From the Frontlines: What Early Careers Experts Are Planning for 2025

What are Early Careers Leaders planning for the year ahead?

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In this roundtable, early careers industry experts will share their plans and priorities for the year ahead. From tackling skills shortages to improving candidate engagement and building fairer hiring processes, we’ll explore the real challenges and solutions shaping Early Careers programmes.

This is your chance to get a first look at what the industry’s leading voices are doing right now to stay ahead in Early Careers hiring. Don’t miss out—secure your spot to bring these insights straight to your team.

The experts:

Janine Larkin

Resourcing Business Partner, JCB

Janine Larkin is the Resourcing Business Partner at JCB. A proud leader of a team who recruit around 150 Apprentices & Graduates into JCB each year, whilst also covering all areas of experienced hire recruitment, mainly within the UK but increasingly within Europe and beyond! Janine is really passionate about driving good, fair assessment processes, delivering great candidate experience, and sharing best practice, successes (and lessons learned)!

Becky Brown

ATS Platform Lead, Group GTI

Becky leads the ATS team at Group GTI. Prior to joining GTI, Becky worked in-house as an early careers recruiter and training & development specialist at Lazard for 11 years, overseeing the full end-to-end early careers process. Becky had previously worked as an HR generalist, and before transitioning to a career in HR, Becky spent almost 9 years at Bloomberg News in roles spanning recruitment, project management and broadcast transmissions.

Jodie Martin

Early Careers TA Partner, IPG Health Medical Communications

Jodie is an Early Careers Senior Talent Acquisition Partner at IPG Health Medical Communications, specialising in all things early careers. With a strong passion for equity, diversity and inclusion, Jodie is dedicated to fostering diverse talent pipelines and ensuring inclusive recruitment practices. Through innovative strategies and a commitment to supporting emerging talent, she plays a key role in empowering the next generation of med comms professionals.

Nicola Tatham

Chief I/O Psychologist, Sova

Nicola Tatham is a Chartered Psychologist who has been with Sova since 2018 and is their Chief IO Psychologist. Nicola leads the Global IO team at Sova and has developed many psychometric assessments over the course of her career. She strives to combine innovation, pragmatism, and scientific robustness in her approach.

Rebecca Foden

Global Early Careers Leader

Renowned globally as an Innovative Thought Leader in TA, Becky has achieved over 30+ Industry Accolades and a currently serving as a Board Advisor to advance young people, ensure better hiring practices & professional growth. Ex-EY, Head of Student Recruitment, Becky has experience of leading recruitment for large corporations such as Capita PLC, Barclays and Transport for London. In 2022, Rebecca was named among the Talent 150 – The most influential people in recruitment, HR, and talent management.

Nicola Sian Howells

Talent Acquisitions Manager - Early Careers, BT Group

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From the Frontlines: What Early Careers Experts Are Planning for 2025

What are Early Careers Leaders planning for the year ahead?

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