Proving the Value: Building the Business Case for Your 2027 Tech Talent Programme

At some point this year, someone in your leadership team will ask what they’re actually getting for their Early Careers investment. This session is about having a good answer. Helen Jeeves (Chief Growth Officer) is joined by Jonathan White (Head of Learning Consultancy) and James Cross (Head of Engineering). Between them they’ve designed graduate programmes, sat on steering committees and welcomed graduates into their own engineering teams. What you’ll learn: → Why early careers hiring pays off, and how to get every graduate ready for day one → What graduates need to be productive in a real engineering team, and how long it realistically takes → How to set hiring managers up for the first six months → How to build workplace skills and business acumen alongside technical skills → The metrics to put in front of your CFO or CTO, and what to measure at 6, 12 and 24 months → What to decide before you go to market, and which partner claims to ask for evidence on → How to make your 2027 programme future ready This is the first session in our 2027 Planning Series, From Intake to Impact. Two more sessions are coming: 11 November: Scaling Early Careers Tech Talent Without Compromise 8 December: Productive from Day One