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Santa Claus is finally back in town, with job postings for Christmas roles bouncing back to pre-pandemic levels.

In the third quarter of 2022, employers’ confidence in both the UK economic outlook and their own ability to invest in their business declined markedly

The new functionality further extends the graphical analytics capabilities of the Cezanne HR system to give HR teams and senior managers greater insight into important HR data.

A lot has happened in the UK this quarter, which caused a knock-on effect for many. With the rise in the cost of living in full swing and talks of a recession on the horizon, the UK job market looks to have slowed, and so could recruiters' margins.

Pawel Adrjan, Director EMEA Economic Research at the global job site Indeed, said:

On World Mental Health Day (10 October) Adrian Lewis, Director at Activ People HR warns that workers mental health mustn’t be neglected even if HR budgets are tightened as the UK faces an epidemic of mental health issues.

The CIPD warns that more experimentation, smarter working practices and greater investment in technology is needed to pave the way for the four-day week.

Joint research from Totaljobs and Career Ready finds that upcoming school leavers are unsatisfied with the level of career advice they receive at school, with guidance largely focused on university.

Following several months of plateauing applications, recruiters everywhere will be breathing a sigh of relief that the WaveTrackR September 2022 Recruitment Trends Report shows that they are finally increasing.

- More than half of the workforce feel they are underpaid as huge support has emerged for employers to intervene to ease the cost of living crisis.

This report shows the hiring activity rates due to the economy and is compiled by collecting primary data through survey responses from recruitment agencies and workers. Here we will discuss and break down their findings.

With UK homeowners warned by the bank of England to expect “significant” increase in interest rates, in response to Kwasi Kwarteng’s tax-cutting mini-budget last week and the Prime Minister insisting the plans are ‘right’, half of the country's professionals are so concerned they’re intending to look for a new job as a direct result.

The number of active job adverts across the UK has been cooling-off since the end of July.

Slow, unresponsive processes more likely to cause application abandonment than salary or benefits concerns, reveals new survey

UK businesses are currently experiencing an incredibly challenging period.