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MAGAZINE FOR THE HUMAN RESOURCE PROFESSIONAL

S P E C I A L H U M A N C A P I T A L S U M M I T E D I T I O N 2 0 1 1

Allan Freed, Principal RBL GroupHR VALUE CREATION

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+ Video Broadcast By Dave Ulrich

Human Capital Summit 2011

2011Many in HR seem to be asking the same question, “Are we there elcome to Human Capital Summit 2011. yet?”

Too often, many in HR seek but never seem to arrive at their Wdestination. Professional conferences continue to lament HR more The Annual Human Capital Summit is Here Again!as an administrative service or compliance function than a business

A must attend event for the discerning HR Professional in Nigeria partner. Sometimes these lamentations only lengthen the journey to and beyond. Now in its 3rd Year, the Human Capital Summit is fast HR credibility. Maybe HR's aspiration for the future is less a specific becoming an established event in the Human Resource Calendar. destination that pinpoints when we have arrived and more a

direction for aspiring HR professionals to help their organizations succeed.The Human Capital Summit, Conference & Exhibitions is an

annual knowledge building and capacity enhancing event that Most HR professionals have made enormous progress in the last exposes participants to global trends and best practices in Human few decades in their professional stature and contribution to

Capital Management. business success. But, the journey ahead stays the course of continuing to deliver value more than having a single point-in-time

The Human Capital Summit Concept has evolved into a vibrant destination of when that value has been accomplished. platform for sharing innovations in Human Capital Management Dave Ulrich, RBL Groupand networking avenue for professionals across the Nation and beyond. The conference provides a unique forum for the exchange thTuesday 27 September 2011 Seminars with Allan Freedof ideas among the key managers and decision makers in both the Public & Private sectors. This is a series of 3 seminar presentations on HR Value creation by

Allan Freed, Principal with RBL Group, targeted at different The Human Capital Summit 2011 is a mixture of Seminars, audience; Generalist HR Professionals, Senior Professionals and Workshops, and Exhibition and Master Classes for HR Directors final session for CEO's & HR Directors which include a Video presented by Allan Freed of the RBL Group. Broadcast by Dave Ulrich (He launched the HR Business Partner

Model to great acclaim in 1997 in the book, Human Resource Participants are drawn from Government Agencies, Financial Champions) Institutions, Oil and Gas, Construction Companies, Telecoms and IT Companies, Consulting Firms, Education Providers and independent Consultants, etc. Wednesday 28th September 2011 Introducing HR Technology & E

Learning Expo (HR TELEX) Theme: Are We There Yet? What Next for HR?Anyone who has been on a trip with a child has heard the endless We are proud to introduce the HR Technology & E Learning Expo; question “Are we there yet?” this comes up on the 28th September and it's FREE to attend for HR At first, the question captures the excitement of the child anticipat- Professionals. Nowhere else will you find providers, products and ing a new place. After a while, the questioning becomes exasperat- services from a dozen companies who care about HR Technology, ing and only adds to the length of the journey.

Software, E Learning products, etc, together in one place.

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Shola AjaniOrganiser, Human Capital Summit

Allan Freed is a principal consultant with The RBL Group, a consulting firm focused on helping leaders and organizations deliver results and increase value. Allan's current work helps organizations identify and build capabilities required for the execution of strategy through leveraging human

resources and improving leadership performance. He is permanently based in the UK and has worked with a large number of Europe's leading firms.

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Oracle Launches Mass Recruitment Drive Ann Swain, APSCo's chief executive, said: "It's

encouraging that so many UK recruitment

businesses have overseas expansion plans

despite the uncertain economic outlook. Many

overseas staffing markets are relatively

immature compared to the UK and are being Assessment centres remain popular Oracle, the Business Software giant launches a liberalised so that they're more accessible to recruitment tool despite cost.mass recruitment drive creating 1700 jobs U K s t a f f i n g c o m p a n i e s . "

across its EMEA region. Even though sales staff Many employers are still using assessment

makes up a major share of the new positions, centres to select people for particular roles,

especially management or graduate positions, She added: "It's interesting that South Africa company is looking for major recruitment in

despite high running costs. has come out ahead of India and China as a business development, finance, engineering

target for overseas expansion. South Africa has and other support functions. The company's This is according to a new survey by XpertHR, a rapidly expanding middle class and well-recent innovations in mobile technology and which found that two-thirds of employers use established financial and legal markets, which hardware products and the rising demand for assessment centres for recruitment, with makes it an increasingly attractive market for

'cloud computing' has lead to this event. The larger organisations more likely than smaller professional recruitment businesses."

company says that they are open to any good ones to use this selection method.

talent coming from any part of the world, not Germany was the most popular European

just EMEA.Assessment centres bring job applicants market for expansion, cited by 20 per cent of together in a group, where they are subject to a those surveyed, followed by the Netherlands

UK Recruitment Firms Plan Global Expansionrange of selection methods, such as group (17 per cent) and France (13 per cent). exercises, role play, individual interviews and

UK recruitment firms are planning global psychometric tests.Countries associated with the sovereign debt

expansion over the coming year, according to They can, however, be a fairly costly crisis, such as Greece and Portugal, were the

n e w r e s e a r c h .recruitment tool, with the price per candidate least appealing territories in which to develop

averaging $500. They most commonly last for revenue streams, with less than 2 per cent of

Almost a third of UK recruitment companies one day but can go on for longer periods.CEOs saying they intended to target those

plan to extend their operations into Europe in m a r k e t s .

The survey found that more than half (51.6%) the next 12 months, research from the

of employers use assessment centres when Association of Professional Staffing Companies By Michelle Stevens

recruiting senior managers, while around two- (APSCo) has revealed.

fifths use them for middle managers,

graduates, line managers or senior and Around 20 per cent of recruitment companies New Africa Appointments for Nokia

technical staff. also said they intended to expand outside

Europe next year. South Africa emerged as the

preferred destination, with 7 per cent of Rachel Suff, author of the report, commented: respondents saying they were likely to develop "Given the potential cost of assessment their business there.centres, it is logical that organisations are most

likely to use them for high-value roles, such as Delia Sieff, head of Nokia communications The survey of chief executives and managing more senior or specialist staff or when for sub-Saharan Africa has been appointed

directors from 75 staffing companies – some head of communications for the Middle East recruiting graduates who it is probably

with turnovers in excess of £100 million – and Africa. Sieff joined Nokia in February envisaged will be future leaders within the

found that only 16 per cent of UK recruitment 2008 and now takes over responsibility for organisation." nine key sub-regions comprising around 25 firms currently conduct more than a quarter of More than nine in 10 (90.6%) of the 191 countries across MEA.

their business overseas.employers that took part in the survey said that

Tania Steenkamp, who previously headed up candidates generally reacted very or fairly communications in South Africa, now moves APSCo said that UK staffing companies were

positively to the experience of taking part in to the role of social media communications increasingly keen on overseas expansion as a

the organisation's assessment centre. manager for the Middle East and Africa. In means of diversifying income streams and

her new role, she will oversee the progress of reducing reliance on a shaky UK market, which social media integration in Nokia's operations has suffered from the recession and has been across Africa and the Middle East

subject to changing EU labour laws.

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