Strategic HR Forum: Talent management: Recruitment, Resourcing and Retention

15th July 2025

Blake Morgan is hosting the next Strategic HR Forum in conjunction with Hays, in our Southampton office on 2 October 2025. This is a free event aimed at HR Directors and senior HR professionals.

Hosted by Employment Legal Director at Blake Morgan Jane Biddlecombe the focus will be on talent management: recruitment, resourcing and retention. Contact us to register your interest for the event here.

Potential discussion points:

Resourcing strategies

  • How do you ensure that candidates are engaged throughout the recruitment process?
  • How can you use social media and digital tools to source and engage the best candidates?
  • What tools can you use to minimise the effect of subconscious bias during your recruitment processes?

Employment Rights Bill

  • How will the introduction of unfair dismissal as a day one right affect the way in which you recruit?
  • How are you intending to adapt your probationary period and performance management policies accordingly?

Brand, communications and external factors

  • What can HR do to influence brand perception?
  • Can internal/external communications help with resourcing and recruitment?
  • How can an organisation develop strategies to mitigate the effect of external factors?

Personal development

  • How do you balance individual expectations around personal development with your business needs?
  • Is your existing learning and development strategy able to evolve to meet the needs of your business?

Artificial Intelligence

  • How can you use AI to help with a more objective sourcing of candidates?
  • How can you use AI to create a culture in which the best talent wants to remain with your business?

Changing ways of working

  • Can the increasing use of virtual teams and automation produce improvements to the bottom line without compromising staff engagement and cohesion?
  • Can you gain a competitive advantage by offering non-traditional working patterns?

Mental health and wellbeing at work

  • How supportive an environment does your organisation provide to attract and retain those with mental health issues?
  • How do you identify and manage absence owing to mental health issues in your workplace?

Outcome from session

Our discussions will focus on how organisations can pursue an effective talent management agenda, and how, at a strategic level, they can overcome the various challenges presented.

Session Format

The format of the session will be a round table discussion, and we will focus on the topics that are of most interest to attendees.

The topics set out here are amongst those that we will debate at our forum. However, please note that we may not touch on all the areas listed.

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