Opinion

  • Mahogany Inclusion Partners supports Apprenticeship Diversity Drive with Stephen Lawrence Day Foundation and Arena Racing Company (ARC)

    Mahogany Inclusion Partners, DEI specialist consultancy works with the Arena Racing Company (ARC), under the recommendation of the Stephen Lawrence Day foundation (SLDF) to help strengthen their Apprenticeship diversity and inclusion initiatives.

  • Real wage growth and low unemployment are good for households, but inadequate labour supply is constraining growth

    A steady labour market sets the context for workers in a general election year, but headline figures belie long term challenges

  • Survey results show that Recruitment Agencies remain optimistic despite a challenging 2023

    Results from the first of what will be an annual confidence survey of UK recruitment agencies by Simplicity, the specialist finance and back-office support company, show that agencies remain confident about prospects for 2024, despite a challenging 2023.

  • Public sector mass exodus could be reduced by simply improving digital employee experience

    By Steve Dunnigan, VP, Lakeside Software

  • 4 Tips to help your Recruitment Business emerge strongly from uncertain times

    2023 has proven to be a challenging year for business growth, marked by a seven-year high in business insolvencies. As the economy has squeezed, companies across all sectors have had to take cost-cutting measures, including tech giants like Facebook, Google, and X [formerly known as Twitter], who have been forced to downsize their workforce on a global scale.

  • Recruitment relies on people; it should also rely on technology in 2024

    By Richard Prime, Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Sonovate

  • Making online recruitment more accessible

    With the ongoing skills shortage continuing to present a sizeable challenge to recruitment professionals, the UN’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities (3 December) is a helpful reminder of the need to make our recruitment practices and tools as accessible and disability-friendly as possible.

  • High pay awards in public sector drive whole-economy median back up to 6%, finds XpertHR

    The latest data from XpertHR shows that the median basic pay award in the three months to the end of October 2023 stands at 6%, half a percentage point higher than in the previous quarter.

  • Chancellor missed the opportunity to invest more broadly in skills and growth, says the CIPD

    Large proportions of the economy will be unaffected by today’s announcements, highlighting the need for a broader plan for growth

  • REC response to the Chancellor’s announcement on National Living Wage

    Commenting on the Chancellor’s announcement that the National Living Wage will rise, Kate Shoesmith, REC Deputy Chief Executive, said:

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