The skills shortage remains the most pressing issuefacing architecture practices today. As the economy contin ues to grow and workloads increase, how do practices win the war fortalent? The Architects' Journal and recruitment agency Bespoke invited an expert panel to discuss how working culture, career development, training, communication and clever resourcing can put your practice ahead of the game. John McAslan + Partners director Natasha Manzaroli opened the discussion by explaining how institutingflexible working hours at the firm had helped McAslan retain skills, particularly those of parents with young children. Shesaid: 'We have a lot of female architects who have two orthreechildren and who have built up huge knowledge of the practice. A lot of the time they are not ready to come back full-time.'
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