“The success of remote working has opened up previously unavailable talent pools, with 64% of hiring managers now more willing to consider remote workers.”
This finding, from a survey conducted by Cielo, represents both good and bad news for job candidates. Good, because it suggests greater opportunities to find work outside traditional limits of geography or personal circumstances. Bad, because it also indicates greater competition for whatever jobs are available. And in the post-COVID era, as business struggles to recover, the level of unemployment is set to rise and the volume of opening to fall.
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Topics:
contract /commercial management,
IACCM,
organizaton,
JobOpportunitiesOnlineInterviewing
The speed and intensity of COVID-19 rapidly exposed weaknesses in communication and the consequences of poor collaboration.
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Topics:
contract /commercial management,
technology,
IACCM,
organizaton,
Online Communication and Collaboration
It often takes a crisis to better understand the value of things or people that were previously seen as minor or peripheral.
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Topics:
contract /commercial management,
technology,
IACCM,
organizaton,
contract automation,
supply chain,
gearbox
When looking at the benefits of automation, there tends to be a strong focus on direct and measurable efficiency and economic gains. There may be mention of a notional side-benefit of ‘freeing up people to perform higher-value activities’ – though it is more likely that the CFO will have a greater focus on headcount reduction than redeployment.
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Topics:
contract /commercial management,
technology,
IACCM,
automation,
talent
"Disbelief and denial, a sense that this is just temporary and things will soon return to the way they were, aren’t the ideal responses to change. Agility and adaptability are."
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Topics:
contract /commercial management,
IACCM,
organizaton,
Change
In its latest report on the coronavirus pandemic, IACCM reveals the scale of impact on worldwide industry and commerce. In just two weeks, the percentage suffering moderate to severe effects on contract performance has jumped from 37% to 60%. However, as the report reveals, there are considerable variations across geographies and across industries, with some of those who were feeling limited disruption just two weeks ago now at the top of the list.
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Topics:
contract /commercial management,
procurement,
sourcing,
IACCM,
supply chain,
corona virus,
Covid-19,
global sourcing,
supply strategy
Coronavirus is creating many challenges – and negotiation is high on the list. As business suffers, the need to renegotiate many existing agreements, to resolve issues over force majeure, to agree revised volumes or deadlines means that, if anything, the volume of negotiations will increase and skilled negotiators will be in high demand.
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Topics:
negotiation,
contract /commercial management,
IACCM,
coronavirus and contracts
The last few weeks have seen a lot written about the impacts of coronavirus on supply chains. The fear of supply shortages and consequent disruption to production underlies many of the predictions of a global economic slowdown. How worried should we be?
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Topics:
contract /commercial management,
IACCM,
supply chain,
Coronavirus,
global supply chains,
risk sourcing
Let’s face it, professions are both good and bad. They create standards and promote integrity. But they also introduce restrictions and delays.
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Topics:
contract /commercial management,
procurement,
commercial management,
legal & regulatory,
IACCM,
the future of professions
