The market for professional talent now has an international stage and many recruitment firms - particularly SMEs - are exploring new overseas channels for their services. Ann Swain, Global CEO of APSCo, the only UK recruitment trade body with an international footprint will explore: When is the right time to look further afield?Where should you be looking - which markets are the most attractive and why? What are the next steps you should be taking to ensure a successful expansion international expansion strategy?

Marketing is really hard to measure, so why bother? This has never been said by a marketer, but what exactly should we measure to understand the effectiveness of recruitment marketing. James will take you through some methods of measuring marketing effectiveness and how to adopt this in your business.

With over 1.2 million job vacancies in the U.K. recruitment agencies are looking for new and effective ways to hit growing target numbers and keep their clients happy. There is one untapped tool that is starting to make a real impact on the issue, staff transport! In this session, we will look at how recruitment agencies are using smart transport solutions to attract new candidates and boost recruitment efforts. With the use of innovative routing and technology, agencies are able to increase their catchment areas by up to 50%.

Most recruitment leaders spend more time planning their Christmas party than their pricing. But the right strategy will help you win better business, higher fees and more retainers. Join pricing specialist Jon Brooks to find out how you can become the pricing expert in your business. Explore proven pricing strategies from other industries, and learn how leading recruitment agencies are revolutionising their approach to pricing.

The most important relationship you have at work is with your line manager. Is your business creating great managers that people connect with and want to work for? Or are you promoting good billers and hoping that they are also good managers? Developing management capability across the organisation not only reduces attrition of junior staff but also helps retain key staff by helping good billers progress into great leaders. ||This talk will focus on the different levels of leadership as well as offering some simple steps to assessing how well you are setting your managers up for success.

The market is changing and, as a result, the demand for efficient speed to market is higher. To help recruitment agencies gain an essential competitive edge here, a tech stack review is needed. This underpins a full digital transformation. One of the elements to get the most out of that transformation is managing change. Hear from Steve Beckitt as he shares key learnings gained from partnering with a change management consultancy. These learnings will equip you to: - Combat even the most change-averse recruiters - Drive excellent tech adoption and ROI - Exceed business objectives

What will it take to become a ""Sales Champion"" and the ""Go-To-Recruiter"" and leader in your industry in 2023? In this energising and highly entertaining session Brad will discuss the 'Mindset', 'Skills', 'Behaviour', 'Knowledge' and 'Action' required to win new profitable clients and candidates to dominate your markets in 2023. Be prepared to be engaged and entertained from start to finish!

Wondering how to stand out from the crowd? From your candidates' perspective it really isn't rocket science! Your competitors never respond to their applications, never give feedback, never return their calls and never show any interest whatsoever. In comparison clients are treated like royalty! Of course they should be your focus, but unless you are also investing time in your candidates you won't have anything to sell to your clients! Join me as I share the secrets of what your candidates really want from you, things I've learnt from advising them on a daily basis. This session will be packed full of brilliant gems that you can use straight away in your business. And you'll kick yourself that you aren't already doing them!

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The Future Recruitment Workforce. Where are we now? How will the jobs market respond to economic uncertainty this winter and into 2023? What can firms do now to position themselves for growth? How understanding where your business creates value is at the heart of sustainable growth – and why your people matter more than ever.

Personal branding for recruiters - focusing on how to utilise LinkedIn to its fullest potential. Looking at all of the tools available for consultants to boost their presence on the platform, including content creation and LinkedIn Audio.

Lessons learned from leading Talent Tech Labs, the Allegis Group’s strategy and innovation arm, and running RecTech startup Olas. How the best companies ideate, test, iterate, experiment and achieve sustainable competitive advantage.

With the economic fallout from the pandemic set to gain pace over the next 12 months with interest rate and cost of living rises and the end of support measures triggering a new wave of business failures, staying on top of cash collections and ensuring you are paid for the work you have done is set to become more challenging. Our interactive session will provide your recruitment business with the tool kit needed to ensure your payment terms take precedence and the prompt payment of fees, and innovative and adaptable ways to get paid in the face of a dispute or refusal to pay.

With 12 years' worth of recruitment job board data, LogicMelon is ideally situated to share with you useful recruitment data that will shine a light on recruitment trends and possible future outcomes. LogicMelon's UK MD and influential thought leader, John Salt will be taking you through the presentation.

What proportion of recruitment agencies have stolen passwords available on the Dark Web? How easy do recruiters think it would be to steal data from their agency employer? Join Atlas Cloud – an APSCo Trusted Partner – as they share insights from two significant studies on the State of Cyber Security in Recruitment. They analysed 600 APSCo member organisations and separately surveyed 1,000 agency-employed recruiters. This insightful talk may shock as much as inform; however, agency leaders will walk away with simple steps they can take to minimise risk and protect shareholder value.

In this session, I will highlight why diversity is a must for any successful commercial organisation - we seem to have forgotten that as well as it being an area to focus on for responsible and ethical reasons, it makes sense commercially too. In this instance, we will talk about diversity in it's widest sense, and move on from the legal obligations. In order to make a difference, it is key to turning good will and positive thoughts around diversity into practical action and pragmatic plans - many organisations are struggling with this, and I would like to share my no-nonsense approach.

Email has become so much more than simply a transactional tool to exchange information. In an era of remote working, we rely on email to get in front of clients and candidates; win business; build relationships from scratch; create trust and forge long-lasting bonds with other people. In fact we spend on average 1/3 of our working week on email and yet 90% of people have never been taught to write a good one.There is an urgent need to develop our email expertise in order to get noticed, retain loyal clients, secure new business and grow. Kim will share proven, actionable tips for writing emails that engage, inspire and get results, fast.

Join Hinterview’s Sales Director Sam Slade, as he draws on his own extensive recruitment experience to discuss how leading agencies are successfully leveraging the “Power of Presentation” to increase net fee income and speed up deal cycles.

Transform your personal development through a series of powerful mindset & mindfulness strategies which will awaken your next level in leadership success. In this presentation, you will learn:* How to reconnect your heart & mind for professional and personal fulfilment* How to reduce or eliminate stress, anxiety, depression with upgraded alignment * How to increase your productivity so you can show up powerfully as an powerful leader.

A revolution has been taking place over the past two years, resulting in many being fixated and grappling with workplace flexibility! Yes flexibility has a huge positive impact on the workplace but it is not a single fix to answer to positive evolution in the workplace. This session will give practical insights into approaching workplace flexibility but will also explores other aspects that are required to promote talent attraction and retention in the workplace. Karandeep will discuss how Pivot has developed a unique proposition that clearly differentiates itself from competitors and provides a more attractive proposition to candidates, clients and suppliers.  This isn't organisational theory, but exciting, practical real-life experience, sharing both the good and bad, and the lessons you can take from it