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The core skills you need in your talent strategy (and where to find them)

The core skills you need in your talent strategy (and where to find them)

We've dived into our own data, accumulated from thousands of job listings across the globe, to identify the core skills that are soaring in demand. Plus, Harry Gooding, Director of Skills and Learning at Hays, adds his top tips for sourcing these skills. 

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Strategic savings: maintaining quality whilst optimising costs

Strategic savings: maintaining quality whilst optimising costs

With cost optimisation set to remain a focus in 2024, how can organisations trim costs without compromising on quality? Ruth Munday explores the impact of augmenting tasks, outsourcing your ambitions and tapping into high quality talent in alternative locations.

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The hubs to help you find and hire tech talent

The hubs to help you find and hire tech talent

As the battle for tech talent rages on, relying on traditional sourcing strategies will mean losing out on business-critical talent. But how do you kickstart a global search for skills? James Milligan explores the tech hubs that should be on your radar.

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The top trends that shaped the world of work in 2023

The top trends that shaped the world of work in 2023

In this latest blog, Nigel Kirkham reflects on the trends that have had a lasting impact on 2023, including: Contingent workers offered much needed flexibility, our attention turned to skills-based hiring and technology forced us all to think beyond.

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Six workplace trends set to impact 2024

Six workplace trends set to impact 2024

Businesses are battling to enhance productivity and secure growth amid challenging economic climates, but they also need to keep one eye fixed firmly on the future. We've detailed six key trends that need to be on your radar for 2024. 

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Quiet hiring: Why have we fallen silent when it comes to development and retention?

Quiet hiring: Why have we fallen silent when it comes to development and retention?

Following in the steps of quiet quitting and quiet firing, quiet hiring has gained traction over the last month as the latest workforce trend. Get our insights on the importance of speaking up when it comes to development and retention.

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Four skills needed for the green transition

Four skills needed for the green transition

For many organisations, sustainability has earned its place at the top of the agenda. We’ve detailed four skills that will be fundamental in building a workforce to power the transition to a greener way of operating.

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How to Facilitate Upskilling and Reskilling in the Life Sciences Industry

How to Facilitate Upskilling and Reskilling in the Life Sciences Industry

Discover how to facilitate upskilling and reskilling in the Life Sciences industry and remedy growing skills shortages. Check out our insights and tips.

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Financial Services Industry: How To Make the Most of your Workforce Age Diversity

Financial Services Industry: How To Make the Most of your Workforce Age Diversity

Aging workforce? Learn how to make the most of it with insights to help you optimise the output of your diverse financial services workforce. Discover now.

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The Future of Work: Key takeaways for your organisation

The Future of Work: Key takeaways for your organisation

‘The Executive Edge’ is our response to a shared need for greater insights and understanding. Digging deeper into the issues facing CEOs and their teams – as well as their insights for shaping a smarter workforce strategy.
 
In this blog, key takeaways from the discussion in episode one, Navigating The Future of Work are outlined. 

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The secrets of a successful sourcing partner

The secrets of a successful sourcing partner

To the untrained eye, the sourcing of candidates may seem a simple process, with technology enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of the modern recruiter. Aleksander Koziel, Global Recruitment Segment Team Leader, talks about what makes a successful sourcing specialist.

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Heightened stress, soaring costs and missed opportunities: A work-life balance isn’t working for mothers

Heightened stress, soaring costs and missed opportunities: A work-life balance isn’t working for mothers

At a time when talent is scarce, thousands of talented women are contemplating their career, and thousands more are struggling to reenter the workforce after having children. In our latest blog, we offer three top tips to help leaders unlock the value added by working mothers.

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From COVID to conflict and climate change: Supporting teams through continued uncertainty

From COVID to conflict and climate change: Supporting teams through continued uncertainty

October 10th is World Mental Health Day, dedicated to raising awareness of mental health and driving positive change globally. As economic uncertainty and geopolitical instability topple skills shortages in the list of concerns facing CEOs for the first time since 2019, we are reminded that organisations do not operate in a vacuum. And workers are feeling the effects.

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How to create a competitive advantage from your contingent workers: Key Takeaways

How to create a competitive advantage from your contingent workers: Key Takeaways

In their search for specialist skills and an injection of agility, organisations across all geographies and industries are turning to a common solution: the contingent worker. In this latest blog, we’ve detailed the essential insights from our experts.

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Introducing our new CEO, Nigel Kirkham

Introducing our new CEO, Nigel Kirkham

Nigel Kirkham recently joined Enterprise Solutions as our CEO. As he approached the one-month mark, we asked Nigel to reflect on his time at Hays, as well as share his vision and ambitions for the future of both our organisation, and the clients we partner with.  

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Implementing a Managed Service Provider: Challenges and Solutions

Implementing a Managed Service Provider: Challenges and Solutions

MSP programmes help companies find the best talent, but they come with a unique set of challenges. Here’s our learning on how to implement an MSP successfully. 

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Latest Everest Ranking Award for Enterprise Solutions at Hays

Latest Everest Ranking Award for Enterprise Solutions at Hays

We are delighted to announce our rankings for 2023 in the annual Everest Group PEAK matrix across an array of services.

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On the Radar: Key Trends for the Quarter

On the Radar: Key Trends for the Quarter

To keep you ahead of the curve, we’ve distilled a huge array of insights, reports and thought leadership across the world of work, enabling your organisation to understand the challenges – and opportunities – ahead.  We explore 5 key trends that will shape this quarter. 

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Robot or recruiter?

Robot or recruiter?

Technology is reshaping our understanding of workforce strategies and the skills needed while many organisations contend with an ecosystem of legacy HR technologies. Forward-thinking companies will need to consider how they marry their existing technology stack with emerging opportunities, leveraging technology to enable efficiency, scalability and objectivity while creating a seamless candidate journey to meet hiring ambitions. 

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CWS Europe 2023: Stepping into the future

CWS Europe 2023: Stepping into the future

The CWS Summit Europe is back – and this year, it’s with a bang. Global Head of Client Development, Ruth Munday, reflects on an exciting agenda ahead of our attendance at the event.

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Winning the contingent talent battle: The importance of a Contractor Value Proposition

Winning the contingent talent battle: The importance of a Contractor Value Proposition

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