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Original research from Robert Walters has revealed that 43% of HR professionals are currently looking for new jobs, with 63% planning to change roles within the next year.

Simplicity, the specialist provider of recruitment finance and outsourced administration solutions, is driving both growth and efficiencies through greater investment in staff development, developing a cultural direction for the workforce and introducing business improvement techniques that have helped position the business as the UK market leader over the last 12 months.

Managers in the automotive industry have overtaken those in the financial services sector to resume their reign as the highest paid managers in the UK (earning on average £46,019), according to new research by pay and benefits specialists, Croner Reward.

Salary sacrifice for pension contributions could be banned in the Budget to head off its use by higher earners to beat the introduction of flat rate tax relief, leading employee benefits consultancy Portus warns.

According to new research, "Not being told what to do," salary, flexible working and regular training and development, are just some of the things that are important to the next wave of workers now entering the workforce - the Generation Zs (also known as 'iGens' or 'post-millennials').

The 2016 BlueSteps Job Outlook Report, just released by Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants, shows that global executive optimism has decreased 10.9 percentage points since 2014. Forty-one percent of respondents expect the number of senior management-level positions to remain sluggish as the number of professionals seeking a new opportunity continues to increase, reaching its highest point since 2010 - 90.2 percent.

Jobseekers are facing fewer options in 2016, as falling vacancies and rising competition impact upon work prospects, according to the latest UK Job Market Report from Adzuna.co.uk.

Despite a rise in companies offering apprenticeships, research from Monster.co.uk revealed that there are still many misconceptions around what modern day apprenticeships consist of and the range of opportunities they offer.

Global professional services recruiter Morgan McKinley has revealed that London’s investment and corporates sector lost some of its appetite for creating new accounting and finance roles, according to its Accounting and Finance 2016 Salary Guide.

Financial Services booming while engineering falters