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Guaranteed hours risks backfiring without an exemption for agency workers, warns the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC). REC says the policy could deter hiring and tempt some employers and workers toward false self-employment.

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.

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.

Financial wellbeing experts WEALTH at work says new research shows that, as the cost of living continues to stretch household budgets and economic uncertainty persists, how people save their money is becoming increasingly important for long‑term financial security.

A market-leading survey points to steady bonus payouts for recruiters this year. But the slightly constrained outlook is pushing firms to rethink how they can reward and retain talent in a tough economy.

A NORTH EAST tech company is expanding internationally as part of an ambitious growth strategy that could see turnover more than double.