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New research from Bullhorn highlights the factors that will increase talent’s likelihood of working with a recruitment agency again

Organisations with transparent pay information in all job adverts have the highest proportion of females (65%) in top-paying roles

The latest Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) and Lightcast Labour Market Tracker finds cautious employers moving more slowly to staff up for Christmas than usual.

New data from global hiring and matching platform, Indeed, shows that searches for Christmas jobs are up by nearly a third (31%) on this time last year, as businesses ramp up hiring for the festive season.

Stress and poor mental health remain persistent issues in the workplace, but workers say they are getting less support from their managers than last year, reveals the ADP® Research Institute’s People at Work 2023: A Global Workforce View.

55% of UK employees were not invited to a formal exit interview when resigning from their last job role, new research by talent solutions specialist, Cpl's Talent Evolution Group has revealed.

The majority (72%) of businesses are finding it difficult to retain top employees, with 22% admitting it’s very challenging, a new survey has revealed.

HR professionals are key to implementing new ways of working and should be at the heart of driving change, says the CIPD

The UK ranks 28th globally and 7th in Europe for real-terms salary increases forecasted next year, outpacing the expected average global rise of 1.0%.

While 63% of employees say AI would increase job satisfaction and engagement, 54% have no idea how their company is using it

The report reveals that people over 50 now make up over a third (34%) of the sector’s workforce. This proportion is up 14% on February 2020 levels.

A new survey revealed that one in two (51%) in the UK plan to actively look for new jobs in the next six months. ‘Higher salary’ remains the most valued reason for wanting to move jobs at 42%, followed by ‘meaningful and impactful work’ at 13%.

Two thirds (65%) of UK workers would be prepared to take a pay cut for an overall better job according to research by the global hiring platform Indeed.

As the climate crisis and net zero targets continue to drive debate, the latest Hiring Trends Index report, a quarterly survey of 1,011 HR decision makers from Totaljobs reveals that there is more demand for green skills in the UK economy than ever before.

More than two-thirds (71%) of respondent businesses have been impacted by labour shortages over the last year and nearly eight in 10 (77%) believe that access to skills is a threat to labour market competitiveness, in a new survey out today.