If your role involves recruitment in some way you will appreciate that it is not always easy to find the right people and, often, it is harder than you think it should be!
There must be a whole heap of people out there with the skills and experience you are looking for, right?
Simply put, there is.
Over half a million of them across the U.K.
Close to 600,000 skilled and experienced professionals working across Finance, Marketing, HR, Operations, Legal, Engineering, Technology, etc. You name it and there are professionals out there looking for the kind of job you are looking to recruit for.
So where are they?
Well, they are the Returners'. The individuals who have taken a career break to be a full-time parent or carer, or have needed time to recover from illness or injury, or have been made redundant in the middle of a pandemic or countless other reasons as to why someone might have decided to take a break.
The problem is that this group of highly skilled and experienced professionals are ignored by recruiters, hiring managers and HR because of the gap on the CV, which can sometimes stretch to years, but that doesn't make the person any less valuable. In fact, through our experience, the gap often makes the individual more resilient and more determined to succeed.
Returners' have also been shown to have clearer and more tangible goals, both professional and personal, making them more motivated, more engaged and more productive and a more productive team means a more profitable business.
If you want to know more about how to attract and hire a Returner and take your business to the next level, then get in touch! Our Managing Partner, Simon, is on hand to answer your questions.