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Jobs dropped by 22% from March numbers and applications fell by 18%.

Flexible Future: UK Hiring Outlook 2022 says future is hybrid

As staff shortages continue to be an ongoing challenge both for businesses and staff, almost two fifths (38%) of workers are reporting “unmanageable” workloads, which in turn is having a knock-on effect on their wellbeing. In fact, almost half (46%) of workers want to see additional staff hired to ease the pressure of their workloads.

Upturn in hiring activity slows again amid candidate shortages

After February’s drops in job and application numbers, it is heartening to see them both rise in March

A week after the Government’s Spring Budget and with energy price hikes from the 1st April piling on the pressure, the latest survey by the UK’s leading independent website, CV- Library, reveals that an incredible 75.1% of UK professionals are now considering a new job purely because of the cost of living and rising inflation costs they’re facing.

Lower earners are least likely to have been offered pay increases as the rising cost of living begins to bite, according to research by the global job site Indeed

Growth in the number of job adverts across the UK has stabilised in recent weeks, according to the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC)’s latest Labour Market Tracker.

Many employees are not taking time off when ill or their full annual leave allowance according to new research, which Adrian Lewis, Commercial Director at Activ People HR says is bad for people and business.

These are boom times for HR careers, latest data from XpertHR - the UK’s leading online HR resource - reveals.