| 9:00 |
Registration and Coffee
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| 9:30 |
Chair’s opening remarks
Jo Causon, director of marketing and corporate affairs,
Chartered Management Institute (CMI)
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| 9:45 |
Recruitment, retention and the future HR agenda
• Why the HR agenda in UK organisations will be dominated by recruitment and retention concerns in coming years
• How demographic trends and projections of demand and supply of skills point to tighter labour markets and increasing shortages of appointable people.
• The impact on HR: why the combination of these trends with increased competition in product markets and pressure to reduce staffing costs means that HR people will be judged on their capacity to find new ways to recruit and retain effectively
Stephen Taylor, Manchester Metropolitan University
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| 10:30 |
Securing your future workforce
• New research on the mismatch of skills and understandings between education, school- leavers and employers
• How to overcome this mismatch to create a sustainable business plan and workforce
• Speaking their language-- how to make the new technologies work for you
• Includes a live demonstration of a career portal at work
Tanja Kuveljic, managing director, b-Live
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| 11:15 |
Tea and Coffee
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| 11:35 |
Case study: Online success at O2
• How O2 developed online recruitment
• Lessons learned
• Get interactive-- how to understand what candidates want
• Mastering technology-- what's next
Fiona Davidson, resourcing manager, O2 UK
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| 12:20 |
Lunch and networking
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| 13:20 |
Re- thinking retention strategies
- New research on retention and turnover
-Understanding employee engagement
- Success stories: how employers are fighting attrition
Speaker: Ron Eldrige,managing director, Talent Drain.
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| 13:50 |
Case Study: : Why values- based recruitment works for British Gas Services
• The challenges we faced
• Introducing recruiting for attitude
• How this approach has benefited our business
Karen Hopkins, national resourcing manager, British Gas Services
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| 14:35 |
Case Study : How to find and keep high potential people
• How Hertfordshire County Council re- thought talent management
• Employee buy-in :how to inspire talent inside an organisation
• How to balance business drivers and diversity matters
• How to update the application process
• An insight into successful succession planning
Carole Grimwood, Assistant Director, Hertfordshire County Council
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| 15:20 |
Tea and coffee
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| 15:40 |
Retaining high potential talent - building a business case
• Return on Talent Investment (ROTI) - what it is and the challenges of measuring it
• What leading organisations are doing in this field
• How good retention practices improve ROTI
• How a focus on ROTI benefits the talent pipeline
Dr Maria Yapp, CEO, Xancam
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| 16:15 |
Chair’s final remarks and close
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| 16:30 |
Close of Conference
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