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The rise in remote working since the Covid-19 pandemic is expected to accelerate the numbers working freelance globally, says Nicolas Speeckaert from skeeled, a provider of AI predictive talent acquisition software, and enable employers to widen their recruitment search and plug any skills gaps.

...but northern job market is held back by North-South divide

The number of new job postings has remained high amidst the re-opening of the economy.

With many companies being forced to conduct video interviews during the pandemic, the amount of video interviews being conducted has increased by 67% from 2020 – 2021

The CIPD urges those employers who have not yet filed their figures to do so now after sharp drop in reporting

The latest quarterly data from the UK’s leading independent job board, CV-Library, reveals that the number of applications per vacancy dropped by 9% quarter-on-quarter and by 16.2% year-on-year, giving candidates more power during the hiring process.

Businesses’ confidence in their ability to hire new staff continued to improve in the three months to February 2021, according to new data from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC).

In the third week of March, there were 146,000 new job adverts posted in the UK.

The very latest job market data from the UK’s leading independent job board, CV-Library, reveals that retailers are confident in the 12th April re-opening as set out in the government's roadmap out of lockdown.

The UK hiring rate increased by 2.4% between January and February 2021, according to new data from LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network