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Workforce planning

Workforce planning, also commonly known as “succession planning” is the process whereby employers ensure that it has enough people with the right skills and leadership potential to step into business-critical positions at the right time.


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    CIPD: Stop using degrees to screen candidates

    by Rob Moss 3 Aug 2022
    by Rob Moss 3 Aug 2022

    CIPD calls on employers to stop screening for candidates with degrees and to hire according to skills and potential.

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    • NHS
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    NHS workforce faces ‘greatest crisis in history’

    by Jo Faragher 25 Jul 2022
    by Jo Faragher 25 Jul 2022

    The NHS in England is facing its ‘greatest workforce crisis in history’, according to a damning report from MPs.
    The...

    • Latest News
    • Labour market
    • Recruitment & retention

    Staff shortages affecting business growth at three in 10 firms

    by Ashleigh Webber 29 Jun 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 29 Jun 2022

    Staff shortages are affecting UK businesses' ability to grow, with nearly three in 10 saying they have had to turn down work.

    • NHS
    • Latest News
    • Learning & development

    NHS should upskill admin staff to reduce waiting lists

    by Rob Moss 23 May 2022
    by Rob Moss 23 May 2022

    Hospital leaders should upskill admin staff in the NHS and recruit more school leavers in a 'new workforce model' to reduce waiting times.

    • NHS
    • Latest News
    • Recruitment & retention

    MPs vote against further NHS workforce planning requirements

    by Ashleigh Webber 29 Apr 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 29 Apr 2022

    MPs have voted against NHS workforce planning amendments that were recommended for the Health and Social Care Bill.

    • NHS
    • Latest News
    • Recruitment & retention

    Ockenden Review: Minimum staffing levels a ‘must’ for maternity services

    by Rob Moss 30 Mar 2022
    by Rob Moss 30 Mar 2022

    Ockenden Review identified a lack of staff and training as the main reasons for NHS trust's failures which led to 201 babies' deaths.

    • Stress
    • NHS
    • Latest News

    Government vows to tackle resourcing in health and social care

    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Feb 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Feb 2022

    The government will work with providers to tackle culture and staff shortages.

    • Latest News
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    • HR transformation

    Unilever announces new HR lead as part of restructure

    by Jo Faragher 26 Jan 2022
    by Jo Faragher 26 Jan 2022

    Consumer goods company Unilever has confirmed it will cut 1,500 jobs as part of a restructure of its global operations....

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    • Dismissal

    Flexible working requests behind growing number of tribunal cases

    by Adam McCulloch 17 Jan 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 17 Jan 2022

    The number of employment tribunal decisions over flexible working have hit a record high.

    • Offices
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    • Tech sector

    Google adds London offices and aims for 10k headcount

    by Adam McCulloch 14 Jan 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 14 Jan 2022

    On top of the vast building under construction in King's Cross, the web giant has now bought 408,000 sq ft of offices in Bloomsbury.

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    • Public sector

    Further strikes over work-life balance to blight reopening of London’s Night Tube

    by Adam McCulloch 7 Jan 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 7 Jan 2022

    London's Night Tube could face months of disruption as a further staff walk-out begins on 7 January over rotas and family-friendly policies.

    • Hybrid working
    • Apprenticeships
    • Latest News

    Training and mental health the biggest challenges of hybrid working

    by Adam McCulloch 16 Dec 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 16 Dec 2021

    New analysis prior to Plan B measures points to training and management of more junior employees as major challenge for mid market firms using hybrid working.

    • Latest News
    • Professional services
    • HR strategy

    Vacancy numbers in professional services begin to fall

    by Adam McCulloch 9 Dec 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 9 Dec 2021

    Figures from Robert Walters and KPMG/REC point to significant shift in job trends as the Covid pandemic continues to evolve.

    • Employee engagement
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    • HR strategy

    ‘Great resignation’: Seven in 10 keen to move roles

    by Jo Faragher 1 Nov 2021
    by Jo Faragher 1 Nov 2021

    Almost seven in 10 employees would be willing to change jobs in the next few months, according to a poll...

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Flexible working

    Businesses should rethink ‘work-life balance’ finds Glassdoor

    by Adam McCulloch 20 Oct 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 20 Oct 2021

    There is no clear consensus among UK employees on what constitutes a good work-life balance, finds Glassdoor.

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