Paul Mudd

It’s said that first impressions count, what if the first impression of your organisation is a job advert? Unfortunately, role descriptions can be susceptible to unconscious biases, especially when written by hiring managers and not HR & TA professionals.

Understanding how to communicate vacancies in an inclusive way will support your social value and increase the engagement of a diverse pool of talent - taking advantage of the future skills economy.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) was a topic near the top of the agenda for most companies in 2022. And yet, research shows that a huge % of senior leaders are finding their company's lack of progress troubling. So what's causing the gap between talk and action?

As organizations continue to move through the recovery stage post-pandemic, demands on talent mobility are increasing. The option for a flexible workforce is paramount to growth with technology influencing new mobility options. Yet companies still look to reduce costs, adopt digital processes and refocus delivering value.

Amid the disruption and uncertainty of recent times, it can be difficult to know how these demands are influencing routes to the best talent, skills mobility and worker availability tomorrow. The following are five predictions on how I believe the global talent landscape may evolve over the next few years.

The tail spend of a procurement department refers to the 20% of non-core transactions that are left unmanaged, usually due to a high volume of suppliers or limited in-house resources.

Many of these transactions are either too small or made too infrequently to be handled by internal strategic sourcing staff.

However, these small and 'insignificant' purchases add up and can impact a company's bottom line. Companies are discovering that they can't use the same procurement methodologies for tail spend as they have for their strategic spend...

The UK has experienced a great deal of social and political upheaval in recent years. The impacts on the recruitment market will last for years to come.

For decades, highly skilled engineers would arrive from Europe to address any skills shortages. Brexit put an end to that. Then the pandemic led to ‘the great resignation’ – reducing the number of experienced workers even further.

A survey conducted by KPMG found that 69% of construction projects were over budget by more than 10%. Trying to pinpoint the cause is difficult because it’s normally a conflation of multiple issues, including poor planning, lack of communication, and unorganized hiring practices...