As part of easing ourselves into the New Year (and preparing for the onslaught of schools' activities that will start next week!), we have been catching up on our reading here at SATRO, including this interesting article which highlights the chronic shortage of skilled people, particularly in engineering and technical disciplines - 2013 looks hopeful for the recruitment industry.
The writer ends by saying, 'My special wish for 2013 is for a move away from "Just in time” recruitment, allowing us to work in conjunction with our clients to strategically plan resourcing programmes to anticipate needs and manage costs, rather than to respond reactively to crisis events when someone resigns.'
Well leading on from that, SATRO's special wish for 2013 is for more companies to realise that the best way to plan for their future is to engage with the next generation now - to encourage them to continue studies in areas of chronic skills shortages, raise their awareness of all the opportunities that exist for them, and also to improve employers own understanding of how best to recruit and retain the stars of the future, otherwise we will be reading more articles in the future about how difficult it is to recruit good people and our young people will continue to be under the impression that there are no jobs for them!
So come on all you forward-looking companies in the South East, what are you waiting for? Get involved in inspiring the next generation NOW!
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