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Tom Chesterton and Mark Horley of Tonic took to the stage at the Resourcing Leaders Summit at Whitstable Castle. Speaking about the future of brands and how the rules have changed from a brand and marketing point of view!

At the inaugural Future.Talent, we went directly to the source and staged an exclusive Student Panel where we asked how they are taking their first steps into the working world, adapting amidst a pandemic! The panel focused on the different experiences of four students who are currently job seeking or have recently found a career. The students came from a range of universities and subjects studied.

Jurgen Donaldson and Theresa Clarke join Emma Freivogel on the Innovation Circus stage to share their personal experience of disability and the criminal justice system and make the human and business case for looking ‘beyond the labels’ and broadening your definition of diversity.

Join Shakira and Jamala as they share the Future.Talent stage in an honest discussion that centres around Social Mobility. They will be discussing the impact the past 12 months has had on students, the implications of this from a social mobility perspective and how TA’s can now make a bigger impact than ever.

Nearly every consultancy you speak with will tell you there’s a skills gap coming – some go as far as a “skills apocalypse”. Most of us are already finding it harder to recruit the skills we need for our organisations, and many of us accept we need to grow our own talent in-house. However, the challenge is doing that while still focusing on BAU work, the ED&I agenda and our future growth strategies.

Join Steve Rodgers (International Recruitment Manager @ Ocado Technology) and Barney Mellors (Head of Customer Success @ Real Links) as they detail how the Real Link’s platform revolutionised the concept of what referrals are in Ocado, and, what they can achieve by driving real behavioural change.

Steve and Barney also dive into the significant impact the tool had on employee advocacy through their content-sharing functionality.

Social Media Expert Alex Ayin (Marketing Director @ Wiser) walks us through an inspiring case study of how Wiser utilised Twitter to skyrocket applications for Miniclip in 24 hours.

Hannah King (Global Employer Brand Lead) shares the exciting story of GSK’s 6-year journey on social media whilst working in a conservative, risk-averse environment.

Explore how pioneering recruiter Spencer Ogden has used the power of innovative HR tech AssessFirst to improve the diversity of their team and find the future Spencer Ogden superstars!

In just under 20 minutes, learn how companies like Greene King, The White Company and The NHS recruit 27% faster by investing in Financial Wellbeing & Earned Wage Access. Recruitment is hard right now – give yourself an unfair advantage that continues to pay dividends through long-term retention of team members.

The presentation begins by looking at the origins of whistleblowing laws. Who is a whistleblower and why should they be protected? The international legal landscape were surveyed. The scope of protection for whistleblowers in recruitment was examined. Finally, guidance is provided on encouraging a speak-up culture in business.

Michelle Brown (Non Executive Director @ Vercida) candidly interviews Morgan Lobb (Founder and CEO @ Vercida) who is recognised in the top 20 global diversity champion list.

Employer Brand expert and RecFest staple ‘Google’ Dave Hazlehurst opens the Brainfood stage for a chat with Hung Lee.

Adam Pomerenke, Senior Talent Acquisition Manager @ Post Office took to EY Speakers Corner at RecFest 2021. Adam discusses Excellence in career progression, aspects of what has gone excellently in his first stint as a functional lead in a large function, what he’s learned, and advice for aspiring future leaders on how to progress their careers – what to do, but also what hasn’t gone excellently – what not to do.

Join Tom Davies (Global careers lead) and Emily Germon (Careers and academic outreach specialist), from AMICULUM and Ambit, in this interactive talk about what it means to be a recruiter in modern TA functions. They cover (collectively) ‘falling’ into a career in recruitment, the challenges of their jobs, their biggest challenge, how they overcame it and what the future holds for their niche profession.

Daen achieved a rarity in where all of my hospitals are staffed to the extent that the extra vacancies are due to growth opportunitiesDaen talks through all the concepts he used in his approach from ways of working, DE&I, candidate and hiring manager engagement….the list goes on. From this talk, there are many key takeaways that can be applied to other sectors, and it is delivered in the language of our internal recruiter population.

Katie Owlett, Group Resourcing Manager @ Hand Picked Hotels took to EY Speakers Corner at RecFest 2021.Learn all about the Hand-Picked restructure, the reasons behind it and proposed benefits, what this involved/areas for focus and roll out including the challenges and the successes so far!

Patricia Yanez, Talent Acquisition Partner – UK & Expansion Markets @ Voi Technology took to EY Speakers Corner at RecFest 2021 to share Voi’s expansion journey in Spain.Patricia was responsible for building up the team from scratch with a focus on D&I. Patricia talks about the variety of challenges she encountered and how she had to overcome different issues along the way (e.g legal, brand awareness, partnerships, candidate experience, bureaucratic delays, onboarding issues, among others). It was a fun ride!

With Talent Acquisition being driven by data, stats, reports, utilisation etc. Sanda sought to re-introduce the ‘people’ element back into our resourcing journey. He adopted a focus on Future Skills, Culture & Belonging, Leadership, and Digital Transformation. Rather than just role related knowledge hed placed more attention on Cognitive Ability (problem solver, curious mind) during interviews. This helped candidate transition to the right side of the Job vs Career debate.

Dave Vinton (Global Talent Pipeline Manager Engineering & EPC @ Ørsted) took to the Brainfood Stage at RecFest 2021 to take a look at how they’re looking to solve workforce planning challenges at Ørsted for new market entry in Poland and the Baltics, as well as how they are looking to develop a workforce planning capability for the business.

In 2020, in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic, Ben created the AstraZeneca Women in Tech Series – a video series where Ben (as the host) interviewed women in tech across their global business from all levels and seniority, across multiple disciplines and across all geographies – from Mexico to India, Canada to China.The interviews focus around educating the audience on the breadth of opportunities across the technology industry – in an effort to dispel the common myths and help change the narrative – whilst covering aspects of the guests early career aspirations, journey and challenges, in an effort to allow the audience (and specifically women) to connect on an emotional level and to instil belief that they can too emulate the careers of those showcased and breakdown invisible barriers to doing so.

Raj Gill (Talent Acquisition Manager @ BT) & Lesa Molinari (Global Talent Acquisition & Global Employer Brand Leader @ Colt Technology Services) took to the Brainfood Stage at RecFest 2021 to signify the importance of using a proactive approach to recruitment when attracting and securing top talent in a candidate-driven marketplace. Why it is more important than ever we create a positive candidate experience whilst always thinking about the bigger picture and next steps.

Milimo Banji is CEO of TapIn at just 24. Being a Gen Z himself, there’s no one better to enlighten us on the tools for attracting young candidates.

Hayley Vaughan, Talent Attraction & Acquisition @ EY took to EY Speakers Corner at RecFest 2021

Bethany Willcox, Senior Recruitment Partner @ Alcumus looked at hiring tech talent into non-tech roles at RecFest 2021. Bethany detailed how they have explored ex-forces recruitment and how they go about headhunting and selecting those candidates.

For the past 18 months, AstraZeneca have been taking on “the beast”…. aka, Candidate Experience. They’ve taken a really deep look at CX – what do we mean when we say CX, where do we need to improve, how should we be measuring CX?

This session discussed the commonalities between inequitable hiring practices, share new inclusive approaches to ensure diverse talent pipelines and advocate best practices gathered from community establishment. Come with questions, leave with actions.

Returning to the RecFest Main Stage for the first time since 2019, Robin Stander discussed how ‘Recruiting’s Perfect Storm’ is impacting your ability to attract enough quality candidates.

We’re witnessing the emergence of a new era of work, one where organisations embrace a mix of remote, in-office and flexible work options. But we can’t successfully move into this new era without understanding how this change is impacting our workforce, our workplaces and our businesses.

A fireside chat where the theme will be how the British Army and EY use technology to provide candidates with a safe space to ask questions from employees – putting both organisations within reach of all candidates, and making them employers of choice.

David Nally, Human Resources Manager @ Woodie’s and Jon Daye, Customer Success Manager @ PredictiveHire took to the RecFest Disrupt Stage. Woodie’s started using PredictiveHire as its talent assessment of choice given its strong focus on hiring inclusively and giving candidate’s a positive experience from the moment they first interact with the company.

Richard Swenman, Partnership Development Manager @ Adway took to the RecFest Disrupt Stage Do you also feel the effects of the huge shortage of talent taking place right now? Join Richard as he explored how Social Recruiting, powered by automation, can overcome the struggle of the low volume of applications.

Hold on tight as we take you on the ride of your life. Join ‘Google’ Dave Hazlehurst as he presses the big red button that will enable you to launch a talent experience that will be talked of for years to come.

Abi Adamson (Founder of The Diversity Partnership) has been influential in driving the narrative of DEI in the workplace and she was joined by Stasia Seliverstova (People Director @ The Diversity Partnership) on the Scenic Stage at RecFest.

Hung Lee took to the RecFest Scenic Stage to deliver his talk Bad Ideas (And Why We Do Them Anyway) – On The Hybrid Hype.n

Demands for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) aren’t new, and the fact that they’re business imperatives is no longer up for debate. DEI’s impact on business performance has been validated by countless studies. According to HR thought leader Josh Bersin, “more than 200 studies show how diversity in business leads to greater levels of innovation, […]

Develop more inclusive hiring practices with candidate surveys Understand DEI performance within your hiring strategies and evaluate ways to improve with Candidate Surveys. With Candidate Surveys, customers can collect anonymized applicant data by location to track DEI initiatives, review demographics to identify biases, and improve inclusion within the company.

Anonymized screening encourages a more inclusive hiring process by mitigating unconscious bias from the start.

The key to successfully implementing diversity is to have employees from different backgrounds, with different experiences to enable true growth and innovation…

In arguably their most important piece of content to date, Hackajob surveyed 1,700+ technical talent in order to find out exactly what they want from 2021 and beyond. To the initial outreach, thoughts on technical assessments, what perks and benefits matter most, individual opinions on what diversity and inclusion really means and thoughts on working […]

The diversity of future talent programmes is receiving ever more attention in light of recent events – most obviously the Black Lives Matter movement, which was brought back into focus by the death of George Floyd – and more recently, the tragic murder of Sara Everard which has put a spotlight on gender stereotypes and […]

Recruiting technologies are continuously improving the way we work and updating day-to-day processes. But technology isn’t the only thing that can assist when you’re trying to grow your workforce fast.

Supporting digital transformation has always been one of our core values. We have witnessed firsthand the evolution of recruitment technology and how said technology can revolutionise a function.

Supporting digital transformation has always been one of our core values. We have witnessed firsthand the evolution of recruitment technology and how said technology can revolutionise a function.

Back when virtual events were not the standard and we were putting on our physical events, we always aimed to create a passionate environment that relied on not only learning from the experts, but raw peer-to-peer learning. The insight, ideas and experiences that were shared during our renowned roundtables were unparalleled. The crowdsourcing and generating of solutions to common industry-wide problems that would take place were a force of true camaraderie.

At some point this year, we’ve all felt out of our comfort zone due to the massive disruption in how recruiters have had to function. You may be adjusting to new working conditions, like remote working, or new technologies such as video interviewing. There may be more candidates applying for each role, or you may find your lead time has been significantly decreased to keep up with demand. In all probability you’re experiencing most of the above.

When setting up the initial blueprints for TA Global Gathering, our core aim was to bring the TA industry together on a global scale. After spending months in relative isolation, communication and the feeling of togetherness is key.

This pre-event checklist details everything you will need to ensure you are fully prepared for TA Global Gathering!

The value and benefit of a strong employer brand is widely recognised by organisations of all shapes and sizes. But, maintaining momentum, interest and engagement with an employer brand, post-creation, is something many businesses struggle with. Lucky for them, SMRS don’t.

Every year the amount of remote working debates has increased, with people arguing the various positives and negatives. 2020 has been the year where the debates and the theory have become a reality whereby the majority of the world’s workforce were forced to work from home. It was unexpected and there was no infrastructure in place to support it.

Dr. J Harrison shared their story with the Inclusive.Hiring audiences on the art of not fitting in. They spoke about how their social identity is constantly challenged within recruitment processes, and how you can make simple steps towards being an inclusive workplace.

At the inaugural Inclusive.Hiring, Torin Ellis delivered a truly eye-opening talk signifying how we all have a part to play in the D&I movement and expressed the importance of starting to take action.

When we are hiring fresh talent at the very beginning of their careers, whether that be from a university or school, we are looking for the sharpest tools in the talent pool toolbox. As recruiters, when sourcing the top quality candidates for our organisations we need to have a successful strategy in place. However, not everyone has the appropriate budget to execute a comprehensive process. If you are working with a low budget it is all about understanding what resources you have at your disposal and taking advantage of them.

Sarah Wallace spoke at our most recent Early Careers event the changes within the industry over the last 20 years. Acceleration of change within the industry seems vast, with the introduction of telephone interviews, ATS, video interviews to gamification the assessment space has changed drastically.

Gavin Mulcahy spoke at our recent #EarlyCareers event on assessment processes in the early careers recruitment space. He spoke about how early careers is seen as a new platform and proving grounds for ‘shiny’ HR technology. Describing early careers as a function of ‘spinning’ plates, balancing 3 key areas: what the business needs, what the […]

Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace is a continuous burning issue and, while many recruiters know the benefits and needs of tracking such necessity, the uncomfortable truth is that diverse candidates continue to be systematically excluded by workplace practices. What are we doing wrong? Or what are we simply not doing to create the right conditions?

We are currently living in a world where there are plenty more roles than candidates, therefore creating a true Employer Brand with the best Candidate Experience is more important than ever before!

Moving the conversation about integration and analytics from “nice to have” to “vital for our business” is the key to talent acquisition functions taking their rightful place at the table.

Many talent acquisition (TA) professionals suffer an unrequited longing for a seat at the table with the executive committee. So how can they boost their chances?

When it comes to attracting and retaining top talent, organisations that fail to be proactive run the risk of missing out. Securing top-level backing is crucial and comes down to defining resource planning and selling its impact using language the C-suite will relate to

Companies that don’t reference their values and purpose when they recruit new staff increase the likelihood of making bad hires and lay themselves open to reputational risk, RL100 members say.

What is TREN? The Recruitment Events Network is an extended ecosystem of events facilitated by our carefully selected partners with the aim to better serve our own community of TA professionals by providing high-value opportunities to learn and network outside of our own events. Tren offers vetted companies, communities, and groups the opportunity to learn from our experience, […]

Mark Chaffey, CEO of Hackajob, shared a high level framework on how to build and develop your technology Employer Value Proposition. 

What damage is being done to your employer brand?

Theo Smith spoke passionately at last year’s Resourcing Leaders Summit in Crewe and gave his perspective of the current state of neurodiversity in the world of work. In candid fashion, Theo told his own personal story of his struggles with not fitting in, nor wanting to fit in at school. A story of self-diagnosing not […]

Theo Smith spoke passionately at last year’s Resourcing Leader’s Summit in Crewe and gave his perspective of the current state of neuro diversity in world of work. In candid fashion, Theo told his own personal story of his struggles with not fitting in, nor wanting to fit in at school. A story of self-diagnosing not only Dyslexia but also ADHD. 

Al Frater, UK General Manager for Arctic Shores spoke at the inaugural inclusive.hiring 2020 about a new decade for assessment, it’s time to leave the reliance on a candidates self-report behind.

Kevin Green gave a presentation at our last Resourcing Leaders Summit of 2019 and provided insight on the current jobs market and in turn why our messaging driven by EVP is more important than ever.

Gareth Jones, CEO of diversity recruiting software Headstart, spoke at inclusive.hiring on the necessity to break the cycle of exclusion that our working world has become so ingrained into.

Inclusive practice is when all employees feel wanted & valued, when you go to work with a specific difference or not, it is essential as an employer to value ALL employees. When an employment is truly inclusive it will benefit all employees and not just those with disabilities. Although there are three main areas of […]

How difficult do recruiters make it for people wanting to be employed? Bill Boorman opened up proceedings at #InclusiveHiring 2020 with a truthful account into our perceptions of individuals, highlighting unconscious bias and prejudice as a bilateral effect of recruiter thinking. What changes are we willing to make when we see people or situations? People […]

How do we make space in our organisations for fitting in? Dr J Harrison spoke at #InclusiveHiring 2020 about the the fine art of not fitting in. They spoke about how their social identity is constantly challenged within recruitment processes, and how you can make simple steps towards being an inclusive workplace.

Torin Ellis spoke at the inaugural inclusive.hiring event where he gave an honest account into the state of diversity in the recruitment industry and how the conversations that have been happening for over 100 years keeps starting from the first touchpoint. Operating out of Love and Process – Torin believes that we have people in […]

Simon Wright spoke at the Resourcing Leaders Summit in Crewe last November and deep dived into candidate experience and provided attendees with some fascinating data and insight to relate back to their own processes.

Committed to creating positive change in the world of recruitment, earlier this year the Resourcing Leaders 100 group sent out an industry-wide survey to help us get a better understanding of the current demographics of recruitment professionals.

Over the last 6 months, The Resourcing Leaders 100 group has developed a Talent Acquisition Maturity Model, and here it is. The goal is to give ANY TA, Recruiting or Resourcing function a line of sight and something to work towards. This is a matrix as opposed to a progressive route.

Podcast veteran Matt Alder spoke to the RL100 about identifying areas of growing data sophistication in the recruitment market. Matt points out some of the areas within the market where he believes some of these data plays are at work, whilst providing a stimulus around the topic in general.

Michele Trusolino spoke to the RL100 on Gen-Z and how much is really done to address diversity within the workplace. The critical successes within your businesses lies between the bridge between generation-Z and diversity.

Alan Bourne spoke to the RL100 about how we can influence software coming into the HR & Recruitment space to better serve the need of the recruiters that adopt them daily into their technology stack.

Tom Portingale spoke at our breakfast events on how businesses and employer brands are harnessing the benefits and powers with working in-situ with their communication teams around their businesses to accelerate their employer brands.

Marcus Body spoke to the RL100 on the idea of #truthiness. In this modern world, we don’t care whether a story or an idea is true or false anymore, we care about whether or not something has truthiness.

Zygimantas Medelis spoke at 2019 Innovation Circus on natural language processing and how the meaning of words and the connection between them are not as straightforward and obvious as it might seem.

How does a request for 500 hires, turn into 2500 overnight? Jon Warwick spoke at the Innovation Circus about how you react when you need to react at pace, at last minute notice, in a high-turnover environment.

Andrew Marritt spoke at the 2019 Innovation Circus using data from text analytics to uncover a range of alternative data points in order to develop and highlight themes within your organisations.

Alex Fourlis spoke at 2019 Innovation Circus about job data. He discussed how he learned from his experience from working with the largest Greek job board during the financial crisis and the road to recovery and the prominent rise of youth employment.

Jon Stanners spoke at the 2019 Innovation Circus about embracing technology and how it’s not about falling in love with the solution – but falling in love with a problem so much, that the solution talks for itself.

Megan Butler spoke at the 2019 Innovation Circus explaining what every HR professional must know about the future of work and the implementation of Artifical Intelligence.

Recruitment Brainfood champion Hung Lee spoke at the 2019 Innovation Circus on macro trends where innovation really matters within technology and how those trends will impact recruitment. Hung set out to test where we actually experience change and how do we change our behaviour and businesses.

The most popular Innovation Circus 2018 returns to tell its story one-year later. David Walstow & Josh Willows embrace the main stage to talk about Talent Spotters and its journey over the last year. They cover a case-study on Assurant and Talent Spotters, the technology behind the scenes of creating this successful story and the […]

At the beginning of 2019, we made the decision to implement a 6-month trial of a 4-day working week to offer our valued team a better work-life balance. There would be no reduction in salary or holiday allowance, this was simply to improve the quality of life for our team.  The move to a 4-day […]

Join Sara Jane Harvey AKA Agony Autie and Bill Boorman in this unscripted, straight to the point chat about diversity and recruitment. Bill asks the questions we are too afraid to ask as Sara gives her unfiltered honest opinion on being autistic, how that affects her, the difficulties that she has to overcome on a […]

Diversity seems to be hot on everyone’s lips, however what defines diversity and how do we ensure we practice what we preach? On the Unplugged stage at RecFest 2019 Libby Derbyshire (Hired) spoke with Rachael Grocott (Triangirls), Tara Clarkson (ClearScore) & Yasmin Sheikh (Diverse Matters) as they challenged the idea of diversity and shared their […]

Simon Cohen spoke on the main stage about ‘the multiplier effect’. Multipliers are people who have an exponential benefit to themselves, the people around them and the world at large. How can you apply these key criteria to help you discover the best candidates for your business.

Is your referral program dying? Arnim Wahls spoke on the Disrupt stage about how Firstbird resuscitated their dying referral program to make it their #1 recruiting channel.

Why does it seem like the process of hiring someone is more important to HR that the actual hiring. Robin Schooling spoke on the Main Stage about the role HR plays in the recruiting process and her personal insights into working alongside the world of HR and the key decisions that HR get to make […]

7 in 10 workers feel like a fraud at work, impacting their progression and well-being. Jon Cooney of Totaljobs takes to the main stage at RecFest to speak about the imposter phenomenon, which affects over two-thirds of senior managers and 40% of people feel that they don’t meet their employers expectations due to this phenomenon.

Matt Alder is joined by Ben Gledhill (Yodel), Megan Butler (Cognition X) & Andrew Soane (Accenture) in his 200th Recruiting Future podcast live at RecFest 2019. This podcast; Recruiting Automation had some wide-ranging discussion with some valuable, expert insights from the guests.

Katrina Hutchinson-O’Neill explored the myths of the ‘state of the nation’ for in-house recruitment in 2019. In this engaging session we will look at the models, tech and worry beads your counterparts in other companies are using today.

David D’Souza kicked off the RL100 stage with an insightful discussion into the world of work. At times, if you are to get change and disruption right you must have your foot near the break.

Sonia Sudhakar spoke on the RL100 stage about The Guardians turbulent journey in engaging their employees hearts and minds in order to deliver their vision. How do you reduce headcount & costs but increase revenue & readership whilst still improving your employee satisfaction results and attracting the best talent to achieve their goals.

Richard Collins (CEO & Co-Founder @ ClickIQ) and Chris Wray (Group Head of Recruitment Strategy @ Sainsbury’s) joined forces once more to talk about what an automated recruitment function might look like. This chat pits Cyborgs and recruiters as one – automate and enhance recruiters, don’t need to replace them.

Richard Bradley (Kelly Services), Jack Parsons (Big Youth Group), Dan Richards (EY), Johnny Campbell (Social Talent) & Nicola Brentnall (Queen’s Commonwealth Trust) form this illustrious panel centred around #Talent!

Jacob Binkin (Debut), Stephanie Bishop (Capgemini) & Pete Ward (LTSAB) spoke all about early talent attraction. They discussed; solving the structural imbalance at higher education levels. The increasing importance of responsibility and character & looked at a leading graduate employer’s approach to social mobility.

Using data from all around the world, Spyros Magiatis & Rob Long of #Workable address the mystery around AI and how it impacts the recruitment and HR industries. Where are we now with the capabilities of AI and where is it going? This pairing address the elephant in the room on the ethics and bias […]

Valeria Ignatieva (Work180) is joined by Peter Hogg & Siobhan Kelly-Bush (Schneider Electric) to discuss best practice hiring into ‘next’ practice hiring. How you can leverage your employer branding for diversity hiring – “Women don’t apply for these roles” – Myth, or fact?

The nature of work is changing and so are the demands we make of our people. It’s not easy to define the nature of a role in a volatile and uncertain working environment and it’s an even bigger question to ask whether the right person for the role will still be the right person in […]

Launchpad interviewed five RL100 members who have either recently undergone recruitment transformation or are in the midst of change! As the world around us evolves rapidly, businesses need to keep up with the pace of change to ensure they stay ahead of the competition. This often means major transformation projects – which undoubtedly have implications […]

Robin Stander spoke on the main stage of #RecFest 2019. Robin broke down the complexities of AI and discusses the reasons why recruiters should embrace AI as part of their TA strategy. We’ll also discover how AI is being used to improve the relevancy of matching an in turn driving an enhanced candidate experience, whilst […]

The Recruitment Events Co. (TREC) has appointed Joe Slavin as Non-Executive Director effective today. The move represents yet another chapter in a nearly 16 year relationship that began when Joe hired Jamie Leonard as the Ad Agency Development Manager at Monster.co.uk in 2003 The relationship was maintained and enhanced as Jamie and Joe ventured forth […]

Russell Dalton spoke on the Disrupt stage about how artificial intelligence, is here – and is here to stay. Russell was joined by Jason Gracey who spoke about how the implementation of Genius ATS is shaping the resourcing of JCB.

Kirstie Kelly spoke about the impact that the four-day week had on the RecEvents team. Kirstie talks about productivity in the workplace and how it is sustainable and healthy to shift your company to working less hours.

Samar Birwadker of Good&Co is joined by Ralf Baumann, Samantha Ramsay & Rebecca Foden to debate the future of job boards in this lively panel hosted by Sam Smith.

Tim Sackett spoke on the main stage at RecFest 2019. Tim researched recruiters all over the world to discover the DNA pattern of world-class recruiting leaders.

Carl Hoffman spoke about how to engage talent through employee advocacy and candidate relationship management. Carl was joined by David Battles of Avaloq whom spoke about overcoming their main hiring challenges within the fintech sector and the main benefits of implementing Talentry.

Bonnie Andrews returned for the third time to speak at RecFest this year and spoke about about bridging the tech gap in the UK.

Live at #RecFest19, Steve Levy spoke on the Brainfood stage about the many tactics it takes to increase your initial response rates and what it takes for you to get there.

Matt Charney spoke on the Brainfood stage of #RecFest 2019 about some of the biggest trends and emerging technologies impacting recruiting and hiring today.

Live at #RecFest19, Maisy Salsbury spoke about the reasons that swayed her away from the traditional post-school route of university and into a job.

Live at #RecFest19 this all-star panel includes Sam Smith (Kelly), Simon Rutter (Sage), Gemma Lines (MS Amlin) and Neil Krisko (Xerox). The panel gave participants the opportunity to hear from people who have chosen to #ditchthescript on talent management. People who have sought a value-driven approach over a transactional one. Who has been brave enough […]

Janine Chamberlin of Linkedin spoke live at RecFest 2019 about the dynamic talent market and the importance of both creating strategic direction whilst also having the agility to pivot as circumstances change.

Johnny Campbell took time out of his hosting duties at #RecFest19 to talk to the Brainfood stage audience about Candidate experience. Johnny talks about how creative ideas from outside our industry, and the ‘customer experiences’ from other sectors have the potential to be utilised within the resourcing industry to offer the best possible candidate experience.

Live at #RecFest19, Dean Sadler of TribePad spoke about how technology has the power to be used for good or bad. It also has implications far wider than most people realise. tech companies are constantly building impressive things, but now is the time you need to understand how they are doing it, but more importantly […]

Matt Buckland spoke live at #RecFest 2019 about the bipolar existence of a recruiter; both dictator and coach and how recruitment isn’t like sales, it’s like recruitment.

Kate Glazebrook spoke live at RecFest on building teams with diversity of thought. Technology has enabled us to erase the trade-off between speed and hiring. Sometimes speed is prioritised over getting the best candidates and building teams with diversity of thought but by using behavioural science and data you can build a process that removes […]

Hear from this panel of industry experts about their experiences of innovating the assessment space, the challenges they had to overcome and the conversations that they had to have with stakeholders. This panel is all about demystifying the assessment space and if you’re considering being disruptive in your assessment process then you won’t want to […]

Kevin Green, spoke on the RL100 stage of RecFest 2019 about the world of work and its rapid change and how attracting great talent is important but not enough. He also spoke about how organisations create meaning and purpose, building great leadership and unique cultures to win talent and how to make sure your EVP […]

Dethra Giles spoke live at #RecFest 2019 on the Brainfood stage. Dethra spoke about ‘EmployeePreneur’. Dethra talks about why are you not having the chance to get the type of candidates you want. Getting and retaining top talent and the ability to get the candidates our hiring managers want and need.

Bas Van De Haterd, a self-described professional snoop spoke live on the Brainfood stage at RecFest 2019. Bas spoke about how new assessment technology can be a major force for good, if we use it right. How we can lower, or minimise bias and burn out by optimising the use of talents.

Hear first hand from the Army recruiting leadership about how the most controversial and high profile recruitment advertising campaign of recent times was conceived and developed. The research that underpinned it and the outcomes that have been delivered as a result.

James Ellis spoke live at #RecFest19 on the Brainfood Stage. James spoke about how you can spark and support the revolution in recruiting and hiring anywhere you are.

Salma El-Wardany (Founder @ Digitally Human) spoke on the main stage of RecFest 2019 about diversity & inclusion, beginning her session with a thought-provoking poem, backed by singer Zola Marcelle (@zolamarcelle_). Salma believes we are living in the most dangerous time for D&I and gives her 10 reasons of what is possible from here.

John Vlastelica spoke on the Brainfood Stage of RecFest 2019 and shared what he’s learned from working with thousands of hiring managers and recruiters at over 100 companies. How can we create alignment? Diagnose conversion problems? Push back on unrealistic hiring managers and engage hiring teams to speed everything up, while keeping the bar high.

Torin Ellis (Principal @ the torin ellis brand) spoke on the main stage of RecFest to talk about a timeline of D&I efforts, the stalls that are in progress and what generation Z expects of us recruiters.

Sarah Sturgess spoke at our breakfast event on employer branding in general but more importantly developing them in challenging sectors. Challenging sectors are those organisations that find it difficult to attract and retain the talent that they have. Carl du Plessis spoke with Sarah to go through their employer brand development with SMRS with an […]

The most popular Innovation Circus 2018 returns to tell its story one-year later. David Walstow & Josh Willows embrace the main stage to talk about Talent Spotters and its journey over the last year. They cover a case-study on Assurant and Talent Spotters, the technology behind the scenes of creating this successful story and the […]

Alastair Frater spoke at our assessment and selection event at Browns. Al spoke about wouldn’t the ideal world be to hire everyone you interview, do less interviews and use technology to provide you with the data to make this possible. Looking towards the future of recruitment Al speaks about the HR technology market and what […]

Social media is not just about networking with friends; it has now become a serious platform for exploring business opportunities, shaping the global culture, and expressing political views. The ability of social media to reach out to a vast number of people has provided employers with an opportunity to attract valuable talent. Recruiters today use […]

Tammy Ross spoke at our afternoon event on the topic of assessment and selection. Tammy’s presentation covered interview best practice as with any organisation it takes time to introduce new processes, new tools and introductions of new technology. Sifting through 750,000+ applications per year can seem like a daunting process so to have a robust […]

Becky Pulley spoke about Building out an employer brand function at BT. In her presentation Becky talks about how they’ve managed to get where they are focusing on 6 different areas; social media, internal campaigns around interviewing, their EVP, building the team, constant communication and ‘replaying their words’. Becky also speaks how, moving forward, they […]

“There are not enough women in tech” – Shefali Davda-Bhanot (Associate Director of Talent @ Babylon Health), spoke at our recent breakfast event on hiring diverse technical talent. Shefali’s presentation, Inclusive Hiring, covered the importance that diversity has in the world of technology and looking back historically at women whom have had a huge influence […]

If you fail to define and share your employer brand when recruiting, you’ll probably have to fall back on ‘selling your benefits’ to hire qualified candidates. You know, things like: Salary, healthcare plans, transportation, location, holidays, gym subscriptions, and so on… Now don’t get me wrong, it’s definitely important to have an attractive compensation strategy […]

In this 3 part series, Kevin Green speaks all about the Future of Work delivering an emphatic presentation which covers different areas of organisations including flexible working, the ageing workforce, millennials and immigration. Does the UK have a full blown talent crisis? Kevin also covers job polarisation, how technology has always destroyed jobs and how […]

Joel Burrows spoke to the resourcing leaders 100 on the focus of job boards and the recruitment advertising landscape for the end of 2018. Joel speaks about the UKs largest job boards, looking at their change of fortunes over the past year and their positioning in the market. He also looks at the two newcomers […]

Shaun Sharkey (Partnerships manager @ Debut) gave an emotional, truthful account of his navigation into finding a job after university. Growing up in a Liverpool borough, Shaun’s so-thought route after University was marred by situations where data may have ruled him out of prospective jobs.

“We don’t have a clear social thread for change”. Tom Chesterton (MD @ Tonic) spoke at the Resourcing Leaders summit about brand, how how on a socio-politcal scale we’re lacking clear leadership. What can fill this vacuum left behind by having no clear leadership? Brand. Tom talks about communication, connections and pushing the boundaries – […]

At our recent graduate event we had the opportunity to hear straight from the source. 4 recent graduates hosted a panel at our recent event with Debut, they offered us valuable insights into different perspectives in early careers hiring. In this video they were posed the question; as a student, when would the best time […]

Katrina Hutchinson-O’Neill spoke at the resourcing leaders 100 summit on the topic of resourcing models. Katrina explains three coveted models within the resourcing world; federated, centralised and hybrid. As a group leader in resourcing change, Katrina also delivers her own unique resourcing model and her approach to resourcing.

This apprenticeship panel features perspectives from a current apprentice, running of apprenticeship programme and setting up your own apprenticeship programme and how it is not as challenging as you may initially think.

The RL100 welcomed back Dr. Sarah Lieberman, a Brexit expert to give her perspective on what is currently happening, has anything happened since she last presented in May 2018? Sarah shared some interesting insights into what is to come if Britain leaves without a deal, and the future prospects this nation is facing on the […]

Luke McKinney spoke to the resourcing leaders 100 on the subject of design thinking, a practical process developed by individuals or teams. In this video, Luke layers different design practices rounding off at ‘strategic design’, a forward thinking design concept for the future-facing organisations.

Kath spoke at our Breakfast event on Deutsche Banks support programme ‘Pathways to Banking & Finance”. Started in 2017, the Pathways to Banking and Finance will benefit hundreds of students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds by raising their aspirations to allow them to make informed decisions about their career.

Jacob joined our future talent breakfast event and shared with the group some key takeaways when marketing for students.

Dave Walstow and Caroline Hill spoke at the Innovation Circus on how Creed Comms built their award winning employee referral programme

Dave defines Employer Brand as ‘Who you are and how you make people feel’, and in this talk, he explains how the essence of a brand is all about experience with the essential elements being personalisation, trust and the candidate experience.

This white paper aims to create a guidebook to the total talent management journey, directing those resourcing leaders who are beginning to engage/own their contingent talent by bringing them together with organisations who have experience in this space, while also highlighting organisations that have considered embarking on the journey and decided against it.

Russel spoke at our first breakfast event of 2019 on the hot-topic on onboarding. Russell breaks down an ROI in employing an onboarding function as part of your resourcing strategy, focusing on the age of digital in onboarding prospective employees. Russell argues that onboarding is the most crucial, but forgotten part of the resourcing function […]

Managing a contingent workforce can be time- consuming but in the engineering sector there are multiple challenges due to the nature, complexity and scale of many projects. To add to this there is a huge skills gap across the industry and new challenges ahead with Brexit. In our latest roundtable, we gathered a group of […]

It is essential for a company operating in 2018 to be inclusive and diverse. A company who is going to be successful in selling their brand need to reflect and represent the market in which they operate in. By creating a more diverse workplace a company is able to connect with and represent their customers […]

In 2015, the government set a target to have 3 million new apprentices by 2020. The levy was introduced in April 2017, to raise £3bn a year to fund better training. In most cases, the far-reaching benefits apprenticeships can offer businesses is being overshadowed by difficulties in implementing. Adoption has been lower than anticipated which, […]

It is an ongoing challenge for all of us in resourcing to meet the everyday talent demands of our business as well as ensuring we are looking ahead to the future. In an era where there are new technologies introduced daily it is hard to keep up to date with the tools and methods we […]

Ben introduced to the Resourcing Leaders 100 the implementation of a chatbot in the recruiting process at Yodel. He explained to the group the reasons for needing a chatbot in his resourcing function, he presented some interesting stats on chatbots and gave us an insight into how the implementation of a chatbot has changed their […]

In an increasingly complex world, the supply and demand for talent is becoming more strategic – automation, new technologies and data are changing our operating environments. In this digital world, we need new skills and a workforce to be effective in the information age. And the tasks, tools and knowledge required are changing the jobs […]

James spoke to the resourcing leaders 100 delivering an insightful presentation which covers each step into successfully optimising your ATS.

Nick Shekerdemian joined our resourcing leaders 100 members meeting to discuss future talent and how to better evaluate candidates.

Samar Birwadker believes that the people in a company are the ones who build the culture of the organisation and in each organisation there are micro-cultures, build by the people in each team.

Tim Oliver Pröhm spoke to the resourcing leaders 100 about how the world of work is changing and how the new wave of technology trends are hitting the resourcing function.

Sarah shared with us an inspiring talk on the journey IHS Markit is currently taking to introduce agile methodology across the organisation. She explains in great detail what an agile methodology is, the benefits it has for an organisation, why they are introducing it and how they are implementing it in the company.

Nick Yockney spoke at our hiring graduates breakfast event about how to find emerging talent and showcased the identifiers to hiring at entry level positions. Nick shared with the group some common mistakes many companies make when looking and hiring young talent and also gives us some key elements to be ready

Hiring experience tech talent is more difficult and expensive than ever before, and most organisations are fighting to find and steal the best from each other. But, how many organisations are doing something to build and find the next generation of ‘Unicorns’?

Abakar Saidov spoke on the disrupt stage at RecFest 18 on how technology will play a part within recruitment of the future.

Steve Atkinson spoke on the disrupt stage at RecFest 18 with Caroline Horwood about the transformation of onboarding, and putting candidates before paperwork.

Alex Cresswell spoke on the disrupt stage at RecFest 18 with Barbara Lee about finding out the WHO after establishing the ‘what is next’

Ben Gledhill spoke on the disrupt stage at RecFest 18 on Yodel’s journey with Lumesse and discovering that moment when you realise that your ATS is…

Will Hamilton spoke on the Disrupt stage at RecFest 2018 about why advanced automation is the key and not the enemy for candidate engagement

Rob Long and Zeshaan Shamsi spoke on the Disrupt stage at RecFest 18 on how technology has changed recruitment, from the basic ATS in place to more advanced tech in TA.

Jeremy Hindle (Co-Founder and CTO/CPO at Headstart) spoke on the Disrupt stage at RecFest18 on diversity and data and their learnings from their approach to fair selection.

Our complimentary suite of candidate experience technology gives employers and candidates the best of both worlds – personalisation and automation – delivered by an award-winning team of experts. Powered by live chat and chat bots, our technology helps our clients attract, engage, empower and enable candidates throughout the recruitment journey. Outcomes include improved brand advocacy, […]

Beamery is a candidate relationship manager that focuses on connecting with any other tool or legacy system that a company is using. Its algorithms keep candidate data up to date and relevant whilst tieing information from hundreds of different data sources to the profile. Beamery’s automation allows the ability for companies to engage with candidates […]

Candidate.ID is a talent pipeline platform that provides one central, unified SaaS solution that manages and optimises every tactic used to find, attract, engage and nurture candidates. Candidate.ID features candidate nurturing and scoring, email marketing, ATS and CRM integration and closed-loop, real-time reporting tools. Candidate.ID aligns the efforts of recruitment marketing and talent acquisition teams, […]

HireCast is an interactive recruitment video which takes the traditional job advert and turns it on its head, bringing your job description to life. Some of its interactive features include showcasing your company’s culture, highlighting projects you’re working on and demonstrating your location’s facilities.

Job searching is changing, people want to find where they belong. Go beyond the job description. Show people what you’re all about and inspire the candidates who fit.

TalentBrew specialises in careers website, SEO and advanced job description. The TalentBrew recruitment marketing software platform engine accesses, imports and stores your jobs and content into TalentBrew database your TalentBrew Career Site. TalentBrew allows the candidate to self-select out or find an opportunity that’s the perfect fit. Then they can apply for a job, share […]

Richard Collins (CEO at ClickIQ) and Chris Wray (Group Head of Recruitment Strategy at Sainsbury’s) spoke on the Disrupt stage at RecFest 2018 on the top 10 talent attraction techniques to reduce costs and increase response rates in a rapidly changing recruitment media landscape.

Jobpal specialised in recruiting chatbots, jobseekers engagement, FAQ automation, job discovery, apply via chat, screening, interview scheduling. Jobpal’s automation and speed up processes improve your candidate experience and your own talent network.

DayOne allows you to experience the whole onboarding message on your mobile or tablet, wherever you are! The app allows permanent storage of all your documents – contract, offer, plus access to the entire the library and the journey. It has a Great User Interface – DayOne has re-engineered the entire onboarding journey to achieve […]

For HR leaders, who can’t guarantee consistently engaging onboarding experiences, Enboarder automates manual processes, coaches and empowers business managers and easily provides personalised onboarding experiences for all new hires.

Horsefly provides actionable insights from multiple social platforms worldwide, Horsefly provides unlimited search and extensive filter capability which allows detailed and specific data insights. Every day Horsefly supports tactical & strategic business decisions for today’s outcomes and tomorrow’s plans.

Smart Recruiters is a modern talent acquisition platform with native AI functionality, global configurability with 17 currently available backend languages with 350+ pre-integrated partners.

TalentDesk.io is an end-to-end Freelance Management System (FMS) that allows you to Onboard your contingent workforce, grow it on-demand where new skills or talent is needed, collaborate with them on projects with other members of your in-house team, and pay them with a single bulk invoice, timely and efficiently.

From sourcing candidates to managing applications, Workable recruiting software provides intuitive tools to streamline your recruiting process.

Pymetrics use neuroscience games to predict your next superstars, the platform is free of bias which drives diversity and is highly predictive and identifies higher performs who stay for longer. The Pymetrics platform also offers rejected candidates other opportunities so that all your candidates love the experience.

Applied uses behaviour science to de-bias the assessment and selection of candidates. This allows a more diverse and inclusive workforce, Applied iteratively improve the effectiveness and predictiveness of recruitment using real data. Applied attracts a wide talent pool through a far, transparent candidate experience, including personalised feedback.

Access Screening is a cloud-based, anytime anywhere access screening platform. The Screening and Right to Work platform can save in-house recruiters time whilst remain compliant. The platform saves time with 80% reference checks that are automated whilst being fully configurable.

Arctic shores is an unbiased assessment platform using psychometrics in a highly engaging manner. The platform offers a range of themes and styles in their game-based assessments which can be tailored to suit your ideal candidate experience. Their bespoke service allows them to incorporate your branding within the game and develop a unique algorithm to […]

Contextual recruitment systems give you the ability to contextualise candidate performance, showing disadvantage and outperformance. It can identify star outperformers who might otherwise be missed, measures social mobility through continuous monitoring of data and statistics whilst delivering greater diversity through graduate hiring.

Cubiks Capture specialised in candidate experience and candidate feedback. Cubiks’ intuitive design, simple-to-use consumer-grade experience offers self-selection that empowers potential candidates. It provides an early reading on candidates’ alignment with an organisation’s values.

Good & Co provides data-driven insights into team strengths and weaknesses, proprietary psychometric algorithm based on science as well as a real time team wellness tracker. Good & Co believe that work can, and should be fun and that there’s no such thing as a bad employee or employer – only a bad fit. They […]

Cut-e is a global talent management and assessment specialist which was acquired by Aon plc in May 2017. Cut-e’s has a comprehensive assessment solution with one-tap and multiple tests, is also custom designable with a flexible format: made to predict success.

Bright Networks Data Insights Engine analyses over 10 million pieces of data a year creating a rich candidate data set, both declared and behavioural. It can provide hyper-relevant, personalised, content for our members based on more than simplistic segmentation. Bright Network data-driven intelligent segmentation allows you to zone in on high-quality candidates, who wouldn’t normally […]

Introducing ClickIQ – The smartest tool for the job – a multi-award winning automated job advertising platform that uses the latest AI and programmatic technology to manage, track and optimise the performance of recruitment advertising in real time. Spend is focused on where it’s needed most, to reach both active and passive job seekers across […]

Debut believes graduate recruitment should be a breeze, not a struggle. Debut is a completely free app for students to showcase their skills and background in an engaging and fun way to employers, bringing them opportunities they may never have considered or come across organically. For graduate employers, Debut’s platform provides unprecedented targeting and access […]

Inploi is a brand new platform incorporating the latest tech and focuses on a radically improved user experience. Inploi has seamless access across web and mobile and can reach the future of your industry. It also has extensive features set consolidating, simplifying and enhancing your recruitment tools and effort.

JamieAI is a smart tool to source & hire data professionals using smart technology paired with human expertise. Jamie AI is a disruptive technology which saves employers time looking through CV’s and sourcing talent. Throughout the process, JamieAI offers complete transparency.

We are Joblift – a job search platform providing candidates with the most intuitive and frictionless experience during the recruiting process. We apply the latest machine learning techniques and big data-based algorithms to offer the optimal match between employer and job seeker. Currently active in the US, the UK, Germany, France and the Netherlands, we […]

WORK180 is a global jobs network that operates at the forefront of a new workplace revolution. As an advocate for working women, WORK180 provide job applicants with a transparent directory of endorsed employers who support diversity, inclusion and equality.

Vonq’s Recruitment Analytics Marketing Platform turns passive and active candidates into qualified applicants. Vonq gives you access to all the media channels in the world and can take care of online job ad distribution with a click of a button. Their algorithm and job market insights will help you select the most relevant channels for […]

Talentry’s recruitment marketing platform enables companies to tap new sources for potential applicants with the help of their employees’ networks, to strengthen the employer brand sustainably by distributing relevant content and to build and maintain relationships with candidates. Talentry increases the productivity of multiple recruiting channels to match talent with suitable employers and helps companies overcome skills shortages.

Talent Nexus goes beyond ATS functionality, massively increase your employer brand reach and candidate applications. It also provides end-to-end optimisation for Google for Jobs with a new tool which improves employers with fast compliance audits.

Ontame.io is a recruitment analytics and automation platform. Ontame.io focuses on analytics, Automated Distribution Workflows, Cost Management, Benchmarking, Smart Alerts, Tracking and Forecasting. Ontame.io goes beyond your ATS as they connect their proprietary tracking and prediction engine with data from across any of your HR platforms and business systems – giving you instant access to […]

Rezoomo is a unique new recruitment marketing and management system with a focus on helping companies build and promote their employer brand as a core part of their recruitment strategy.

Across the country, resourcing professionals are facing the same challenges. Whether you work for a multi-national organisation or operate independently, the issues are often identical – just on a different scale. How often do you get the chance to discuss these matters and hear how others tackle them? Or to gauge views and opinions, right […]

Over recent years employer branding has become increasingly important to resourcing teams as direct sourcing strategies have evolved. Most organisations think they have either the best employer brand in the world or the worst. And there is still debate about exactly what employer brand and EVP (Employer Value Proposition) means. Our latest RL100 roundtable looked […]

Charlotte provided an overview of the steps taken by TFL to be ahead of the curve prior to IR35 being enforced in the public sector. Forming a steering group with senior legal, tax, HR and commercial bods, frequent engagement with your C-Suite and understanding who your business critical (and non) contingent workers are were some […]

Tim Asti discussed how leveraging technology can assist in the decision management, visibility and data analysis of non-permanent workforces. The challenge often for organisations is not necessarily having data, but being able to cultivate the right data to create a single source of truth and that’s where technology can help be the enabler.

In a thought-provoking address, Stephen Reilly illustrated that in order to help visualise contingent workers vs permanent recruitment, one should think of the traditional red phone box as a metaphor for permanent recruitment. We all recognise it, know what it is, understand that it’s slightly outdated but still widely accept what they do.

Helen & Jen spoke about Nationwide Building Society’s partnership with Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS) and the newly implemented 2nd Gen MSP, created a future-proofed solution which includes an in-house team dedicated to Contingent Labour control, cost management and business engagement across all categories of contingent labour; The Workforce Supply Management team.

Connor shares some fascinating insight into how such a huge pool of contingent talent exists and how it has manifested. The UK has increased by 43% between 2008 and 2016, with 15% of the UK workforce now self-employed. He also covers the CXC Global contingent worker lifecycle guide which shows the key action points of […]

Jeremy spoke at the inaugural Contingent Leaders Summit in Whitstable on the Future of Work and the changes in the way people do business and engage with the workforce. Jeremy’s talk covers demographic and social change to the need for organisational agility. He also discusses how to engage the workforce of the future.

Across the country, resourcing professionals are facing the same challenges. Whether you work for a multi-national organisation or operate independently, the issues are often identical – just on a different scale. How often do you get the chance to discuss these matters and hear how others tackle them? Or to gauge views and opinions, right […]

Maisy Salsbury spoke at the Resourcing Leaders 100 summit in Whitstable on why she decided not to attend University and what that has meant to her professional career.

Mark Chaffey spoke at our Hiring Tech Talent breakfast event on how to hire more talent based only on their strengths and skills and nothing else. Mark talks about how we can think about the attraction process to engage with more technical talent and how to remove the unconscious bias in the hiring process.

Caroline shared with the audience the challenges she faced during this journey; she takes us through the candidate journey (especially on social media) and describes what worked really well for them, and she explains the key steps they took to achieve success and how she got the buy-in from the business.

Alice spoke at Innovation Circus about UNILAD’s huge presence on the social sphere and how it uses social media to recruit into their social company.

Daniel spoke at the Innovation Circus with an appropriately titled presentation of how THE social network using social tools to socially recruit.

Tom spoke at the Innovation Circus on how Tonic uses innovation and technology, to communicate with people, to bring people and brands together. As Tom expresses: You need to listen to your people and find how you can add value to people’s life. You need to find the right people to talk to and the […]

Josh spoke at Innovation Circus, an event launched in 2018 together with Broadbean technology and Social Referral, with the objective to deepen the understanding of social and future innovations within the recruiting world.

‘People don’t want to hear from a logo. They deserve to know that Vodafone has a face, a face, a personality. They want to feel a connection to real people and hear their real stories.’

Humans attention span is now under 0.3 milliseconds, in the blink of an eye we make a decision, and 80% of our choices are made subconsciously. Human behaviours are changing and getting people’s attention is not enough anymore; we need to make people care about it and make them do something about it.

Have you ever heard (or said) “I wish we could do something amazing, but we don’t have the money or the team”? If so, this is a must watch video for you, see how Jessica explains how they executed a highly successful campaign on a minimal budget.

Zusi delivered her inspiring short poem entitled ‘Dreams and Machines’ which stunned her audience at the Innovation Circus.

Peter Wardell inspired the audience at the Innovation Circus by creating links between the recruitment process and the similarities with magic tricks and their effect on the mind.

Johnny not only expertly hosted the main stage at Innovation Circus but also spoke on the lessons that can be learnt from what you post on social networks.

Ian Bailie spoke at Innovation Circus on the future of work, what is really is, what people are doing about it and how we should be thinking about it. With great focus on the impact on artificial intelligence and human resourcing, Ian makes us think about what we should be doing as organisations with the […]

Ashley spoke at the Innovation Circus on voice technology and its potential role in recruitment in the near future. Ashley gave us some significant facts about voice design, how the candidate journey should look like on voice technology and how it can work for you.

Simon delivered a great talk on how to achieve a successful Employer Value Proposition in your organisation. He also explained the importance of having a combined, holistic and integrated EVP between the Recruitment, HR and Communication teams.

Sian Brown speaks about building an Employer Brand on a budget, and how fitflop leveraged their employees and the impact they can have on your brand. Your employees are your brand ambassadors. She also talks about the journey with their brand team, the challenges, learnings and results they saw.

With high-profile campaigns such as the royal’s Heads Together, diversity has been on the resourcing agenda for some time now, but it is only in recent times that organisations are realising the true business benefits of a diverse and inclusive workforce. There are significant challenges in integrating the diversity of thought into organisations and away […]

Jatinder joined our breakfast event on hiring technical talent and spoke about the importance of building a technical recruiting team that understands tech talent, the lingo and the role they are recruiting.

Big data and ‘people analytics’ are nothing new to talent and resourcing, but the metrics we use and more importantly, how and why we use data are very much a point of debate. We have moved on from data for data ’s sake and are beginning to see predictive analytics being used to optimise performance. […]

Su Waters spoke at our breakfast event on how to flex up your resourcing function, focusing on candidate and employee engagement, how to build a true direct resourcing function and more

David and Will are introduced by Su Waters (Talent & Resourcing Director @ Nuffield Health) at our breakfast event on the journey that Nuffield embarked on with Talent Acumen and how it improved their talent pipelining.

Toby Culshaw is an expert of Talent Intelligence and shared with the Resourcing Leaders 100 the journey and challenges Phillips is currently going through, changing from a company specialised in products to a company specialised in solutions, converting to a digital company.

Isabelle spoke to the resourcing leaders 100 on the topic of candidate experience. Isabelle raises the argument of whether or not candidate experience matters and whether recruiters have forgotten the fundamentals of what they need to do.

Michael Harris joined our Assessment, Selection and Screening event and spoke on the hot-topic of gamification. Michael talks about gamification, the different types of game-based assessment tools available, the pros and cons of using gamified tools in recruitment and how they are best used in the recruitment process.

Alex Cresswell and Alex Terry spoke at the Resourcing Leaders Summit in Whitstable about talent and the concept of ‘high performance’ talent. With the idea of seeing the improvements in talent and how to obtain a clearer picture, they compared the Ceefax to the current 4KHD.

At our recent event on Assessment, Selection & Screening, Suzanne joined us to talk about three key areas of digital transformation and how, if applied correctly, not only can it provide your business with a competitive advantage but also have a positive impact to your assessment process.

With the introduction of new technologies, the in-house recruitment function is constantly changing and it can be difficult to keep up with all these changes and new challenges.

Adrian Thomas spoke at our future of work breakfast event and highlighted what he believed is ‘the most important thing in recruitment’ – Recruitment as a contact sport or ‘RAACS’.

David joined our Resourcing Leaders 100 Summit in Whitstable and inspired some thinking about what the future of work will look like. He discussed whether technology should augment human productivity in the future world of work and mentioned various different scenarios we are currently looking at for the future of work.

Jill spoke at the Resourcing Leaders Summit about employees influence on the way to total talent management.

“If you were building a recruitment team for the future, what would that team look like?” Jon Stanners shared with us some great insight on how to better get to know your talent and explains how, in order to attract the best talent, we must take our future candidate on a journey, allowing them to […]

Candidate experience and engagement continue to be hot topics of conversation. And in an increasingly tech-dominated workplace, making sure your people remain front of mind, will enhance not only the company reputation but also your ability to engage with, attract and retain top talent.

Mark spoke to the Resourcing Leaders 100 on how to create a data-driven, unbiased recruitment process to increase diversity within technology. Mark speaks about why companies should care about diversity and how to create an unbiased hiring process to hire people based only on their skills and strengths.

Richard came to the RL100 and shared how data driven insights can help recruiters determine their recruitment advertising strategy in the rapidly changing media landscape.

Every organisation has, consciously or not, an employer brand, but, does every organisation really know what Employer Branding is? Sarah Sturgess from SMRS gave us great insight into why employer branding is everyone’s business.

Mark spoke at our Employer Brand and Recruitment Marketing breakfast event on the hot topic of Google for Jobs. Although now rolled out in the UK, he discusses what impacts Google for Jobs would have on recruitment, analysing its design and focusing on how to best utilise the technology for recruitment.

It is essential for a company operating in 2018 to be inclusive and diverse. A company who is going to be successful in selling their brand need to reflect and represent the market in which they operate in. By creating a more diverse workplace a company is able to connect with and represent their customers […]

Kath spoke at the resourcing leaders 100 members meeting about the current themes in early careers hiring. Kath joined our resourcing leaders 100 members meeting to discuss with the group the current themes in early careers hiring. Kath speaks mainly about social mobility and if we are doing enough; apprenticeships; and lastly, the next generation, […]

Bertie spoke at our breakfast event about how Zopa improved tech hiring specifically with their candidate engagement. For Bertie, the primary challenge was hiring quality tech talent, so they came up with a strategy, based on engaging more with the candidates and making these prospects more aware of their company story and what they can […]

Future talent is high on the agenda in 2017 for most organisations, large and small. How we attract, assess and retain ‘top talent’ is a consistent theme at our events and there is always a lively debate about what millennials want and how we should be communicating with them. And with the introduction of the […]

With uncertainties prevalent in the economic market, businesses are increasingly reliant on temporary or contingent workers. Recent studies show these types of workers are one of the fastest growing segments of the national workforce. Contingent workers are classed as non-permanent employees such as: freelancers, contractors, consultants and agency workers.

Having travelled the length and breadth of the country, hosting roundtable discussions for resourcing teams of all shapes and sizes, we understand better than most that there’s a disparity in the advancements of in-house recruitment functions within the UK. This ranges from solo recruiters, fighting the tide of a business stooped in linear rec con […]

Sara Jane Harvey, AKA Agony Autie spoke to the resourcing leaders 100 on the topic of neurodiversity. An inspired, heartfelt and educational insight from a leading ambassador on neurodiversity, Sara delivers her perspective on neurodiversity and its place within the working world.