Dear stakeholder,
The importance of work, and what our industry does to help people find jobs and companies find people, cannot be overstated. A company starts up needing people and advice. As it grows, it needs more people and different skills, both flexible and permanent. International expansion leads to cross-border recruitment. As economic events unfold, the company may need to downsize and restructure; mergers may face those involved with the need to reskill and change careers.
Adecco aims to be alongside its customers at every stage of their life cycle, and accompany candidates throughout their professional development; from graduates entering the workforce with a temporary or permanent job, to more adept individuals, switching between professions and moving up the job ladder, to bringing people back to work from unemployment. Experience and knowledge are key requirements for being successful at any job and at any age. For companies, skills shortages mean it is more and more difficult and costly to find the right people at the right time.
Work is at the heart of the Adecco business, and optimising our positive contribution to the economy and society is core to our corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy, which upholds the ten principles of the UN Global Compact. As a vital part of our strategy, we have attached three global programmes to our focus areas: The Excellence Awards (excellence), the Win4Youth programme (skills) and the IOC/IPC Athlete Career Programme (integration). Sustainability at the workplace is central to all we do as the safety, health and well-being of people improves productivity and commitment to organisations. We all benefit from a sustainable workplace, which is why we consider it the basis for our everyday work.
Patrick De Maeseneire
Chief Executive Officer