Better times ahead? John Philpott, CIPD West London Branch 24 January 2012
Recession and ‘recovery’
Change in private and public sector employment
Employees and self-employed
Vacancies
Redundancies
Unemployment
Average earnings growth
Economic outlook – OBR forecast
Unemployment outlook- OBR again
The looming risk
HR concerns ‘New normal’/More with less’/culture change/ ‘ Survivor’ stress/engagement challenge Increased talent retention and recruitment pressures Employment relations turmoil
CIPD employee engagement index
Employee engagement scores
Talent shortages data
Talent shortage caveat
Retention problem?
Labour unrest – shape of things to come?