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  Competition for talent within the financial services sector is blisteringly fierce right now. This makes it even more crucial that employers sharpen their hiring skills. According to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the industry had 5+ unfilled vacancies per 100 jobs between April and June 2022. It’s the third worst in

The recruitment market is dauntingly competitive right now, across a range of UK sectors. Around 80% of organisations are struggling to find candidates with the right skills, and confidence in finding the right candidate has dropped by 4% since 2020.   It’s becoming increasingly difficult to source the right talent, which has led in some

Online retail giant Amazon has announced the purchase of primary health care provider One Medical, expanding its presence in yet another key market. Seattle-based Amazon on Thursday announced its purchase of established primary health care provider One Medical. The deal reportedly cost Amazon $3.9 billion in cash ($18 per share / $76.8 premium). This would make it

  The UK’s Office of National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that job vacancies between February and April 2022 rocketed to a new record-breaking high.   The ONS data shows that there were a huge 1,295,000 roles unfilled across the UK during the first few months of the year. This is an increase of 33,700 compared

  The UK Government has introduced new legislation which will give a wider range of healthcare professionals the power to issue fit notes for work. Currently in England, Wales and Scotland, only doctors can certify fit notes.   The aim behind the rule change is to ease pressure on overstretched GPs in the wake of

“RGH-Global is delighted to announce our partnership with the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women. We will proudly be providing the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women with mentors to support their mission of empowering women to start, grow and sustain businesses.   Created in 2008, the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women (CBFW) helps women around the

  The metaverse is coming – or at least, that’s the word in tech circles. Facebook owner Meta is putting everything behind its vision for its integrated network of 3D virtual worlds, and other tech innovators are following suit.     But what will the rise of the metaverse mean for recruitment? Let’s take a look

Despite all the changes in the past few decades and all the ways “work” has been molded and impacted by technology, the structure by which we shape our workforce has largely remained the same. Even when we look to build our own companies, it often starts with a similar mindset: a corporate pyramid that grows

The federal government said Thursday that artificial intelligence technology to screen new job candidates or monitor worker productivity can unfairly discriminate against people with disabilities, sending a warning to employers that the commonly used hiring tools could violate civil rights laws. The U.S. Justice Department and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission jointly issued guidance to employers to take care

If you’re struggling to find or retain the talent you need, you’re not alone. There are global skill shortages across multiple sectors, and the recruitment market is ablaze with hiring activity. Companies are locked in heated competition over the best people, offering increasingly high salaries and benefits to keep an edge over their rivals. All

The difficulties and devastations of the Covid-19 pandemic have highlighted just how important healthcare workers are. If we didn’t know their value before, we certainly do now – after months of frontline stress, struggles to clear treatment backlogs and get health services back on an even keel.    As you might expect, urgent staff shortages

  The latest data for UK wages shows that average pay increased at the end of 2021, but it’s still lagging behind the soaring cost of living.   The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has released new figures showing that in the period from October to December last year, wages rose by 3.7% compared to

In 2021, we were all talking about one thing – the so-called ‘Great Resignation’.   Since researchers discovered that record numbers of people were leaving their jobs, there was a certain degree of panic among employers. After all, the figures from April 2021 showed that a huge four million people had quit their jobs in

As the economy starts to recover from the pandemic, hiring activity has picked up dramatically. Now that furlough is coming to an end and businesses get back to full strength, the jobs market is thriving. UK job vacancies are the highest they’ve been since the start of the pandemic, and employers across many industries are starting

Most people working in tech realise that women are underrepresented in the sector, but not everyone realises how wide the gender gap has become. According to research by PwC, just 15% of STEM roles in the UK are taken by women, and just 5% of tech leaders are female. These are disappointing figures, demonstrating a