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Latest event
You are warmly invited to join our monthly Zoom HR Hubs. The details of our next event are as follows:
Topic: Mega-Trends, Micro-Lens: What Does the Next Gen Want from Work – and What Does This Mean for HR Professionals?
Guest speaker: Tom Hadley, Global Workforce Consultant and Future of Work Activist
Date: Friday 23rd May 2025
Time: 10am to 11am
Event details
We're delighted to welcome Tom Hadley, global workforce consultant and future of work activist, as our next HR Hub speaker.
Tom draws on his work with United Nations agencies and global business leaders to translate big picture ‘mega-trends’ into meaningful, actionable insights for HR professionals. A regular keynote speaker and author of over 50 research reports on youth employment, skills, and workforce transformation, Tom has worked at the forefront of shaping the future of work. He previously led campaigns for one of the UK’s leading business organisations, established the Future of Jobs Observatory, and has served on multiple government and international forums.
In this session, Tom will hone in on how the needs, aspirations, and concerns of the next generation of workers are evolving – and how employers are responding.
Topics will include:
- What the latest data tells us about shifting career goals and workplace expectations
- How onboarding, work experience, and engagement strategies are being reimagined
- What AI means for both workers and workforce planning
- How organisations are aligning people strategies with wider business priorities
- The mega-trends HR leaders can’t afford to ignore
There will be opportunities for Q&As afterwards.
April's HR Hub: What Agentic AI Means for HR and Recruitment by Surendra Phatak
Our latest HR Hub included real-time insights into how Agentic AI is affecting businesses in 2025, from Surendra Phatak, GenAI Lead within PwC's Workforce Transformation offering in the UK. Surendra explored Agentic AI - what it is, why it matters and how HR and recruitment professionals can prepare.
February's HR Hub: Current Hot Topics in Discrimination by Kate Benefer
Our February HR Hub included Current Hot Topics in Discrimination, compiled by Kate Benefer, Partner at RWK for Allen Associates.
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Kate Allen
Executive Chair and Marketing Director, Allen Associates
Kate founded Allen Associates in 1998 with the aim of creating the type of recruitment agency that she would like to use herself as a client and a candidate. For more than two decades, Kate’s commitment to providing an outstanding service and added value has never wavered, enabling her to build a robust business and an enviable reputation in her home county of Oxfordshire and further afield.
Kate Benefer
Partner in the Employment team, RWK Goodman
Kate advises on all aspects of employment law including disciplinary, grievances and sickness management, redundancy and restructures, discrimination, tribunal claims and immigration issues. Kate has been described as “very switched on” (client feedback) and as a “confident and poised speaker” whose delivery is “on the money” (delegate feedback).
TestimonialI have to say (and I am not just saying this) it was one of the best webinars I have attended.
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