Statistics

  • Employers’ confidence in the economy dips for the first time since April

    New data shows that employers’ confidence in the prospects for the UK economy turned negative this month according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation’s latest JobsOutlook report. The balance of those seeing a positive outlook as opposed to a negative one was a net -1, a fall of 7 points since July.

  • Procrastinating professionals costing businesses up to 36 working days a year

    As workers admit to spending parts of their working days texting, shopping and browsing social media

  • We’re spending more of our earnings on doing things rather than buying things, a new survey reveals

    Today’s workers are more likely to spend their wages on experiences rather than material things, according to new research

  • City & Guilds – now more than ever, the UK’s young people must be aware of alternative routes into the workplace

    As young people across the UK receive their A-Level results, City & Guilds is highlighting the range of alternatives to traditional academic paths available to 14-19 year olds – and calling on teachers, parents and students alike to recognise these valuable routes into employment.

  • We don't need no education - Jobs without a degree can pay more than £50,000

    The myth that not having a degree bars you from a high-paying job has been dispelled, after research from the world’s largest job site Indeed identified 10 non-graduate roles that each pay more than the UK average wage.

  • The Adecco Group Survey Reveals Abrupt Fall in Flow of EU Nationals Into the UK Coincides With a Drop in the Quantity and Suitability of Job Applicants Being Reported by Employers

    Pay rises set to stick at 2% for most workers, but the tightening labour market is boosting earnings of some key staff and new starters

  • Summer heat warming professionals to new jobs in the city

    Morgan McKinley London Employment Monitor

  • The good, the bad and the lovely: Are these some of the UK’s best (and worst) bosses?

    UK professionals reveal the kindest things their boss has ever done for them

  • Abrupt fall in flow of EU nationals into the UK coincides with a drop in the quantity and suitability of job applicants being reported by employers

    Pay rises set to stick at 2% for most workers, but the tightening labour market is boosting earnings of some key staff and new starters

  • Recruiters enjoy biggest pay rise in three years alongside growth in family-friendly work practices - REC

    Recruiters received an average pay rise of 3.6 per cent in the last financial year, the highest for three years, as their hard work in an ever tightening labour market appeared to pay off.

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