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Firstly, massive congratulations to each and every one of you on your CIPP qualification. I would imagine you have all worked so incredibly hard and you and your families must be so proud of your amazing achievement. This is such a great time to graduate as the market for quality payroll professionals like yourselves is very much in your favour, with more opportunities available than ever. For the last nine years, it has been the busiest period in the history of the payroll and pension profession. Here in the UK we have all been dealing with real-time information, automatic enrolment, shared parental leave, gender pay reporting, IR35, to name a few, and these continued regulatory and legislative changes have kept all of the payroll and pension profession extremely busy. The heavy workload of payroll and pension professionals is set to increase further as the economy continues to grow and employers look to hire quality professional support. We are not experiencing any downturn in payroll vacancies even with the UK political situation being uncertain. In our new Hays Salary Guide Report for 2020 , which we are just in the middle of launching, 94% of organisations tell us they expect their business activities to increase or remain the same and 68% of employers said they do plan to recruit over the next twelve months. On top of this, payroll salaries have grown for the ninth year running and increased at an average of 2.2% last year. With your CIPP qualification – you will be massively in demand in the market. Everyone in this room celebrating today has worked hard to gain their CIPP qualification and to add another dimension to their career choice as a payroll or pensions professional. At Hays, we believe that employers and the payroll and pension profession need to work together to find ways to open up this function as a career choice to a broader range of people, including school leavers into apprenticeships, and graduates, as this will help the profession have more choice of candidates in the future, plus growing the CIPP and payroll community. To summarise, you will find that your payroll and pension skills will stay in massive demand into 2020, putting pressure on employers to address the shortage of suitable candidates. Employers are keen to keep their payroll and pension professionals, so are increasingly making counter-offers to individuals who have secured another job offer. In order to retain good payroll candidates, it is also important for payroll professionals to feel confident that their current employer is committed to investing in their future over the medium-to long-term and offering training and degrees through the CIPP is an absolute must for any organisation wanting to stand out as an employer of choice. Helen Livesey MBA MREC CertRP Senior business director, National Payroll Channel Lead, Hays Payroll Management
With your CIPP qualification – you will be massively in demand in the market.
Congratulations again and enjoy your celebration.
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