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Latest event
Upcoming Webinar: Employment and Recruitment Trends for 2025
Join us for the first Allen Associates HR Hub of 2025, featuring Jack Kennedy, UK Economist at Indeed, on Thursday, 30th January 2025, from 10am to 11am.
In this insightful session, Jack will share his expert analysis and predictions for the year ahead, covering the key economic and recruitment trends shaping the UK and Oxfordshire.
Event details
Why Attend?
- Economic Outlook: Gain a clear understanding of what to expect for the UK economy in 2025 and how it will impact businesses and employers.
- Labour Market Trends: Discover how the economy and Budget measures will influence recruitment activity, hiring strategies, and talent availability.
- Pay and Flexibility: Explore the outlook for wages, benefits, and flexible working arrangements in a rapidly evolving job market.
- Candidate Behaviour: Understand what’s motivating jobseekers in 2025—what are their priorities, and how can employers respond?
- AI and the Future of Work: Learn about emerging trends in generative AI and its impact on roles, skills, and recruitment processes.
- Oxfordshire Spotlight: Get a comparison of local conditions in Oxfordshire versus national trends and discover how your organisation can stay ahead.
This is a must-attend session for HR professionals, people managers, and business leaders looking to stay informed, adapt to changes, and plan effectively for the year ahead.
December's HR Hub: Employment Law Update by RWK Goodman
Our latest HR Hub included an Employment Law Update compiled by RWK Goodman for Allen Associates and explores 2024's key employment law updates and other legal developments.
How Oxfordshire Employers are Transforming Workplace Mental Health Culture
Watch Katie de Bertrand, Training Manager (Workplace Wellbeing) at Oxfordshire Mind, and a guest speaker at Allen Associates HR Hub, making the business case for transforming workplace mental health culture with an emphasis on proactive, early prevention strategies.
Katie brings the issues to life with practice advice and guidance, supported by Oxfordshire employer case studies.
HR insights
Our guest speakers are experts in their field and are happy to share their experiences, professional advice, handy hints and checklists with us.
From our Knowledge Centre, you can access:
- Guest speaker blogs and videos.
- Quarterly employment law updates from our HR Hub partners at RWK Goodman.
- Results of our monthly polls.
Kate Allen
Executive Chair and Marketing Director, Allen Associates
Kate founded Allen Associates in 1998 with the aim of creating the type of recruitment agency that she would like to use herself as a client and a candidate. For more than two decades, Kate’s commitment to providing an outstanding service and added value has never wavered, enabling her to build a robust business and an enviable reputation in her home county of Oxfordshire and further afield.
Kate Benefer
Partner in the Employment team, RWK Goodman
Kate advises on all aspects of employment law including disciplinary, grievances and sickness management, redundancy and restructures, discrimination, tribunal claims and immigration issues. Kate has been described as “very switched on” (client feedback) and as a “confident and poised speaker” whose delivery is “on the money” (delegate feedback).
TestimonialI have to say (and I am not just saying this) it was one of the best webinars I have attended.
Get involved!
Please contact Kate Allen if you would like to:
- Speak at one of our Zoom HR Hubs
- Suggest a topic for a future presentation
- Write a guest blog
- Receive our HR Hub invitations, guest blogs, employment law updates and poll results
- Be introduced to someone you met at one of our HR Hubs
