Bar Huberman, HR strategy and practice manager, Brightmine
Responding to the latest Labour Market data from the Office for National Statistics, Craig Sweeney, EVP of global strategic talent solutions at WilsonHCG - leading global talent solutions provider - has suggested that the labour market is still tight as skills shortages remain:
Budget billed as being for a ‘high wage, high skill economy’ missing new announcements on skills
Responding to today’s Spring Budget, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) Chief Executive Neil Carberry, said:
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.
A steady labour market sets the context for workers in a general election year, but headline figures belie long term challenges
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.
By Steve Dunnigan, VP, Lakeside Software
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.
By Richard Prime, Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Sonovate
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.
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.
Large proportions of the economy will be unaffected by today’s announcements, highlighting the need for a broader plan for growth
Commenting on the Chancellor’s announcement that the National Living Wage will rise, Kate Shoesmith, REC Deputy Chief Executive, said:
Commenting on the government’s Back to Work Plan announced today, Kate Shoesmith, REC Deputy Chief Executive, said: