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Wind Power HR
&
Talent Management
Sourcing, developing & retaining top quality talent for the wind industry
9-10 October 2012 - Radisson Blu Hotel, Hamburg, Germany
Join 15 expert speakers as they share real-life case studies and Sponsor:
lessons learned on:
• Recruitment channels: which are the most effective & why?
• How to use your company’s reputation to attract passive and
senior candidates
• Strategies & schemes to improve employee engagement and
retention
• Designing and implementing internal training programmes to
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Expert Speakers Include: Markus Schwarzenböck Gerard McGovern
Global HR Director Director Quality & Strategy
Chaired By:
Gary Robinson Vanessa Gaßner
Aynur Kaya
Group HR Director Head of Recruitment &
Global Head of HR
Employer Branding
Estrella Martin Susanne Michaelis
Valerie Burns
Segurado HR Development
Head of HR
Global Head of HR Manager
Michael Spiers Charlotte Bryldt Theisen Timothy Daynes
Head of HR Nuclear & Lead Employer UK HR Manager
Renewables Branding Specialist
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2. Day 1 - Tuesday, 9 October
13.45 Deciding Between Recruitment
Channels – How To Attract The Right
08.30 Registration & Morning Refreshments Candidate By Role
Timothy Daynes, UK HR Manager, ENERCON Services UK Ltd.
09.15 Chair’s Opening Remarks With multiple recruitment channels to choose from, this case
study will address questions including:
Gary Robinson, Group HR Director, Renewable Energy Systems Ltd • Which channels have performed the best & why?
- job boards
- press
09.25 HR Challenges In The Wind Industry & - career fairs
- publications
Overcoming Them In The Future - agencies
- word of mouth
Estrella Martin Segurado, Global Head of HR, EDP Renewables
- in-house
• How have HR needs & methods changed in recent years? • Which sources attracted candidates with specific levels of
- industry growth experience?
- wind sector versus other energy sectors • What are the most efficient channels for finding passive
- onshore versus offshore candidates?
- policy changes • Strategies for deciding which combination of recruitment
channels will fulfil your individual company’s needs
• Best practice for recruiting suitable candidates quickly &
• To what extent should the way vacancies are advertised be
efficiently
decided on a role by role basis?
• Ensuring internal HR & recruitment policies & account for both
- time & cost implications
short-term & long-term needs
• How to balance the role of recruitment teams & HR teams
15.05 Afternoon Refreshments
RECRUITMENT
15.35 Recruitment In An International
10.05 Determining How Resources Should Industry – Methods for Attracting
Be Spent To Minimise The Costs of International Candidates & Filling
Recruitment International Roles Proficiently
Michael Spiers, Head of HR Nuclear & Renewables, Centrica Energy If you would like to join this session please contact Heather by
emailing hs@windpowermonthly.com
• Evaluation of costs involved in recruitment
• Cost-efficient ways to maximise return from your budget • Best practice for opening communication channels with
- reallocation of resources internally & externally international candidates
- effectively manage salary negotiations • How to balance international employee experience with the
associated costs of recruitment
- relocation costs
10.45 Morning Refreshments - possibility of higher salaries
• Techniques for competing with larger international companies
to fill vacancies
11.15 Strategic Recruitment Partnerships • What policies & strategies can be put in place to attract senior
candidates to what are often travelling roles?
- Delivering Cost Savings, Process
Improvement & Better Quality Candidates SKILLS GAP
Trevor Parsons, Director, En-Spiral
• What are the benefits of RPO & MSP?
16.05 Techniques For Coping With The Lack
• Assessing the critical link between recruitment & the talent
lifecycle
Of Experience In A Young Industry In An
• Case study examples of how this approach has worked Already Competitive Market
• What are the next steps for recruitment partnerships?
- diagnose Aynur Kaya, Global Head of Human Resources, KENERSYS GmbH
- design • Identifying current skill gaps in the market
- implement • Forward planning recruitment strategies
- improve - how far ahead should you plan?
- what factors should you take into account?
• What safety net procedures can be implemented to prevent
12.00 Capitalising On Your Company’s delays in projects due to them being understaffed when
Reputation To Entice Senior Candidates vacancies are undersubscribed?
Vanessa Gaßner, Head of Recruitment & Employer Branding, 16.50 Day 1 Closing Remarks
REpower Systems SE
“
• Techniques for boosting your company’s reputation & value
• Best practice for marketing your company & assets In any environment of rapid growth the pressure to find the
- how to use positive attributes to your advantage during right people quickly doesn’t always allow HR the freedom to
recruitment really think through the most economically viable and cost-
• Leveraging the wider wind industry’s reputation to lure effective routes to recruitment, however there are some
candidates from other energy sectors exciting and innovative ways that we can leverage in attracting
people to our industry”
12.45 Networking Lunch Michael Spiers, Head of HR Nuclear & Renewables,
Centrica Energy
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3. RETENTION
Day 2 - Wednesday, 10 October
13.15 Strategies For Retaining Experienced
08.30 Delegate Sign-In & Morning Refreshments
Employees & Minimising Staff Turnover
Markus Schwarzenböck, Global HR Director, Siemens Wind Power
09.00 Chair’s Opening Remarks
• What initiatives & schemes are most effective for maximising
EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT employee retention?
• How to use career development paths as a channel for
increasing loyalty
09.05 Strategies For Developing Wind Energy • Developing communication channels with employees to
maintain positive morale in the work place
Skills In Conjunction With Education
Providers 14.00 Internal Relocation Of Resources &
Gerard McGovern, Director Quality & Strategy, BZEE Academy Personnel To Retain Your Company’s
• What is the full extent of the wind skills gap in numbers? Skill & Knowledge Bases
• Comparison of ad hoc courses to strategic competency
development Valerie Burns, Head of HR, The Crown Estate
• How to integrate external competency development
programmes into your HR portfolio • What strategies can be implemented to maximise the use of
resources internally?
• To what extent can this approach have positive impacts on
09.45 Panel Session - Examining Graduate recruitment & retention of staff?
Employment Vs Experienced
14.45 Day 2 Closing Remarks
Personnel
• What are the advantages & disadvantages of employing
graduates & experienced personnel?
- salary costs
- training implications
- impacts on project skill bases Related Events
- company loyalty
If you would like to take part in this session please contact
Rachael by emailing rc@windpowermonthly.com
Offshore Consenting Conference
12 September 2012, London, UK
www.offshoreconsentingconference.com
10.25 Morning Refreshments
10.55 Establishing & Improving Internal
Offshore Health & Safety Seminar
Development & Training Programmes 13 September 2012, London, UK
To Provide Clearer Career Paths For www.offshorewindhse.com
Employees
Charlotte Bryldt Theisen, Lead Employer Branding Specialist,
DONG Energy Offshore Operations & Maintenance
9-10 October 2012, London, UK
• To what extent are internal training programmes important for
attracting candidates? www.offshoremaintenanceforum.com
• Developing training programmes
- benefits for candidates receiving recognised qualifications
- what is the most efficient way to deliver training?
 online programmes Future Offshore Wind Foundations
 external training 13-14 November 2012, Bremen, Germany
 in-house teams www.futurewindfoundations.com
• How to successfully link training programmes to career
development
11.35 Nordex Academy Case Study Wind Farm Data Management & Analysis
20-21 November 2012, Hamburg, Germany
Susanne Michaelis, HR Development Manager, Nordex SE www.windfarmdata.com
• Methods for identifying internal skill gaps
• What are the benefits of using a skill management system?
• Which training & development strategies have been
implemented as part of the Academy? Vessels & Access 2013
• What results have been seen so far? May 2013, London, UK
www.offshorevesselsforum.com
12.15 Networking Lunch
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