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HAYS JOURNAL HAYS ISSUE 5 ISSUE H AY S ISSUE 5 2013 GLOBAL INSIGHT FOR EXPERTS IN THE ConneCting the JOURNAL WORLD OF HR AND RECRUITMENT world of work we live in a connected world. Switched-on individuals are using social media for their career planning, while savvy organisations understand the need to communicate their brand even when they’re not hiring. we believe bringing these two groups closer together is the key to the new world of recruitment. Hays has collaborated with LinkedIn to do just that. Our enhanced relationship gives us even greater insights and access to the world’s most powerful business network – giving you four powerful reasons to choose Hays. PlUgged SearCh Our reach and resources give you access to the Search capabilities give us richer real-time broadest talent pool there is. insights into targeted user behaviour. tUned trUSt Customised, industry-leading training and support A strong engagement strategy that builds for all Hays consultants. trust into our relationships. By nurturing talent and building long-term relationships, we know exactly what people are looking for. in other words, the people you want to talk to are already talking to us. follow us on linkedin and join in the new world of recruitment. LOOKING FOR TOMORROW’S WORKFORCE THE GLOBAL SKILLS DILEMMA THAT IS HOLDING BACK GROWTH In collaboration with SUSTAINABLE LEADERSHIP: BUSINESSES THAT ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF CHANGE SUPER TEAMS: WHY SOME GROUPS ARE SIMPLY MORE EFFECTIVE THAN OTHERS CHASING TOMORROW: HOW IBM IS SHAPING ITS WORKFORCE FOR THE FUTURE PLANNING AHEAD: SMALL BUSINESSES CANNOT IGNORE SUCCESSION PLANNING © Copyright Hays plc 2013. HAYS, the Corporate and Sector H devices, Recruiting experts worldwide, the HAYS Recruiting experts worldwide logo and Powering the World of Work are trade marks of Hays plc. The Corporate and Sector H devices are original designs protected by registration in many countries. All rights are reserved. LinkedIn, the LinkedIn logo, the IN logo and InMail are registered trade marks or trade marks of LinkedIn Corporation and its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. PLC-6912-1_HJ5_LI_Ad_240x185_FINAL2.indd 1 04/04/2013 14:27 CONTRIBUTORS H AY S Scott Beagrie is a freelance journalist specialising in human resources and workforce management and a former THE BREADTH OF HAYS’ EXPERTISE WORLDWIDE Features Editor of Personnel Today JOURNAL LISTED BELOW ARE THE MAIN OFFICES FOR EACH OF OUR COUNTRIES OF OPERATION. Alison Coleman writes for titles TO FIND YOUR LOCAL OFFICE, PLEASE VISIT HAYS.COM including the Financial Times, Director and Employee Benefits Australia Road, Shanghai 200040 Teréz krt. 55-57. Mexico Singapore T +61 (0)2 8226 9600 [email protected] B torony 2. Emelet T +52 (55) 52 49 25 00 T +65 (0) 6223 4535 Linda Whitney writes about careers F +61 (0)2 9233 1110 hays.cn [email protected] F +52 (55) 52 02 76 01 F +65 (0) 6223 6235 and recruitment for publications Level 11, Chifley Tower hays.hu Paseo de las Palmas 405 80 Raffles Place Colombia including the Daily Mail and the 2 Chifley Square Torre Optima 1, Piso 10 #27-20 UOB Plaza 2 T +57 (1) 742 25 02 Lomas de Chapultepec Singapore 048624 Evening Standard Sydney NSW 2000 India [email protected] F +57 (1) 742 00 28 T +91 22 42482500 11 000 Mexico City [email protected] hays.com.au Paralelo 108 F +91 22 42482552 [email protected] hays.com.sg Steve Hemsley has written on HR Autopista Norte # 108-27 2nd Floor, A Wing hays.com.mx Torre 2 – Oficina 1105 and employment for The Sunday Austria Fortune 2000 Spain T +43 1 535 34 43 0 Bogotá D.C. T +34 91 443 0750 pace of change in our world only ever seems to increase. Not only do we operate in Times, The Times and HR magazine. Bandra Kurla Complex The Netherlands THE F +43 1 535 34 43 299 [email protected] Bandra (E), 400 051 T +31 (0)20 3630 310 F +34 91 443 0770 unpredictable economic times, but the impact of technology and the disruption to traditional He edits the Recruitment and Europaplatz 3/5 hays.com.co Mumbai F +31 (0)20 3630 316 Plaza de Colón 2 business models that this brings creates a greater degree of uncertainty than businesses Employment Confederation’s 1150 Vienna [email protected] H.J.E. Wenckebachweg Torre 2, Planta 3 have ever had to deal with. One thing remains certain though: having the right people in an magazine Recruitment Matters [email protected] Czech Republic hays.in 210 28046 Madrid T +420 225 001 711 [email protected] organisation, focused on the right things, will maximise the chance of success. hays.at 1096 AS Amsterdam F +420 225 001 723 Ireland [email protected] hays.es Predicting what skills will be required is difficult. Visionary leaders make educated guesses Peter Crush is a freelance business Belgium Olivova 4/2096 T +353 (0)1 897 2481 hays.nl about the future shape of their organisations and put in place the infrastructure and skills to deal journalist and a former Deputy Editor T +32 (0)56 653600 110 00 Praha 1 F +353 (0)1 670 4738 Sweden T +46 (0)8 588 043 00 with the challenges or opportunities they foresee. The importance of this vision is a theme in this of HR magazine F +32 (0)56 228761 [email protected] 2 Dawson Street New Zealand F +46 (0)8 588 043 99 edition of the Hays Journal – without it, an organisation is leaving too much to chance. Harelbeeksestraat 81 hays.cz Dublin 2 T +64 (0)9 377 4774 B-8520 Kuurne [email protected] F +64 (0)9 377 5855 Stureplan 4C We also face a global paradox in the employment markets. 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This restricts future growth and reduces the potential for further job creation, behalf of Hays by Wardour. Rua Pequetita hays.dk 20122 Milano Poland F +41 (0)44 2255 299 so it is an important issue to resolve. www.wardour.co.uk 215 – 13° andar [email protected] T +48 (0)22 584 56 50 Nüschelerstr. 32 To attract the best people, any business must have in place a clear agenda for 21st-century Managing Editor Chris Erasmus Sao Paulo, SP France hays.it F +48 (0)22 584 56 51 8001 Zürich Consultant Editor Jenny Little 04552-060 T +33 (0)1 42 99 16 99 Ul. Złota 59 [email protected] sustainability and we explore this issue in this edition. Visionary businesses consider their [email protected] F +33 (0)1 42 99 16 93 Japan 00-120 Warszawa hays.ch Art Director David Donaghy sustainability in terms of their environmental and societal impact, the way they do business and hays.com.br Building Gaveau T +81 (0)3 3560 1188 [email protected] the values they hold dear. 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These are a relatively new phenomenon but they are set to change the Hays Journal is 6 Adelaide Street East Minato-Ku F +351 21 782 6566 F-02 landscape in terms of the host of new job roles they will create, as well as the pressures they will available for iPad Suite 600, Toronto, Germany Tokyo, 107-0052 Avenida da República Knowledge Village Ontario T +49 (0)621 1788 0 [email protected] 90 – 1º P.O. Box 500340, Dubai place on more traditional peers. on the App Store M5C 1H6 F +49 (0)621 1788 1299 hays.co.jp Fracção 4, 1600-206 [email protected] Our leadership interview profiles Gary Kildare, Chief Human Resources Officer for IBM’s Global [email protected] Willy-Brandt-Platz 1-3 Lisboa hays.ae Technology Services. He explains why human resources must keep pace with technological hays.ca 68161 Mannheim Luxembourg [email protected] innovation and how one of his business’ biggest challenges is determining what its people will [email protected] T +352 268 654 hays.pt United Kingdom Chile F +352 268 654 10 T +44 (0)203 465 0172 © Copyright Hays plc 2013.