Where can firms find the talent they need to survive COVID-19?

With the reopening of thousands of UK businesses including theatres, bowling alleys, casinos and many more, the treacherous task of surviving this unusual time makes for a daunting next step for many small businesses across the country.

The unique circumstances businesses find themselves in have left many, especially SMEs, unable to navigate the difficult economy and changing environments that have been left by the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s essential, now more than ever, for businesses to utilise all possible options and use this as an opportunity to think outside the box. Getting creative with their strategies, and ditching outdated ideas as we move into a post-COVID era, can reignite their spark, scale and grow.

Across the country, there are a copious amount of skilled experts, perfectly experienced in the types of challenges small businesses are facing, many who have faced many economic downturns before. It’s these uncovered, and until now, often unobtainable, C-level professionals who hold the key to rebuilding the UK’s SME arena.

Justin Small, CEO and Founder of The Future Strategy Club has found a way to bridge the gap between small businesses and skilled experts:

“There is a hell of a lot of non-indexed talent out there. Just an amazing amount of people that approach problem-solving in new and innovative ways – but your average company cannot find them. Most companies end up hiring the same standard consultants and creatives from the same consultancies and agencies who use the same methodologies that have been used for the past 30 to 50 years – and they get the same solutions to their problems as their competitors and everyone else.

The FSC platform has a curated selection of the most innovative talent in the world, available without the usual overheads and contractual entanglements that large consultancies and agencies wrap around their talent – and critically – without the up-sell, cross-sell and jazz hands bullshit everyone is so accustomed to. The FSC is democratising the access to amazing consultancy and creative talent to allow companies of all type and sizes, with all kinds of budgets and challenges, to benefit from the latest thinking and methodologies.”