Graduate Recruiters Network (GRN) Masterclass Series

Welcome to GRN's very first podcast. Hear from Gemma Hurt at Kerry Foods how she managed to run a successful induction - with no budget!

Change is in the air! Not just with our relationship with Europe but on a much grander, macro-economic scale. Forces that are shaping our economy and ultimately our place within it are creating huge challenges as to how we proceed in the workplace. A huge topic to tackle but GRN members were guided through this maelstrom by the excellent Tim Skeet and his presentation entitled: Brains for BREXIT: Graduate skillsets your company need for a post-BREXIT world.

Discover how SAGE introduced, managed and measured a successful graduate mentoring programme. Timings: Jenny Austin, GRB > 0m00s - 7m09s Sharon Spice, ICAEW > 7m09s - 38m20s  Q&A >38m20s - 44m48s Harriet Kirk, SAGE > 44m48s - 1h09m11s Closing remarks > 1h09m11s - 1h10m39s

How do you get your company to stand out amongst the 2.2m university students in the UK? Well let’s look at who is doing it well and staying relevant to the 18-24 year-old demographic. Who better than a marketing agency with a client list as diverse as adidas to Royal Navy to give us recruiters some hope! Timings: Dan Hawes, GRB > 0m00s - 3m47s Sharon Spice, ICAEW > 3m48s - 31m04s  Q&A >31m05s - 39m59s Letty Key, ZONE > 40m00s - 1h10m35s Q&A >1h10m36s - 1h29m07s Closing remarks > 1h29m08s - 1h29m56s Update Description (https://audioboom.com/posts/7207399-mentoring-masterclass-help-your-graduates-reach-their-potential/edit)

The pace of change in HR Tech is alarming with huge investments being made right now so what can we expect to learn from some of the practical examples currently being deployed in graduate recruitment? At the recent invitation-only GRN Masterclass, members were treated to insights from both Higher Education and Inhouse recruiters by Lynne Hamilton-Gow from ICAEW and Max Knupfer from EVA.ai. Jenny from GRB did a fantastic job opening and chairing the event and also announcing the new website for GRN! In attendance to hear these insights were senior early talent managers from forward-thinking recruiters such as Accenture, Adobe, Boeing, John Lewis Partnership and Selecta plus many others, kindly hosted at ICAEW in London. After an engaging Q&A session, GRN members were enlightened with practical advice to go back to their teams and their next board meetings. So, what were some of the key takeaways?

All business functions need to deliver on measurables and HR is no exception. HR metrics can include engagement, retention, attraction, gender pay gap, overdue reviews or D&I. So, how can HR professionals go one step further and deliver impact? This was the topic for our most recent GRN Masterclass. Kindly hosted by ICAEW, London on 10th December, members were treated to insights from both Higher Education and Inhouse recruiters by Lynne Hamilton-Gow from ICAEW and Ami Bartrip from Metaswitch. Jenny from GRB did a fantastic job opening and chairing the event and also welcoming for the very first time our livestream viewers who are based outside of London. In attendance to hear these insights were senior HR managers from forward-thinking recruiters such as Amazon, BDO, Knight Frank, Liberty, John Lewis Partnership and Siemens. After an engaging Q&A session, GRN members were enlightened with practical advice to go back to their teams and their next board meetings. So, what were some of the key takeaways?

Ensuring you attract the best talent to meet the fast-moving business challenges ahead often requires taking another look at what "good" looks like for your organisation. With a tight labour market what strategy do you adopt to make sure you are reaching new pockets of talent ahead of the competition? Some candidates can be overlooked so for this GRN Masterclass session we invited an expert to discuss social mobility and open up discussion on how graduate recruiters could unlock new potential.