SOCIAL RECRUITING CONFERENCE

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WHY ATTEND #SRCONF?

At #SRCONF 2012, you will learn and share insights and case studies on Social Media Recruiting strategies, Mobile Recruiting, Talent Communities, Employer Branding and Candidate Experience. Read more from our previous conferences: #SRCONF 2011 London and #SRCONF 2011 Paris.

#SRCONF 2012 Attendees in London will learn how to:

• Use Social Media platforms for recruiting (Facebook, LinkedIn, Viadeo, Twitter, Blogs etc)
• Engage with talent, within Social Media communities and attract them to your organisations
• Promote your Employer Brand via Social Media and monitoring conversations with candidates
• Manage Social Recruiting Platforms: Technical skills relevant to Social Media tools
• Design a Social Media Recruiting Strategy that incorporates other Recruitment channels
• Measure Social Recruiting ROI by tracking and analysing returns on social recruiting

CONFERENCE AGENDA

Find below a draft agenda for Social Recruiting Conference to be held on 28th June 2012.

8.30 – 9.20 Delegates Registration with Refreshments

9.20 – 9.30 Introduction by Conference Director & Chair
Vic Okezie, CEO, Crexia and Conference Director, #SRCONF
Alan Whitford, Founder, RCEuro and #SRCONF Chair

9.30 – 10.10 Social Employer Websites - Finding the world's Best Talent
David Henry, Vice President Marketing UKIE, Monster Worldwide

Monster will share insights on how their clients are engaging with talent via Social Employer campaigns. Latest developments at BeKnown from Monster will also be discussed. BeKnown is an exciting new way to showcase your brand and share new opportunities with an ever-growing network of followers on Facebook.

10.10 – 10.50 Social Recruiting and Future of Employer Brand Ambassadors
Jean-Marc Mickeler, Partner and Responsible for Employer Branding, Deloitte France

Jean-Marc will demonstrate how Deloitte France have invested in Social Media (twitter, blogs etc) and the recognition of who you they will be recruiting in the future, how to attract them, retain them but also get them to evolve the culture of the company. Case study will focus on how these ambassadors are actively involved in your future hiring process and how Social Media will be used internally and externally to attract and source the brightest talent.

10.50 – 11.20 Morning Break with Tea & Coffee

11.20 – 12.00 Social Recruiting: Making the Most of your Professional Network
Pete Crosby, Chief Sales Officer, Viadeo (Professional Social Network)

Presentation will showcase how professionals and organisations are taking great advantage of International and local Social networking platforms for hiring. It will also explore elements of recruiting as this applies to online social networking, crowdsourcing and candidate referrals.

12.00 – 12.30 Social Recruiting on Facebook (Case Studies & Candidate Experience)
Alan Whitford, Founder, RCEuro and Chair, #SRCONF
Stephane Le Viet, CEO & Founder, Work4 Labs
Steven Hewitt, Human Resources Director, Lumesse

Panel discussion will examine Facebook as a Recruiting platform with focus on Case Studies from a wide range of companies. It will also explore candidate experience on Facebook, while highlighting tips for Recruiters and Candidates alike from use of Facebook as a Talent Attraction tool.

12.30 – 13.30 Networking Lunch

13.30 – 14.10 Social Media, Talent Acquisition Strategy and Global Employer Marketing
Matthew Jeffery, Head, EMEA Talent Acquisition and Global Talent Brand, Autodesk

Keynote Presentation from a Senior Talent Acquisition expert that will demonstrate what Autodesk are doing with Social Media to increase candidate pipelines and also improve Employment Brand presence in new territories. It will also showcase Employer Marketing strategies that are deployed to attract the best and right talent in different regions.

14.10 – 14.40 Social Network: Candidate Resourcing via Talent Communities
Nicky Bizzell, Head of Resourcing, Evershed

This presentation will share a snapshot of Eversheds efforts via Social Media and Social Networks in engaging with and attracting talent. The first part will feature their Legal Trainee engagement via twitter, and the idea behind this, where trainees tweet experience to future trainees of what it is really like working at Eversheds. Nicky will also discuss how they are hiring Experienced Hire via Trusted Social Network - based on referrals and their overall recruiting experience.

14.40 – 15.10 Social Talent Pool - A Legacy for London 2012 Employees
Rob Clarke, Head of Reward, Policy & OD, LOCOG

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) have recruited more than 3,000 people from a variety of backgrounds to deliver the Olympic Games. Rob will share insights into building Talent Pools and Alumni Communities for the London 2012, to live well beyond the Games and leave a legacy for the Olympic Employees.

15.10 – 15.40 Afternoon Break with Tea & Coffee

15.40 – 16.10 Social Recruiting as an Integrated Employer Marketing Campaign
Andy Taylor, Regional Marketing Manager, Employer Brand, RBS

A look at how RBS have engaged with social media channels in the UK to date, in the context of it's overall candidate attraction strategy and the building of RBS' Employer Brand. It will also highlight their current challenges as well as RBS Social Media in Recruiting plans for the future.

16.10 – 16.40 Tweet Experience: An ITV Social Recruiting success on Twitter
Miranda Wayland, Diversity Manager, ITV
Mark Rice, co-founder, andsome

Here, Mark Rice from andsome along with an ITV HR Professional will discuss specific Twitter campaigns run by ITV to attract a 'new' kind of audience. They will share the aim of the campaign, why they used as Recruiting Channel, what ITV did, how you did it and over what period of time, and finally, the results, including statistics and metrics.

16.40 – 17.10 Creating a Successful Social Recruiting Strategy (Discussion)
Alan Whitford, Founder, RCEuro and Chair, #SRCONF (Moderator)
Matthew Jeffery, Head, EMEA Talent Acquisition and Global Talent Brand, Autodesk
Andy Taylor, Regional Marketing Manager, Employer Brand, RBS
Charu Malhotra, Global Resourcing & Projects Manager, Unilever

Discussion on how to get buy-in when developing an In-house Social Recruiting strategy, including the challenges expected and how to engage senior executives to invest in Social media channels for recruiting. It will also feature what platforms works for different companies and how to evaluate the ROI of usage and adoption of Social Media tools.

17.10 – 17.20 Closing Remarks by Conference Director & Chair
Alan Whitford, Founder, RCEuro and #SRCONF Chair
Vic Okezie, CEO, Crexia and Conference Director, #SRCONF

REGISTRATION FORM

Register for the Social Recruiting Conference 2012 in London, by using the booking form below. Payments can be made via Credit cards & Paypal, and registration is powered by Eventbrite.

Ticket Conditions

• Full refund of ticket fee, 30 days before conference
• 50% refund of ticket fee, 15 days before conference
• Attendee can be changed 5 days before conference
• Discounted rates for 3+ delegates. Contact us for code!

CONFERENCE VENUE

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22 Duchess Mews, London W1G 9DT
Tube: Oxford Circus or Great Portland Street

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