ONLINE RECRUITMENT NEWS

Following the news of £2.3bn in tech investments and the creation of 1,600 new tech jobs in the UK, Graham Smith, head of marketing at Microsoft recruitment partner Curo Talent believes we do not have access to enough talent to fill these vacancies:

Today’s labour market statistics published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), shows wage growth continues. Average weekly earnings for employees in the UK in real terms increased by 0.4% excluding bonuses, and by 0.1% including bonuses, compared with a year earlier.

New CIPD/Workday global research highlights need to boost people data skills and uptake

To help employers assess the ‘digital readiness’ of job applicants, and create a digitally-capable culture, a new competency model and a new package of psychometric tests have been launched by assessment specialist cut-e.

Digitisation and automation are driving significant change in the skills businesses look for in professionals, according to recruitment specialist Robert Half UK.

Commenting on the latest ONS Labour Market Statistics, Ian Brinkley, Acting Chief Economist at the CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development, says:

Tara Sinclair, economist and senior fellow at global job site, Indeed, comments:

By Martin Talbot, Director at totaljobs:

New research by the City & Guilds Group and Emsi suggests that apprenticeships and greater employer and Government collaboration could be the solution

From the people who brought you leading UK job aggregator allthetopbananas.com , today shake things up with the launch of Job Flurry.

Top summer destinations include California, New York and Texas; Massachusetts, New York and Florida most lucrative hot spots

Imperial College London is the nation’s most active creator of jobs in artificial intelligence (AI), according to figures released today by the world’s largest job site Indeed.

Dean Forbes, CEO of CoreHR comments:

IPSE (the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed) wholeheartedly supports a government proposal to make training for new skills tax-deductible for the self-employed – as it is for employees – balancing a flawed system that had disadvantaged the UK’s flexible labour market.