2 MAY 2024
FE & HR Weekly News: Fine tune recruitment processes, climate change, staff retention strategies and more.
Recruitment and retention is a hot topic this week, with several outlets providing their take. We've pull these articles together, along with a few others that we think you will find interesting.
April 2024 UK Labour Market Update: Wage Growth Remains Strong
The UK labour market has cooled markedly, but is still generating robust wage growth. While good news for workers who are seeing their pay outpace inflation, wage growth persistence could mean interest rates staying high for longer. Indeed HR Labs analysis.
5 tips to fine tune your recruitment application process
It’s the age-old recruitment problem: how do you ensure you are getting all the information required to be able to assess candidate suitability for your vacancy, equally without turning them off by using lengthy, time-consuming application forms? At the same time, meeting compliance requirements for Safer Recruitment policies, Safeguarding, and Ofsted. View blog.
Labour slams end to teacher recruitment programme for career switchers
With thousands of teaching vacancies across the country, and efforts at recruitment in key subjects failing for year after year, Labour has learned that the government has taken the extraordinary decision to end funding for the Career Change Programme, which was working to bring people who’d already had a successful career in other sectors into teaching as a career change. FE News article.
Climate change education needs review, say experts
The education body Cambridge University Press & Assessment said teaching about the changing climate was undervalued and under-represented in the curriculum. It wants the next UK government to appoint an independent expert to carry out a review to help confront "this multi-generational challenge". BBC News article.
In Focus: Achieving diversity in the recruitment process
When advertising for staff, firms may unwittingly build in barriers that impede under-represented groups. Money Market article.
Little By Little, A Little Becomes A Lot
Lou Mycroft riffs on the Stress Awareness Month hashtag #LittleByLittle, to explore new collective approaches to addressing personal and organisational accountability around ‘burnout culture’. FE News article.
FE reform is a surer way to a healthier nation and fewer sick notes
As more people think about their health following the pandemic, a recent UK Fitness Report conducted by PureGym highlighted upward trends of the fitness and physical activity industry. However, a lack of workforce training is holding the sector back from delivering the economic and social benefits the government clearly desires. FE Week story.
5 recruitment & retention strategies for today’s competitive job market
Organisations across nearly all industries have been faced with an increasingly competitive labor market in recent years. This is due to a myriad of reasons including staffing shortages, changing workforce expectations, and the digital transformation. As a result, organisations must adapt their recruitment and retention (R&R) strategies to meet the evolving needs of today’s workforce and remain competitive. Business Journal story.
Stay interviews and staff retention
As recruitment for the next academic year moves into overdrive, what about those staff who are staying – what do leaders know about how they are feeling? Taking time to find out now by conducting ‘stay interviews’ may help prevent them saying goodbye next year. View article.