Strategy
…we need
individuals who have a global placement, because they need to understand how trade operates in different ways.
The Bigger Picture
In a world made smaller and more accessible by technology, businesses are increasingly operating on a global stage. While this opens up huge opportunities to tap into a larger, more diverse customer base, it also demands a changing workforce to meet the needs of this broader audience. As Sonja Stockton, Head of Talent Resourcing UK at Kuehne + Nagel says, “Graduate recruitment is shifting. We now need to think beyond our own local territory programmes on completion and more around a future global mobility piece that is central – working alongside other talent teams worldwide and identifying early talent to develop.” Nicola Smith takes a look…
Graduate demand Research from the 2014 trendence Graduate Barometer Survey of over 27,000 university students revealed that 25% of UK students intend to leave the UK and work abroad upon graduating. It is part of a growing trend. When asked that same question at the start of 2013, 20.6% of students intended to leave the country. In 2012, that percentage stood at 18.3%. The figures support Stockton’s
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experience. “We’re seeing demand from grads themselves – if they speak Russian and Mandarin they want to be able to use those languages and use them more effectively. The logistics sector is the fourth fastest growing sector in the UK economy with needs that reach globally, and there is fast becoming a need for top talent to have some international experience.”
As Chris Phillips, Information and Research Director at GTI Media notes, for employers to address this desire in their attraction/recruitment campaigns, it means “talking about the international workforce in the UK office” and “coming up with scenarios where it is possible to leave the UK and work in other parts of the world.” In short, thinking carefully about what your organisation can offer
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