Ben Craigs
Director, Talent Acquisition McCarthy Holdings
Seminars
Thursday 25th February 2027
Discover: How McCarthy Built a National Early Careers Program That Scales to 650 Annual Hires While Maintaining 90%+ Intern-to- Hire Conversion
9:00 am
- Learn how McCarthy transformed a decentralized internship and graduate recruiting model into a national early careers program, building the structure, governance, and specialist program management capability required to support rapid business growth.
- Explore how McCarthy balances national consistency with regional innovation, identifying which elements of the candidate and intern experience should be standardized and where experimentation drives better hiring outcomes and stronger workforce insights.
- Uncover how a data-driven approach to intern experience design, workforce planning, and program measurement has enabled McCarthy to scale to 400 interns and 250 graduate hires annually while maintaining conversion rates above 90% and NPS scores in the 90s.
Thursday 25th February 2027
Develop: How Are Leading Construction Organizations Turning Early Talent into a Reliable Source of Future Hires?
9:20 am
Join both speakers for an interactive audience-led Q&A designed to unpack the strategies, challenges, and lessons behind their approaches to campus recruiting, internship design, and early-career development. Ask your questions, compare perspectives, and gain deeper insight into what it takes to attract, engage, and convert high-potential talent into long-term contributors to the business.
