Employers need to increase workforce to meet demand
Business confidence has been shaken since the EU referendum; however, employers say they need to hire more staff to meet demand. That’s according to the latest JobsOutlook survey by the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC). A third (34%) of employers surveyed in the three months to August say they have no capacity to take on […]
Read More →Employment rate at record high of 74.5%
This month’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) labour market data for May to July 2016 have shown that employment rose 174,000 and unemployment fell by 39,000. The ONS confirmed last week that there are 31.77 million people now in work – up by more than 550,000 in the past year and by 2.7 million since […]
Read More →Berry move doubles its business
Berry Recruitment in Hatfield has moved into new, larger offices – and doubled its number of staff. The relocation has given the branch more footfall and has also assisted the local authority in revitalising part of the town centre. It has helped progress a key part of Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council’s investment programme to redevelop and attract […]
Read More →Recruitment Agency Expo takes place next week
The UK’s biggest event for professional recruiters, Recruitment Agency Expo, will take place next week on Wednesday 28th and Thursday 29th September. Returning to the Birmingham NEC for a fourth time, Recruitment Agency Expo North will bring together hundreds of recruitment agency owners, managers and senior executives with suppliers of specialist products and services to recruitment […]
Read More →Disabled employees rank highest for talent
Disabled employees outperform all other groups in terms of innovation and professional ambition. This is one of the findings from the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD), published this month in its paper, Attitudes to Employability and Talent. The Recruitment Industry Disability Initiative (RIDI) has welcomed the CIPD’s data, which follow in the wake of […]
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Read More →Leeds recruiter invests £850,000 in its future
Recruitment firm Futures.co.uk has expanded into new premises after acquiring a modern purpose-built office building as a result of an £850,000 investment. The two-storey, 5,300 square foot building is located near Leeds on Horsforth’s New Street and will now house 34 of the company’s team in a large open plan office space on the first […]
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Read More →UK graduates targeted by job scams
As the new university term begins, students and graduates are being targeted by online scammers, with 41.9% of students admitting that they wouldn’t recognise the signs of a scam. The study of 10,000 UK candidates from job site, CV-Library, in partnership with the e-crime non-profit organisation, SAFERjobs, found that of those that have been targeted, […]
Read More →Brexit: What now for the recruitment industry?
New Prime Minister Theresa May might proclaim that “Brexit means Brexit”, but for those running businesses or hiring staff in the UK, a constant barrage of mixed messages means few know what to expect. In the last month alone, we’ve had conflicting reports on the impact of the Leave vote on jobs: job board Reed.co.uk […]
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