It is people who make a communications team successful. . During this session, hear case studies from organisations that have shaken up their approach to recruitment and implemented innovative methods to get great people on board, and keep them in the job.

• Where should you be advertising jobs? Writing impressive job descriptions and promoting on the right platforms as integral to recruitment 
• Embracing diversity, equity and inclusion practices in recruitment and developing talent to build better representation in housing communications, especially at senior level
• How partnering with other housing associations to lend people out at progression stage and share roles can help with retention.
• The importance of committing to continual professional development
• Maintaining passionate and happy teams: health and wellbeing initiatives that have made a difference to employee experience.

Please see below the reports that Claire mentioned in her session

• CIPR State of the Profession: cipr.co.uk/common/Uploaded%20files/Policy/State%20of%20Prof/CIPR_State_of_the_Profession_2024.pdf
• UK Black Comms Network, One Step Forwards Two Steps Black: blackcommsnetwork.co.uk/research