VRT - Hiring For Potential
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How The Brave Will Win The War For Talent
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At a time when skills shortages pose a real threat to organisations as well as a question around what the future of work will look like, finding the right talent is a daunting challenge for any busy recruiter.
In this expert round table in partnership with assessment experts Arctic Shores, we will be joined by Robert Newry CEO and Co-Founder of Arctic Shores, Ed Halliday Operations Director at futureproof & Mari Milsom, Independent Resourcing, Social Value and Workforce Consultant as we explore why the age of experience-based assessment may actually be making the situation worse, and how ditching the CV and hiring for potential instead, might become the only sensible solution for savvy companies wanting to future proof their growth and success.
Robert Newry, CEO and Co-Founder of Arctic Shores
Robert is CEO and Co-Founder of Arctic Shores, whose mission is to uncover potential and help companies see more in people. Robert co-founded Arctic Shores, his second technology start-up, in 2014 with a grant from Innovate UK and since then the company has grown to support 130+ organisations in more than 40 different countries. He studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Oxford University and completed his MBA at Imperial, where he was a double prize winner. He has a strong international background with a German mother, an Italian aunt, an American brother-in-law and his children were born in Hong Kong!
Ed Halliday, Operations Director at futureproof
Futureproof, is an award-winning technology training company that develops the next generation of high-potential, diverse tech talent.
Ed’s background is in entrepreneurship, technology and education – from designing and managing skills programmes, to co-founding education startups, to helping others build and launch their own early-stage companies.
Prior to futureproof, he was COO of Fire Tech, the leading provider of cutting-edge online tech education for kids.
Other experience includes: designing and launching the King’s20 Accelerator at the Entrepreneurship Institute, King’s College London, where he helped over 60 startups build and launch new startups in areas like adaptive education, AI-powered cancer diagnostics, and mechanical power technology; co-founding Future Faculty, a startup that develops entrepreneurial skills and mindsets of budding entrepreneurs; and co-founding Coschool, an award-winning education startup that develops socio-emotional skills in school students in Colombia.
Ed is a fellow of the Unreasonable Institute and the RSA.
Mari Milsom, Independent Resourcing, Social Value and Workforce Consultant
Mari is a senior and practiced HR leader with an abundance of experience and a track record of delivering innovative and transformative people solutions across a wide range of specialisms including Resourcing, Talent Management, Employee Engagement and Social Value.
Amongst Mari’s achievements is the development and delivery of a new cabin crew fleet for British Airways, which enabled them to return many routes to productivity whilst also improving cabin crew performance and engagement. Mari also developed a 15-year Strategic Workforce Plan for the Atomic Weapons Establishment, enabling them to identify and grow the skills needed to build the first new atomic weapon in the UK for more than 30 years.
More recently, as Head of Global Workforce Strategy for Capita, Mari successfully introduced a range of innovative and effective Social Value, Diversity and Skills led programmes that enabled the organisation to attract and onboard thousands of talented new workers whilst also meeting their diversity and social value commitments. These included highly commended Kickstart, Apprenticeship and Prison Leaver programmes.
Mari now heads up an independent consultancy providing subject matter expertise, thought leadership, and advice to a range of UK businesses, governmental organisations, and the third sector. She is an unapologetic advocate for social inclusion with particular interests in Identity Theory, Skills Development, and Sustainable Representation, and these are also principles which underpin her work.
Tuesday 8th February 9.30 am GMT / 04.30 am EST
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