Categories: Recruitment News

With the end of the year fast approaching and the festive season nearly upon us, this is usually the time we start to see a flurry of recruitment activity. Was that the case this October? In this comprehensive update, let’s delve into the key developments that shaped the recruitment industry…

Despite the cost of living crisis causing much of the UK to struggle to make ends meet, many people are still forgoing work altogether. The number of people who aren’t working despite having no illness or disability could be as high as 300,000, and one of the reasons for this…

It’s fair to say that life hasn’t exactly been stable these past few years. The need for flexibility, both at work and in life, has become a sticking point for many for obvious reasons. Last May, 39% of UK adults worked from home at some point in the week, and…

Could we have survived the pandemic without Zoom? That’s debatable, but most of us used this vital app to keep in touch with friends, host game nights, and, yes, even work. So, it’s with some degree of sadness and confusion that Zoom recently decided that workers simply have to return…

Ghosting. It used to be confined to the dating world, but over the past few years, we’ve seen a slew of poor employers dealing with this recent rejection, too. What is ghosting in the recruitment world, you ask? Simply put, it’s when a prospective employee just... disappears. You can imagine…

Despite a lot of fear mongering these past few months, the UK jobs market has continued to defy expectations. More and more people are looking for jobs in a shrinking market. In the UK, there were roughly 1.05 million open positions in the three months leading up to May 2023,…

"The robots are coming! The robots are coming!" Yes, it looks like the day has finally arrived. Artificial intelligence, AI, has finally evolved and is coming for everyone's livelihoods. At least, that's what the latest cascade of news articles would have us believe. You don't have to look very long…

There has been a lot of doom and gloom circulated in the press recently regarding the economy, but it looks like the clouds are parting, and sunshine might finally be streaming through.  That’s not only because it’s spring; the latest outlook is that the UK will avoid a recession and…

Now that we have been back in the office for a couple of weeks and have well and truly blown off the post-Christmas cobwebs, it’s time to give you a taster of some of the proposed (and confirmed) employment law changes, that may have some bearing on your recruitment activities.…

With the UK job market on the rise, now’s the best time to search for a new job. Whether you're an experienced professional looking for a career change, or a recent graduate just starting out, it's essential that you keep up with the current trends and skills in demand. This…

With all the negative headlines at the moment surrounding the economy, the cost-of-living crisis, interest rates and global supply chains, you would be forgiven for thinking that all of the green shoots of growth that we were starting to see earlier this year, have been dramatically cut down. We take…

The increase in ‘Working from home’ over the past few years, has led to the creation of a new job role – ‘Chief Remote Working Officer’. In October 2022, over 100 UK companies were advertising for someone to oversee hybrid working, which is an increase on 52 jobs advertised in…