director @ Symphony Talent

We all know the candidate experience plays a huge role in how potential talent experiences your employer brand, and in turn, how this shapes the perception talent has of you as an employer. It goes without saying, that the symbiotic relationship between your employer brand activity and recruitment marketing can not be underestimated. It’s essential there are no disconnects between the two – and even if organisations have this beautifully buttoned up, there could still be a missing link! As Talent Acquisition and Employer Brand leaders, this session will show how to deliver a truly personalised experience across your employer branding and recruitment marketing – at scale. Personalisation is a given for every other online experience we have, but is it in your candidate experience? This session will provide you with practical advice and tips on how you can develop a joined-up talent marketing strategy to successfully propel your candidate experience.

Aditya Singh, Head Talent Acquisition @ Informatica

A Talent Acquisition professional with a progressive career in multi-cultural & matrix environment, I have specialist & functional skills that have been proven over 19 years, spanning the entire gamut of Talent Acquisition. With a blend of working in both consulting and MNC organizations and a career span predominately focusing on talent acquisition globally, I have designed and deployed Talent Acquisition Strategy to meet the talent growth needs and then making sure that it is executed effectively. Also, I have exposure to setting up recruitment processes and development of recruitment tools & technology. To achieve all this, I have built and managed recruitment teams and enhanced recruiter capability by various interventions. I am currently working as a Head of Talent Acquisition for Informatica India

Pete Bentley, Amy Rutterford, Tom Lucas

The world is changing, fast. This is the only certainty. How can you predict the future? Is there such a thing as a future-proofed workforce? We believe that to be ready for the future, organisations must have an agile, flexible workforce which can respond as soon as a change or opportunity is spotted on the horizon. What does this mean for the Talent Acquisition function?
In this session Tom Lucas, Head of Client Solutions, Aon speaks to Amy Rutterford, Global Youth Programmes Manager, Vodafone and Pete Bentley, CCO and Future of Work Leader, Aon about the future of work being a journey, not a destination. But where do you start? Expect food for thought and clear recommendations of what you can do right now to set your organisation up for the future.

Tom Lakin @ Resource Solutions

Technical skills assessment boomed in the later years of the third industrial revolution with the widespread adoption of multiple-choice assessment and technical screening tests. However, it is the emergence of assessments focusing on future potential, rather than solely current skills, that makes it essential to view assessment with a new lens as we enter the new industrial revolution. In this presentation, we explore how this ‘new breed’ of assessment technology can help you, as recruitment leaders, identify, nurture and retain the talent you need for the future of work.

Yasar Ahmad, Global Head of Tech Talent Acquisition @ Zalando

In this presentation I talk about Solving Problems not Processes, how to pivot hiring internally and the importance of Internal Mobility.

Chris Wray, Head of Recruitment Strategy @ Sainsbury’s

The presentation will cover .. pivoting our strategy for COVID-19 response. Accelerating technology roadmap alongside launching our 20/21 strategy and the journey we are on to date.. showcasing the single focus in supporting our colleagues in feeding the nation, sharing the lesson learnt and the continuous improvement and methodology.

Jill Christensen, Employee Engagement Expert & Best-Selling Author @ Jill Christensen International LLC

Organizations in the top tier of employee engagement outperform their peers by 147% in earnings per share and have a 90% better growth trend than their competition. However, only 34% of U.S. workers are engaged, which means the vast majority sleepwalk through the day giving you zero discretionary effort. How do you inspire employees to get off the sidelines and get into the game? Author of the best-selling book, If Not You, Who?, Jill has uncovered a proven strategy to keep workers engaged, resulting in increased revenue, customer satisfaction, productivity, and new hire retention. Priceless.

Simon Wingate @ Reed.co.uk

When the country went into lockdown in late March 2020, everything changed. In our presentation, we’ll look at results from reed.co.uk research of over 5,000 UK workers to understand:

– How many people are searching for work during a pandemic?
– What’s changed for job seekers in what they want from their career?
– Has lockdown impacted on working from home and will expectations around the hiring process have to adjust?

Jeff Gothelf, Sepaker

In this fun and interactive presentation Jeff Gothelf will share content from his new book, Forever Employable, where he applies the principles of continuous learning, improvement, experimentation and agility to professional development and career growth. Jeff will share his experience building his own consulting practice as well as provide tools and techniques to help you think through how to ensure that no matter what changes in your world you’re always confident about the next professional step.

Melissa Carrington, Employer Brand, Attraction and Sourcing Lead @ Anglo American

Candidate experience doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive but we can come up with ways to nurture our candidates – remember 98% of all candidates that interact with your business will be unsuccessful! How can we only focus on the 2%. Melissa will be talking about an interesting concept as well as nurture tactics to ensure that candidate experience takes centre stage in the employer brand strategy!

George LaRocque, Founder and Principal Analyst @ HRWins

A look across HR technology and the impact COVID-19 has had currently and what to expect looking forward.

David D’Souza, Membership Director @ CIPD

Mervyn Dinnen, HR & Talent Trends Analyst @ Two Heads Consulting

A punchy, open and practical conversation/fireside chat with Mervyn Dinnen about what might change post Covid, what should change post Covid and what people will say will change (but probably actually won’t change) post Covid. Making the links between the seismic changes in the world we live in and the impact on the industry.

Celinda Appleby, Director, Global Talent Attraction Operations @ Visa

Jed Kolko, Chief Economist @ Indeed

Hear from Indeed’s Chief Economist on how an extended economic slowdown and the shift to remote work will impact both jobseekers and corporate recruitment.

Ehab Abdel Hafez, Head of Talent Acquisition – Africa, ME, and Turkey @ Johnson and Johnson

Talent Acquisition Competencies for the Future

Dr. Karolina Kettler, Head of TA and Senior HR Manager @ PopCore

I will be talking about recruitment in the times of the ‘rise of the robots’. I will be discussing threats and chances of technological development in the field of talent acquisition. And yes, spoiler – you will find out why now is the best time to be a recruiter.

Frieder De Borger & Matthias Wolf

An employee referral program has a strong internal and external impact and effortlessly beats other recruiting channels in terms of speed, quality and costs. In this session you will get insights how Deloitte Belgium rejuvenated their existing employee recruitment program, which delivers immediate results. Frieder De Borger, Director Talent Acquisition at Deloitte Belgium talks with Matthias Wolf, Co-Founder at Firstbird how they did it, what challenges they encountered and how they overcame them to make referrals their main recruiting channel.

Steve Lewis, Global President @RoboRecruiter, Inc.

As the market for talent becomes candidate rich it is more important than ever to ensure the candidate experience is an ambassador for your brand at every step of the process. We’ll share how automated candidate data enrichment makes hiring more efficient, productive and enjoyable on both sides of the table.

Jessica Marotta, Manager, TA @ Forrester

Join me in exploring the moments that matter the most during the candidate journey.

David Rivel, Founder @ Pathmotion

Discover what topics candidates are asking and why your employees are best placed to answer their questions. You will also find out why showing transparency and enabling content to be available for everyone (not just to those who ask the questions) is critically important!