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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!

SoW and the future of work

19 April 2021 By Lucy Simpson – Category Manager of 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 of 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 of 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 of 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 Jon Milton - Director at Comensura

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 By Sean Cantrill - Further Competition Coordinator for HR Services at YPO

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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Understanding the right solution for recruitment

25 November 2020 By Lucy Simpson - Category Buyer for HR Services at YPO

Every organisation in the public sector will at some point have the requirement to recruit whether this be for permanent roles, temporary or high level executive interim roles. How does an organisation know the right process or pathway for recruiting, and when is the right time to recruit?
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Writing a specification for temporary recruitment

19 October 2020 By Lucy Simpson - Category Buyer for HR Services at YPO

Having a strong specification to find a provider to manage your temporary recruitment requirements increases the chances of having a successful service. Here's a checklist of things to consider whilst writing your specification!
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Increased flexibility in the workplace

14 October 2020 By John Quirk - TMP and Ebony Armitage - YPO

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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Your guide to recruitment process outsourcing

24 September 2020 By Alexandra Simpson - Omni Resource Management Solutions

Omni Resource Management Solutions discusses RPO in our latest recruitment blog. They'll address and define what exactly recruitment process outsourcing is and how it works in the recruitment industry.
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