Graduate Recruiters Network

Join us as we discuss the latest insights on AI adoption, organised readiness, workforce skills, and HR's role in responsible implementation, while exploring the impact of AI on early careers and how employers can protect and develop future talent pipelines.

Join us as we unpack the results of our latest SPARK! Student Survey and take a fresh look at what graduates really want in 2025. We’ll reveal when they apply, how they choose employers, what motivates them, and what’s getting in their way. If you want real insight into today’s graduate market and practical ideas you can use straight away, this is for you.

Join our special guest, Dr. Arlene Egan, CEO at Roffey Park Institute as she shares her views on managing intergenerational differences. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/graduaterecruitersnetwork/message

Join Josephine Hansom, VP and Youth Practice Lead at Savanta, as she shares her insights from the latest student market research. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/graduaterecruitersnetwork/message

The Future of Work - Adam Hawkins, Head of Sales - Search & Staffing Industry Vertical, Talent Solutions - EMEA & LATAM at LinkedIn.  Discover the emerging trends that LinkedIn's extensive research and data insights have shown that will affect the way you attract, select and retain the next generation of leaders. What's your view? Join the debate and submit your question to our speaker. --...

This week we are joined by Jon Boys, a Senior Labour Market Economist at CIPD. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/graduaterecruitersnetwork/message

Graduate Recruiters Network (GRN)'s Virtual Coffee Club ☕ We'll be discussing Virtual Vs F2F Recruitment. Does F2F recruitment give us a better idea of character or is it another barrier? What does Gen-Z prefer? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/graduaterecruitersnetwork/message

This week we are Joined by Charlie Ball, Senior Consultant: Head of Labour and Market Intelligence at JISC. He will be sharing his insight into Early Talent Labour market trends in 2023 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/graduaterecruitersnetwork/message

This week we are joined by Josephine Hansom from Youth Site. Today we aim to tackle what do Gen Z want from work? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/graduaterecruitersnetwork/message

This week we are joined by Simon Bloch, Employment Partner at JMW Solicitors LLP. Simon will be discussing important employment law cases and developments in the last year. Specifically, he will be covering the following topics: How the two recent cases of Harper Trust v Brazel and Smith v Pimlico Plumbers have affected the law on holiday pay. Legal issues arising from working from home and hybrid...

Hear from our leading industry expert, Katy Prior, as she shares her insights from several large scale early talent projects what works and what doesn’t. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/graduaterecruitersnetwork/message

Why is it that psychometric tools can help predict future performance? Hear from our leading industry expert, Jesper Præstensgaard the Managing Partner at Humanostics, on psychometric tools in the workplace. Key takeaways are; What are the key data points and why are they important? - Cognitive score – powerful predictor that generates a lot of apprehension. Why? - Behaviour and motivational drive...

Hear from our leading industry expert on neurodiversity in the workplace who will reveal where companies often go wrong and how things can be improved. Key takeaways from academic research and innovative companies include; What is neurodiversity? (How many people might be affected, how easy or not is it to spot?). How can a recruiter support neurodiverse recruitment? (Bad ideas, good ideas). What...

Why it’s important to know what’s important - Alex Covey, People and Culture Partner at Tessiant.   Hear from our leading HR expert on the subject of culture, engagement and employee experience in a changing world. Discover key takeaways on the latest developments from the last 12 months and how your role can play a major part in employee experience for your early talent. --- Send in a voice messa...

Hear from our HR legal expert on how changes to immigration could affect your recruitment of candidates requiring work visas. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/graduaterecruitersnetwork/message

How to Visualise HR Data with Impact - Kerry Hart, Data Communications Consultant and Trainer.   Discover ways to present your data and metrics that gives lasting visual impact through clear graphs, imagery and charts. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/graduaterecruitersnetwork/message

Managing your early talent who work remotely or on hybrid models presents many challenges for HR teams. Hear from our expert CIPD qualified speaker on her framework for building trust with your teams and see improved engagement, better performance, happier employees and stronger retention. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/graduaterecruitersnetwork/message

We are delighted to share a panel we ran with representative's from John Lewis , IBM and SIA. We took a deep dive into graduate remote onboarding and answer your questions at the end --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/graduaterecruitersnetwork/message

Discover the latest employment legislation for graduate recruiters in 2021 covering the implications of the furlough extension to September, Brexit and employment law, Covid vaccinations and the workplace, plus key employment cases. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/graduaterecruitersnetwork/message

How did 2020 change employer and student behaviour on campus? Learn first-hand so you can adapt your graduate recruitment plans for 2021. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/graduaterecruitersnetwork/message

This report from QS draws on insights from two surveys, reaching over 13,000 employers globally, allowing us to provide up-to-date insights into the recruitment priorities of employers and the skills gaps they identify in the current job market. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/graduaterecruitersnetwork/message

Racial inequality remains a top concern amongst young people, with recent events such as BLM shining a brighter light on what employers are doing to ensure equality and inclusion. During this session, we’ll take a look at what you can do to ensure your early careers recruitment strategies are effectively reaching and connecting with diverse talent. We’ll explore why putting your audience at the he...

Discover some initial findings from research carried out with Professor Yehuda Baruch and Dr Melanie Ashleigh of Southampton Business School, University of Southampton, UK. Since early July 2020, they have been interviewing Careers Advisors and Graduate Recruiters to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on graduate employment in the accounting, banking, and finance sector (although many...