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A mixture of positives and negatives have come from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation’s latest JobsOutlook survey.

50% of people currently employed are planning on looking for a new job after Covid-19, according to new research released today from Hooray Health & Protection.

Over two thirds (69%) of those who were temporary workers before the COVID-19 crisis believe the Government has done enough to support them during the pandemic, according to new research.

Employers report that their ability to make hiring and investment decisions is now improving for the first time since February as lockdown eases. However, business confidence in the wider economy remains weak.

As employers have been given the green light to encourage staff to return to the office should they want to, new research from recruiting experts Hays reveals over half (55%) of employers predict staff will transition to a new era of part-remote and part-office working in six months’ time.

The job board analysed millions of data points from its site between 1st July 2019 and 30th June 2020 to understand the most popular times and days of the week for job views and applications.

Results from the latest BCC Coronavirus Business Impact Tracker in partnership with job site Indeed reveal that businesses are operating at half of their pre-Covid 19 capacity on average, despite lockdown measures easing.

EXPERT immigration lawyers say tens of thousands of businesses could face a battle to register in time for the right to employ workers from the EU from 2021 – unless they act quickly and prioritise their planning now.

Many of this year’s graduates finished their degrees online and are due to enter the workplace amidst a tumultuous jobs market, however, fewer graduates felt like their university had prepared them for the workplace this year, with only 15% reporting that they felt completely prepared (down from 18% last year).

Businesses are transforming the way they hire in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, a new report reveals.