Don't Hesitate, Rejuvenate

‘DON’T HESITATE, REJUVENATE’

Peter Jones, Managing Director, Foyne Jones

‘Don’t hesitate, rejuvenate’ is the latest business advice from leading KBB recruitment specialists, Foyne Jones.

As businesses up and down the land weigh up their short, medium and long term plans in the wake of Covid and Brexit, Peter Jones, Managing Director at Foyne Jones explains, “Managing and retaining talent is just as important as recruitment, so I urge employers to devote time and energy to optimising their existing workforce. With this in mind, make sure you fully communicate all the opportunities available in the future to your staff and do not short-change your business with hasty, knee-jerk decisions.

As the government begins to lay out plans to ‘build back better’, we all have a part to play in making traditional trades an attractive career path for school leavers and career changers.

The construction industry contributes 7% of the UK’s GDP, which might not sound much in comparison with our services industry which brings in 80%, but we should be proud that the building and interiors market underpins every structure in this country.

The customer journey is everything in trade and retail, but I invite you to consider the journey that your employees can go on with you. When I speak to job hunters, a key reason why they want a new role, outside of a recession, is that they felt they had to move on to pursue their career goals. It’s true that recruiting is a big investment, which is why we are always keen to assist with hiring decisions so that you have the best pool of candidates to choose from, but you also need to actively nurture your own talent and encourage progression to grow your profits as well as your people.

Looking to the future, the UK has a falling birth rate, so we need to support an ageing population as fewer people come into the workforce and people will tend to work longer. The average age of the UK worker is 42 with retirement age now 66. It makes sense to look to the needs of the ‘sandwich generation’ who are often mid-lifers supporting their parents and other older relatives as well as caring for their own children, who may well end up living with them for longer in a

multigenerational household.”

As the government begins to lay out plans to ‘build back better’, we all have a part to play in making traditional trades an attractive career path for school leavers and career changers.

Need some help navigating the future of work and creating the next generation of leaders? Speak to the Foyne Jones team about tailored consultancy packages to help your business go to the next level in lockdown and beyond.