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Keep up to date with the latest news and views in the YPO Blog

We'll be blogging every few days about various topics, so come back soon to see more!

Facing skills scarcity? Collaboration is the key

16 September 2021 By Matthew Lewis - UK Public Services and Not for Profit Director at Hays

Many will have seen the headlines in the media around the lack of people and skills to meet demand across the post-Covid landscape. We’ve hit a perfect storm as a resurgent private sector and transforming public sector compete for skills in a labour market that’s vastly reduced due to large numbers of EU nationals returning home.
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Seven ways COVID-19 changed our working future

06 July 2021 By Comensura & Jon Milton

The pandemic has forced all organisations to embrace digital transformation, and in doing so created unprecedented levels of change in the way we work.
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Measuring social value in a recruitment contract

11 May 2021 By Amy Clark - Category Buyer for HR Services at YPO

Social value is a term we often hear when considering procurement and contracts, but what is it and how can you incorporate it into your contract for recruitment services?
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SoW and the future of work

19 April 2021 By Lucy Simpson - Category Manager for HR Services at YPO

Our strategic partners, Consultancy+ recently ran an event looking at Statement of Work (SoW) and the future of work. As this is such a hot topic for many of our customers, we decided to catch-up with Steve Dilley, the Managing Consultant at Consultancy+ to find out what the key takeaways were from the session.
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Meet the Buyer – Amy Clark

09 April 2021 By Amy Clark - Category Buyer for HR Services at YPO

Amy has recently joined YPO from City of York Council, as the new category buyer in the HR services procurement team. Amy worked with YPO as a customer on many procurements during her time at City of York Council. Now, Amy is looking forward to working on the other side, developing and providing frameworks that really meet the customer’s needs and help achieve savings across the public sector.
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Meet Cheryl from the HR procurement team

25 March 2021 By Cheryl Gahan - Further Competition Coordinator for HR at YPO

Cheryl Gahan joined YPO in 2015 and is now a Further Competition Co-ordinator for HR in the procurement services team.
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Top tips for looking at new recruitment solutions

22 March 2021 By Lucy Simpson - Category Manager for HR Services at YPO

When starting to look at recruitment solutions, timing is the key. It can often take time to make decisions internally and understand the requirements from all internal stakeholders, and more than one solution may be needed depending on how you procure recruitment.
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Social worker spend management

15 December 2020 By Comensura & Jon Milton

Demand for temporary social workers remains high within local government and keeping spend on contract can be a real challenge for both authorities and managed service providers.
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Apprenticeship levy: Use it or Lose it

07 December 2020

Although the apprenticeship levy is over three years old now, it still remains somewhat of a mystery within the education and training sector. Details surrounding the levy has been generally elusive, so we've compiled some helpful information to help you use it or lose it!
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Increased flexibility in the workplace

14 October 2020

Flexible working is a way of working that suits employers and employee needs. For example, flexible working arrangements can include having flexible start and finish times or working from home when necessary.
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