The document discusses the agenda of the #GEC12 conference which focuses on graduate employment challenges. It notes the double dip recession has led companies to hold onto cash while higher education marketization is driving universities to focus more on graduate employability. Graduates now face more competition from apprenticeships programs. The conference aims to discuss how universities can develop distinctive and large-scale employability programs while engaging more with businesses, and how graduates can maximize their career opportunities in a competitive job market.

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4. • Tweet #GEC12
• Bloggers and audio/video/photo
• Timings
• Breaks
• Help

7. Universities
Businesses Graduates
#GEC12
Policy
Recruiters
Makers

8. Conference
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10. • Double dip recession and companies holding onto cash
• HE marketisation driving graduate employability up the
University agenda
• Graduate facing competition from the big push on
apprenticeships
• No central government support for graduate employment
• Regionalism rendered obsolete?
• Careers services facing double-edged sword of threat and
opportunity
• Introduction of KIS statistics
• Universities need an employability offer that combines scale
with distinctiveness

12. • How can you attract, select and retain the
right people for your business?
• How can we effectively work with
Universities?
• How can we use technology and social media
to attract and select graduates?
• How can I attract talent outside London?

13. • How might we develop a culture of
institutional employability?
• How can we better engage with all kinds of
businesses
• How can we combine scale and distinctiveness
in your employability offer?
• How can we engage the disengaged?

14. • How can you stand out from the crowd in a
world where there are more graduates than
graduate jobs?
• How can you make the most of technology
and social media to enhance your job search?
• What is the reality of the graduate job market
outside London?
• What do all the stats tell me about where to
study and whether it will help my career?

15. • How can we utilise talent to its maximum
potential in your locality?
• How can we stimulate demand amongst
businesses for graduates?
• Is it the role of the state, university, business
or individuals to see that graduates reach their
potential, and that social mobility is enabled?
• What can we learn from other countries?