Recruitment, Retention and Succession Planning
- June 2005

14th June 2005 - Kirtons Farm Hotel, Reading

21st June 2005 - Novotel Tower Bridge, London

'Recruitment, Retention, Succession Planning... What Shape Are YOU In?'

• The 'job for life' is gone and with it the 'workers for life'
• From graduation to retirement, individuals are increasingly focussing on mapping their career and the experience and credentials they can get from one employer, before moving onto the next
• Non-financial motivators and company values such as sustainability, corporate culture and flexibility to work/life balance increasingly influence the choice of employer among young employees

In order to absorb all of these developments while still operating a successful business, employers must find the increasingly elusive talent, keep this talent within the organisation and be aware of the capability gaps ahead of time.

What shape is your organisation in to meet these challenges?

This Forum provided delegates the opportunity to discuss and debate issues such as:

• When to recruit, retain or plan for succession?
• What does best practice recruitment involve?
• Is succession planning still feasible?
• What has worked well for others? And why?

Summary of forum

With the strong facilitation of our experts in Recruitment, Retention and Succession Planning, this session was structured to enable such a large topic to be debated with some real results and give them the opportunity to focus on the areas that were most significant to them.

The session encouraged groups to first draw up best practices in Recruitment, Retention and Succession Planning through their own experiences. It then asked delegates to reflect on where those best practices may be of use in their own organisations. They left the forum with some ideas on how to improve their issues back at the workplace.

Thank you to everyone who attended this forum and took part in the debates and discussions.

What our delegates said:

“Excellent facilitation. Very thought provoking”.

“Thank you... another thought provoking morning, useful discussion and some good ideas”.

“Very informative, good ideas, nice to meet people from different sectors. Excellent”.

“Provided useful ideas to build on”.

“Very effective, excellent forum for exchange of ideas”.

MaST team on the day:

Alex Hartley

Elaine Morgan

Beatrice Earland

James Sena

Simon Kennedy

David Marshall (Thames Valley only)

Jane Chamberlain (Thames Valley only)

Helen Hill (Central London only)

Paul de Zulueta (Central London only)

Contact us for more information:

If you would like to know more about Recruitment please contact Elaine Morgan at MaST on 01628 784062 or by email elaine.morgan@mast.co.uk.

If you would like to know more about Retention and Succession Planning please contact Alex Hartley at MaST on 01628 784062 or by email alex.hartley@mast.co.uk.