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A third of all Brits consider new job as New Year’s resolution, principally driven by search for higher wages and career progression

APAC Employment Monitor Q4 2015 Highlights:

Despite boards consistently ranking human capital as a top priority, two thirds of HR professionals believe the chief HR leader is undervalued by the CEO, and almost half believe the HR leader is considered less important to the board than the top financial leader such as the CFO. This is according to the sixth annual Harvey Nash Human Resources Survey, representing the views of 1,253 HR leaders from over thirty countries.

The event includes national employee engagement trends plus the launch of the Best Employers Eastern Region 2016 employee survey, which helps business leaders to gauge employee opinion for increased strategic decision-making.

Employee referrals, counter-offers and downgraded expectations will be top of the UK recruitment trends for 2016, while our international counterparts will be focussing on the quality and speed of hire and their employer branding. That’s according to UK recruiter Expectations! Recruitment Services who predict that UK employers will have to radically change the way they hire talent in 2016, and will also have to invest more in specialist recruitment to ensure they remain fully staffed and able to grow.

As Britain went back to work this week, the expected January jobs rush has more than lived up to its billing, according to the UK’s largest job board, reed.co.uk.

In 2015, the UK experienced a significant increase in the number of people breaking away from traditional employment into freelance and self-employed roles. According to official figures from the Bank of England, between 2008 and 2015, the number of self-employed workers rose by 700,000.

Recruitment company Keene and Lord have secured a £4 million funding agreement with the UK’s largest invoice finance provider, Bibby Financial Services (BFS).

Over half (54%) of UK workers wish they could change career, rising to 72% for those aged between 25 and 34, according to research by long term investment savings specialist Standard Life. But worry about being too old to change direction (11%), valuing their current stability (11%), not knowing where to start (10%), and a lack of confidence (10%) are key reasons for not taking the plunge.