- Sales & Client Success – Winning, Retaining, Growing Accounts
- People & Culture - Building High-Performing, Connected & Inclusive Teams
- Leadership & Growth – Vision, Strategy, Scale
- Technology & Innovation – Using Tools, AI & Automation
- Compliance & Legal - Staying Smart, Safe & Compliant
- Marketing & Brand – Attracting Clients and Candidates
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Momentum StageDrawing on REC research, labour market intelligence and employer insight, Louise examines the forces shaping recruitment in the year ahead, including AI, productivity, skills and workforce planning. T …
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Ascent StageWhy do capable recruitment businesses lose work to competitors when their expertise should make them the obvious choice? Using the repositioning of a 30-year executive search firm, Amy explores how po …
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Momentum StageGrowing revenue can put pressure on profit, cash flow and delivery capacity. Drawing on her experience of growing Zitko across permanent recruitment, contract staffing, statement-of-work projects and …
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Ascent StageRob shares what Talentshed learned while building and testing AI for outreach within its own agency. Using CRM history, LinkedIn context, market knowledge and client insight, he explores where the tec …Speakers
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Ascent StageWhat happens when business partners want different things or one decides to leave? Angela Cripps hosts a discussion with Kath Reynolds, Hannah Morrison and Nitin Sharma, exploring the personal, legal …
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Momentum StageAs AI becomes part of sourcing, screening, ranking and candidate communication, agencies need to understand the responsibilities that come with it. Martyn explores transparency, discrimination risk, d …
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Ascent StageClaire shares how Big Fish Little Fish moved from high-volume temporary recruitment, primarily within local authorities, towards higher-level permanent recruitment with a clearer point of difference. …
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Momentum StageDrawing on APSCo's experience across multiple jurisdictions, Ann explores the strategic, legal and operational considerations involved in expanding a recruitment business internationally. She will exa …
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Ascent StageDrawing on Career Legal and DVF Recruitment, Anthony explores how visible leadership, transparency, communication and flexibility can shape a culture where people stay, develop and perform. He will sh …
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Momentum StageHow might recruitment agencies evolve as AI, skills-led hiring and flexible talent models change what clients need? Wendy explores the opportunity to combine technology, consultancy and talent communi …Speakers
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Ascent StageGenerative AI is changing how employees prepare and present workplace complaints and disputes. Simon explores how employers can respond when AI-generated material forms part of a grievance or disagree …
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Ascent StageDrawing on the growth of Forsyth Barnes, Roheel explores the systems and management decisions involved in moving from a founder-led agency to a business operating across multiple markets. He will cove …
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Momentum StageProject recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) and embedded talent solutions offer agencies different ways to work with clients and build longer-term relationships. Paul and Nicol explore how these mod …
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Ascent StageSimon reviews developments in employment law and recruitment regulation, including reforms affecting employment rights, flexible working arrangements, umbrella companies and enforcement. He will expla …
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Momentum StageLots of agencies treat internal talent teams as gatekeepers to get around. The TA leaders who control PSLs and agency spend notice. With fewer roles to go around, being the agency TA trusts matters mo …
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Ascent StageA difficult contingent assignment can create an opportunity to offer a more effective retained approach. Louise explores how to recognise those opportunities, diagnose why a search is struggling and u …
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Momentum StageMost recruitment agencies are built around brilliant people. The trouble is, brilliant people like to do things their own way, and when everyone is doing things their own way, the standards you've wor …
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Momentum StageWhat skills, tools and commercial disciplines help recruitment agencies improve productivity, profitability and growth? James explores approaches to winning higher-value business, using data more effe …
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Ascent StageWhere does profit leak out of a recruitment agency, and which changes can make a meaningful difference? Using recruitment-sector benchmarking, Marie and Poonam explore ten areas owners can challenge t …
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Momentum StageWorking with other recruitment agencies can help independent businesses fill more roles, access specialist expertise and generate fees from opportunities they might otherwise lose. This panel explores …Chairperson
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Ascent StageMichelle explores how ADHD can show up in a recruitment workplace, including its effects on focus, prioritisation, time management, motivation and communication. She will discuss practical strategies …
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Momentum StageWhat makes a recruiter's personal profile useful, credible and commercially relevant? This discussion explores whether personal branding has become formulaic, what authenticity means in practice and w …
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Ascent StageThis interactive session explores how recruiters can improve their sales pitch, sharpen their market focus and make outbound business development more productive. Brad will examine the relationship be …
