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FREE SPEEDBOAT July/August 2021 FOR EVERY SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE e labour market crisis is making recruiters desperate. But there are better ways to sole your hiring woes Untitled-1 1 07/05/2021 10:53 Contents p22 July/August 2021 For a variety of reasons, lockdown has been the catalyst for thousands of people to seek a new job, career, or just take up a hobby. But a more signi cant change in direction doesn’t have to be a backwards step – you can read all about the bene ts of bringing skills from other elds into HR (and vice versa) on page p32 32. And for those considering putting their skills to good use and giving something back, we explore volunteer mentoring opportunities from the CIPD on page 38. Eleanor Whitehouse Acting editor News & analysis Welcome from the CIPD p5 This month we’ve learned... p6 NEWS: What if fl exible working were a legal right? p8 PLUS Stonewall, CIPD PMAs shortlist Legal lowdown p17 Columnists Diane Lightfoot p18 Case studies p42 The Royal Mint p20 Sage p22 Features p24 COVER What’s going on with the labour market? p24 New visas, furlough and a mass talent exodus have all caused big problems for hiring. We talk to employers that are working to solve them Meet our return to the offi ce panel p30 Nine HR pros explain where they’re at with going back The perks of cross-functional experience in HR p32 Should people practitioners spend time in other fi elds? Could you mentor a young career starter? p38 CIPD members on why they volunteer their skills Does it pay to get creative with benefi ts? p42 p49 Why companies that think outside the box with their employee perks stand to reap big rewards Career path Who I am Joshua Karl p49 Reviews p50 The Fixer p51 People and posts p52 Research p53 CIPD Focus p54 COVER: ORTIS, URSULA ALTER, PACIFIC PRESSGETTY IMAGES IMAGES JONESEYEEMGETTY JONATHAN ISTOCK, MOLLISON; CONNOR STOUT; COLIN Could HR solve...? 9 to 5 p58 Date: 02.Jul 2021 11:15:13 Be ready for the future with CIPD membership. Use your exclusive member benefits to ensure you’re always ready to make an impact. 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Visit cipd.co.uk/benefits #CIPDFutureReady Welcome om the CIPD Next: recruitment and retention Sadly, the economic As lockdowns ease, economic recovery is appearing. recession has also e pandemic led to the biggest GDP falls on had a bigger impact record across most economies, but there was some on younger and older workers, part- improvement in the second half of last year. Most time workers and projections for 2021 estimate an overall global growth therefore also women. Governments are of around 5 per cent, with the UK among the leaders. aiming to focus more Peter Cheese But sectors were impacted di erently during support on these groups, such as through Chief executive the pandemic, so they are recovering di erently. the Kickstart and Restart programmes, Some industries, such as travel, may see a long- but reskilling and upskilling opportunities CIPD mentoring term shi in demand; hospitality, retail and will need more investment and attention. YOUR HR SKILLS COULD “There’s a sense of purpose that comes with giving up your time” construction are ghting back and others, like At the CIPD, we also want to do more Stephanie Hague-Evans (pictured), people “If he received an interview task, for example, she is a people director, so she knew what they director at Fizzbox, mentored Martin Black he knew he could send that to me and I would were looking for and what they meant by certain through the CIPD Steps Ahead scheme give honest feedback and we could book in a terms, which helped a lot. BENEFIT YOUNG PEOPLE “In the people profession, we bang on about time to talk together. So, I think for him it was “We drilled down on the type of courses I doing your own learning and development and I about just having a go-to person. I would hope should be doing too. She would send over links think it’s easy not to do it yourself because you’re that Martin feels like he’s got a person in his that her team used, and courses that were so busy focusing on everyone else. network now who is there as long as he needs it.” helpful. But I think my main takeaway was my e CIPD has a wide range of olunteering opportunities for “I am enjoying the scheme, but also there’s a confidence in interview skills and how I analyse the technology sector, thrived and are expected to help, and to grow our volunteering sense of purpose that comes with giving up your Martin Black, SEO executive what employers are after. time and, in the field you’re comfortable in, you “When I was on Universal Credit, my support “The preparation with Stephanie members to pass on their knowledge and experience to those getting want to add value. We try to encourage staff to colleague recommended I apply for CIPD also helped me to communicate find voluntary pursuits they’re interested in and Steps Ahead. I signed up and was put in during phone and Zoom calls, started in the world of work. Here’s how you can get involved… give a bit of time back, and I don’t think you can touch with Stephanie. because in the past I’ve never had tell people to do that if you’re not doing it yourself. “She was great and worked with online interviews. I was nervous “Martin has been my first mentee. He is so people in marketing, which was my that I was supposed to be looking he benets to young people of their time per month, the CIPD has & Enterprise Company, is an initiative smart and was doing a lot of the right things interest. Whenever I had a job at the camera while trying to to continue to grow. As the economic recovery programmes such as Steps Ahead mentoring of good quality guidance two volunteering schemes that allow HR through which professionals from any already, and I think I expected someone who interview coming up, I would talk, but I was able to gain into the world of work are professionals to help young people in eld work directly with schools and didn’t know where to start, so I had to adapt send the role description confidence, and it seems in signicant. However, the their local communities: colleges to develop a strong careers quite quickly. We agreed I would facilitate to her and she helped me today’s world there’s going provision of such advice Steps Ahead is a national one-to-one programme and provide opportunities for helping him prepare for interviews and look at prepare for the interview by to be a lot of working from Tacross schools is a mixed bag. A 2020 mentoring scheme that supports young young people. People Management spoke job specifications together, whereas I had been going through it together. home, so communicating report by Education and Employers people aged 18-24 in nding work. It is to some Steps Ahead mentors/mentees expecting to start with building a CV. It was beneficial because online will be beneficial.” found a third (35 per cent) of 7,000 pupils currently focused on helping those who are and enterprise advisers to nd out how surveyed answered ‘not at all’ or ‘not unemployed because of the pandemic. the schemes work and how volunteering takes hold, the next set of challenges is clearly through our members to help others. really’ when asked if they thought their Enterprise Adviser, run by the Careers benets their professional development. school or college had spent enough time helping them understand career options. Tomi Olayinka (pictured), student on the And thanks to the redundancies, London Stock Exchange graduate scheme reduced work experience placements was mentored by Hope Light through the “CIPD members at any and decrease in training opportunities CIPD Steps Ahead scheme it has caused, the coronavirus pandemic “My friend told me about the CIPD and how has further exacerbated young people’s its resources could help me prepare for an expectations. A lot of mentoring is giving people emerging: access to skills, as well as access For our profession, it’s clear that disadvantages. e Oce for National upcoming interview. While I was on the website, confidence, so with Tomi I ran through an Statistics found that 54 per cent of I saw the mentoring scheme. I didn’t think level can do this” interview and it was really reassuring for her. the 813,000 jobs lost in the 12 things would happen as quickly as they did “I also gained so many new skills which I now months to March 2021 were but within a day of registering, I was On the day, I had an hour gap between the Hope Light, HR administrator at use every day in my job, such as organisation, held by people under 25, and connected to Hope, and she just competency interview and the presentation Avacta Group leadership, and communication.