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Will you start job hunting when the recession ends? |
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Date: 03/07/2009 |
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In a recent Guardian poll, a quarter of employees say they intend to leave their current employer once the recession is over, according to a survey of 1,000 workers.
Some 16% cite the behaviour of their line managers during the recession as a reason to move on and 9% claim they have been bullied.
www.guardian.co.uk
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War for talent 'has gone global' |
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Date: 01/07/2009 |
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The war for talent has not ended with the recession and in fact now operates on a global basis, leading HR professionals said.
Speaking at a talent management conference organised by the Economist, Accenture's head of talent Peter Cheese said that demographic changes in Europe and different aspirations among the UK's young talent meant that organisations needed to reassess their strategies in the war for talent.
"McKinsey's 'war for talent' context has changed over the past five years - it's become global," he said. It was possible the recession could wrong-foot HR into missing this big picture, he added.
"We are not creating synergies and this is the time to be thinking about them," he said. He encouraged the use of marketing-style strategies to attract talent and said one problem for HR professionals was that "lots of young people don't want to work for large companies".
"There's a pressure to understand young workforce skills and capability, their performance, aspirations and engagement. The war for talent is not over," he said. "What we will see coming out of this global recession is an increased mobility of the workforce and we will get caught out if we don't react to this. Technology will play a profound role in rethinking talent management. Young people will teach us this stuff."
He continued: "We will see different models of working. We need to recruit from different talent pools and we have to be more inclusive."
Cheese highlighted countries such as India, where workers' cultures and aspirations differ to the UK and Europe.
Sharing the platform with Cheese, Sonia Wolsey-Cooper, AXA UK group HR director, also recognised the opportunity of people moving globally. She said her organisation had had to think more creatively about talent management during the downturn. She said staff had been "happy to move internationally to gain skills, rather than moving down the road", meaning talent has stayed at the company.
www.peoplemanagement.co.uk
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Kaonix media buying solutions |
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Date: 01/07/2009 |
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Job board postings.
Banner advertising.
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www.kaonix.com
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Barkers calls in administrators |
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Date: 01/07/2009 |
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Recruitment advertising agency Barkers has gone into administration and its remaining assets bought by rival Penna.
Barkers, which operates in both print and digital advertising and employs 250 staff, along with its subsidiary TCS, was forced to call in the administrators after struggling with significant debts. But the administrators were able to announce an immediate sale of the company's assets to Penna for £8.6 million.
With eight offices in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Bristol and Slough, Barkers has one of the longest pedigrees of any advertising agency, having been founded by Charles Barker in 1812. The selling price for the remaining assets is indicative of the troubles of a firm that has an annual turnover of around £120 million.
All existing staff have been offered employment by Penna. No decisions have been made about whether or not the Barkers brand will continue, but the two businesses will continue to trade for the present as Penna Barkers and Penna TCS.
Despite Barkers' poor financial position, Penna said it believes the underlying business is sound and that the acquisition would enable it to trade on successfully.
Anne Riley, managing director of Penna Creative Communications, said: "It's very much business as usual. We're placing orders as of now, and the business is backed by Penna, which has substantial resources behind it. The message for clients is that the level of service will be as good as before, if not better."
She added: "Over the next 90 days we'll be looking at how best to make our businesses fit together. There will be a lot of work to do over the next few weeks before we're able to make any further announcements."
www.peoplemanagement.co.uk
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