Are you ready to find your A-Team?

Globally, it seems like every headline you read about the hospitality and retail industry is about the worrying labour shortage issue. In the UK, this has been exacerbated by the lingering effects of Covid-19, as well as Brexit.

Since the UK formally left the European Union at the start of 2020, the amount of workers in this industry, and the makeup of the actual workforce, has shifted significantly. In September 2022 EU workers make up 24.3% of UK hospitality workers, compared with 43.2% in January 2019. A growing number of front-of-house and shopfloor employees have left the country, or many have decided to switch career, with concerns for health and safety surrounding Covid, or looking for higher wages and more accommodating schedules.

As a result, the labour pool you can choose new talent from is extremely shallow and competition amongst employers in the industry is at an all-time high.

Currently, the hospitality and retail industry is a candidate-driven market where job-seekers appear to rule the hiring process and have much of the leverage. 43% of businesses report they are operating with fewer staff than needed. If your hiring process takes too long or is complicated, it’s likely that your candidates will prefer to pursue a job position with another employer that provides a quicker and more convenient process. Needless to say, a great Applicant Tracking System offering a smooth, efficient and professional experience is essential in the current hiring landscape.

Your newest team member is one click away

The talent shortages have been one of the many worries that hospitality and retail businesses have dealt with during this year. This means that these businesses plan to prioritise finding top talent and retaining it for the long-term.

The main challenges to hiring talent:

• Finding candidates that stay in their role long-term
• Hiring the best candidates before competitors do
• Finding the top candidates among large volumes of applications

Benefits of a HCM solution like Fourth’s, and how it can help you

Easily identify talent

• A unique intuitive platform that allows you to search, filter, screen, and manage candidates through a single dashboard that lets everyone know where they are at in the process and what the next steps are.
• Decentralised recruitment process built on access-driven permissions that provide a ‘safety net’ for hiring managers, with alerts to screen candidates before proceeding to the next step and automatic follow up with key decision makers to make the process fast, seamless and organised.

Ensuring compliance throughout the recruitment process

• Pre-templated job adverts which can be posted on all major job boards in batches, mean vacancies are created quickly and easily.
• Fully digital process from booking in interviews to offer letters and signatures to eliminate paper, streamline HR operations and minimise any manual and human error.
• Integrated Right-to-Work Checks to guarantee eligibility and ensure GDPR compliance, so picking the right candidate is made easy at a glance and you’re never lagging behind on all your legal requirements.

Stay informed when it comes to your team

• A single staff database that safely stores data and ensures everything is always up to date, including holiday usage and absences. Making this a digital process improves efficiency and lowers the administrative resources needed resulting in overhead cost savings. With the year-to-date reports generated directly by our HR software you can plan holiday coverage and optimise your labour costs, while wages are automatically adjusted depending on holiday allowance adherence and absences.
• A smart HR software that keeps up with all the legislative changes so you can have total peace of mind. When visas and crucial documents are close to expiring, you receive automatic alerts, so it’s easy to stay on top of the important stuff.

To find out how Fourth’s HCM solution can help you find your A-team, speak to us today.