When we held our first Talking Recruitment webinar of 2020 in February, a record number of members joined us. It was a great testimony for the optimism our industry had for an exciting 2020.
So much has changed. The market has changed dramatically, and businesses are focussed on survival. Remote working has become the new norm, temporary legislation has been approved with immediate effect. Under pressure from business groups representing the whole economy, big Government interventions have taken place.
COVID-19 is a big threat, but, yet again, our industry has come together to tackle the challenges head-on through our persistence, hard work and resilience. Let's use this opportunity to share lessons, experiences and learn from each other.
As part of this, we are invite you to join a COVID-19 edition of our Talking Recruitment webinar on 29 April where CEO Neil Carberry will address the challenges we face, share some big lessons we've learnt, paint a realistic picture of our industry on the back of our latest research, and update you on the work our Policy and Legal teams have been doing on your behalf to bring pertinent and pragmatic changes to the world of work.
We'll conclude with some messages you can take away for your team and clients and show you some of the work we have planned for the months ahead to ensure we look after you during these critical times.
Our spirits are still high, and as Neil Carberry said in his recent podcast, "this isn't like the 2008-9 recession, it's not a structural economic problem, it's an economic issue brought on by a social issue, this Coronavirus, and when it passes, the fundamentals of the British economy are still strong."