New report: The Skills and Productivity Question published
People 1st have published a new report entitled, The Skills and Productivity Question. A useful report that identifies several challenges and opportunities for tourism and visitor economy. If pressed for time the executive summary at page 2 and main body summary at page 18 highlights all main issues, whilst the report itself is well worth reading in full; comments on an over reliance on younger worker and the suggested alternative approaches I thought were particularly thought-provoking.
This may well be a report worth sharing with your own local partners and businesses? Access it in the main British Destinations reports and statistics library at: https://britishdestinations.net/research-and-statistics/ or separately for ease of distribution at: https://britishdestinations.net/1194-2/content/2015-the-skills-and-productivity-question/
The nub of the report’s findings (taken from the main body summary) are:
“As a result of these challenges there needs to be greater focus on:
• Employee engagement to help staff retention
• Promotion of career progression pathways to the existing workforce, aligned to succession planning and training and development opportunities
• Recruitment from diverse labour pools so we are not so dependent on attracting younger people
• Promotion of career progression pathways to attract candidates to fill skilled front of house, chef and management roles • Recruitment targeting sustainable, but flexible labour pools, such as older workers and women returner
• More systematic training and development planning integrated within an organisation’s people strategy
If the sector were to raise productivity levels by just 1% it would contribute an additional £1.43bn to the UK economy”.
