People Count Workshop - Managing recruitment and retention in a tight labour market
July 17, 2008
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Managing recruitment and retention in a tight labour market
Thursday 17th July, 2 - 5pm, NCVO
Fiona Evans, HR & Communications Director, Adepta
As an organisation working within the care sector Adepta operate within a very tight labour market. Fiona Evans will be discussing her recent project to streamline recruitment across the organisation in order to ensure that they are recruiting quality candidates over a short period of time, and the innovative approaches that the organisation is taking to attract suitable candidates, including overseas recruitment and working with other organisations such as local job centres and agencies.
The workshops consist of a brief case study from a high performing organisation, followed by a chance to share ideas and current practice in group sessions. They are designed to explore various aspects of human resources processes in the voluntary and community sector in depth, and to identify and share good practice.
Who should attend?
HR Directors, Heads of HR, HR Managers, Chief Executives, senior managers and others who are seeking to improve their organisation's approach to human resource management.
What are the benefits?
• Hear a case study from a high performing voluntary organisation
• Discuss and compare your own situation and experiences with those of your peers
• Learn about good practice
• Obtain practical know-how about how to move forward in your organisation
• Receive a write-up of the case study and good practice points.
People Count™ Voluntary Sector is a human resource benchmarking tool tailored to the specific needs of the voluntary and community sector. Participants receive a series of detailed reports, including an organisational scorecard setting out how the organisation's performance compares with 10-20 chosen peers and with the sector as a whole. Over 175 organisations of different sizes and sub sectors have been involved over the past 2 years.
This workshop is open to all organisations within the voluntary and community sector.
The cost is £70+VAT, for which up to three delegates from your organisation may attend.