Business leaders from across the West of England have
welcomed an bespoke guide for public sector staff moving
into private employment at an event held in Bristol
yesterday (Jan 17).
, was compiled by the West of England Local Enterprise
Partnership (LEP) in conjunction with national recruitment
experts Resource Solutions Group Plc (RSG) and Hays in
response to more than 54,000 public sector job losses
across the South West.
More than 60 people attended the breakfast briefing at
Ashton Gate's Premier Lounge, which included a presentation
from Marlene Morley, Head of Change Management at the
MOD.
Attendees at the event, which was hosted by BBC West
Business Correspondent Dave Harvey, including
representatives from HMRC, Job Centre Plus, VOSA, ACAS,
BANES Council and Nationwide.
Around 5000 hardcopies of the guide will be distributed
throughout public sector bodies in the region, along with
10,000 business cards which carry a QR code directing
individuals directly to the CHOICES website.
The guide aims to sheds light on the valuable transferable
skills available in the public sector and how employees can
effectively showcase these skills through CVs and
interviews.
It also offers advice on the choices available to them upon
leaving public sector employment including starting up a
business or freelancing.
Speakers at the event included Colin Skellett, Chair of the
LEP; Marlene Morley, Head of Change Management at the MOD;
and Andy Robling, Public Services Director at Hays.
Colin Skellett, Chair of the LEP, said: "Jobs in the public
sector are set to decline at a rapid rate over the next few
years. There are, however, a great many people in the
public sector who have excellent transferable skills and
would excel in the private sector.
"In June 2011,we established a Task and Finish Group which
focussed on how to move from public to private sector
employment. The result of this was the CHOICES guide. I
would like to take this opportunity to thank all those
involved in putting the guide together including Hays and
RSG. This guide is one-of-its-kind in the UK and hope it
will gain national recognition from other LEP's and public
sector bodies."
Andy Robling, Public Services Director at Hays, added: "The
fact that the public sector is driven by public service and
the private sector is driven by profit can lead to
misconceptions about the type of staff they employ. Whilst
people may be motivated more by social responsibility than
salary that does not mean they are any less talented.
"Over the last 20 years we have become a very mixed economy
with a large amount of public sector services being
outsourced or delivered by private businesses. The public
sector has become more target-driven, employees are
managing large budgets and projects, dealing with complex
stakeholder relationships and necessarily have a great
inside into the way the public sector does business. This
is the type of experience and the sought-after,
transferable skills that need to be highlighted to break
down any misconceptions. This was the driver for the of the
CHOICES guide."
Highlighting what makes the CHOICES website guide unique in the UK, Andy added: "There are three things that makes the CHOICES website unique. Firstly, it offers up-to-date, live information on the local job market. Secondly, it focuses on the tools needed to move from the public to private sector including an exercise which 'maps' individuals' transferable skills and, finally, the West of England LEP is the only one doing this."
Mike Beesley, CEO at Bristol-based national organisation
RSG, said: "This was the culmination of seven months' work
working closely with Business West and the newly formed LEP
(Local Enterprise Partnership) as well as leaders from the
public & private sector to include the MOD, B&NES and
Bristol Water.
"It is important and heartening to see that all those
involved in the production of the guide and website are
working together towards strengthen our economy in this
region and we were delighted to have had the opportunity to
have worked with the LEP and Hays in hosting this event
today."
A video link to Mark Prisk, Minister of Business and
Enterprise, discussing the CHOICES guide was also presented
to guests, .
ENDS
About: West of England Local Enterprise Partnership
The Local Enterprise Partnerships is a business led public private partnership that provides the right environment for business success and economic growth with a particular focus on the key high-growth sectors of aerospace; creative industries; environmental industries; silicon and microelectronics, and tourism in the Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire area.
The LEP Board is committed to promoting economic growth and
prosperity in the West of England. It will play a key role
in delivering 95,000 jobs in the area by 2030 and
attracting at least £1billion of private sector investment
over the next five years.
See for further information.
About: Hays
Hays plc (the "Group") is a leading global
professional recruiting group. The Group is the expert at
recruiting qualified, professional and skilled people
worldwide, being the market leader in the UK and Asia
Pacific and one of the market leaders in Continental Europe
and Latin America. The Group
operates across the private and public sectors, dealing in
permanent positions, contract roles and temporary
assignments.
As at 30 June 2011, the Group employed 7,620 staff
operating from 255 offices in 31 countries across 20
specialisms. For the year ended 30 June 2011:
• the Group reported net fees of £672 million and operating
profit** of £114 million;
• the Group placed around 60,000 candidates into permanent
jobs and around 190,000 people into temporary
assignments;
• 31% of Group net fees were generated in Asia Pacific, 33%
in Continental Europe &RoW (CERoW) and 36% in the United
Kingdom & Ireland;
• The temporary placement business represented 54% of net
fees and the permanent placement business represented 46%
of net fees;
• Hays operates in the following countries: Australia,
Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, China, the
Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong,
Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico,
the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Russia,
Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UAE, the United
Kingdom and the USA.
About: RSG
RSG is one of the largest providers of staffing and
resourcing solutions in the UK. The company, which was
established more than 35 year ago by Bristol-based
entrepreneur Keith Dawe, has grown to be one of the
country's leading recruitment organisations, with a
turnover of £140 million and 130 staff, mostly based in
their Bristol office above Clifton Down Shopping
Centre.
Its services include Recruitment Process Outsourcing &
Managed Service, Permanent& Contract Contingency
Recruitment, Search & Selection, Consultancy Services,
Bespoke Recruitment Campaigns, Recruitment Advertising,
Design and Media Buying and Contractor Management.
Longstanding clients include Zurich Financial Services,
AXA, Nationwide and Lloyds Banking Group.
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