RL100 conference: Focus on the skills not the category

Dan Richards

Is there much of a difference between gig workers and perm workers?

Recruiters should get away from making unhelpful distinctions between various categories of workers and focus on the skills they possess instead, the recruiting leader at EY UK & Ireland has said. Dan Richards (above) questioned the essential difference between gig workers and perm workers, who move every two or three years. “We need to change our mindset and...

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