Graduate Recruitment and Development

09:30 - Welcome, introduction and objectives for the day
09:45 - Evaluating the changing recruitment market and identifying business needs
· How is the graduate recruitment market changing? Market analysis and current trends
· Why does your company need graduates?
· Deciding how your graduates will fit into existing organisational structures
· What opportunities can you offer prospective candidates?

10:15 - Tools and techniques for reaching high calibre candidates through effective employer branding
· Understanding employer branding and its role in attracting top talent for competitive advantage
· Building a framework for your company''s brand and supporting HR and people strategies
· Effectively communicating your company values to attract suitable candidates and create brand recognition within the market
· Forming relationships with academic institutions to help widen the talent pool

11:00 - Coffee break
11:15 - Designing and implementing a successful recruitment strategy
· Identifying selection criteria and enhancing recruitment methods to maximise applicant diversity
· Designing application forms to critically assess key competencies
· Creating a rigorous screening process: Psychometric tests, assessment centres and interviews
· Choosing the assessors and achieving consistency and objectivity through training
· What happens after the recruitment process? Keeping in touch with successful applicants

12:00 - Interactive session: Communicating with impact and key presentation skills
· Learn how to portray an impressive company image and strategically answer core candidate questions

12:45 - Lunch
13:45 - Improving retention through structured graduate development programmes
· The induction process: Ensuring graduates understand their role within the organisation and building effective relationships within the first three months
· Evaluating the impact of leadership and management styles on retention rates
· Strategic development plans: Striking the balance between specialisation and diversification and tailoring programmes to help boost retention levels
· Building talent and career progression: Personal development plans, key performance indicators and key skills training

15:15 - Coffee break
15:30 - Developing global graduate talent
· The journey from intern to graduate trainee and incorporating talent management into every stage of the recruitment process
· What happens inside the organisation? Mentoring and leadership, career progression and skills development
· The importance of leadership development even at graduate level as a means of preparing for future career moves
· Measuring progress, feedback and performance evaluation

16:15 - Where to go from here?
· Action planning: Creating a graduate scheme which links in with your business needs
· Measuring HR impact and continuous analysis of the recruitment process
· Incorporating feedback into organisational development plans

16:45 - End of seminar