What jobs and where: Q3 employment outlook demystified

To stay ahead of the competition and hire the best quality candidates for your roles, job location and remote working are now key considerations to factor into your recruitment strategy. COVID19 has broken down the geographic barriers for workers across the UK, meaning that a candidate could potentially work for any organisation across the country, without being restricted by their proximity to an employer’s location. We have the insights of who’s hiring for what jobs and in which locations.

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PODCAST: The ROI of DE&I

When asked if diversity and inclusion are the same thing, Ashish Kaushal, CEO at HireTalent and Co-Founder of Consciously Unbiased, had his answer ready: “Diversity is a number, inclusion is your culture”. Join us for a special Pride Month episode of our Transform Talent podcast as we ask Ashish Kaushal, an expert in transformation and tackling bias in the workplace, and Jennifer Torney, North American VP for Client Engagement at TAPFIN, to do some Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) myth busting!

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The UK’s Growing Talent Shortage

COVID’s shuffling of the deck has created the biggest workforce shift and reallocation of skills since World War II – even those skills most in demand in the early phase of the crisis are different compared to demand emerging now and expected in future. But It’s not just skills specific to an industry or job title.

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How to Become a More Diverse and Inclusive Business

Being a diverse and inclusive business requires deliberate steps beyond willingness and words. Over the past few decades, we’ve seen that hiring and maintain a diverse workforce has become a moral imperative for many businesses. As businesses face a record high talent shortage, it’s now become an economic necessity. In today’s war for talent, the strongest businesses will be those that are the most diverse and inclusive.

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Case Study: A Global MSP Brings Efficiency and Savings

Workforce expertise combined with technology helped one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies consolidate its global contingent workforce management efforts. The company chose Talent Solutions due to their global presence, a firsthand understanding of the company’s corporate culture, extensive technical experience and the experience to navigate local market conditions and stakeholder management needs.

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Rethinking your talent strategy with assessment for development

The shift towards digitisation has forced organisations across the globe to rethink their talent strategies. As the world of work and ways of working have changed, so too have the essential skills and characteristics needed for success. Workers have had to become increasingly flexible, adapting to and evolving with the changing needs of their employers, and businesses are facing new talent shortages as they transform to meet the needs of a changed world.

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PODCAST: Brace Yourself for the Youthquake

“Dare to try and dare to fail” is the motto for the latest episode of our Transform Talent podcast. Rawstraw.se, which produces 100% natural and environmentally-friendly straws out of Swedish rye, started as a school project before going on to win the 2019 ManpowerGroup “Ready for Work” Award at the Junior Achievement Europe Company of the Year Competition and is now available to buy in shops and supermarkets. Creativity, innovation, resilience: this is the kind of story we love to hear about and learn more.

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ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey – Q3 2021

The ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey for the third quarter 2021 was conducted by interviewing a representative sample of 1,764 employers in the UK. All survey participants were asked, “How do you anticipate total employment at your location to change in the three months to the end of September 2021 as compared to the current quarter?”

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LGBTQ+ Inclusive #WordsatWork Guide

At ManpowerGroup, we believe businesses have a responsibility to be a positive contributor to societal change. That means intentionally building diverse and inclusive workplaces and hiring the best employees based on talent without discrimination. Not only is this the right thing to do, but studies repeatedly show that inclusive practices have a positive impact on your bottom line.

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