

* The advertised role was different to the actual role The most common grumbles regarding the interview process include: So, with the hope of sharpening up your strategy, here’s some inside knowledge for you… If you don’t have an efficient recruitment strategy in place, your company could come across as pretty darn dodgy, sending awesome would-be employees running for the hills. Yep, the interview process is as much about the applicant sussing you out as it is the other way around.Īfter all, who wants to work for a company that treats you like the proverbial?! Recruiting the right talent is all about treating prospective staff with the respect they deserve, and making sure you come across as a competent company to work for. Get all these aspects right, and you can turn downsizing into an organisational superhero. Oh, and if you’re able and willing, you should help them find another job. * The amount of redundancy pay they’ll receive You need to think carefully about things like: Lousy lay-offs will leave dismissed employees fuming and remaining employees disheartened – downsizing is as much about protecting staff morale as it is saving money. Rather than burying your head in the sand and letting the warning signs evade you, you need to be all-seeing and all-knowing about the nuts and bolts of your company.Īnd if there are warning signs that the business is straining under the financial burden of excess staff, get out the Batmobile and take action.īut hold on…whatever action you do take, make sure it’s carried out thoughtfully and with respect for all members of staff. The solution lies in forward-thinking, pre-emptive planning and a serious amount of strategy. The result? Reactionary action that leaves your business, and your staff, utterly deflated. Because when you’ve spent all your time, energy and money growing a company, the last thing you want to do is lay people off.Īnd guess what? Much like many other difficult decisions in business, the problem gets ignored until it’s too late to plan strategically and adequately. Downsizingįor any business owner, ‘downsizing’ is a dirty word.
DIFFICULT DECISIONS HOW TO
Here’s a bird’s eye view of the top five most difficult HR decisions, and a few pointers as to how to make it out alive. From downsizing when times are tough to dishing out disciplinary action, being the boss carries with it some tricky choices. Let’s face it – running a business is riddled with day-to-day decisions, and some of them can be excruciating. There are no changes to how local residents access NHS frontline services in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent as part of these changes.įrom 1 July 2022 if you visit this website, you will be re-directed to the new ICB website.This is a guest post by Streetwise HR Ltd

These changes have taken place under the new Health and Care Act 2022, which amongst other things aims to tackle health inequalities and create safer, more joined-up services that will put the health and care system on a more sustainable footing. Therefore, Staffords Surround Clinical Commissioning Group no longer exists and the responsibilities of the CCG, along with the other CCGs in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, have transferred to the new NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board (ICB). The new organisation is responsible for NHS spend and the day-to-day running of the NHS in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent. On 1 July 2022, the six Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent closed down and the functions of the CCGs transferred to a new NHS organisation, known as an integrated care board.
