Contact The Bill Boorman Consultancy Ltd for event and ticket information.
Thursday, November 19, 2009 from 9:30 AM - 11:55 PM (GMT)
What is an unconference?
An event like you've never attended before. There are no presentations, strict agendas, powerpoint or anything you would associate with a traditional conference. Throughout the day there will be 9 tracks you can attend that involve open discussion lead by a track leader with proven expertise in the discussion subject. The delegates set the conversation and learn from each other. If you want to question the track leader or any of the delegates simply ASK! If you disagree with what is being said SHOUT OUT! If you get bored or find no value in the track, walk away and join another.
All of the tracks offer the opportunity to get hands on, play and learn. If you find you need information not being covered by any of the tracks let us know, we will find an expert to talk to you or set up another track. The day is fluid in structure and is designed to provide maximum learning and participation. The track leaders have been chosen for their expertise and experience in recruiting and have the ability and brief to encourage discussion rather than preach.
Each track will run for a minimum of 90 minutes 4 times during the day.
Here is a tate of what you can expect from @radicalrecruit
What tracks are confirmed?
Matt Alder - Social media circus
One of the UK's leading Social Media Recruiting minds, Matt Alder of Penna Barkers knows the techniques, tools and toys used to recruit talent and build a recruiting brand. Matt is a regular presenter and commentator on all things social media recruiting. Matt will be assisted by Wendy Jacob, a desk recruiter in the construction sector that uses many of the available channels for business and pleasure.
Matt will be on hand to discuss strategy, techniques, the pro's and con's of the channels open to you. Matt and Wendy will help you understand the circus that is social media recruiting.
Bill Boorman - Phoenix recruiting
Bill has been speaking across the country over the last year on his white paper "Tin Hat Strategy", "Riding The Recession" on behalf of the R.E.C. and the National Recruitment Federation. More recently Bill has been track leading at TalentNetLive in Dallas and Recruitfest09 in Toronto on the theme of "Phoenix Recruiting" - making the most of the recovery as it happens. This track will cover the changing wants of candidates and clients and lots of other practical areas set by the delegates. Bill has 27 years experience in and around the recruitment business.
Alastair Cartwright & Alex Strang- Making recruiting technology work for you
Alastair Cartwright has an enviable track record in on line recruitment, formerly the founder of Enhance Media, one of the first recruitment communications consultancies up to its sale in 2009. Established NORAS as the definitive UK industry standard for assessing recruitment websites and understanding the UK online jobseeker market, with over 42,000 annual surveys
Alex Strang is currently a partner with HB RIDA working with recruitment businesses across the UK to develop technology platforms that support business growth. Prior to this he has a long career as a consultant with Carve Consulting and a lengthy career as an Operations Director with Michael Page.
Alex and Alistair have an unrivalled combined experience of using all types of technology in the recruitment process. The brief for the track is to identify how to make technology work for you and not you for the technology.
Jacqui Steadman - Building a desk in a niche market
Jacqui has over 22 years experience in recruiting working at every level up to Director, building technical desks, branches and divisions. Jacqui understands how to build candidate and client contacts and maximise the revenue potential of both. This will be a very practical track covering interviewing, understanding job specifications, interviewing, networking and many other useful topics for both agency and internal recruiters.
Andy Headworth - Blogging for business
Andy is one of the UK's leading recruitment bloggers through his blog Sirona Says.Andy has a many years experience as both an agency and corporate recruiter and works with some of the leading brands on hiring strategies, both planning and implementation.
This hands on track will show how you can build an employer or agency brand through blogging. During the sessions delegates will develop and structure a blog, set up a site and post blogs to the world throughout the day. Discuss content and how to get readers through twitter and other channels.
If you have a blog now, open it up to the track for real critique, feedback and change it live to maximise appeal. Bring your laptop and craft and post your own.
Katharine Robinson & Geoff Webb - Sourceology - finding the impossible
Katharine Robinson is a Researcher and footprint manager for a recruitment business in the alternative energy sector. Earlier this year Katherine shocked the sourcing world by ranking highly in the renound sourcing competition, SourceCon#1; 2009
Katherine uses highly advanced search techniques to find and profile difficult to find candidates.
Geoff Webb from Toronto is a Senior Sourcer for Hewitt Associates in Canada and has a reputation as being one of the best sourcers in the business. Geoff is an expert in not only finding but also profiling people on line. In a 5 minute conversation with Geoff you can not fail to learn something new about the art of sourcing.
Bring an open requisition and see how Geoff and Katherine search to find target candidates previously hidden to you. What you learn in this track will pay back the price of your ticket within a month.
Keith Robinson - The Candidate Experience
Keith Robinson is the former COO of Totaljobs.com and publisher of Personnel Today. Most recently Keith has launched CareerSiteAdvisor, a website to make sense of the job boards incorporating CareerCast and Recruitercast, a live streamed internet TV show aimed at jobseekers and recruiters respectively. As well as running the track keith will also be producing live editions of the show from the unconference, your chance to take part.
The track will cover all things relating to on-line advertising from selecting media, copy writing and response handling along with anything else you want to ask.
Lucian Tarnowski - Generation Y
Aged 25 Lucian is the energetic face behind Brave New Talent He is winner of the Global Enterprising Young Brit of 2009 and has been placed in the UK's top 5 up and coming entrepreneurs by Natwest and RBS. He was the UK's first undergraduate entrepreneur to receive EU financial backing and Edinburgh University support. He is also the world's youngest entrepreneur to join the UKTI (UK Trade and Investment's) Global Entrepreneur Program with Brave New Talent being described by the UK Government as a "Technology company of Exceptional Potential".
There are many theorists on Gen Y talent attraction, lucian is one of the few who is Gen Y. This track will address how to source and attract the best young talent. bring your questions and comments to what promises to be a lively and informative session.
Lucian will also be leading a team in the great debate which takes place between 4.30 and 5.30 between the Gen Y team and the grumpy old men on the topic "Recruiting and employment needs to change to suit Gen Y"
Mike E Taylor & Lisa Scales - Recruiter Big Brother
Mike Taylor founded Web Based Recruitment in 2001. Mike had spent the previous 12 years working in HR and Recruitment for major blue chip companies including IBM, Motorola and Nokia.
In his last role at Nokia Mike was the UK Recruitment Specialist with responsibility for Nokia’s UK careers web-site and online advertising strategy.
Mike has been involved in online recruitment for 9 years and established Web Based Recruitment as an independent online recruitment consultancy to help companies with all aspects of their online recruitment activities.
In addition Mike launched the UK's first Social Media Recruiting Conference in 2009.
Lisa Scales has over 15 years experience working within the recruitment industry. She has held senior management roles with two of the largest recruitment companies in the world - Kelly Services Inc and Select Appointments plc (part of Vedior plc). Lisa has also gained experience working in HR for a law firm in the city and also recruiting senior HR professionals for an executive search and selection firm. Lisa launched Talent on view in 2008 to provide a video platform for recruiters and job seekers as well as high quality video streaming on to websites.
This track will focus on how video can be used in the recruitment process for promoting opportunities, building employer branding, video for training and selection and the whole video resume argument.
Throughout the day we will be running Recruiter Big Brother Pods for you to make your own video on all things recruitment and anything you want to say. The finished videos will be instantly uploaded and open to the world to show the ease of technology.
Unconference Extras
Be in the movies
As well as Mike & Lisa's Recruiter Big Brother we will be filming 2 live shows at a time to be announced.:
Career Cast
Recruiter Cast
Both owned and run by Keith Robinson, known as Site Advisor. Delegates will form the live studio audience and have the opportunity to question the guest panel made up of recruitment experts.
Live Radio
Ready for lift off is the internet radio show broadcast on blog talk radio. The show is broadcast every Monday at 12.00 - 1.00 for the UK and Australian audience & 6.00 - 7.00 for the US audience. A special edition will be broadcast with interviews and questions from delegates. Video has not killed this radio star!
You can listen to the previous UK Shows at
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bill-boorman
The Gen Why Debate
At the close of the tracks a one hour debate will be staged to debate "This House believes that recruiting and employment needs to change to suit Gen Y." The debating teams will be lead by Alan Whitford of RCEuro.Com
and Lucian Tarnowski (The generation why's). The debate is open to the floor to contribute, question or disagree, and promises to be entertaining and competitive as well as being thought provoking on a key topic of recruiting strategy.
The Fun Bit/Tweetup
The fun doesn't end with the unconference session. The venue will host the London RTU. That’s a tweetup where we will be joined by tweeters from across the region. If you've not been to a tweet up before these are great events where you can put faces to tweets in a relaxed setting. Lots of opportunity for networking, merriment and to further discuss the learning from the day.
Have a great day, learning while smiling!
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The Recruiting Unconference London – November 19th 2009
The big day is nearly here, thanks for registering. If you have never been to an unconference before, and I’m guessing many of you haven’t then this is how things work.
The event starts at 9.30am with coffee and an intro to the track leaders. The tracks will run as discussion sessions for around 90 minutes. There are no fixed times because when one conversation ends another will be ready to start. We have no shortage of track leaders ready to step in and start a new track. You are positively encouraged to ask your own questions and state your views. This is not a conference where you are obliged to sit and listen. If you have a topic that you want to discuss that is not covered by the track session titles we have set up an “open mic” track where anyone can go to start there own. Like any networking, you will get out as much as you put in so we ask you to be very active while respecting the views of others.
We ask that when you disagree you say so but that you respect the views of others. Expect lively debate!
The first 5 tracks of the day will start at 9.45 and are:
Social Media Circus with Matt Alder, Wendy Jacob & Paul Harrison
Sourceology with Geoff Webb & Katharine Robinson (Bring your searches & challenge them.)
Generation Why with Lucian Tarnowski
Recruiter Big Brother with Lisa Scales, Mike Taylor & Justin Hillier
Blogging for business with Andy Headworth
Session 2 will run till 12.30 and will be:
Social Media Circus with Matt Alder, Wendy Jacob & Paul Harrison (Live Labs) Session
Blogging for business with Andy Headworth
Sourceology with Geoff Webb & Katharine Robinson
Generation Why with Lucian Tarnowski
During the second morning session Keith Robinson will be filming the www.careersiteadvisor.com November edition of Careers Cast. You have the opportunity to feature in this special edition. During the morning session Keith and his team will be approaching attendees to ask advice you would give to jobseekers. If you do not wish to be filmed please make Keith aware, equally, if you have a particular point you wish to raise please approach Keith. He is easy to find. He is the one being followed by a camera crew.
Lunch: A light lunch is served at 12.30.
12.45 – 1.45: The Gen Why Debate: Alan Whitford (on behalf of the baby boomers) & Lucian Tarnowski (on behalf of Gen Why) will debate the motion “This house believes that work and recruiting will have to change to fit the needs of Gen Y.
Alan & Lucian will make a short opening stating the case then the floor is open to question and comment. At 1.30 both spokesman will have a few minutes to sum up & the unconference will vote on the motion. Bring your arguments for and against.
Session 3 will run from 1.40 – 3.10 and will be:
Making recruiting technology work with Alex Strang & Alastair Cartwright
Recruiter big brother with Lisa Scales, Mike Taylor & Justin Hillier
Social Media Circus with Matt Alder, Wendy Jacob & Paul Harrison
Open track with surprise track leaders – The recruiter experience
Winners track with Alan Whitford. The winning entries from the www.rceuro.com #truLondon competition for track questions:
“External recruitment providers are in about as attractive an industry as insurance brokers were about 10 years ago! There is no future as currently configured for all but a niche few. Will the 3rd party recruitment “industry “exist in a recognizable from to us today, in say 10 years time?” – asked by Tim Latham of www.prefio.com
“Has the plethora of online job boards resulted in an offering to candidates that is, at a grass roots level, devoid of creativity and allure?” – asked by Alasdair Murray of www.alasdairmurraycopywriter.com
Session 4 will run from 3.20 after Coffee
Blogging for business with Andy Headworth
Making recruiting technology work with Alex Strang & Alastair Cartwright
Sourceology with Geoff Webb & Katharine Robinson
Recruiter big brother with Lisa Scales, Mike Taylor & Justin Hillier
The future of recruiting with Shane McCusker
During sessions 3 & 4 Keith Robinson will be filming the second ever edition of Recruiter Cast. Centered on The Candidate Experience. If you have a view or want to feature in this, contact Keith during the day.
The event will close at 5.00 & is followed by The Recruiter Tweet up in The Henry Addington which is 5 minutes away. This is well worth attending and is always a lively night.
From 5.00 – 6.00PM we will be recording a live edition of Ready for Lift Off featuring the wrap up from the day’s events. You can download the show after the event on http:www.blogtalkradio.com/truLondon
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E14 5HP
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Important note
We are grateful to our hosts Barclays for providing such a unique venue. It is built for an unconference as you will see. Please respect them in return by observing the following:
Dress Code is smart casual but NO JEANS!
At 9.00am around 6000 people arrive for work. Try to arrive after 9.00am. It will be much easier for you.
What you need:
Plenty of opinions and an open mind
Bring your laptop (wireless connection)
If anyone has pens, pads or any other corporate giveaways you are welcome to bring them for distribution
Thanks to our sponsors:
We are grateful to our two sponsors who took the plunge and backed the first event of it’s kind in the
Venue Provider: The Recruitment Team at Barclays Commercial. For any banking enquiries contact Mike Ratchford, Relationship Director.
E-mail: mike.p.ratchford@barclayscorporate.com
Event Sponsor: HBRida, the joint venture between James Caan’s Hamilton Bradshaw Private Equity and the Recruitment Industry Development Agency. For advice on all things recruitment contact Helen Reynolds, MD.
You can find HBRida at www.hbrida.com
Media Sponsors: We are grateful to our event promoters who helped spread the word:
RCEuro – The network for recruiters and recruitment across
Recruitment International – The monthly publication bringing news and views from the recruitment industry across the
Thanks to all of you for attending. Have a great day.
Bill
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