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As the Rio Olympic Games move through their second action-packed week, research released today by totaljobs demonstrates how allowing employees to watch sports during working hours can actually increase their loyalty and productivity. This comes as figures from the latest Totaljobs Employment Index (TEI) reveal that applications per job posted on the totaljobs website is up by 14% year-on-year (YOY).

Business leaders urged to invest in skills now to future-proof their businesses as evidence from employers shows some migrant workers may already be considering leaving the UK.

Public sector employers do not support the changes to the monitoring and reporting of skilled contractors’ tax status that the government is proposing, a survey by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) reveals. Furthermore, they are particularly concerned that the rule changes will inhibit their ability to attract the talented individuals they need to effectively run local authorities and NHS trusts.

Nearly two thirds (63 per cent) of job applications contained errors in the first six months of 2016, according to research released today by HireRight, the global candidate due diligence company.

New research by a website dedicated to spreading awareness of the opportunities that exist outside of university has discovered that almost one in ten young Britons are worried that they’re going to need to leave the country in order to have a good career. Other job worries that young Britons have include concerns about ending up in a job they hate, not earning enough money to get by, and ending up in a role without any real training or progression.

New research released by totaljobs today shows that almost half (44%) of UK businesses say that Brexit won’t affect the number of people they hire.

June saw job competition drop to two jobs per jobseeker, the lowest on record, as employers continue hiring despite Brexit concerns, and a chronic skills shortage leaves more positions empty, according to the latest UK Job Market Report from Adzuna.co.uk.

Professional recruitment firms reported that vacancy numbers remained stable in the month of the EU Referendum with 1% year-on-year growth in June 2016 according to new survey data from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

Following the Government’s report this month that the UK needs to find 745,000 new digitally skilled workers by 2020, a new survey from global consultancy Rethink Group suggests a big hindrance may come as a result of businesses’ reticence to invest in people post-referendum.

Findings mark the launch of Monster’s World Of Work study which reveals: