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    By Martina Ruiss, Head of HR at Personio

  • Rich messaging: An opportunity ready to be filled in the recruitment space

    Luke Glen, Strategic Director at IMImobile

  • ONS Labour market comment - CV-Library's CEO says figures aren't painting a true picture of the current job market

    In response the latest ONS Labour Market Statistics released this morning, please see a comment from CV-Library's founder and CEO, Lee Biggins, below:

  • Redundancy activity remains subdued as employment levels defy economic gravity for now

    Official labour market figures published earlier today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) are better than expected, including a modest fall in employment and a modest rise in unemployment. However, the figures are at odds with other economic indicators, especially the record fall in the demand for workers, which will undoubtedly spell much tougher times ahead for the UK labour market according to the CIPD.

  • ONS labour market statistics: REC response

    In response to today’s Labour Market Statistics from the ONS, Neil Carberry, CEO of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation said:

  • James Reed, Chairman of REED - ONS unemployment data

  • New immigration system: REC response

    Neil Carberry, CEO of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation said:

  • Employers taking longer to recruit during pandemic, but quality of applications has improved

    CV-Library's latest study ‘Hiring during a pandemic’ reveals how organisations have adapted their recruitment processes in recent months

  • Budget reaction: CV-Library's CEO says it will take 12-18 months for job market to recover

    Lee Biggins, founder and CEO of CV-Library, comments:

  • HR body responds to job measures announced in Chancellor’s statement

    The CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development, has responded to the Chancellor’s economic statement.

  • LinkedIn's Reaction on the Chancellor’s jobs package

    Josh Graff, who leads LinkedIn in the UK, said:

  • IR35 tax reform to go ahead in 2021 - Why should the government rethink this?

    Comment from Dean Sadler, CEO and Founder at TribePad

  • Job postings grow as key sectors open up

    The number of job adverts in the UK continued to rise during June

  • JobsOutlook: Business sentiment on the turn as economy opens

    Business confidence in the UK economy improved by 17 percentage points between early May and June.

  • Record fall in vacancies shows labour market in the doldrums

    Gerwyn Davies, Senior Labour Market Adviser at the CIPD, comments on the labour market statistics for the period February-April 2020, published earlier today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS):

  • Majority of Brits feel stressed about finding a new role in the current climate, with one in four putting their job search on hold due to COVID-19

    A brand new study from the UK’s leading independent job board, CV-Library, reveals that a staggering 75.3% of Brits feel stressed about trying to find a new role in the current climate, with one in four (28.5%) admitting that they’ve put their job search on hold due to COVID-19

  • Covid-19 has forced employers to change how they work - which of those changes might be permanent?

    In the world of work, the effects of social measures that governments are being forced to take have proven to be incredibly challenging for businesses and employees.

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  • ONS labour market statistics: government should work with the recruitment industry to tackle long-term unemployment

    ONS labour market statistics, published this morning for the period January to March 2020, show the beginning of the decline the jobs market as the lockdown took hold. However the situation since then has changed dramatically, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has said.

  • Recruitment outlook looks bleak as vacancies tumble while redundancy activity remains low

    Responding to the latest set of UK labour market data from Office for National Statistics (ONS), covering the three months to March 2020, Gerwyn Davies, the CIPD’s Senior Labour Market Adviser comments: