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  • Graduate vacancies predicted to rise by 11.9% this year

    Employers predict a double-digit rise in graduate vacancies in the coming year, according to the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR), which today (Tuesday 27 January) published the winter edition of its bi-annual survey
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  • New Year, New Career, true for 95% of people

    A recent survey conducted by TipTopJob over the last few weeks has found that 95% of respondents New Years’ resolution were to find a new job
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  • Pay awards end 2014 at 2%

    Pay awards in 2014 ended the year below where they started, with the median basic pay rise for UK employees standing at 2% in the three months to the end of December 2014
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  • Businesses still struggle to measure the cost of absenteeism

    Absenteeism costs UK businesses around £30bn a year (PwC). However, when organisations manage absenteeism, questions are raised about the best way to measure and report on this issue. MidlandHR has surveyed over 120 HR professionals across organisations in the private sector, public sector and not-for-profit sector to identify attitudes towards absence management and reporting. Today, it has released its findings in a new report, Understanding Absence Management
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  • Professional Hiring Index: 2015 set to be a bumper year for recruitment

    Almost half (47%) of HR directors plan to expand hiring, with their companies set to add new positions, in the first six months of 2015 according to the latest Professional Hiring Index1 (‘the Index’) from Robert Half UK. Four points higher than six months prior, the research highlights that the labour market has firmly shifted into a post-recessionary cycle, where professionals with marketable skills hold the advantage as candidate demand outweighs supply
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  • Nursing: Jobs Advertised Increase, Application Rates Decrease

    According to figures released by recruitment software provider, Recruitive, December 2014 saw an 8% increase in the number of nursing jobs advertised, despite a slight and expected fall in the number of jobs advertised over the festive period
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  • Make way for the all singing, all dancing, 3D CV

    Kloodle reveals that over half of students are ready to ditch the traditional resume
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  • Over half (53%) of Brits hit by work stress

    Work is the most common cause for stress among UK adults, according to new research - but over half (51%) of UK workers say they would feel uncomfortable taking a day off due to stress.
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  • UK ranks seventh after Switzerland, Singapore and Luxembourg, as second edition of Global Talent Competitiveness Index released

    Research highlights importance of ’employable skills’ and vocational education amid changing labour markets and rising unemployment
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  • Overseas employers begin to embrace the social media age

    International employers are reaching a tipping point when it comes to communicating with their overseas staff
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  • A third of small businesses turn to friends and family to get funds to grow

    Nearly a third (30%) of finance borrowed by small business decision makers comes from friends and family, with only 53% coming from banks, according to new research by Everline, the digital lender for small businesses
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  • Fear of working for a bad manager puts 20% off accepting a job

    Managers should be organisations ‘shop window’ for attracting talent, says Penna
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  • Middle aged workers are feeling the squeeze

    They take more sick leave than any other age group and 1 in 3 constantly feels stressed – and they haven’t yet hit 50
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  • Skills gaps and talent drain are growing concerns for UK workers

    UK workers have become increasingly concerned about the threat of talent gaps and skills shortages, according to an extensive study of their views. A lack of recruitment, poor investment in training and development and a loss of skills to competitors and abroad were identified as the biggest influencing factors
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  • More than half of companies take a proactive approach to mental health

    More than half (52 per cent) of UK HR professionals now regularly engage with their staff to gain an insight into their mental wellbeing, new research has revealed
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