S3:E1 – Sustainability as a recruitment tool with Alan Furley

Green Business With Impact

Most business leaders have a focus on recruitment and very often it is a bit of an issue – sometimes even the limiting factor for growth and success.

We kick off Season three of Green Business With Impact with a great guest and super experienced expert named Alan Furley. He is the co-founder and CEO of ISL talent, which is a British recruitment company. Alan has worked within recruitment for “loads and loads of years” using his own words and says he’s from an era where the issue of sustainability wasn't front of mind.

But that has somewhat changed and today we discuss the connection between working seriously with sustainability in your company and recruitment of the right talent. What does it take to attract the right talent? Is sustainability a factor for talent or is it still salary, rewards and job title?

We talk about:

• What business leaders should think about when they want to attract the right people for a sustainable business
• Aligning recruitment to sales and marketing for a good result
• The three key factors - Compensation, Career progression and Culture, that have flipped a bit when it comes to retention
• Autonomy, mastery and purpose that according to author Daniel H. Pink is what motivates people to work and how purpose is becoming increasingly important
• Startups and scale ups that are a big part of job creation compared to bigger businesses

Mentioned in this episode:

• Kelpi: https://www.kelpi.net/
• Daniel H. Pink: “Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us” https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6452796-drive
• Alan Furley on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanfurley/

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