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Events Social media in recruitment, hosted by the Recruitment Society 24 July, London recsoc.org/events
#rcnvs Big Data and Recruitment Analytics 1 August, London eventbrite.co.uk/ event/6816254601/
Recruitment Agency Expo Birmingham 2-3 October, NEC Birmingham recruitmentagencyexpo.com/ birmingham
SourceCon 2013 Seattle 2-3 October, Microsoft HQ, Redmond, Washington sourcecon.com/2013seattle
APSCo Annual Conference 18 October, Radisson Blu Portman Hotel, London apsco.org/
YourFoodJob People Awards 2013, in association with Recruiter 6 November, The Lowry Hotel, Manchester yfjpeopleawards.com
CIPD Annual Conference
GUILD OFFERS 21ST CENTURY SOLUTION FOR FS SECTOR A new guild will boost recruitment into the UK’s much maligned financial services (FS) industry, according to those responsible for building its talent pipeline. Speaking at the launch of the 21st Century Guild (21CG) at the Guildhall, Roy Leighton, chairman of FSP, the sector skills council for the UK’s financial services, finance and accountancy sectors, said: “There is no doubt that we have a bit of a problem in recruiting into financial services.” Leighton said the guild represented an opportunity for the industry “to change the way that it is viewed by equipping young people with the skills to open the doors wide and to entice people into the exciting careers within financial services”. 21CG uses modern technology, including a careers portal that allows people to take online tests, participate in seminars and work towards a series of awards based on their learning activity. City firm employees who mentor young people will be
Ancient and modern meet at the Guildhall: (l-r) Toby Grimshaw, Careers Info; Liz Field, CEO FSP; Vimal Patel, director, FARM Digital
able to conduct their mentoring online. “If you are running an event for 20 people, we will be able to capture that and produce that in a digital way, so that if you aren’t physically there you will still be able to see it,” Liz Field, FSP’s chief executive officer, told Recruiter. She added: “This is why it is 21st century.” Employers will also be able to search for jobseekers who meet
specific criteria, such as their geographical location and how far they have progressed in their learning. Andres Arango, public affairs manager at City firm Crownplace Consulting, told Recruiter: “The City has always been very regimented and a tight network when it comes to recruitment, and this wipes all that away.” COLIN COTTELL colin.cottell@recruiter.co.uk
6-7 November, Manchester cipd.co.uk/cande/annual
IRP Awards, organised by the REC 3 December, London Marriott Hotel, rec-awards.com
Recruiter Awards for Excellence 2014 May 2014, Grosvenor House Hotel, London
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TALK ABOUT PLANNING, NOT FILLING •
SUCCESSFUL RESOURCING is about looking ahead and working back, rather than simply plugging existing skills gaps, resourcing and recruiting professionals have heard. Speaking at a Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD) conference in London, Jo Taylor, resourcing and talent manager at telecoms and internet firm TalkTalk Group, said: “Most people when they think about talent think about filling the gaps.” However, Taylor said that a successful resourcing strategy needed a different focus. “You constantly having to think about the business first rather than about filling the gaps. If you know where your business is going you can ultimately work back to understand what your gaps are, what your needs are, what is your supply and what is your demand,” she said. “Our agenda starts and finishes with TalkTalk’s strategic plan; it is absolutely driven by the business — it is not driven by the people agenda.” Taylor said that holding workforce planning meetings with the business was invaluable at TalkTalk. “We are pushing the business to tell us what exactly they need in terms of the skills, of the capabilities and the attitudes they want.” COLIN COTTELL
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