Secondments
What is a Secondment?
A secondment is a sustained period of work for an employee to a host area from 3 months to 24 months It can be:
At the end of a secondment, an individual returns to their previous position, or a suitable alternative, depending on development needs, newly acquired skills & business need.
What are the benefits of arranging a secondment?
- Broadens an individual's experience
- Makes you see the bigger picture - not blinkered
- It provides you with commercial exposure
- Good networking opportunity, for an individual and a business
- Enriching experience - new way of looking at things. An individual would return a more 'strategic' person
- It is motivating for staff who need to develop new skills or focus on old but important ones
- A very useful retention tool!
How can we help you with a secondments programme?
- We can design and develop an appropriate process to make it a commercial offering to your staff
- A policy and procedure can be written to make it user friendly but company-specific
- A user-friendly website can be designed
- Resource can be offered to run a secondments programme for you, on a short or long term basis
- Extensive expertise in this area can help you identify other receptive companies who will offer reciprocal secondment arrangements