Vision Manawatu hails Job Match scheme
Retaining skilled employees in tight economic conditions can conflict with market realities and business survival, but the solution to hanging on to valued staff in a cost-effective manner may not be as elusive as you think. Job Match® is a service that will match roles that exist in companies downsizing or thinking about redundancies, with similar skilled part-time positions in companies seeking staff. The scheme has been designed to bridge the gap between downsizing and economic growth and is being trialled in the greater Wellington region including Manawatu.
Vision Labour Market Strategy Manager Hilary Humphrey says, “Unlike traditional recruitment which merely list jobs and focuses on securing roles for a base of unemployed individuals, the aim of Job Match® is to keep people in work. It offers stressed companies the ability to reduce staff hours by sharing out their excess capacity to other companies in need.”
The scheme aims to reduce or eliminate the impacts of redundancy to the employer such as future recruitment and training costs for new staff when conditions change. It also reduces the risks and costs for a business requiring temporary staff by managing the contract on their behalf.
For employees, new contract roles provide opportunities to up-skill. And the collaboration between companies provides opportunities for innovation, skills transfer and clustering.
Ms Humphrey says, “Job Match® works best when companies that are considering downsizing or sharing excess skills capacity engage as early as possible to get their staff on to the programme.”
Employees have the choice to participate, with companies retaining a minimum of four to eight hours a week with their employees. Companies register on-line with Job Match®, are verified, and then list the details of the roles being considered for matching and sharing into on-line forms. Companies looking for temporary and part time staff will also register for the service and list their skills and roles required into the on-line portal, which uses a matching process through code algorithms. The scheme is funded through a small percentage-based fee paid by both the host and parent company once the employee starts working on the programme. “The cost is a fraction of that incurred maintaining salary or wage overheads and enables employers to utilise and retain talent. That’s good news for the employee, businesses and our region”, says Ms Humphrey.
If local companies would like to participate on the Pilot program or would like more information they can contact Hilary Humphrey at Vision Manawatu or email contact@jobmatch.net.nz
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