Early Careers Podcast | Jack & Ollie Show

Rowena and Dave led us through the data from their research and their predictions about the future of degree apprenticeships and their advice to employers either running or looking to start a programme. 

Simon's experience in the training provider market is extensive and wide-ranging across all manner of providers and now at AELP Simon is able to provide us with all the information you should know about training providers with some really powerful insights, in particular when looking at the future trajectory of apprenticeships and the source of apprenticeship funding.

This week we welcomed along Janet Colledge onto the show to talk about careers advice and guidance in schools and colleges. Janet is one a small group of Career Educationalists in the UK and one of the founding members of National Careers Week. 

Ashley Hever, Talent Acquisition Director, UK and Ireland for Enterprise who has been working in emerging talent for the last decade. We spoke to Ashley about his experiences and experiments from volume recruitment and how you can use them in your early career strategy whatever the size of your organisation.

Alice Scott, Managing Director of Development beyond learning and expert in behavioural science talks through the on boarding process and how you could make your on boarding process more effective. 

Helen Alkin, Head of Resourcing and strategy for emerging talent at British Airways joins us on the show to give an honest account of what goes on inside HR teams when it comes to starting and growing an apprenticeship programme. 

What does a great university and employer partnership look like? Mike and Rebecca from Gradconsult give us the inside track on what's what and what's not. 

For the first time ever we took the podcast on the road and headed to parliament. We sat down with Lord Holmes of Richard for a chat about the injustice of unpaid internships and his plans to bring them to an end. 

In this episode we cover how others in the market are using video interviewing, when it works best and when it doesn't, as well as how the use of this type of technology will help you provide candidates with a fairer and more consistent experience, plus how it can save time.

The world of work is changing, but what will that look like and which jobs that exist today will be gone in a decade or less? Dr Paul Redmond, Director of Student Experience at the University of Liverpool, writer, speaker and researcher talks with Jack and Ollie about what that future might look like and that impact that will have on young people, universities and employers.

Steve Keith, the Chief Behavioural Officer at the Branding Man gives us insights on how you can use story-telling as a powerful tool in the early careers market when branding your business or programme.

We're all familiar with the gender pay gap, but what about the ethnic pay gap? This important topic is likely to become a key metric firms will be required to report on over the next 18-24 months. Claire England, Diversity and Inclusion Director at JLL explains what you need to know.

Tristram Hooley is an academic and the Chief Research Officer at the ISE and Tom is the Membership Development Manager at the ISE and has spend many years working in early careers. We explore why you are getting reneges and rejections, what you can do about it and help you understand what's a normal rate of rejection. 

Ben is psychologist and expert in early careers assessments. This episode is for anyone who wants to understand the best ways to assess candidates to ensure you can find the best talent from all of the candidates who apply.

The first ever guest on the Early Careers Podcast, Paul Gascoyne joins us to teach us about digital marketing and the tools available to the modern early careers recruiter.  His background in marketing gives him a unique insight into the early recruitment process and the simple techniques you can use to get more out of your budget and to ensure third party providers are accountable to you. 

Alex Parkes comes to talk to us about technology and innovation in the early careers market. AIA are a market leading agency that helps firms get the most out of their branding and attraction campaigns. Alex talks through how you can get top class results and try things other people haven't tried before to give your campaign a fresh breath of life and to stay ahead of your competitors.