Categories: Recruitment News

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…

Given the current economic turmoil, the cost-of-living-crisis and the rise in inflation, it's understandable that people may be thinking twice about moving jobs at the moment. Better the devil you know than the devil you don't! Many employers are now experiencing very low applicant numbers to their job advertisements, which…

Whilst right to work checks for new hires have been a staple within the recruitment sector for almost two decades, there has been a recent change to the law which has gone a little under the radar, but effects all employers. Digital right to work checks are now a requirement…

Employers are demanding that staff return to office working, however staff are pushing back as working from home is still important to them. Due to the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, hybrid and remote working became the ‘new normal’ during 2020, and was implemented across the UK job market…

Will the energy bailout improve business confidence? The new UK Prime Minister, Liz Truss, announced a plan on 8th September to help businesses with the rising energy prices due to come into effect this autumn. Named the Energy Price Guarantee, it aims to cap the amount households and businesses will…

If you’ve taken a walk down the high street recently you might have been struck by the sheer number of signs in shops and offices advertising their many open positions for staff. At first, this might not seem strange. After all, we’re all still dealing with the aftermath of the…