WORKSHOP SERIES ON PAY

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WORKSHOP SERIES ON PAY WORKFORCE STRATEGIES
SHARING GOOD PRACTICE WORKSHOP 2 -
INTERNATIONAL RECRUITMENTJune BullPolicy
Advisor
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ISSUES

• UK shortages of trained qualified staff in a
  no. of key areas in danger of worsening
• Shortages of doctors, nurses, therapists,
  teachers, engineers, pilots, vets etc etc creates
  inability to function as a public service or
  compete in a global modern economy
• 2 key resolutions
• - education/training of home grown (domestic)
  workers and
• - internal migration of overseas workers
• Recruiting overseas is a chicken and egg affair
  and often impractical for most employers
• BUT..

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ISSUES contd

• Govt has given a boost to bringing in the skills
  people our businesses need through new managed
  migration programmes changes in the machinery
  of govmt
• HSMP reintroduced Highly Skilled Migrant
  Programme (works on a points system quals,
  earnings ability experience) to bring in the
  best brains
• SAWS extended post war Seasonal Agricultural
  Workers Scheme for foreign farm workers to do a
  bigger range work (arable livestock all year
  round)
• Work Permits UK - has a small business unit to
  ensure all sizes and types of business have the
  info. they need about work permits to recruit
  easily from abroad
• DTI, DfES, DWP (JCP) HO continue to work with
  industry to identify areas with labour or skills
  shortages (using managed ways for people to come
  work, making it easier for UK businesses to
  bring in skilled foreign workers, while tackling
  abuse of asylum system by illegal immigrants

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BARRIERS TO SUCCESS

• INTERNATIONAL RECRUITMENT IS A SMALL PART OF
• PWf PLANS not the universal panacea to
  skills shortages but complements the developing
  skills employment opportunities of existing
  population
• SUPPLY VERSUS DEMAND trends ever-changing on
  migration flows demand for certain skills
  sets continually evolving
• DIRECT COMPETITION FROM OTHER COUNTRIES we are
• competing with other pan European labour
  market shortages
• DIRECT COMPETITION FROM OTHER UK ORGANISATIONS -
  competing for same pool of high/low skilled
  migrants

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SCHEMA

• Case studies on international recruitment (IR)
  from Local Govt perspective (social workers
  teachers)
• Work Permits UK detail help given to businesses
  to enable all sizes types of employers to
  recruit from abroad
• Interactive breakout sessions exploring the
  legal operational issues of IR in addressing
  UKs skills gaps
• JCP explore recruitment in action
• Case study by NHS on managed placement schemes,
  international fellowships, National Projects
  Government to Government Agreements
• Keynote speakers from Home Office University of
  Sussex
• discuss migration dynamics ethical
  governance issues
• OPSR detail ensuing actions and gain agreement on
  the way forward as a result of todays workshop