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Early Careers

Right Support at the Right Time: Empowering your Future Talent During the Hiring Journey

A few weeks ago I hosted a panel webinar with three experts in the early careers space. Olwen Watson, Global Emerging Talent Selection Operations Lead at HSBC, Grace Clayton, Head of Volume and Early Talent Assessment at Cappfinity and Dr Iwi Ugiagbe-Green, Faculty Head of Award and Progression Gaps at Manchester Metropolitan University, joined me …

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If you don’t hire apprentices, what does that mean for your social mobility agenda?

The value of recruiting apprentices and embedding them into your business For so many years, apprenticeships have struggled to throw off their ‘less than’ image, but it’s beginning to feel as though that misconception is firmly on the move. The impact of the Baker Clause on careers education between school years 8 and 13 should start to …

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The early careers landscape has changed: how to engage and support candidates in 2023

2023 will be the first year in a few where we’ll be seeing in the new year without the threat of Covid – and its restrictions and lockdowns – looming over us. That’s not to say we’re entering less challenging times; you could reasonably argue that 2023 is already set to be more difficult than …

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Inclusion at Work – What Do Students Want to Know?

By Sarah Lane Last week was the ISE Diversity & Inclusion Conference 2021 and as I exercised my well-practised digital conference etiquette, I felt the stories and experiences shared by a diverse panel of students were particularly engaging and thought-provoking. When it comes to resourcing, it’s often easy to get lost in the noise and …

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Looking to Differentiate Your Candidate Experience? The Latest CandE Research Says Try These 4 Practices

In today’s marketplace, 80% of talent say a single positive or negative candidate experience can change their minds about a role or company. As recruiting moves ever more virtual, it’s increasingly important for organisations to think about and proactively manage their candidate experience across all digital touchpoints. But with increased activity comes heightened competition, so …

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Inspiring and Nurturing – The Challenge for Employers in 2021

I describe the Meet & Engage team as professionally nosey. 2020 gave us an opportunity to work with our employer clients more closely than ever before as they moved through rapid and unexpected change. It really gave us a window into their professional challenges (and probably their personal ones too!). Let’s be honest – we’ve …

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