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The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has written to the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee requesting an inquiry after new Freedom of Information (FOI) data revealed that some NHS trusts are paying significantly more for Bank staff than agency workers.

The graduate hiring market is shifting in unexpected ways. Companies are still trying to find the people but a lot of graduates are not jumping at the first job offer they get. Instead, a growing number of high-performing candidates are turning down opportunities that fail to meet their expectations around growth, flexibility, workplace culture, and hiring experience itself.

A Facebook page can have good posts, a real business and a clear offer, but still feel hard to trust if it looks empty.

TikTok moves fast. A good video can pick up views in hours, or sit unnoticed even when the content is strong.

YouTube is not always kind to new videos. You can spend hours filming, editing and fixing the thumbnail, then publish it and watch the view count barely move.

A good Instagram post can still look ignored if it does not get early attention.

Instagram can be annoying when you are starting from a quiet account. You may have good posts, clean visuals and a decent offer, but if the profile has low followers and weak engagement, people often judge it too quickly.

LinkedIn is often where people check your credibility before replying, connecting or trusting your company page. A low follower count does not mean you are not serious, but it can make a strong profile look newer than it really is.

Getting attention on YouTube is tough. You can plan, film, edit and publish a solid video, only for it to sit there with barely any likes.

Building a Twitch channel from zero can feel slow, especially when the profile still looks quiet. Even with good audio, a clean setup and a real streaming plan, a low follower count can make new visitors hesitate.

By Kim De’Ath, 3R

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AI is reshaping graduate recruitment in two ways at once. It is changing the work graduates will do, and it is changing how they apply for those roles.

The research comes as UK Google searches for “signs of burnout” have surged by 150% in the past year, underlining the scale of the issue.