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Capping agency spend is just a plaster over the cracks
Unsurprisingly, the REC has reacted with anger at the caps placed on pay for NHS agency staff pay, which were introduced this week. One of the key sources of that anger is that the final decision to introduce the caps was made just five working days after the close of an official consultation on the […]
Read More →Time to show them the money
Money talks, according to a new study by incentive solutions company Xactly. Its research found that cold hard cash was the main motivator for 27% of UK employees, and that more than two-thirds felt that a financial bonus would motivate them to push towards their next professional goal. We all know that money has been […]
Read More →Going global is good for careers and business
The world is definitely getting smaller. According to research by the Centre for Economics and Business Research, 28% of UK employees are now working in an internationally focused role. And when it comes to employers’ hiring intentions, they’re increasingly looking for candidates who have knowledge and/or experience of global markets or who are quick to […]
Read More →It’s not just the women on the boards we need to look at
Perhaps it’s a confirmation of some success if – four years after the first recommendations were released – Lord Davies’s final Women on Boards report suggests a new voluntary target of 33%. When his first report came out in 2011, many thought the original target of 25% by 2015 was unachievable, but it was in […]
Read More →CV-blind recruiting hopes to put an end to the ‘poshness’ test
There was an outcry earlier this year when a report by the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission found that many ‘leading’ employers were judging applicants on their mannerisms, background and dress sense – at the time this was dubbed the “poshness test”. What it proved was, as another report from the same commission had […]
Read More →Too much month at the end of the money?
The news this week that almost a third of workers live ‘paycheck to paycheck’, struggling to make ends meet, might not highlight a new phenomenon. But CareerBuilder’s survey is also just a taste of how many workers in the UK have been hit by a perfect storm of wage freezes or zero-hours contract jobs, a […]
Read More →Putting the balance back in work-life balance
With improvements in rights to flexible working and plenty of scrutiny on unfair working practices, it still seems surprising that ‘presenteeism’ among employers is on the increase. According to a survey by the CIPD in conjunction with SimplyHealth, almost a third of employers have seen an increase in presenteeism, particularly in corporate cultures where long […]
Read More →Older workers: more measurement means more support
Ever since the default legal retirement age was abolished in 2011, employers have felt at a bit of a loss when it comes to older workers. With age discrimination legislation firmly entrenched, they know they shouldn’t discriminate against those who would normally be approaching their final few years at work, but still find this relationship […]
Read More →An investment in low-paid workers pays off
The REC’s latest research looking into what motivates low-paid workers highlights just how the challenges of low-wage work stretch beyond the cost of living and into issues such as lack of access to training, poor progression opportunities and the monotony of the work itself. For all the hot air that’s been generated over the morality […]
Read More →Shoddy interviews waste time and money
Despite many sectors being concerned about skills shortages and going all out to attract the best candidates, it seems that hiring managers could be letting them down. According to a new study from CV-Library, the majority of UK job hunters have been subject to unprofessional behaviour during a job interview. This ranges from the annoying […]
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