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Employment rises in Scotland as UK government highlights necessity of UK union
Unemployment in Scotland fell one percentage point below the average unemployment rate for the UK in the three months to December 2013, government figures show. Just over 7% of the Scottish population, or 190,000 people, are out of work, a drop of 3,000 on the three months to October 2013, the Office for National Statistics […]
Read More →Skills shortages drive up finance sector salaries
Salaries for top tier professionals in the UK financial services have risen due to skills shortages in the sector, a survey has found. Companies are paying a premium for talented staff, with salaries for some positions in risk and compliance increasing by 8.9% over 2013, according to the 2014 Robert Half Financial Services Salary Guide. […]
Read More →Creative sector generates ‘£8m an hour’ for UK, government says
Creative industries are now worth an annual £71.4 billion to the UK economy, the government has claimed. Including advertising and marketing, film, music, publishing and IT and software services, the sector experienced 10% growth in 2012 and accounted for 1.68 million jobs – 5.6% of UK jobs. The Department of Culture, Media and Sport, which […]
Read More →South West interim and contract jobs increase surpasses the capital as vacancies across the regions grow
England’s regions are catching up with the capital in interim and contract employment recovery, figures show. In the past three months several areas of the UK have mirrored – and in the case of the South West outperformed – London’s employment growth, driven by an upturn in demand for skilled professionals across both the private […]
Read More →City jobs on the up as London emerges as millionaire banker capital
November saw 2,500 new jobs created in the City, the highest number in over seven months and a six percentage point increase on the previous month, figures show. Traditionally a quiet time of year for hiring ahead of bonuses being announced before Christmas, November 2013 saw the number of jobs created increase by 38 percentage […]
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 →Jobs growth in Scotland signals economic recovery
Scottish recruiters have linked sharp recorded increases in permanent and temporary staff placements during October to greater client demand. The latest Report on Jobs from the Bank of Scotland showed the growth in permanent vacancies in accelerated in October to its fastest pace since July 2007. A marked improvement in Scottish job market conditions – […]
Read More →British people more ‘confident’ about getting a job than three months ago
Overall national job confidence has increased by 1.7 points in the last three months, rising from 51.8 to 53.5 out of 100, according to the Job Confidence Index from the National Careers Service. Research for the index, which measures overall job confidence as well as job confidence among the unemployed, shows that 76% of the […]
Read More →Jobs reach five-year high this autumn, but salaries remain stagnant
Job opportunities are at their highest level since the height of the financial crash in September 2008, according to an analysis of job vacancies from over 10,000 UK recruiters. The latest monthly REED job index found that all 12 UK regions it measures are showing a monthly and annual growth in jobs, with more than […]
Read More →Social science graduates ‘more likely to be in work’
Social science graduates are more likely to be in work after their first degree than graduates in other areas, and a higher proportion are in managerial and senior official roles, according to analysis of official data. Eighty-four per cent of social science graduates were in employment, compared with 78% of science, technology, engineering and mathematics […]
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