Recruiters’ vital role in talent management
The last few weeks have been busy for talent management research. As well as the groundbreaking INSEAD Global Talent Management Index, which puts the UK seventh in the world for talented employees, Deloitte reported that London is the “talent capital” of the world employing 1.5 million people in 12 out of 22 high-skilled sectors. The […]
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Debate about the use of zero hours contracts has reignited with the publication of a report which suggests the use of the controversial employment practice has been “underestimated, oversimplified and unfairly demonised”. About one million people – 3.1% of the UK workforce – are employed on zero-hours contracts, according to a survey of 1,000 employers […]
Read More →Careers advice not meeting school pupils’ needs
Young people are not getting the careers advice their need to make informed careers choices. Ninety three per cent of 14 to 25-year-olds surveyed by the Confederation of British Industry felt they were not getting enough guidance, with the most emphasis placed on traditional career routes, at the expense of apprenticeships and vocational qualifications. Around […]
Read More →Employers not supporting mothers returning to work, survey suggests
A poll of women who return to work after starting a family has found that 60% felt less employable since having a child. Three quarters of more than 1,000 users of the parenting website Mumsnet said it was harder to progress in their career. Some employers are not offering support to pregnant workers and those […]
Read More →UK universities and management schools rated top for talent
The UK ranked seventh out of 103 countries for competitiveness based on the quality of talented people it can produce, attract and retain. It came top of the list on the quality of its universities and management schools in the ranking by French management school INSEAD. The Global Talent Competitiveness Index, based on research in […]
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Thinking of selling your agency? Make sure you do your homework and don’t rush into it, says Peter Crush News this month that the Recruitment and Employment Confederation expects growth in the recruitment sector of 7.3% for 2013/2014 and 8.3% for 2014/2015, will no doubt have been greeted extremely positively by all in the industry. […]
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Read More →Building the future workforce
The plight of the youngest members of the workforce during the most recent recession is well-documented. The steep increase in university tuition fees coupled with some of the highest numbers of younger people not in education, employment or training (NEETS) have highlighted the tough situation that the UK’s youngest find themselves. Last week’s employment figures from […]
Read More →Recruitment sector first to be scrutinised for auto-enrolment compliance
The Pensions Regulator has targeted the recruitment sector to ensure agencies are complying with their statutory auto-enrolment duties. The compliance and enforcement team from the public body visited a number of recruitment agencies to share good practice, but also to ensure they were complying with their duties to automatically enrol eligible workers into a work-based […]
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