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big commitment to offer flexible working According to a recent study, nearly two-thirds of employers plan on offering flexible working to their employees following the pandemic. The CV Library surveyed 250 UK companies to understand their attitudes towards flexible working; with the findings showing that 62.4% of respondents already offered it before the pandemic. Alongside this, 92.7% understand that more professionals will want to work flexibly or remotely going forward.
However, job adverts in certain industries were more likely to mention flexible working in their job adverts than others, with the top sectors including Social Care (14.1% of jobs), Charity (9.6% of jobs), IT (9.3% of jobs), Marketing (7.4% of jobs) and Design (6.8% of jobs).
Naturally, flexible working isn’t an option for all professions; plus, In today’s world, flexible working it could relate to anything from flexible shift patterns, to working has become somewhat of an expectation amongst UK workers; from home. as more people look to create a balance between their personal Highlighting it when hiring and professional lives. When the CV Library asked how employers plan on highlighting This has forced many companies that flexible/remote working is to shake up their traditional available in their organisation, working practises and move the most popular circumstance away from the traditional 9-5, was when speaking to office-based operation. candidates about their vacancies (83.6%). How you Alongside this, the global communicate with candidates pandemic has encouraged is massively important. Plus, organisations that may not have you’ll want to ensure you’re been as flexible previous, to to explaining the benefits of consider it going forward; after working for the company. seeing that remote working and productivity can go hand-inIn addition to this, a massive hand. 74.1% of employers say they will mention flexible working in As the CV Library study shows, their job adverts. This is definitely employers understand that more important as it may make the people will be looking for remote different between someone or flexible working after the applying or not. events of 2020; so, it’s important to shout about it throughout your Two-thirds (66.4%) say that they’ll hiring process. mention it to candidates during interviews; a great opportunity to Including flexible working in shout about your culture and the job adverts benefits of working there. The data shows that a proportion Finally, 46.6% say they’ll mention of jobs that include the term ‘flexible working’ in them has risen it when offering someone the job; from 3.4% in 2019 to 4.6% in 2020; 44.8% on their career website; indicating that more companies and 44.8% across their social are showcasing this option in their media profiles. job adverts.
A shift in attitudes
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