Statistics

…That’s after application rates dropped in November

A new study from job search engine Adzuna.co.uk has revealed over 23,000 Christmas jobs are currently available in the UK. The findings reveal despite recent shop closures and Britain’s prevailing concern for the high street, the sector is still stocking up on extra help to assist with the Christmas rush, with 17% of Christmas vacancies in the retail industry (2,761) and 8% in sales (1,297).

34% of UK managers say that their organisation has considered automating elements of their business in order to tackle skills shortages that might come about because of Brexit.

As we approach the end of the year, a lot of us consider what change we would like to see in our lives. We’re a little bit older and a little bit wiser and sometimes that wisdom translates into frustration, especially if we don’t feel appreciated in our current job.

New data shows that employers’ confidence in the prospects for the UK economy remained negative for the fourth successive month, according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation’s latest JobsOutlook report. The net balance of those seeing a positive outlook as opposed to a negative one hit -11, an improvement from the previous month (October 2018) of 3 percentage points from -14.

Employers urged not to think of mental health as a minority issue

As CV-Library reveals the importance of keeping your staff happy

Over 50% of UK employees surveyed feel disability inclusion is most important in the workplace, Wildgoose survey finds

The tightening labour market is driving an increase in wages for key staff and new starters but pay rises are stuck in the middle lane for most workers.

Online job ad numbers (originals and total) flat-lined in September. Year-on-year, they were down by 28% and 29%, respectively – despite a 4% increase in official job ads in July-Sept 2018……but a handful of occupations fell by a smaller margin, including Legal professionals (-7%) , Baristas (-3%), Storage Warehouse (-13%) call centre operatives (-12%), Consultant Doctor (-11%) and Social Care occupations (-14%). The number of ads for pharmacists grew by 4%.