Plan

Some of the services Carlisle Managed Solutions provide are:

Carlisle’s workforce planning adds significant value to your resourcing strategies and key projects by identifying the skills you will require in the future to achieve your objectives. We will develop a timetable for assessing your current workforce's capabilities, identify the skills gap. If you require new skills, we will recommend resource options that best match your needs, for example, by defining a mix of permanent, temporary or interim employees.

Whatever your organisation, you will have key roles that you have to plan for should vacancies arise. Carlisle will identify these positions, assess your current employees' abilities and determine whether we can develop individuals to fill these roles. We then give the appropriate employees development plans that deliver the skills they need to step immediately into these positions, when necessary. For senior management positions, we will also identify individuals from outside your organisation who are capable of doing the role. Carlisle will engage with them and stay in regular contact so they are ready to move to your organisation should any managers leave.

Employing a diverse workforce reinforces your commitment to equal opportunities, reflects the local population, and encourages a better blend of ideas and enhances decisions throughout your organisation. Carlisle will assess your current mix of employees in areas such as gender, age, ethnicity, mobility, and create plans to reduce any gaps.

More than ever, organisations must show they are reducing their environmental impact and using sustainable practices. At Carlisle, we will assess and define the size and flexibility of your resourcing processes, then redesign them to minimise their impact on the environment. Our sophisticated technology also identifies where your employees live, the distance to work, transport they use and calculate the carbon footprint From this, schemes such as car share and bike to work can be introduced to reduce the carbon footprint

Every organisation requires people with the right skills working in the most appropriate roles. We review your existing job descriptions and person specifications by each role and job function. Carlisle then overlay your workforce's current skills. This process will reveal the skills within your organisation and whether your people are doing the right job.

To attract and retain talent, organisations must present potential candidates with a compelling proposition. Carlisle uses modern marketing practices to promote your brand and full employment offer. This is commonly known as the 'Employee Value Proposition' (EVP). Our approach goes beyond recruitment advertising, embracing every aspect of the recruitment experience to give prospective employees a positive impression of your organisation before they join.

From 1 October 2011, AWR will come into force, bringing the European Agency Workers Directive into UK law. After 12 weeks of joining your organisation, this will entitle temporary workers to pay and working conditions equal to someone you've employed permanently to do the same job. Carlisle will work with you to assess how AWR might affect your organisation and introduce alternative resourcing solutions.
For more information on AWR, please read our Agency Workers Regulations fact sheet.

Many people leave employers for new jobs because they believe there were no opportunities to progress. For every employee that leaves, your organisation loses vital skills, knowledge and experience. To mitigate against this, Carlisle will introduce and manage on your behalf an internal mobility scheme that communicates regularly with your employees, highlights internal vacancies, reveals the benefits of progressing within your organisation, and motivates your people.

A fundamental aspect of resource planning is questioning whether you require a particular role. Too many organisations fill vacant posts without first assessing whether they still need the role or if it should change to meet new requirements. Our demand management solution will analyse the case for each vacancy, implement a robust sign-off procedure for resourcing the role, and bring significant savings to your organisation.