70% of organisations say their early careers recruitment strategies are not competitive enough to attract top talent.
With the competition for early careers talent at an all-time high, building a standout employer brand is essential. Attracting and retaining top talent requires the right balance of innovation, diversity, and authenticity.
This exclusive breakfast event, designed for early careers professionals in organisations with 1,000+ employees running an early careers programme, offers expert insights, fresh ideas, and engaging roundtable discussions to elevate your strategy.
What’s Being Discussed:
- Crafting a standout employer brand that attracts top early careers talent
- Leveraging insights from the Times Top 100
- Building a diverse early careers talent pipeline
- Balancing on-campus and digital attraction strategies
- And much more...
Who's Attending:
Join professionals from leading organizations such as ACCA, AIG, Amazon, Arriva UK Trains, Axis Europe, Burges Salmon, Buzz Bingo, CBRE, CDW, Comex 2000, F5, Factset, IPG Mediabrands, Jacobs, JLL, Laborie Medical Technologies, M&G plc, M&S, and The Ivy Collection.
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Agenda
27 March 2025
08:30 – 09:00 Registration with complimentary hot breakfast rolls, pastries, tea, coffee & juice
09:00 – 09:10 Opening announcements
09:10 – 09:50 Guest speaker presentations
09:50 – 10:30 1st interactive roundtable discussion session
10:30 – 10:50 Coffee break
10:50 – 11:10 Guest speaker presentation
11:10 – 11:45 2nd interactive roundtable discussion session & peer-to-peer networking
11:45 – Closing comments
12:00 – Event close
Event Partner
We're a full-service, award winning agency, combining strategy, data and creativity alongside the best minds in the industry to help organisations transform how they connect with talent. Whether you're trying to target a niche audience, or attract, develop and retain talent around the world, our specialist teams collaborate to become a powerhouse for your brand.
As the Early Careers Recruitment Manager at A&O Shearman, Charlie has spent the past five years enhancing the firm's early careers talent strategy. With a decade of experience in early careers recruitment, she now focuses heavily on early careers marketing in collaboration with ThirtyThree. Her role includes recruiting early talent into vacation schemes, training contracts, and diversity programmes, ensuring a robust pipeline of future leaders. Charlie is an active member of the employer brand working group at A&O Shearman, sharing best practices with global colleagues to support their local markets. Before joining A&O Shearman, Charlie honed her expertise in student recruitment at the Big 4 and the University of York, where she developed a passion for early careers talent attraction and development.
Jo partners with organisations to develop insight-led employer brand strategies, with a strong focus on early careers talent attraction. Since joining ThirtyThree, Jo has worked with global clients such as A&O Shearman, Accenture, DNV, Inverto, and Nando’s. She has helped clients create compelling content, optimise social media strategies, and embed diversity and inclusion at the heart of their early careers approach. With a background in global brand strategy, Jo helps businesses craft authentic narratives that connect with audiences and align with brand identity. Having led award-winning accounts, Jo has delivered stand out campaigns that have successfully boosted employer brands and driven meaningful engagement with emerging talent.
Ollie specialises in research-driven employer brand and communications strategy, with a strong focus on early careers talent attraction. Since joining ThirtyThree, he has worked with clients such as Accenture, Royal Mail, H&M, and Evonik - helping to develop EVPs, conduct market research, and provide strategic communications support. Ollie’s passion for quantitative and empirical analysis enables him to deliver actionable insights that support clients in shaping compelling early careers propositions. With a background in consumer branding and market research, Ollie’s analytical approach helps clients make informed decisions that drive meaningful results.
Marcus has been helping businesses attract, recruit, retain, and engage staff for over 20 years, developing award-winning employer brands, attraction campaigns, and communications strategies for clients worldwide. He has worked with major brands such as McDonald’s, BP, and Deutsche Bank, as well as niche employers like CERN and the London Business School, tailoring strategies to diverse organisational needs. His approach is rooted in breaking down complex challenges to define clear objectives and success metrics. He then collaborates with specialist teams to craft and implement solutions that drive measurable impact, ensuring employer brands are both authentic and effective in attracting top talent.
As a Senior Partnerships Manager at IHR – In-house Recruitment, I work closely with founders and leaders of recruitment suppliers to provide them with access to the largest and most inclusive community of in-house recruiters in the UK. I help them identify and showcase their solutions to over 20,000 members who benefit from our live and virtual events, digital content, forums, and directories. With 15 years of overall experience in business development, operations, and consultancy, I have a track record of delivering strategic and commercial outcomes for multiple industries, such as motion picture, hospitality, digital marketing, and video streaming. I enjoy building long-term relationships with clients and partners, and finding innovative ways to grow their businesses and markets.