
Graduate Recruitment and Development Forum 2015
Thursday, 26 February 2015 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
£349.00 – £399.00
Graduate Recruitment & Development Forum 2015
February 26 @ 9:00 am- 5:00 pm
Grand Connaught Rooms, London
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Attract and retain future talent
After a sell out conference in February 2014, with over 150 attendees registered, we are delighted to announce that the 8th Graduate Recruitment and Development Conference will be taking place on the 26th February 2015 in London.
With graduate vacancies rising again this year attracting the best graduate talent has, once again, become much more competitive. Many employers are changing their approach to recruitment to ensure they stand out in the market.
The conference will be an opportunity to share best practice strategies with industry leaders across the sectors, giving those responsible for hiring and developing graduates a chance to uncover both the strategic and practical elements of implementing a successful and innovative graduate programme.
This is a must attend event if you want to stay above your competition.
What this event will do for you:
- Develop innovative strategies to attract talent in a competitive market
- Reduce the quantity and improve the quality of applicants
- Retain graduates after the beyond the scheme and successfully move to to the potential programme
- Improve development and make sure recruits reach their full potential
- Measure performance and ROI of graduate programmes
- Build a global employer brand and manage international careers
Which HR Professionals is this event designed for ?
- HR director or manager
- Graduate recruitment or development manager
- Graduate programme manager
- Leadership or talent manager
- Employer brand manager
- Head of recruitment & resourcing
- Head of training and development
Sponsors
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Saville Consulting is a specialist assessment company helping organisations identify, develop and manage their talent. Our graduate solutions are used by major graduate and apprentice recruiters to streamline recruitment whilst selecting candidates with the greatest potential and best fit for their organisation. How we help:
Our assessments are compatible with all major applicant tracking systems for seamless integration and are available in multiple languages. |
Since 1999 GTI Recruiting Solutions has been supplying bespoke outsourced graduate recruitment solutions and applicant tracking systems for organisations around the world.
If you want us to manage your full end-to-end graduate recruitment process, we’ve got the skills, the reach and the experience to do that. Easily. Or if you want us to look after key elements of the graduate recruitment process that complement your existing activities – such as marketing, screening and interviews – we can do that too. And it doesn’t matter whether you’re looking for one graduate or 200. Or whether you want those graduates to be from the UK, China or any other place in the world. We can do it. No one has graduate recruitment channels even remotely as good as ours. Being part of the world’s largest graduate media company, Group GTI, is a huge advantage. |
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At Talent Q, we design and deliver innovative online psychometric assessments, training and consultancy, to help organisations make better, more informed decisions about their people.We believe we have a refreshingly different approach to working with clients – open, committed and passionate – and whilst we have a strong technical and psychometric pedigree, we’re pragmatic and practical in our solutions.
We are now part of Hay Group, the global management consultancy firm, and with offices in over 50 countries, assessments in over 40 languages and a global network of partners, we’re able to deliver talent management solutions to clients a cross the world. |
Graduate recruitment is our business. Set up in 2000, GradWeb is the UK’s leading graduate recruitment outsourcing and technology specialist.
We manage campaigns and solutions for many of the largest graduate recruiters in the UK, the US, the Middle East and Europe, most of whom depend on our cutting-edge recruitment systems |
Information for potential sponsors
If your organisation would be interested in promoting itself through the wide variety of exhibitions, sponsorship and marketing opportunities available at this event, please visit our sponsorship mini-site here or email or call Sales at sales@symposium-events.co.uk or 020 7231 5100.
Dear Graduate Recruitment Professional,
The graduate recruitment conference is one of my favorites of the year with some really fantastic case studies.
This year we have partnered with Saville consulting to produce a short survey on graduate trends. The results will be shared at the conference. Please take 5 minutes and fill-in the survey.
Thank you
Hayley Griffin
Conference Producer
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Professionals like you have found this event useful.
Here is what they say:
“This is an excellent conference and I’ll recommend to colleagues.”
Recruitment and Reward Adviser, Sheffield Hallam University
“The diversity of topics made the day engaging, interesting and appropriate for the different people in the room.”
Graduate Programme Manager, Capgemini
“Very informative and engaging. Enjoyed leaning new facts and industry insights.”
L&D Manager, Centrica
“Good mix of speakers / topics. Very Informative. Thank you!”
Corporate Training Advisor, Bucks County Council
Event sponsors
Meet with the conference sponsors and save up to £200 on the full £399 conference price!
At the Graduate Recruitment Conference you will have the opportunity to meet with the sponsors to discuss your graduate needs.
For each meeting you attend, we will refund you £50 this means that you could end up saving up to £200. You can select the sponsors during the booking process.*
*Meetings not attended will not be refunded.
Companies who attended in 2014 included:
3i, AB Mauri, Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, Accenture, AHUA, Amazon, Aviva UK, BAE Systems, Barclays, Barratt Developments PLC, Barry Callebaut AG, BG Group, BP, BSkyB, Bucks County Council, Burberry, Cancer Research UK, Capgemini UK PLC, Catlin Group Limited, CEB| SHL Talent Measurement, Centrica, Circle Housing, Civil Service, Commerzbank AG, Cranfield University, De Lage Landen Leasing Ltd, Deloitte, Deutsche Bank, DHL, Dyson , EDHEC BUSINESS SCHOOL,EMC, Ernst & Young LLP, FactSet, First Great Western, Gate Gourmet Ltd, Gearbulk (UK) Ltd, Graduate Promotions, GradWeb, GTI Recruiting Solutions, Hill Dickinson Solicitors, HR Review, Hutchison 3G UK Ltd, Jaguar Land Rover, James Fisher and Sons, Jefferies, Kantar Media, KPMG, M & G Investments, Malcolm Hollis LLP, Manheim, McCurrach UK Ltd, Mercedes AMG HPP, Merlin Entertainments, Met Office, Millbrook Proving Ground Ltd, Morgan Stanley, Nestlé, Ofcom, Otis, Radisson Blu Edwardian London, Renishaw plc, Rider Levett Bucknall, RM Education, Sainsbury’s, Sheffield Hallam University, Shoosmiths, Siemens, Specsavers, Swansway Garages Limited, Tesco Stores Limited, Thales UK, UK Power Networks, Unilever, University of Cambridge, University of Derby, Vmware, Wagamama, WSP Group, Yazaki Europe Limited, ZenithOptimedia
Programme:
09:00 |
Coffee and registration |
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09:30 |
Chair’s opening remarksGordon Chesterman, Director of Careers, University of Cambridge |
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09:45 |
Developing a more strategic approach to graduate and school-leaver recruitment
Carole Donaldson, Manager, Resourcing, John Lewis Partnership |
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10:15 |
Identifying quality and managing quantity…
Chris Small, International Managing Director, Saville Consulting |
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10:45 |
Questions and discussion with speakers |
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11:00 |
Refreshments and networking |
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11:30 |
Innovation in recruitment marketing and process
Christina Kerr, Head of Campus Front Office Recruitment, Barclays |
11:30 |
Why now is the time: Harnessing technology to take graduates on an emotionally intelligent journey from study to the world of work
Lucy Beaumont, Solutions Director, Talent Q and Melody Moore, Management Consultant, Hay Group |
12:00 |
Innovative campaigns to attract a specific audience
Belina Mann, Former Executive Director – EMEA Head of Graduate Recruitment and Sarah Rozario, EMEA Employer Brand, J.P. Morgan |
12:00 |
Engaging graduates from recruitment to leadership positions
James Hotham, Learning and Development Advisor, Cancer Research UK |
12:30 |
Questions and discussion with speakers |
12:30 |
Questions and discussion with speakers |
12:45 |
Lunch and networking |
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13:45 |
Knowledge share networking session |
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14:20 |
Managing international careers
Andrew Nelson, Global Graduate Programmes Manager, InterContinental Hotels Group PLC |
14:20 |
Creating a fair recruitment process
Liane Rainbow, EMEA Tech Campus Recruitment Lead and Jane Murphy, University Programs Manager, EMEA, Google |
14:50 |
Building a global employer brand
Tapuwa Mtutu, Campus Hiring Lead, EMEA, EMC |
14:50 |
Attracting and inspiring people through social media
Neil Armstrong, Talent Manager – Talent Programmes, Boots |
15:20 |
Questions and discussion with speakers |
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15:30 |
Refreshments and networking |
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15:50 |
Road map to ROI: the business case for future talent
Sophie Meaney, Strategic Development Director, GradWeb |
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Increasing the diversity of your intake for STEM careers
Anna Fullerton-Batten, Staffing Director and Diversity and Inclusion Lead, Microsoft |
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16:50 |
Questions and discussion with speakers |
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17:00 |
Chair’s closing remarks and end of conference |
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