Nick Heckscher

Chief Experience Officer, Resourcing and Skills

Nick has thirty years’ experience helping design solutions that help bridge the gap between (predominantly public sector) employers and jobseekers at a large scale. Nick’s experience is mostly in the recruitment industry, spanning both temporary and permanent recruitment outsourcing but also included insightful spells in social enterprise and employability. Since joining Sopra Steria just over 6 years ago, leveraging data, digital and AI tooling has become integral to that solution design as we help our customers secure better talent, faster, fairer and more cost effectively.

Latest Publication

Latest Publications

What good looks like – principles for a more effective employability ecosystem

Nick Heckscher

What does a successful employability system look like? In Chapter 3, Nick explores the principles needed to create a more effective, joined-up approach to helping people into work.

Optimising the workforce strategy for smarter hiring

Nick Heckscher

The UK has an unemployment challenge and despite sustained intervention, we are not materially shifting the dial. 

The new currency of work: how skills will define our future

Nick Heckscher

Discover why skills and not careers define the future of work. Learn how rapid change, AI adoption and lifelong learning are reshaping job quality and employability.