DAY 1 SESSIONS (23 SEPTEMBER)

8:30-9:20 AM REGISTRATION & MORNING COFFEE

Join us early for coffee. Network with other delegates, get to know our speakers and meet our partners.

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RON BOSMA
Managing Director
Randstad Sourceright

Welcome address from Randstand Sourceright, host of the Sourcing Summit Europe event.

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JONATHAN CAMPBELL
CEO
SocialTalent

Its easy enough to identify KPI’s that separate poor recruiters from great recruiters but what about the 80% of recruiters who sit in the middle? How can you identify what behaviours are likely to lead to superior performance and how do you flag the average performers before they become poor performers?

In a world exclusive, Johnny Campbell will share with us the results of the largest data analysis of recruiters ever performed, taken over a 3 month period covering thousands of recruiters and sourcers, answering the question of what behaviours lead to high performance in recruitment.”

Takeaways:

– What makes a high performing sourcer?
– How to identify and build quality sourcers
– New data on the sourcing talent landscape in Europe

balazsx400x230BALAZS PAROCZAY
Manager Shared Recruitment Centre
Randstad Sourceright, EMEA 

If you don’t measure it you can gauge progress of sourcing success. However measuring sourcing productivity and successes is easier said than done. In an organisation how every stakeholder in the recruitment chain measures success varies widely.  So what metrics are important to gauge sourcing productivity? How does one measure success?

In this session Balazs will take a deep look at sourcing processes and define what real productivity looks like. He will illustrate the tools, techniques and strategies required to implement robust procedures to measure sourcing success.

Takeaways:
– The importance of metrics in sourcing
– What, how and why measuring sourcing productivity
– Productivity roadmap for sourcing functions

10:40 - 11:00 AM: MORNING TEA AND PRODUCT DEMO

Morning tea break & networking 

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irinax400x230IRINA SHAMAEVA
Founder
Brain gain

Sometimes sourcing productivity is most spiked when one chooses the road less traveled. An inqusititive mind, a knack for tinkering and dogged determination can achive great sourcing results. In this session perennial tinkerer and experimenter Irina will demonstrate how to master back-door sourcing. From Linkedin to Google+ to search engines, Irinia will explain how one can innovate and discover new ways of finding people. Unless the professionals you are looking to find happen to have informative profiles filled with useful keywords, you could find 10 times more information on various web sites outside of LinkedIn. You could even find contact information for whole lists of professionals at a time.

Takeaways:

  • Navigate top 10 People Finders
  • Identify data-rich sites in the target…
    • …industry (forums, associations; certifications)
    • …geography (local chapters, meet-ups)
    • …gatherings (recent conferences)
  • Locate social profiles on professional niche sites
  • Find contact information: Corporate email address formats. Email addresses. Phone numbers
  • Pre-qualify people for calling and make the call warm
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lottex400x230Lotte Konieczek-Sommerdijk 
Head of Talent Acquisition Benelux
Philips

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Talent Sourcing Specialist
Philips, Netherlands

Philips is one of the first multinational companies to built an in-house sourcing function from scratch. Building and managing an internal sourcing function for a large company is almost akin to running a separate start-up entity. The challenges are numerous – managing stakeholders,  building internal expertise, justifying resource allocations and sourcing talent.  But the rewards are also abundant – cost savings, improved sourcing metrics and contributing to overall corporate success.

In this session we will hear about the Philips sourcing journey – from the building the function to delivering goals. We will hear the challenges faced, failures and achievements.  The session will also hone in on the sourcing tactics used by Philips to find talent across the EMEA.

Takeaways: 

– Sourcing success and failures – the Philips story
– Overcoming corporate sourcing challenges
– How to start up and build a sourcing function
– How to selling sourcing to internal stakeholders
– Developing ROI for sourcing teams

12:30-1:15 PM: NETWORKING LUNCH

Network and make new friends over lunch. A great opportunity to meet our speakers and some of our sponsors. 

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jimx400x230JIM STROUD 
Recruitment Strategies Director
Randstad Sourceright

According to comScore, 181 million Americans watched more than 40 billion videos in the past month. A more interesting stat would be, what percentage of companies are ignoring this huge pool of passive candidates by not implementing a video recruitment strategy? May I ask, what are you doing now to capture the mindset of the passive candidates who are quietly waiting for the market to turn in their favor? Are you using YouTube and sites like it to maintain your edge? If not, this presentation is an event you can not miss.

In this presentation you will learn: 7 Compelling reasons why you should be using YouTube in your overall recruiting strategy.  No-cost strategic practices that will give you an unfair advantage over your competition.  How to leverage YouTube for competitive intelligence Case studies of major brands using YouTube in their recruiting efforts Search strings and lesser known resources for finding passive candidates on YouTube.  Evaluation of tools that will promote your company brand on YouTube and optimize your video for better search engine results.

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Sourcing Team Leader
Booking.com

How does one build in-house sourcing capability from scratch? How does one find talented sourcers? In this session Jan will talk about his experience setting up the sourcing function at booking.com. He will shed light on the process and expertise required to build a sourcing team.

Takeaways:
– How to start up and build a sourcing function
– How to find talent sourcers and motivate them
– How to selling sourcing to internal stakeholders
– Developing ROI for sourcing teams

An introduction of the New Monster

2:30-2:50 PM: AFTERNOON TEA BREAK

Afternoon tea break & networking

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Afternoon sessions will consist of three breakout sessions and one plenary session.

jimx400x230JIM STROUD 
Recruitment Strategies Director
Randstad Sourceright

According to comScore, 181 million Americans watched more than 40 billion videos in the past month. A more interesting stat would be, what percentage of companies are ignoring this huge pool of passive candidates by not implementing a video recruitment strategy? May I ask, what are you doing now to capture the mindset of the passive candidates who are quietly waiting for the market to turn in their favor? Are you using YouTube and sites like it to maintain your edge? If not, this presentation is an event you can not miss.

In this presentation you will learn: 7 Compelling reasons why you should be using YouTube in your overall recruiting strategy.  No-cost strategic practices that will give you an unfair advantage over your competition.  How to leverage YouTube for competitive intelligence Case studies of major brands using YouTube in their recruiting efforts Search strings and lesser known resources for finding passive candidates on YouTube.  Evaluation of tools that will promote your company brand on YouTube and optimize your video for better search engine results.

martinleex400x230MARTIN LEE
GM&Sourcing Strategist
Social Media Search

Talent mapping has been around for sometime now, but the strategies and methods continue to evolve.  In this session Martin will retrace what talent mapping is and offer how one can design an effective road-map to find talent?  Learn how talent mapping can be mastered just by anyone regardless of past background and training.  Learn Tools & techniques to find everyone in a department or company. How to qualify people still work at a company. How to build organograms. Using social media to cross reference. Using search engines to find entire employee lists.

Takeaways:

– Learn how to see beyond the obvious
– Tools and tricks to hack (legitimate) some of the biggest social networks
–  The role of talent mapping in sourcing?-

In this interactive session, delegates will be able to bring their sourcing challenges and let an expert perform live searches.  Various speakers will demonstrate sourcing hacks.

In this session Peter Kazanjy will demonstrate advances in people aggregation tool followed by an interactive demo of TalentBin.

 

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Founder
#truevents 

Talent acquisition methods are constantly in a state of flux. What have changed in the world of talent acquisition and sourcing? What new trends are having an impact on candidate engagement and acquisition?

Bill Boorman argues that profound changes in how we engage and source talent is underway.  Talent networks are mushrooming, culture as a recruitment tool is gaining traction, and referrals are taking on a new meaning with social engagements.  Advances in technology is affecting every traditional sources of talent in some way or the other and this in turn affects how recruiters perform their task.

In this session Bill will take delegates on a rollicking ride, combining crystal gazing and practical wisdom gained from interacting with recruitment leaders across 30 countries, sharing new emerging trends in how talent acquisition is imparted and offer insights on how to navigate the bold new world of sourcing.

Takeaways:

  • The emergence of culture branding – The difference between an applicant and a candidate
  • Relationship sourcing and referral sourcing
  • Project management thinking to recruitment
  • Pre-engagement of jobseekers & harnessing internal mobility
  • Talent tipping point & networks

5:00:6:00 PM: NETWORKING DRINKS

Networking drinks

DAY 2 SESSIONS (24 SEPTEMBER)

8:30-9:20 AM REGISTRATION & MORNING COFFEE

Join us early for coffee. Network with other delegates, get to know our speakers and meet our partners.

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Founder, ePeople
Netherlands

Day 1 summary and Day 2 overview and welcome address by Bas Westland.

jimx400x230JIM STROUD 
Recruitment Strategies Director
Randstad Sourceright, USA

A task is a task. If what can be done here can be done there, what makes either side special? In the world of recruiting, that question is bring asked everyday. The answer? Culture. How well you foster a culture is how well you retain talent and make it easy to recruit.

In his presentation, Jim Stroud will examine how various companies are using their culture to recruit and retain talent.  He will illustrate what to consider when building  a work environment that’s conducive to attracting the best. 

Takeaways:

– Culture and its impact on sourcing
– The cultural battle to win the recruitment war
– A cultural road map for sourcing success
– Hacking culture for talent sourcing

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Head of Talent Acquisition, EMEA-R
CISCO

When a company is facing several simultaneous market transitions, resulting in demand for multiple new skills in its workforce, there is increasing competitive pressure on both talent availability and talent acquisition teams. To excel and succeed, especially given increasing OPEX pressures, there is a need to be more creative about the way that talent is sourced and attracted. The amount of data at our fingertips is increasing at huge rates, but how do you turn this into intelligence and competitive advantage, which can leveraged across Talent Acquisition and the wider HR ecosystem to find, attract and retain the best talent available?

In this session Kevin will share why data matters, and relay how it can be transformed into intelligence and actionable insight for a positive effect on KPIs and objectives. Furthermore, how this is used at a higher level to set strategy in areas such as Site Location, Rewards, Branding and Diversity. Delegates will learn how Cisco uses Intelligence – including competitive, market, talent, cultural, social and economic – to make effective sourcing and hiring decisions; that Strategic Sourcing is the nirvana of Talent Acquisition, and achieved with a deliberate and long term investment in data identification and analysis, storytelling and consultation.

Takeaways:

–  The why and how of market intelligence in sourcing
–  Building a market intelligence function and expertise
–  The difference between data and Insight.

10:40 - 11:00 AM: MORNING TEA AND PRODUCT DEMO

Morning tea break & networking 

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margrietx400x230MARGRIET KOLDIJK
Managing Director
Randstad Sourceright

The world of work is rapidly changing. Advances in technology is permeating every aspects of workplaces. Jobs are decimated and new types of roles created with regularity, while some industries are  going through generational change and witnessing acute skill gaps. Meanwhile talent is increasingly mobile, connected and smart. What is known and assumed about the behaviour of talent  is changing fast, and as a result the methods and processes to find and recruit them is undergoing major upheavals.

As a result, the triangular nexus between talent, employers and talent agents in all their iterations, are undergoing changes in some way or the other.  Job seekers have more options and are armed with more information at their hands than any point in history. Employers are becoming more agile, and developing new methods to attract talent to stay ahead of the competition. And talent agents are scampering to add add value to their clients.

How will the new changing world of work play out in the near future? How will it affect the sourcing community? What does the future hold for those responsible for finding talent?

Combining crystal gazing and practical wisdom gained from years of interacting with recruitment leaders across EMEA, Margriet will share new insights on the changes underway, and will offer new perspectives on how to tackle the rocky road ahead.

Takeaways:

– The concept of total talent architecture
– Mobile workforce and its ramifications
– Agile recruitment and the role of innovation
– Competitive sourcing and recruitment

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BREAKOUT SESSIONS
There will be three concurrent sessions:

– SOURCING LAB: Live sourcing and sourcing hacks
– SOURCING CASE STUDY: Case studies of corporate sourcing.
– SOSU Tech: A permanent session where sourcing technology is discussed and demoed.

Delegate can choose between technical sourcing, corporate case studies and interactive technology demo.

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Recruiting Rebel
Founder, Recruiting Essentials

Every minute 208,300 photos get uploaded on Facebook and 27,800 on Instagram. Yahoo estimates that 880 billion photos will be taken by 2014. In this session, learn why and how sourcers can make sense of the proliferation of images on the Internet for finding talent.

Takeaways:

– Best-practice image sourcing
– Visual sourcing strategy
– Learn short-cuts and tricks on how to use image localisation to find talent

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Senior Director Talent Acquisition
PAREXEL

Games in all its forms – video, social platforms, apps – are a multi-billion industry.  Can a popular medium like gaming be used for sourcing talent? Learn about gaming and its relevance to candidate outreach and how seriously it should be considered for sourcing. Learn how some innovative organisations use gaming tools and techniques to source talent successfully, and what’s in store for the future.

Takeaways: 

– A roadmap for gamification in sourcing
–  Case study of gamification
– Cultivate an innovative mindset to embrace alternative mediums

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Director
Sourcing Hat Ltd

In this interactive session, delegates will be able to bring their sourcing challenges and let an expert perform live searches. Katherine will anchor a session where a number of sourcing leaders will offer hands-on sourcing challenges faced by #sosude delegates.

Delegates are encouraged to bring their sourcing problems and have the experts perform a surgery.

A permanent breakout session where delegates can see the latest recruitment and sourcing technology. Delegates can also share tips and ideas around technology.

This session will be run throughout the day and will be chaired by one of the speakers.

12:30-1:00 PM: NETWORKING LUNCH

Network and make new friends over lunch. A great opportunity to meet our speakers and some of our sponsors. 

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Vice President, People
Squarespace.com, USA

How can a small player punch above it weight to compete with big players in sourcing the best talent?  In the past 6 months Squarespace hired more then 150 new people, and was named one of the Best Places to Work in New York City by Crain’s New York Business, and launched a recruiting campaign that got the company 1000 applications within four weeks and industry wide recognition.   The small team competes against large established software companies, who employ an army of sourcers and recruiters.

In this session Joris will narrate Squarespace’s journey as a small tech company competing for top talent against some of the industry stalwarts.  He will highlight how recruitment teams can innovate and beat larger and recognised employers by creating an excellent brand. Especially in technical/engineering sectors where the competition for talent is relentless.

He will illustrate how  to create an environment within a recruitment team that allows for experimentation and innovation and hire more than its share of talent.

Takeaways: 
– Sourcing talent for an unknown brand in a branded world
– How to punch above your weight and compete for top talent
– Inculcating a innovative sourcing mentality
– Importance of brand and branding in sourcing

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shanex400x230SHANE McCUSKER
CEO
Intelligence Recruitment Software

Clever sourcing is not just about finding candidates. The same approach can be taken to finding new clients and spotting opportunities to make placements. In this talk, Shane McCusker of Intelligence Software, will demonstrate how sourcing techniques can be used to find market information and set up systems to automatically feed this to a stream of new business opportunities.

Be prepared to think about sourcing in a different way and consider that everything you need to know is available to you.

Takeaways:
– How to create a constant stream of business opportunities.
– Understanding that there is no limit to Sourcing
– How to get data and turn it into Intelligence.

jamesx400x230 JAMES MAYES
Founder, Exolite

Recruiters focus on the art of finding niche talent and converting candidates into hires. Our methodologies are our own and don’t often make sense to the wider world.  Whether we work in an agency, and RPO or internal hire team, the hiring manager generally won’t care for our methods, provided the job is done. How then can we engage better, gain faster feedback, create better dialogue with the people who (via whatever route) pay our bills?

In this session, James will share some ways to speak the language your technical are familiar with. Not the tech skills, but the processes and the methodologies. You’ve hired people with Agile experience before… but how can it be applied to the recruiting cycle? What’s the focus of the Agile manifesto? Can we use elements of this to have a positive impact on the relationships we have with our core stakeholders – and improve the process for everyone? What are the core principles of a SCRUM stand-up, and how can you leverage these to get faster feedback on the candidates you’ve sourced?

Takeaways:

– High level insight as to how these engineering methodologies work
– Guidance on how they can map to a recruiting cycle
– Action points to change the relationship with your engineering leads

irinax400x230IRINA SHAMAEVA
BRAINGAIN

As LinkedIn continues to evolve there are an amazing number of ways to search across the human capital data it has accumulated. When someone says, “I have already searched on LinkedIn; can you please look elsewhere?” – chances are, there are alternative ways to go back and find more matching results.

In this session Irina will offer insights to search for professionals and want to expand their toolkit and understand the advantages and the limitations of a variety of ways of searching LinkedIn for talent. It will include an overview and a comparison of search techniques and search syntax, from searching on Google or with a basic account to LinkedIn Talent Finder to LinkedIn Recruiter.

Irina will present specific techniques on searching for people by schools, degrees, and graduation dates; job titles; target companies; locations; skills; group memberships; similarity; viewers of profiles; and more. The session will cover the latest shifts in the LinkedIn User Interface and ways to compensate for recently removed functionality.

Takeaways:

  • The latest tools worth including in your sourcing toolbox
  • Identify the limits of Linkedin
  • Maximising Linkedin features
  • Unearthing Linkedin hidden features

2:30-2:50 PM: AFTERNOON TEA BREAK

Afternoon tea break & networking

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What new challenges confront the talent sourcing community with privacy concerns increasing? In a world where transparency is becoming the norm what are the implications for sourcing and finding talent? What new trends are emerging? Navigate the evolving sourcing landscape and get insights on new trends, tools and search techniques that will matter in the future.

A panel discussion on the future of sourcing.

5:00:6:00 PM: NETWORKING DRINKS

Networking drinks

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