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future of work, The Great Resignation
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Ignite Global is a leader in hiring, motivating and retaining top talent with management capability employee engagement, productivity and retention candidate.
future of work, The Great Resignation
9600 Great Hills Trail, Suite 150W Austin TX 78759
Ignite Global is a leader in hiring, motivating and retaining top talent with management capability employee engagement, productivity and retention candidate.
future of work, The Great Resignation
9600 Great Hills Trail, Suite 150W Austin TX 78759
As I mentioned in yesterdayโs post, I am currently fielding 2 questions from clients in Australia and the US about the skills shortage.
The firstโฆ
Now that the borders are open in Australia how long will it be before our skills shortage abates?โ
I answered this yesterday.
Iโll address the second question today.
The upcoming US recession will surely help the skills shortage (and put realign candidatesโ expectations), right?โ
To answer this we need to go back in time. Youโve undoubtedly heard the term โThe War for Talentโ but do you know where that came from? It was a report from McKinsey & Company about the upcoming global skills shortage โ written in 1997!!!
So the skills shortage is a challenge that weโve seen coming for a very very long time. Korn Ferry (by memory but it may have been Manpower, donโt quote me on the source but the numbers are accurate) wrote in 2014(ish) that by 2025 we were expecting a global skills shortage of up to 85 million people (and 20 million wonโt have the right skills to be employed as technology changes the shape of our roles.
So, if the US (and/or the rest of the world) goes into recession will the skills shortage go away? Maybe โ in certain industries โ for a period of time.
But this is part of a larger, global trend that is due to declining birth rates, the declining workforce participation rates (in some countries) and the reshaping of roles due to technology, as I mentioned above.
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In 2009 CEO and founder Kim Seeling Smith started Ignite Global after deciding that instead of being paid to put bums in seats (working as a recruiter for the 15 years prior to that) she wanted to help More
Iโm cheating a bit. Last week I promised to post 3 things that I found inspiring every Friday. Today Iโm posting 20.
Last night I attended Consult Australiaโs FutureNet awards night for NSW (magnificently convened by Linda Gaunt). It was a COVID-safe event held in the Grand Ballroom of the ICC in Sydney. There were only 30 people in attendance including 19 of the 20 participants, all 4 of the mentors and the facilitators, like me, who...
If you speak at conferences or events as part of your role or business, chances are youโll encounter the tech crew โ those amazing magicians in black who make everything look and sound great, even under intense pressure.
When youโre under the spotlight, it can be easy to overlook the fact that creating an outstanding conference experience is a team effort. How can you make sure youโre a speaker the tech crew loves to...
Talking reimagining talent acquisition with Nate Hewitt of Sapia.ai on their Pink Squirrels Podcast.
We had a very spirited discussion around:
What companies are getting wrong with talent acquisition right now
How companies stand out against their talent competitors (even with little or no budget)
How to think differently about the roles they are filling to access more candidates.
Talking reimagining talent acquisition with Nate Hewitt of Sapia.ai on their Pink Squirrels Podcast. We had a very spirited discussion around: ๐น What companies are getting...
If you think #thegreatresignation is related to Covid or the current skills shortage, think again. This graph from the Bureau of Labor Statistics clearly shows that, with the exception of 2020, people have been changing jobs in increasing numbers since 2009. While this is a US stat, I believe the trend is definitely global.
Iโve often said that Covid accelerated other workforce trends that had been building for years. I think what we see with this graph is the result of...
A2B Australia Limited (CabCharge) is doing some really interesting work with self-managed teams. This has been a concept that many of my clients are struggling with as they redesign their org structures to increase collaboration, ownership and accountability. Itโs a tough nut to crack.
Iโm curious, what has your experience been with implicit bias training?
Having spent 15 years working as a professional recruiter and 11 years teaching hiring managers how to hire more effectively and efficiently Iโve always felt that implicit bias training was a waste of time.
There is more and more research now backing up my gut feel. Here are two articles that unpack this pretty nicely.
Even worse, there is consistent evidence that bias training done the โwrong wayโ (think lukewarm diversity training) can actually have the opposite impact, inducing anger and frustration among white employees. What this all means is that, despite the widespread calls for implicit bias training, it will likely be ineffective at best; at worst, itโs a poor use of limited resources that could cause more damage and exacerbate the very issues it is trying to solve.
Read More: https://www.igniteglobal.com/2020/08/the-problem-with-implicit-bias-training/
