In this opening keynote, Ann outlines the key trends that are defining our future. Looking forward and focused on creating effectives strategies for growth, she will discuss the current climate and how, as we're entering a new phase of the labour market, co-opetition is the new way ahead.

Happiness, confidence, success… is this all achievable when growing your own recruitment agency? In this session, we’ll explore the idea of ‘transformational leadership’, how businesses are using technology to challenge the traditional recruitment offering, and how to build a culture of innovation into your business.

The success of every business hangs on its ability to win and retain clients. Yet recruiters often see 'business development' as an activity that should only be performed when pipelines are low. Furthermore, the changing nature of how customers buy services means that business development can no longer be left to just the sales team.  Find out how to create a positive, always-on culture within your recruitment agency.

Join Joanne as she highlights the challenges of being Transgender when engaging as a candidate in the recruitment process, and as an employee when seeking to transition or develop their career. By challenging biases and perceptions through a thought provoking and engaging session, delegates will have their minds opened and the tools to take back to their organisation to make positive change in being more inclusive and supportive.

The world of recruitment and talent delivery is changing - what does transformation look like today and what can it look like for you as a business leader, as you plot your business future? Dave offers practical, immediately implementable solutions that business leaders can work with to transform themselves and their businesses.

In a candidate-led market, it's important that we maximise the value we create. For this a candidate-centered approach is essential. Taking examples from b2c and e-commerce companies, Renê will illustrate how you can build a consumer/buyer-centered approach. Take-away what a candidate centered recruitment process means; what impact this can have on your business, and understand how data and technology can empower your recruiters, and candidates to achieve success.

There's no denying it, live video is not going anywhere soon. It is here to stay. If you've struggled to show up consistently on regular video, you are not alone. Many people feel the same way. Live video, in particular, can be awkward, scary, and at times, a technical pain. In this strategy-packed session, you'll discover tips and techniques to embrace video with a more personal, casual approach, while creating a stress-free, seamless experience that attracts your perfect audience.

Join Charles as he shares his experience of taking a business from a one bedroom flat, to 5 offices nationally with over £5 million turnover. Highlighting the differences between running a recruitment business and strategically growing it, discover what your focus should be on. Leap forward to success without hurting yourself on the many hurdles of starting up on your own.

With every passing day the number of tools and technologies increases. Join Steve as he walks you through how to design the right tech stack for your recruiters, and how to create more than double the return on investment from each product you use.

What will it take to become a 'Sales Champion' & 'The Go-To-Recruiter' in your industry in 2019? In this energising and interactive session, Brad will discuss the 'Mindset', 'Behaviour', 'Knowledge', 'Action', and 'Skill-Set' required to dominate your markets this year and next.

It’s well known, that to be a good hiring manager, you must source potential employees with qualifications and proven experience that will add value to your team. To be a GREAT hiring manager, you must look beyond the CV and recognise transferable skills that enable long-term potential. But just what do you need to look for? Join Martin as he challenges you to be  brave and recruit for the future, today.

Ever wondered how yesterday's strategies will serve us in meeting the demands of tomorrow's needs? Answer; they wont! If you want to win, there are some fundamental business strategies to surviving in these challenging times and this session will cut straight to the heart of them.

Discussing the benefits of embracing technology to win. Clients are no longer looking for the best recruitment business. They want the best recruitment solutions to help them with control and visibility on their supply chain.

The recruitment industry has never been as competitive, at the same time many recruitment companies are faced with the challenges of a candidate driven market. While research on the buyer's cycle tells us that only 3-7% of clients are looking to buy at any one time, and the same percentage of candidates are actively looking for a job, we know that the other 93% will need to recruit at some point and candidates are willing to move! The question is how do you find the 'other' 93%, let's call them passive clients and candidates and how do you attract them to work with your recruitment company? It's simple: Recruitment is now about marketing as well as selling. This presentation will clarify the practical 3-step marketing and sales process that when implemented exactly works irrespective of the sector or size of your recruitment business

Join Tim as he presents how to set up and scale a retained recruitment service. It can be tempting to cut corners, but this presentation will explain where you can and where you can't; how to take market share from executive search firms, and how having a concentrated and branded retained offering will help with differentiation to make your business more profitable.

Given increasing pressure of talent shortage and compliance as well as Brexit uncertainty, recruitment businesses need to ensure they can operate as competitively as possible. Successful agencies will be those who can address the challenges of productivity and efficiency by adopting the right technology and processes to improve the profitability of their business. Join Jason, as he provides a roadmap to success in this session.

If you received your message what would you do with it? Do you even ponder this before you hit send or leave your voicemail? Tech has given us all of these tools to spam candidates in 100 different ways, but if just sending a message worked we wouldn't be seeing such a drop in response rates. In this session you'll discover how candidates have turned the tables and why it's costing you that great hire; what you can do to improve your response rates, and attract more candidates more effectively – for everyone!

This presentation will smash the self-imposed myths that restrict so many recruitment businesses from growth. Tara will share the 10 key blockers to success when it comes to making critical hires, exactly where so many hiring processes are broken, and what steps to take to ensure transformation can occur.

The Future of Work will be fundamentally different to that of today due to a combination of demographic changes and technology progress. We will have to innovate to meet the needs of a future work force - as workers ourselves, as employers, as recruiters and as society. Join Natasha as she highlights what the Future of Work will look like in 10 years.

Join Stewart as he discusses examples of agencies who have saved thousands by consolidating their back office solutions. Discover the hidden costs of paying for services individually, and the opportunity you have to make a huge saving by tying all of the administration of running a successful recruitment agency in one, simple back office solution.

Taking your business to market needs more than a good business strategy. Hishem provides a compelling argument for investing in your personal brand, in order to not only stand out, but ahead of the competition. Learn how, why and what you should do to take your personal brand to the next level.

Small business owners today have it tough. Competition is fierce and not only are they competing with a multitude of other independent businesses, but they also have to complete with large multinational companies who have bigger budgets and more manpower behind them. Join Daniel as he explains how Agglomeration - a model to scale – can help you get to exit, fast.

Technology is disrupting most industries, recruitment being no different. From the way people apply for jobs and get paid for work to the way recruitment agencies need to recruit, manage and nurture talent. In this presentation, Nick will discuss why the recruitment industry about to have an 'Uber moment' and what to do to embrace and scale within it.

Drawing upon extensive research from CV-Library, this presentation explores some of the core recruitment trends for the year ahead. Join Mike as he presents practical advice on how to get ahead in the hiring game, engage with candidates and hire the best employees.