Programme

08.30  Conference registration and morning coffee

09.00  Welcome address
DeeDee Doke, Editor, Recruiter

09.05  Introduction by conference chair
Claire Owen, Founder & Leader of Vision & Values, The Stopgap Group

09.10 Keynote Address:  "The Relationship Revolution" 
Larry Hochman, European Business Speaker of the Year

Sponsored by: Royal Bank of Scotland

09.40 Finding your strength again - re-inspiring yourself and cultivating self-motivated staff

• Taking advantage of rising tides - renewing optimism and improving your business process
• Using goal-setting techniques to instil hunger and initiative back into your business’ performance
• Building a winning attitude to achieve business excellence

Tony Seager, Owner, Seal Recruitment Training Solutions

10.10 Round table discussion – maximising motivation to propel the business forward

Delegates will form small groups to compare viewpoints on the above topic. Discussions will last 25 minutes and upon completion, each group will feedback to the entire delegate faculty.

Facilitated by: Tony Seager, Owner, Seal Recruitment Group

10.40 Morning break and networking

10.50 Creating a new language of recruitment

• How has the recruitment industry cast itself during its chase for clients and profits?
• Propelling your business beyond negative perception and climbing up the value ladder
• Case study - Applying a new language of recruitment

Jim Albert, Managing Director, Modis International

11.20 Client panel session - How are client needs changing in times of economic restoration?

Chaired by: Albert Ellis, Chief Executive Officer, Harvey Nash

Panellists include:
Claire Clarke, Head of Recruitment and Policy, Tragus Group
James Hudson, Recruitment Manager, Net-a-Porter
Virginia Begg, Interim Resourcing Consultant
Samantha Rich, Head of Group Resourcing, AXA UK

12.05 Case Study – Transforming your company from the inside out

• How to build a successful business, starting with internal change

Tim Cook, Managing Director, Hays UK & Ireland

12.35 Networking lunch. Sponsored by Daxtra Technologies

13.35 How to thrive as a business and prepare for the upturn

• What lessons have we learnt from the recession?
• Overcoming adversary, finding opportunities and preparing your business for the upturn
• Using innovative strategies to restructure your business
• Adopting a fighting attitude in your business 

Ed Percival, Business Coach, Shirlaws Business Coaching

14.05 Building, differentiating and managing your brand on the web - setting yourself apart from your competition

• Moving away from traditional methods towards a more transparent, web-based recruitment
• Where you should be investing your time - LinkedIn, Facebook, Google Tank, Bebo, Myspace, Twitter, Yahoo?
• How do you achieve brand differentiation online?
• Managing user generated content and protecting your brand’s reputation
• How will companies be using social media in 12 months time?

Don Leslie, Co-Director, BLT Recruitment  
Jonathan Hart Smith, Managing Director, CK Clinical Limited

14.45 Afternoon break and networking

15.00  Panel discussion - Creating the right synergies in the relationship between MSPs, RPOs, recruitment consultancies and clients to the benefit of all parties

• Assessing the trend towards MSP and RPO deals in the context of the current economic climate
• How have MSP and RPO structures evolved over the last 12 months?
• How do clients chose which recruitment services they want to use?
• How can all parties effectively work together?

Chaired by: Paul Jacobs, Managing Director, LoveWorkLife

Panellists include:
Andrew Thorne, Chairman, Association of Social Work Employment Businesses (Asweb)
Sue Brooks, Managing Director, Ochre House Limited
Miles Stribbling, Managing Director (Operations), Resource Solutions

15.40 Delivering a value-added, professional service that will turn your client’s head

• Changing client perception by evolving the recruitment sector’s overall approach
• Recognising that one size does not fit all - shaping a unique service delivery model for each client
• Progressing the traditional sales role of the recruitment consultant
• Changing your business model and internal standards to achieve a professional service reputation and value-added service

Roger Philby, Chief Executive, Chemistry Recruitment
Neil Wilson, Managing Director, Badenoch & Clark

16.10 Panel discussion - Structural change as the industry emerges from a downturn

• How can individual brands thrive by maintaining their unique identity and USPs within larger, consolidated groups?
• Is consolidation a strategy for growth or survival?
• Considering the issue of monopoly
• What does the future hold for consolidation in the recruitment sector?

Chaired by: DeeDee Doke, Editor, Recruiter

Panellists include:
Graeme Read, Group Managing Director, Antal International
Chris Ledbury, Managing Director, Hamilton Bradshaw Ventures
Peter Searle, CEO, Adecco UK & Ireland
Jason Kennedy, Chief Executive, Grafton Group

16.55  Conclusion by conference chair

17.00  Close of conference