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RECRUITING THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA
A practical ‘how to’ guide to ensure you make the most of social media. Including:
* Why you need to wake up to social media
* Branding and how to attract better candidates by social referral
* Know where you stand when you take your reputation online
* The rise of the 'smartphone' in social recruitment
* Working with social and business media
Social media is revolutionising the recruitment process. It can be a minefield with so much choice and not much time to invest, recruiters face a big challenge in getting it right. This event will tell you not only why you need to be online but how to do it and really make it work for you and your business.
A unique one day conference that will give you an opportunity to hear from and get first hand advice from recognised social media experts. The delegate rate includes all presentations, refreshments including breakfast and lunch. This event will be available on a first reserved basis.
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Steve Ward - CloudNine
Steve is the Owner/Director of CloudNine Social Media & Digital Talent (www.cloudnine-media.co.uk), as well as the Group Managing Director at the Cloud Nine Recruitment Group network of small independent recruitment agencies. (www.cloudninerecruitment.co.uk)
Having spent over 17 years in the recruitment industry, both as part of corporate and small independent recruiters, as well as his own businesses, Steve has been exposed to the broadest range of recruitment agency practice. Always striving to meet the ever moving demands of the market place, Steve adopted Social Media communications as a key form of marketing his recruitment business 2 years ago, and this led to specialising the areas of Digital Marketing & PR recruitment in which Social Media is prominent. Steve is now largely considered as a "go to man" for talent in this arena in the London region, identified broadly for his integration into this marketplace.
Steve is a vocal advocate of social media, and the progression of recruitment practice into the modern era, and writes an opinionated blog about the industry and related matters at www.recruitmentmisfit.com.
About Steve's talk
Steve will focus on how Social Media and related zones has worked for his recruitment business, and challenges he has faced. He will challenge recruiters to understand and implement social media communications, and recognise what impact can be achieved.
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Wade Burgess - LinkedIn
In his current position as Director of Sales for LinkedIn’s Hiring Solutions business in the United Kingdom, Wade Burgess brings a global enterprise perspective to this webcast.
Starting his career with LinkedIn on the day that the first major Corporate Solutions product launched, Wade and his teams have helped enterprises become more productive and successful in the U.S., Canada, the U.K, and around the world. Exposure to the benefits and obstacles that organizations from the small business to the largest of global enterprise face, he will provide insight that’s proven, practical, and actionable.
LinkedIn connects the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful. Built upon trusted connections and relationships, LinkedIn has established the world’s largest and most powerful professional network.
Currently, more than 70 million professionals are on LinkedIn, with members joining at the rate of one per second. LinkedIn is backed by world-class investors including Sequoia Capital, Greylock, the European Founders Fund, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bain Capital, Goldman Sachs, SAP Ventures, and The McGraw-Hill Companies.
 
Dave Martin - Brave New Talent
Dave has over 13 years experience covering online technology and online commercial strategy. More recently Dave has been an evangelist keynote speaker focusing on rapid growth of Mobile Internet.
Expert experience and knowledge spans across social media, online recruitment, mobile applications, mobile market, mobile business, web business models, strategic delivery, project management, product development, product launch and business development.
Dave recognises the shape of the Internet in the future and cares about products supporting individuals and companies in a hybrid online world of mobile and desktop.
He is a leading mobile Internet expert with the strategic and hands on project experience to drive online business forwards into the next decade of media consumption.
About Dave’s talk:
How many people look at their smartphone in bed before they get up - checking Twitter or Facebook? How many glance at various apps for news etc at the breakfast table or on their morning commute? Then there is lunchtime, the journey home and rest time in the evening infront of the TV etc. We are ever more connected to the web, through our mobile phone.
This CHANGE must be realized by the recruitment industry.
Will Winch: Mishcon de Reya
Will is a solicitor in the Employment department, dealing with contentious and non contentious matters. He acts for employers and employees, and many of his clients come from media, advertising and the finance industry. He is also a member of the Firm's Recruitment Group, advising recruitment agencies in relation to all types of employment issues.
Will has considerable experience drafting and negotiating service and compromise agreements. He has acted in claims involving discrimination, wrongful and unfair dismissal, whistleblowing and restrictive covenants. He also advises on the employment aspects of mergers and acquisitions (in particular, in relation to TUPE).
Will has a particular interest in training and development, speaks regularly at client seminars and writes on a range of legal topics. He is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association. Prior to qualifying as a solicitor, he worked in the film and television industry for several years.
About Will’s talk:
Social media is now part of the fabric of doing business. Employers need to be aware of the dangers and opportunities this presents. The use of sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn has an impact on the way in which employers hire their staff, to the steps employers need to take to protect confidential information when employees leave. Will Winch will consider the effectiveness of a traditional approach to employment law in the digital age, and suggest practical ways of ensuring employers can keep pace with the challenges they face.
Jorgen Sundberg – Branding:
Jorgen Sundberg is the founder of Link Humans, a consultancy helping companies with social media strategy for recruitment and employer branding. His clients include recruitment agencies across Europe and HR departments of large multinationals in various sectors.
He was previously a Director at Red Commerce, Europe's leading SAP recruitment company where he helped achieve a turnover growth from £2 million to £55 million, growing the headcount from 22 to 104 employees, winning the Virgin Fast Track award three years in a row and securing a private equity buy out worth £16 million.
His knowledge within the recruitment sector and social media is evident from his blogs JorgenSundberg.net and The Undercover Recruiter, his speaking engagements at conferences, business schools and at large corporations. Jorgen holds a Master’s degree in Marketing from the University of Stockholm, speaks fluent German and native Swedish and has lived and worked in the US, Germany, Sweden and the UK.
About Jorgen's talk:
Jorgen will talk about how recruitment agencies can use social media to attract top candidates and clients by way of inbound marketing and social referrals. He will use real case studies to illustrate best practice in the UK and overseas.
Andy Headworth
Andy has a wealth of experience across the recruitment industry. He is the Managing Director of Sirona Consulting Limited (www.sironaconsulting.com), a specialist consultancy that helps and advises companies about their recruitment strategy, recruitment process, online recruitment and social recruiting – using the social media channels for effective recruiting. He is a big advocate of bringing social into the recruitment process, fostering true engagement and collaboration.
Andy became a published author recently with his new book, Smart Social Media Strategies in Recruitment. This is a business book that will help senior business, HR and recruitment leaders understand the realities and practicalities of social media in the workplace and the impact it is having on recruiting and retaining talent.
Andy has successfully delivered recruitment projects and assignments over the last two decades for companies in the UK, Europe, Middle East and the US. It is the hands-on knowledge that makes Sirona Consulting Limited different from other consulting companies; while others may talk about the theory, Andy is able to demonstrate the reality of making the right decisions count in a company’s recruitment strategy.
As one of the UK’s top recruitment and HR bloggers (www.sironasays.com), Andy enjoys challenging traditional thinking with regards to recruitment process, technology and social recruiting. A popular speaker, Andy enjoys sharing his passion and insight for improving recruitment effectiveness through modern thinking.
About Andy’s talk:
Why you need to wake up to social media
Recruitment has moved on, have you?
Opportunity NOT omission
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