With the news headlines full of warnings that the UK economy is set to slow in 2023 and 2024, that inflation will remain relatively high and that the cost of living continues to bite, Wave’s jobs and applications data for Q3 is proving that the market is remaining buoyant.
The post-pandemic hiring boom is in decline as three-quarters of UK businesses admit to struggles with staff recruitment, according to new research from the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC).
82 per cent of businesses have changed their office space needs to accommodate a flexible working approach which includes more than half of businesses opening offices or working spaces outside of city centres, according to a new survey from IWG.
Half of new graduates* have stated that it’s taken them over six months to find professional employment since leaving university – whilst less than a fifth (17%) of experienced workers (non-grads) have stated that their job hunt has lasted this long.
Falling for the second consecutive rolling quarter, from 5.4% (revised) in the three months to the end of July, to 5% in the three months to the end of August, this month’s research suggests pay awards have reached their peak.
One in five workers who have undergone fertility treatment quit their job because of the way they were treated during the process, new research has revealed.
The number of new job adverts this August has remained at a robust level each week, suggesting greater confidence among hiring companies than last summer, finds the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) and Lightcast’s latest Labour Market Tracker.
64 per cent of FinTechs face dissatisfied graduates quitting their grad schemes, according to research from strategic talent solutions partner FDM Group.
