Hays plc

Um, I came for the British and Irish Lions tour, um, back in 2013 and just backpacking.

Um, and yeah, stuck it out and I actually applied for a sales job with Hays and, um, and I had that option where they were like, "Oh, well, you've done recruitment back home.

Why don't you do it here?" I was like, "No, I'm just here for a few months." And they're like, "No, no, you should stay." And, um, yeah, so I got suckered into it and, uh, yeah, here I am 12 years later.

Here we are.

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so no, I try and come up quite a bit and get around the offices and, um, yeah, it's just a bit, a little bit easier when I didn't have three kids hanging off me, so it's, um, you know, good to get out and about.

But, um, no, I, yeah, um, worked, worked very briefly at Hays and they put me on a manufacturing and operations desk and, um, it wasn't for me at all.

Like, I was, um, you...

When you say, when you say damaged it, what do you mean by that?

Well, I think one of the things that a lot of people will be, are well aware of is the bigger agencies like your Hays, your Randstad, your Michael Pages, th- these agencies used to be our industry's main source of new talent.

Uh, I worked for Hays for a long time, and we were bringing in 30 to 40 rookie recruiters every month, and those people would get lots of training, they'd get a great apprenticeship, and over time those people would either stay with the business, move on to smaller boutique agencies, and maybe even in the future go and start their own firms.

But most of the big agencies have really cut back on their apprenticeships, their traineeships, and if you look at Hays, for example, I believe the latest data highlights that Hays has reduced its headcount by about 39% since-

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... before the pandemic.

Sid was on hand to explain it all to us.

We had Eamon Hart join us as well, Senior Manager of Hays.

He came in.

Why? Because we wanted to get a little bit of a take on hiring trends at the moment.

Are UAE companies following global corporations like BMW, like Apple, in streamlining their middle management layers? And again, is that relatable to AI? We got the thought from Hays.

We had Dr. Abdulrahman Mohib, the CEO of Orbit Works and the CEO of Marlin Space, join us live on the line.

They launched midweek.

Uh, Uber's ten percent workforce cut last month very heavily targeted management.