Recruitment challenges during the credit crunch
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Edited by the Buildingtalk editorial team
Nov 14, 2008
Richard Lawrance, MD of Resourcing Solutions reviews the recruitment challenges facing the rail, engineering, renewable energy, and construction industries.
The adoption of the right recruitment strategy has never been more vital, according to Richard Lawrance, managing director for Resourcing Solutions.
Richard addressed employers from the rail, engineering, renewable energy, and construction industries on the recruitment challenges the credit crunch is causing UK companies, at the launch of Resourcing Solutions new brand and interactive website at an event held at Vinopolis, London.
"We understand the importance of providing flexible, short-term, as well as permanent long-term solutions".
"Confidence is low in the UK due to the constant negativity about the state of our economy, however we believe there are also significant opportunities to adopt effective recruitment strategies".
"Employers can strengthen their talent by replacing the weakest links with stronger alternatives that are now available," says Richard.
Resourcing Solutions specialises in providing high-level and in-demand candidates for technical and professional positions throughout the UK's public and private sectors.
It's been successful in collaborating with employers to develop alternative recruitment methods such as cross-skilling and conversion programmes that attract experienced candidates from other sectors".
"Our clients value the knowledge that candidates from other sectors bring to their business".
"It's important for anyone entertaining the idea of a career change to gradually immerse themselves in the nuances of another sector, which is exactly what a cross-skilling programme offers".
One of Resourcing Solutions key sectors is the UK's construction industry which accounts for approximately eight per cent of the country's GDP, and employs around 2.1 million people".
"Construction is critical to our business and we believe a strong market will continue to exist supplying the public funded infrastructure projects as these will remain buoyant through the downtown".
"This is a time to push forward and to do this we must embrace change and continue to invest in successful initiatives such as cross-skilling and conversion programmes".
"It's also important that we promote women in traditional male oriented engineering and construction roles".
"Although the short term might be daunting, we're optimistic that it will also be exciting".
"We understand the importance of providing recruitment initiatives that significantly influence our clients' ability, not only to survive the recession, but to come out the other side much stronger than when they entered it," added Richard.
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