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In the ever-evolving landscape of Q3 2023, businesses demonstrated resilience, with 80% engaging in recruitment—maintaining consistency from the previous quarter. Notably, over a third of these enterprises increased their hiring efforts, reflecting a proactive approach to talent acquisition. Despite the average time to hire ticking up to 6.1 weeks in Q3, a slight increase from

The landscape of work is evolving, and for Generation Z and younger, the future workforce will operate in a world where humans collaborate with machines. Excelling in this environment demands constant reinvention and a proactive approach to standing out in the office. While recent fears have been sparked by predictions that AI might eliminate jobs,

The United Kingdom is on the brink of a substantial transformation in its immigration system, bidding farewell to traditional physical documents like biometric residence permits (BRPs) and vignettes in favor of digital immigration statuses. By the close of 2024, the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) will fully embrace electronic visas (eVisas), aligning with the overarching

In a recent report by The Open University, the glaring gap between ESG awareness and practical implementation within businesses has come to light. Despite nearly 80 per cent of organisations acknowledging the impact of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors on their brand and reputation, only 8 per cent have a fully realised ESG strategy.

  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

  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

  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