How to make better recruitment and retention decisions for your business

How to make better recruitment and retention decisions for your business

An Online Member to Member Workshop delivered by Colin Barnett of CB Talent Consulting, empowering businesses to make better recruitment and retention decisions and Mary Cloake of Buckinghamshire Adult Learning, supporting businesses with their apprenticeship training

Who should attend?

This session is for business owners or directors who...

  • Make decisions around staffing
  • Understand the importance of having the right talent to help grow their business
  • Want to improve their recruitment and retention processes 

What will be covered?

You’ll learn:

  • What is Employer Brand and why it is so important for a successful recruitment and employment strategy
  • The value of investing in apprentices to futureproof your business
  • How to better prepare for both strategic and tactical recruitment activity
  • How to differentiate your employment offering from your competitors for the same talent 
  • What are the key components of a great candidate to employee experience   

Why attend?

  • Take the pain out of recruitment activity with better planning and insight
  • Understand the value of investment in early careers talent through apprenticeships
  • Align your strategic talent strategy with the business plan
  • Demonstrate your commitment to your staff – for now and for the future

Speakers - Colin Barnett and Mary Cloake

Colin Barnett is a recruitment, talent and employer brand specialist who has over 30 years’ experience helping organisations to identify, engage with, hire and keep the talent they need to fulfil their commercial goals. As the recruitment market toughens up, employers need to invest in their employment proposition and how they effectively market it to engage the right talent, create a quick and intuitive candidate experience right through to objective hiring decisions and a great onboarding experience. Colin will show how the power of a well-managed and authentic Employer Brand will positively affect the whole candidate to employee experience and beyond.

Mary Cloake has worked in education and skills for over fifteen years. In her current role with Buckinghamshire Council (Bucks Adult Learning), she leads on encouraging businesses to access government apprenticeship funding to upskill staff as well as champion the benefits of taking on an apprentice to future proof their workforce. With business admin, customer service, multi-channel marketing, accountancy and management options to make a big impact, Mary is looking forward to inspiring you.

Together, CB Talent Consulting and Bucks Adult Learning are looking forward to sharing key insights and provide practical guidance on how your business can develop a strong recruiting strategy and explore how apprentices are a key part of the process

To book your place

Scroll down to the 'Book now' area below to secure your spot. Reminder emails and a link to join the webinar will be sent one week and one day before the session.


Details

Date:
25 November, 2025 - 25 November, 2025
Time:
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Price:
Free
Please note:

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Video: We plan to record video of this webinar for future promotional activity including social media. If you do not wish to appear in the recorded video – please let us know either when making your booking, via email to [email protected] or by advising a member of the BBF team when you join the webinar. 

Contact:
Buckinghamshire Business First Events Team
[email protected]