Macmillan Monthly. June 2024
Welcome to our June issue of Macmillan Monthly.
In this issue, we are delighted to share the findings from our latest HR Insights Survey: Accelerating your HR Strategy in 2024.
Additionally, we delve into the advantages of interim hires for your business and provide insights for individuals contemplating transitioning into a career as an interim. Furthermore, we examine the intriguing subject of gender-biased language in job advertisements.
If you would like any more information, please don't hesitate to get in touch with a member of our team.
HR Insights Survey: Accelerating your HR Strategy in 2024
It gives us great pleasure to share the findings from our latest HR Insights Survey: Accelerating your HR Strategy in 2024. In this bumper issue, we cover the results from our latest HR Insights survey, share observations from HR thought leaders and give you the latest HR salary information.
Interim hires – How can they benefit your business?
There are many reasons why businesses find interim hires an attractive and valuable asset; from being particularly useful during transitional phases like mergers or acquisitions, to the implementation of new technology or software, through to strategy development or loss of current staff. Interim professionals leverage their extensive experience to lead projects, adapt strategies, and promptly provide value-added solutions for clients. Here, Sophie Atkinson, Senior Consultant at Macmillan Davies discusses some of the key benefits of interim hires for businesses... Read more
Interim careers: Making the switch
With more and more experienced professionals seeking interim or fractional opportunities as a career pathway, we wanted to offer advice on making that transition, what the considerations are, and what benefits interim professionals can bring to organisations.?We speak to four specialist interims operating within the HR and People space – Wendy Ramshaw (ED&I Consultant), Sharon Foster (nee Bloor) (MSc) (FCIPD) (Strategic HRD & Consultant), Melanie Bowes (HR Consultant & Coach) and Simon Schumann-Davies Chartered FCIPD, MSc, BSc, BA (People Director) about their careers. Here, they discuss why they made the switch from permanent roles to become a specialist consultant, how they found the transition, and how you know when it’s the right time to make the switch... Read more
Recruitment and unconscious gender bias in job adverts
When uploading job adverts to well-known job sites, Hiring Managers and Recruiters are often advised (usually by AI) on the use of gender-biased language in the text. They recommend changes that are perceived to be more gender-neutral. With diversity and the gender pay gap a key focus of many UK organisations, Kerry White explores how much candidates pick up on any ‘gender-coded language’ when reading job adverts or job descriptions... Read more