Where do you go next following an appraisal?
As we head into the new year, you may be thinking about how you can better engage your workforce in 2025. It’s highly likely your business has just been through an appraisal round with your teams.
During appraisals you will identify strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement, identify opportunities for skill development and discuss career paths. Being appraised is a time that some employees may not look forward to, as evaluating performance can touch on sensitive topics. Yet there is much to be gained from well-conducted appraisals – they can be beneficial for both employees and the employer.
Appraisals are far more than a box ticking exercise, and they play a crucial role in employee retention by fostering engagement, motivation, and alignment with organisational goals.
Recent research by Clear Company states that only 2% of businesses think that performance management is not important (and 98% believe that performance management is necessary!). And yet, under two-thirds feel that they have the right approach to this.
So why are appraisals a good way to boost employee performance, productivity and retention?
- Enhances employee engagement: Regular appraisals provide employees with constructive feedback and boost motivation to support organisational goals.
- Provides clarity on expectations: Appraisals help align employee roles with organisational objectives by setting clear and measurable goals.
- Encourages career development: Appraisals provide a space for employees to identify growth opportunities and look at future potential and promotion.
Once in the appraisal process, it will be key to know where to go next with training and development. We know that to drive your recruitment business in the right direction for 2025 the key development area will be in:
- Leadership training to support engagement, retention and increased productivity. Leadership training programmes can provide an opportunity to break down any barriers employees face to career progression and demonstrate your organisations’ commitment to your workforce, helping you to engage employees and retain talent.
- Sales Development to improve efficiency, enhance relationships, increase conversion rates and adapt to market changes. Effective sales training has a significant impact on revenue generation and improving the ability of recruitment professionals to secure clients and close deals.
Taking a proactive approach to training and development will also help you to future-proof your workforce and keep pace with a disruptive market due to automation, AI and changes in hiring trends. Training programmes can offer the support employees need to adapt and develop resilience, so your employees and organisation embrace innovation and new opportunities.
APSCo's quality of training is really high ... everything that we have implemented so far will be a real positive benefit that will have a massive effect on profits and growth ... it's absolutely fantastic!
We have various training programmes available to cater to employees at every stage of their recruitment journey. Let’s take a deeper look below...
A Recruitment Learning Journey
Whether you would like to develop the skill set of a new recruiter just starting out, through to mid and senior level account managers and leaders who may need to adopt more strategic recruitment strategies, talent development is key. We know that ensuring employees have the correct training and development can become complicated when factoring in individual skill sets and career stages, which is why we have put together an easy-to-digest infographic for you to access. Our infographic below will help you to gain a clearer picture of a recruitment learning journey and how APSCo can support you at each stage.
Resourcers and Recruiters in the first 18 months:
Employees just starting out in the recruitment sector will need to create solid foundation skills including business development, candidate and client management and knowledge such as compliance requirements and the market. Our Resourcing and Candidate Management, Recruitment Sales and Compliance+ are just some of the courses that can help you gain that competitive advantage. Discover our full catalogue of training for resourcers and recruiters in the first 18 months: Recruitment Skills 0-18 Months
Established Recruiters 18+ Months:
For established recruiters, it is important to consider how they can build on their knowledge to move from good to great, to increase billings, identify new opportunities and expand existing client relationships. For this, we recommend the following courses: Strategic Sales, Growing Client Relationships, and Land and Expand. View our full list of training for recruitment professionals with 18+ months’ experience here: Recruitment Skills 18+ Months
APSCo Talent Development is here to support careers at every stage
Contact the Talent Development team today to find out how you can have a successful start to the year for the people at the heart of your business.
