Statistics

  • Employers forecasting 2% pay rises in 2015

    Talk of strong wage growth might be premature, with private-sector employers planning across-the-board pay increases to staff of just 2% in 2015, according to the latest data from pay analysts at XpertHR

  • Rising number of vacancies provide further sign of a healthy recovery

    Commenting on today's labour market statistics, Geraint Johnes, director at Lancaster University’s Work Foundation, said

  • Demand for interim managers increases

    Enquiries for interim management are increasing, finds the latest polling data from the IMA, the body that represents the interim management provider industry[1]. In its latest Ipsos MORI survey[2], the IMA highlights increased demand towards the end of 2014 - with the average number of enquiries per member up by almost a quarter (23 per cent) for Q4, compared to the same period in 2013

  • Mid-size businesses lead from the front on job creation and wage increases in 2015

    The Barclays Employers’ Survey 2015, which questioned over 660 UK businesses1, has revealed that mid-size businesses will be leading on job creation and wage growth in 2015. Against a positive backdrop of continued falling unemployment and wage growth outstripping inflation in recent months, 67% are planning to take on new staff (compared to 62% in 2014) and 82% are set to increase wages, a significant increase on last year (67%)

  • Workers ignore the old adage to never discuss politics

    New research1 from leading recruitment specialist Robert Half UK reveals that workplace discussions on politics are heating up in the run up to this year’s General Election

  • Seeing isn't believing for HR heads on LinkedIn

    Only 8% of HR heads fully believe the LinkedIn profiles they see, and 29% feel they are likely to be less honest than a CV

  • Boost for female technology professionals employed by UK companies

    More than half (52%) of UK companies have increased the number of female IT professionals they employ over the past five years, according to new research1 from specialist IT recruiter Robert Half Technology. UK Chief Information Officers (CIOs) say the growth in employment of women in technology is being largely driven by mentoring programmes (cited by 34%), greater enrolment in technology education (28%) and government initiatives (17%)

  • Social Media vs. Job Boards - The Future of Recruiting

    Since Social Media first started allowing businesses to create their own accounts, there has been more and more discussion of how Social Media is "the future of marketing," "the answer to customer and employee engagement," and yes, "the key to recruiting in the 21st century."

  • Survey: Leadership Development becomes top HR priority for UK employers

    Leadership development has become the new top priority for HR professionals in the UK in 2015, and minimising succession risk their 2nd HR priority

  • Government adviser endorses REC plans for older workers pledge - REC

    Responding to a report published today by Dr Ros Altmann, the government’s Business Champion for Older Workers, about the challenges faced by older workers, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) announces plans for an ‘Older Workers Pledge’. To be developed with Age UK, the country’s largest charity working with and for older people, it will aid the professional body for the recruitment industry raise awareness of the issue and champion best practice

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