Events On Demand

Thinking about selling your recruitment business? Then you can’t afford to miss this webinar!

In this session Tara Ricks, APSCo AdvisorLink member, and Lisa Jones, Founder and Director of Barclay Jones, looked at different aspects of how your business can improve its productivity both in terms of its people and its technology.

The UK’s energy sector is on course for recovery, with businesses predicting the workforce will exceed pre-pandemic levels by 5% in 2023, according to the ECITB. Although this is news to celebrate, the industry must compete with other major infrastructure projects to ensure it has the skilled workforce needed.  Furthermore, with a far-reaching supply chain, buoyant for growth, the sector must not only recruit to replace an ageing workforce to avoid future shortages, but also tackle the cannibalisation of talent as employers compete for candidates.

Ionut Dragomir, Data Scientist, Achilles Therapeutics plc, will focus on what Data Science is and the core topics that are critical to understanding the skills required in the industry. Starting from data production to analysis and results visualisation platforms, each area is fulfilling an important role in encompassing the big picture on how data is impacting Life Sciences business decisions. This will be followed by a market update on macro recruiting trends across the industry by James C., Managing Director, Vacancysoft.

We will hear from Kat Allenby, ThinkinCircles I Recruitment Marketing, on how to build a strong employer brand. She will be discussing what works when it comes to employer branding and the pitfalls to avoid. This will be followed by Jonathan Foyne, JOBVIDDY - Video Production Agency & SOCIALVIDDY, looking at how to get the most out of your video content. Video has become an exciting new tool to help get your message across, but you need to use it wisely.

In this session, James Bolle will tell us the reason why he thinks work is broken and how to fix it. You will learn about Purpose, Values and how to build a successful Culture, making it easier for your organisation to attract, engage, motivate and keep the best people.

Experts from legal firm Brabners will explore the issue of the immigration of clinical healthcare staff to support the sector against a backdrop of unprecedented demand for flexible staffing.

With increased talk of the cost-of-living crisis and the possibility of economic uncertainty, business leaders may soon be faced with critical decisions for supporting employees through challenging times ahead.

The focus of many recruitment businesses continues to be the lack of candidates and how to create an effective candidate journey. To do this, where do you start? What technology can help you? How do you put together a strategy?

Join Ann Swain, CEO of APSCo, as she talks to Natasha Clark, Chair of Women in Recruitment, about her career and the major influencers that helped shape her considerable successes.

Cornelia Raubal, Founder, Craftport, takes us through what imposter syndrome is and how to tame your inner critic. If you feel you need to work harder than everyone else. If you have ever stopped yourself speaking in a meeting, applying for a job or going for a promotion - this webinar is for you!

Confidence can often feel like the holy grail to our success and happiness. But what if we don’t have enough of it? Is it a skill we can cultivate? In this webinar, Coach Olivia Read will explore what confidence means to you personally, how it affects you and, most importantly, how to get more of it.

Anna Rasmussen, CEO & Founder of OpenBlend, shares her tops tips on running effective 121s to set clear goals, achieve clear feedback and understand the life goals of employees.

Our panel of recruitment leaders reflects on their experiences and how they have had to change their leadership styles in order to move their businesses forward. With John Rose; Ben Heathorn, Joss Search & Selection; Stuart Bell, Robertson Bell; Jim Denning, LHi Group Ltd; and Che Hookings, Recruit 121.

Women's Coach & Trainer Stephanie Aitken reveals the key internal barriers that cause women to hesitate to advance to leadership and feel uncertain when we do, and what you can do to overcome them.

For businesses to thrive, we need to be more flexible and dynamic in how we have conversations, be confident and ready to present ourselves in an appropriate way to get the impact we want, no matter what the situation. Having more impactful conversations starts with you - Jeff Benveniste introduces Five Conversation Styles to help you and your teams do just that.

Pannone Corporate explains some of the keys steps to take with regard to back door hires and disputed fees.

With Carla Roberts, Director of Legal Services, WTT Legal and Rhys Thomas, Managing Director, WTT Legal. Carla and Rhys will be discussing how to establish RPO, MSP and SOW arrangements in a commercially legal and compliant manner.

With Peter Lees, Director, Squire Patton Boggs Brand reputation can be damaged or destroyed very quickly online by false or misleading comments.  Defamation claims can be very high profile but, managed quickly and cost-effectively from the outset, can often be dealt with limited impact to the business.

This webinar focuses on the requirement for employment businesses to provide a Key Information Document (KID) to agency workers before agreeing terms. We cover what the legislation requires, what a compliant KID looks like, the common non-compliance issues we see and what responsibilities the employment business has?

This webinar supports the recruitment sector in understanding the requirements that must be satisfied before placing a worker to work with or attend to a vulnerable person.

This session focuses on the common complaints EAS receive from agency workers and what employment businesses should do to ensure you safeguard your employment business against these. This webinar includes a spotlight on the requirement for an employment business to pay workers for all hours worked

This webinar assisted employment businesses in understanding the legal restrictions on charging transfer fees to hirers and the steps they needed to take to ensure that any transfer fees they wish to charge a hirer are enforceable.

In the recruitment profession, our growth is intrinsically linked to our people and without them performing at their best we can’t hope to build profitable, sustainable businesses with a focus on long term growth

Introducing or supplying a work-seeker to a hirer

We are running this joint Clinical & Healthcare and Education sector meeting because of the challenges particularly faced in these sectors regarding holiday pay. Holiday pay law has been in a state of flux for several years as a result of a series of different cases which have changed the way in which holiday pay is calculated.

The EAS, part of the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy is running a regular webinar on Monday's at 13:30, for six weeks from 12th September, exclusively for APSCo members.

Our panel of experts from JMW Solicitors, giant group and Manpower Group, chaired by APSCo Legal Counsel Tania Bowers, discusses teething problems, issues with clients and contractors and reminds the newly implemented rules that have been in force for three weeks.

Dawn Ford, Chair of the APSCo Legal Forum & Legal Counsel, Volt is joined by speakers Alison Treliving, Partner and Rob Biddlecombe, Senior Associate, Squire Patton Boggs to discuss the key issues employers are likely to face as we enter this next phase of the pandemic, as well as practical tips on how to manage them.

Our expert panel, chaired by Tania Bowers, General Counsel, APSCo discussed the realities and opportunities of consultancy and looked at how some providers are delivering it. With James Dunlop, Director, Dynamic Futures; Jonny Dunning, CEO, Zivio; Philip Beardwood, Compliance & Assurance Director, Morson Talent; Bridget Wood, Consultant, Mishcon de Reya.

This APSCo Legal Forum covered three main topics with expert speakers from Mishcon de Reya: Transgender awareness in the employment lifecycle; Does your client or candidate really exist?; and Bank holidays and holiday pay queries.

A first for APSCo Embrace - Our 'Demystifying ED&I Monitoring' webinar will be supported by a British Sign Language Interpreter to increase the accessibility of our meetings.

Dan Robertson, Director, Vercida Consulting and Matt Holmes, Managing Director, Signify In the latest in our Embrace Webinar Series, Dan will be joined by Matt Holmes, Signify Recruitment, both providing insights into ensuring organisations have the ability to attract a diverse workforce, and then enable all employees to experience a culture of inclusivity. 

The APSCo Embrace Forum was set up 12 months ago, with the first session focussing on how to start your ED&I journey. Now, 12 months on, we will explore the successes and challenges that companies have experienced over the past year. Adam Tobias, Co-Founder, Inventum, and trainer of our Inclusive+ Recruiter ED&I programme provides practical advice on how we can all become inclusive recruiters. Our member panel will then share their experiences and where they are in their ED&I journeys. Panel members will include Jonathan Sanderson, MD, Corecom Consulting and more

In our afternoon webinar on occasion of Zero Discrimination Day our panel, composed of Adam Tobias, Inventum; Jane Hatton, EvenBreak; Bhumika Zhaveri, Conscious Leadership and Gary Elden OBE, discussed how to create a culture to attract & retain top talent and celebrate difference.

Our morning webinar in occasion of Zero Discrimination Day covered: LGBTQIA+ Community – Driving inclusivity in your workplace with Derek Mackenzie, Investigo and Lucy Morgan, Pod Talent; Neurodiversity – Eliminating the Stigma with Vicki Carss, Lexxic & Chris Hind, Recite Me; Race – Let's Talk about it: Navigating race equality in your business with Chikere Igbokwe, Allyship; Emmanuel Ayoola, Aleto Foundation & Lenna Cumberbatch, Goodman Masson.

Liz Johnson, Paralympic Swimming Champion and Co-Founder & MD of The Ability People shares how employers can normalise difference to maximise the potential of individuals & organisations.

Hear from the APSCo Awards for Excellence 2021 'Embrace Award' finalists Ryan Adams, Signify Technology and Paul Modley, AMS, who discuss with Dan Robertson, VERCIDA Consulting, the key learning points from implementing ED&I within their business and their journeys towards building an inclusive workplace.