While there may be some caution from employers in the face of uncertainty, overall the jobs market remains robust judging by the demand for new staff. The number of active job vacancy postings across the UK has remained robust since mid-August 2022. Active job adverts went above 1.5 million in mid-December 2022 and remained there in the first week of January, according to the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) and Lightcast’s latest Labour Market Tracker.
It has been yet another eventful year for recruitment, with companies from every sector fighting to find and retain skilled workers as we emerged from the COVID-19 crisis to face a new string of obstacles.
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The new benefits range from access to GP services to physiotherapy and mental health support, and have been designed in response to feedback from Bupa’s frontline teams on the services that they would most value.
Two years after flexible working pipped pensions to top spot in the employee benefits HR teams say their people value the most, they have regained pole position.
Amidst economic uncertainty, LinkedIn’s latest Jobs on The Rise list shows that jobs including Sustainability Manager, Customer Success Consultant, Security Operations Centre Analyst, and Chief Growth Officer are among the fastest-growing in the UK.
Research out today shows that there is an urgent need for an upskilled workforce. Big Issue Recruit (BIR), which aims to bring people from a more diverse range of backgrounds into the job market, is a new solution to this crisis.
UK businesses face a balancing act, as the increase in hybrid working boosts productivity, but findings show this may come at the expense of workplace culture.
A Purchase Order number (P.O.) is a unique number issued to a purchase order form. The purchase order specifies the items/ services a company desires to obtain from a specific provider/ supplier. The buyer and seller will refer to the purchase order number throughout the transaction.
Business productivity is being stunted by a mountain of unnecessary ‘badmin’, threatening business performance as the UK enters recession.
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Career path steps are getting shorter, and employees should take care to look after their market value through lifewide learning, advises Jouko Pitkänen at Aalto University Executive Education.
-St Andrew’s Healthcare Recruitment Day – Friday 20th January 2023 -
Concerns around recession, inflation, and high operating costs are causing distress to UK small businesses as they enter this year, according to new SME Outlook 2023 research from iwoca – one of Europe’s largest small business lenders
Gen Z and retirees most impacted by cost of living crisis - global survey of 35,000 workers