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Small businesses struggle in the battle for talent
The vast majority of Britain’s small business owners feel it is harder for them to hire staff than it is for bigger companies, according to new research conducted by job site Indeed. Some 81% of bosses at micro businesses – those with fewer than 10 employees – believe recruitment is more difficult for them than […]
Read More →Permanent placements growth softens to four-month low
The number of people placed into permanent job roles continued to rise markedly in April, although the pace of expansion was the softest seen in 2018 so far. In contrast, growth of temp billings picked up from March’s 13-month low, according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC)’s Report on Jobs. It also found that […]
Read More →UK becoming less attractive to international talent
With just under a year to go until Brexit, 96% of HR professionals and recruiters say it’s having an impact on their hiring strategies – with 46% seeing a ‘big’ or ‘huge’ impact. This new research comes from the first of LinkedIn’s quarterly ‘Recruiter Sentiment’ surveys, which gauge and track in-house HR departments’ and agency […]
Read More →Students struggle to land jobs
Over two-thirds (67.3%) of final-year students have yet to secure employment, with one in five relying on friends and family to get them a job. That’s according to UK student and graduate careers site, Magnet.me, whose findings from a recent of current students and 2017 graduates confirm a trend of earlier this year when only […]
Read More →Healthcare recruiters face challenging times
Following the recent publication of data showing that in 2018 there are 3,000 fewer nurses from the European Economic Area working in the NHS than a year ago, specialist healthcare recruiters have voiced their immediate concerns. The official figures by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) show that a total of 3,962 staff from the […]
Read More →Legal challenges to IR35 public sector reforms predicted
Some 50% of intermediaries questioned on how workers were assessed claim that no IR35 compliance tests had been carried out on workers sourced via agencies. This was one of the findings of a survey conducted by The Freelancer & Contractor Services Association (FCSA) among intermediaries that support some 33,500 workers in public sector roles, with […]
Read More →IR35 ‘highly destructive to public and private sectors’
Some 80% of contractors believe the impact of IR35 on the public sector has been ‘very negative’. That’s the finding of a new survey of more than 500 UK contractors of public and private sector professionals, business leaders and line managers, conducted by Harvey Nash Recruitment Solutions. One year since IR35 was rolled out into […]
Read More →UK talent strategies inspire confidence despite turnover rates
Some 96% of UK businesses rate their approach to succession planning highly, with 64% saying their talent pipeline is either very good or excellent – yet more than two-thirds are concerned that their employee turnover rates are too high. Those are the new findings by ‘Challenging Talent’, a new report by global recruitment partner BPS […]
Read More →Recruiters still at risk as latest phase of Criminal Finances Act comes in to force
Recruitment agency owners now face greater financial scrutiny and risk as the latest phase of the Criminal Finances Act 2017 (CFA) comes in to force, according to contractor management solutions firm, 6CATS International. As of this month (Monday 16th April), HMRC has been granted additional powers to seize valuable property in relation to cases of […]
Read More →English language tests blamed for NHS talent shortage
At a time when the NHS is facing an acute shortage of hospital doctors, there is an increasing reliance on overseas talent to help plug the gap. However, these much-needed medical professionals are facing several barriers which prevent them starting work in UK hospitals. That’s according to new research from Remedium Partners, a consultancy which […]
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