Nearly half of employers not planning ahead for future skill requirements

Latest findings show that many employers are not looking at a long-term approach with regards to planning ahead for future skill and staff requirements.

The Resourcing and Talent Planning Survey compiled by the CIPD in partnership with Omni, questioned 1,000 employers and found that 43% take an ad hoc approach to recruitment; and despite businesses finding talent increasingly difficult to retain, only 40% say they had started any kind of incentives to keep the staff they have.

The CIPD is calling on organisations to take on a more long-term view of resourcing and make better use of workforce planning in order to survive.

Claire McCartney, senior resourcing and inclusion adviser at the CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development, said, “The pandemic has meant that many organisations haven’t had the bandwidth to look ahead when it comes to resourcing. Our research also confirms that many organisations aren’t regularly collecting data on their current and future workforce needs. However, that’s exactly what they need to be doing if they’re to survive and thrive, given the current recruitment difficulties hiring crisis on our hands and changing dynamics of the labour market.”

Louise Shaw, Director Resourcing Transformation, Omni RMS, added, “Given the stark reality that we currently lack the right people with the right skills needed for the economy to thrive, companies need to adjust their talent strategies to meet the shifting demands rather than simply reverting to those that served them well in the past. Businesses need to retain and upskill their workforce and think creatively about the future of work and how to diversify talent. The winners will be reshaping their talent strategies now to ensure they continue to attract, develop, and retain the best. They should apply the same rigour to resource planning as is given to designing overall business strategy.”

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