The end of 2023 witnessed a deceleration in inflation, which is a positive sign for the year ahead, however employers must remember that people will still be grappling with the cost of living.
Regardless of the inflation rate, this year, many individuals will be seeking employment opportunities that provide them with the necessary salary and benefits to sustain themselves.
We conducted a survey of 5,000 UK workers, to inform our annual suite of salary guides, in November 2023, and provide a comprehensive overview of the needs and wants of the UK workforce. Notably, 55% of respondents are either actively searching for or contemplating a new job. The primary reasons for seeking new employment opportunities include inadequate pay, better prospects elsewhere, subpar benefits, and a toxic work environment.
It’s the people working in organisations that make the difference, so it’s important that companies do all they can to offer the best remuneration packages to attract new, good quality hires and to retain their best people.
With this in mind, we want to give you the best advice to ensure your company is seen as a good place to work, we want your people to look forward to starting work on a Monday morning!
Our panellists included:
James Reed CBE, Chairman and CEO, Reed
Chris Adcock, Managing Director, Reed Technology
Claire Harvey, Managing Director - UK Network, Reed
Lucie Daluiso, Divisional Managing Director - Further Education, Reed
Adam Buckland, Divisional Managing Director - Scientific, Reed
The panellists discussed best practice when it comes to salaries, benefits, candidate attraction, employer branding and employee engagement in their specialist sectors. As well as utilising data and insights from our annual suite of salary guides to inform and support your recruitment strategy for 2024.
Our panel
James Reed CBE, CEO and Chairman, Reed
James Reed has worked in recruitment and careers for more than twenty-five years. Reed receives fifty million job applications a year and has delivered over one hundred programmes to help more than 250,000 people who had been long-term unemployed back into work.
The Reed Group currently employs more than 3,800 people across the globe helping to improve lives through work. James Reed was voted Top CEO by employee-ratings platform Glassdoor in both 2018 and 2019, and Reed won a coveted Best Places to Work Award from the same company in 2019 and 2020. This means it is the top-ranked recruiter on the list of all organisations voted as excellent workplaces by employees on Glassdoor.
Chris Adcock, Managing Director, Reed Technology
Chris has worked at Reed for over 18 years in several positions, from resourcer to managing director of technology. With most of his career focused on IT recruitment, he has opened offices, grown regions, and taken businesses through large transformations.
Chris has a passion for people and their motivators and prides himself in leading a high-trust, high-performance culture.
Claire Harvey, Managing Director - UK Network, Reed
Claire has over 25 years of experience in the recruitment industry working for two major recruitment companies. Originating as a finance recruiter herself, she employed the skills learnt in her early years and went on to develop high-billing, motivated teams to great success. From there, with experience and drive, she has worked her way up to Managing Director of Reed’s UK Network, a business consisting of 14 different specialisms across 100 locations in the UK.
Her passions include developing teams as a coach and a mentor and championing Reed's Women in Leadership programme. Claire is a qualified NLP practitioner; and takes pride in her strong leadership skills and her ability to inspire, motivate and drive a highly commercial and fast-paced business.
Lucie Daluiso, Divisional Managing Director - Further Education, Reed
With over 16 years of experience within the further education (FE) recruitment sector, Lucie has a wealth of experience working within all areas of FE, including colleges, universities, training providers, prisons and local authorities to provide lecturers, assessors and learning support assistants.
Lucie also has expertise in recruiting for support and non-teaching roles, including senior leadership appointments and interim management. Within her role for Reed, Lucie is responsible for managing our further education division across the UK network of Reed branches and the governance of multiple contracts across all FE recruitment.
Adam Buckland, Divisional Managing Director - Scientific, Reed
With more than 10 years of recruitment experience, Adam has a deep understanding of scientific recruitment market dynamics, challenges, and opportunities across industries including life science, food & beverage, fast moving consumer goods, and sustainability and green energy.
Adam’s core competencies include creating tailored solutions for a portfolio of Reed's largest clients, maintaining relationships with senior stakeholders, and overseeing the delivery of contractually agreed operational services. He combines a traditional, high-touch, recruitment approach with the latest technology to ensure that campaigns can be delivered on time and to budget.
