Expert Speakers

Attending our conference which was on January 25th 2007 were experts covering a range of topics including:

Biographies and conference topics

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In addition to his consultancy work, Stuart teaches user-centred design on the Diploma in Web Design and Development course at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is also a member of the Usability Professionals Association.

In his previous life, Stuart was a lecturer and research fellow in Animal Behaviour, Visual Ecology and Biostatistics at the Universities of Bristol and Southampton. He has a degree in Zoology from the University of Oxford and a PhD in Animal Behaviour from the University of Southampton.

At the conference Stuart will present: 'Making your careers website easy to use'
http://www.pureusability.co.uk/

Andrew Gordon
Director, jobs.ac.uk

Andrew Gordon is Director of jobs.ac.uk. With over
150, 000 registered users and 435,000 visitors per month, jobs.ac.uk is the UK's leading website for jobs in research, science, academic and related professions. Andrew worked in a number of general management roles before joining the Army. After leaving HM Forces, Andrew developed his interest in the management of people with a degree in Psychology and a spell as an HR professional for Ford UK.  With experience of recruitment practices in both the public and private sectors, Andrew helped launch jobs.ac.uk in 1998. He went onto launch a number of other jobs websites via his own management consultancy before returning to jobs.ac.uk as permanent Director in 2004.

At the conference Andrew will present: 'What next - offering solutions to the questions posed by the research'

Richard is responsible for Enhance Media’s research services including NORAS which has surveyed over 37,000 online job seekers from 27 job boards in 2006. He is also responsible for RIO, a joint research venture with the REC looking at users of recruitment consultants websites, as well as all bespoke online recruitment research projects.

Prior to joining Enhance Media Richard worked at NOP, Barclays and Reed Business Information. Richard has managed a wide variety of research projects including; product development and evaluation, customer satisfaction, readership, website usability and over 200 online surveys.

Richard is a full member of the Market Research Society has a degree in Mathematics and Statistics, an MRS Diploma and a CIM Advanced Certificate.

At the conference Richard will present: 'Online: the audience, the market and the case for e-recruitment'
http://www.enhancemedia.co.uk/

Steve is one of the three investing founders of work – the group that comprises Work Communications, RCC HR, Armstrong Craven and Work Resourcing. He is also one of the company's most active consultants, handling clients in sectors as diverse as manufacturing, publishing, marketing and education.

Steve has over 25 years' experience in the communications sector, having started his career in marketing (with TI Group) before working with two of the largest and most successful recruitment advertising agencies in the UK. He is a regular commentator on industry issues and an experienced assessor of creative standards and employer branding, having chaired or judged on all of the sector’s major ad awards in recent years.

An unblemished industry record is marred only by his unhealthy obsession with Bruce Springsteen and Aston Villa Football Club.

At the conference Steve will present: 'Employer branding'
http://www.workcomms.com/welcome.asp

Fraser has 21 years experience, ranging across a number of business to business markets, including health, waste, education and local government.  His background includes running b2b magazines, exhibitions, awards and conferences. Currently, Fraser is responsible for all of Emap Public Sector’s activity in local government, education and rehabilitation. This includes such major brands as LGC, BETT, the Education Show and Naidex.

Case study: how the health market has been driven towards e-recruitment through the launch of jobs.nhs and how the traditional recruitment media has responded

At the conference Fraser will present: 'The transition from print media to online media'
http://www.emap.com/

Dr Emma Parry is a Research Fellow in the Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC) at Cranfield School of Management.   Her research interests include recruitment and selection, particularly the use of the internet for recruitment and selection, the use of technology in HR, age discrimination at work and international HRM. 

Emma earned her MSc and PhD in Applied (Occupational) Psychology from Cranfield University in 1996 and 2001 respectively. Emma worked as a consultant to the human resources department of a large retail chain before joining the HRRC in April 2002.  Emma is currently responsible for the Recruitment Confidence Index, a quarterly survey of UK recruitment trends, and is also responsible for Cranet, a comparative survey of HRM policies and practices in around 40 countries worldwide.  Emma has been also involved in a wide range of research projects in both the public and private sector, including a large scale human resources and training needs survey for the UK National Health Service and the CIPD commissioned project regarding ‘HR and technology’. 

At the conference Emma will present: 'Success factors - how to make your e-recruitment strategy work'.

This presentation will use a variety of survey and case study research discuss the use of online recruitment, the factors that may drive an organisation to use the method and the impact of the method within organisations.
http://www.som.cranfield.ac.uk/som/rci/press.asp?page_id=69

A web based approach to promoting the University of Bristol’s research jobs

Eddie Procter, Recruitment Manager at the University of Bristol, is a CIPD Graduate member with 12 years HR/ personnel management experience, including 5 years at the University. Currently responsible for the operational management of a recruitment function dealing with approximately 700 vacancies and 20,000 applicants per year and the strategic development of all recruitment and selection activities across the University.

A dedicated web site, finding the answers, has been set up with details about research jobs and what Bristol can offer researchers. An on-going  campaign uses targeted web sites and search engines to drive people to the site, with performance of the different elements of the campaign reviewed and adjusted on a six monthly basis. Candidates can also register their details and be sent e-mailed updates when a vacancy that suits their requirements arises."

At the conference Eddie will present: 'Case study - how Bristol is making the most of online recruitment'
http://www.bris.ac.uk/jobs

The presentation will outline how the campaign was set up and works and the benefits and practicalities of adopting a web-based approach.

Dave Southall’s writing career has seen him work as a journalist for the Birmingham Post & Mail, copywriter for Austin Knight advertising and creative director for TMP Worldwide. In 1999 he founded creative consultancy solsbury hill and has since helped a wide range of organisations including Channel 4, BskyB, The Home Office, Virgin Mobile and Microsoft to get more power from their written communications.

At the conference Dave will present: 'How to write your job adverts for the Web'
http://www.solsbury-hill.co.uk/

Pete has been with the ILRT since 2001. He has worked in IT since 1989 working for commercial Software Houses and Local Government."

Pete has a BA in History/Politics and an MSc in Information Technology. He is also a certified Prince2 practitioner.

At the conference Pete will present: 'Making your careers website easy to use'
http://www.ilrt.bristol.ac.uk

Emma Ward
Acting Director, AdsFab

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