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Average advertised salaries have dropped to a year-long low, as companies shift emphasis from recruitment to retention, and reward their recession veterans with long overdue pay rises, according to the latest UK Job Market Report from Adzuna.co.uk

New research from Mind makes for uncomfortable reading – the mental health charity has found that more than 1 in 7 of us (15 per cent) who receive work emails sometimes check them while in the toilet. An online YouGov poll of 1,095 English and Welsh workers also showed that nearly 2 in 5 (38 per cent) of those who receive work emails admitted that they often checked them outside of work

Findings show that amid an increase in job opportunities, employers struggle to find quality applicants

When the recession began in 2008, the British and worldwide economies both suffered. Companies were soon making job cuts and one of the first by-products of this was that the recruitment industry had plenty of new candidates but no roles to place them in

Glassdoor research shows that nearly half of jobless chose no job over a ‘zero hours’ job

Employers are continuing to increase wages by just 2% at their annual pay reviews, the latest data released today (Friday) by pay analysts at XpertHR shows

Landmark research has identified that not only are we heading toward a 7.5 million skills gap by 2022[1], but just over a million people aged 50+ have been pushed out of work involuntarily[2] and are actively looking to return to the workplace. These missing million older workers could potentially boost the UK economy by £88 billion, if they were able to stay in work for longer

Almost six in 10 people have witnessed or suffered bullying in the workplace

98 per cent of employers intend to maintain or increase their use of temps in the next quarter as overall demand for staff continues to rise, according to the latest JobsOutlook survey by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC)

On the eve of GCSE results, CIPD calls for education funding review and national debate about how to create more high-skilled jobs as graduate over-qualification reaches saturation point

A smart, agile office can drastically improve the productivity of a PA, the CEO, and the wider workforce

According to new research from leading specialist recruitment consultancy, Robert Half Management Resources, there has been a huge rise in demand for interim finance employees, managers and directors, driven partly by the need for specialist skills around year-end management and annual budgeting

A new study conducted by the leading website offering advice to students on university alternatives has found that young Britons who choose apprenticeships after leaving school are three times more likely to experience complete job satisfaction than those who go into a role after graduating from university

Adecco has for a few years now been allowed to call itself the largest staffing firm in the world, while Manpower this year took the number two position from Randstad. Finds research by Vactures.nl which compared the end of year revenue figures of the largest staffing players in the world. The top 20 has seen a few changes in position, yet continues to be held by the same 20 agencies as the year previous

Recruitment teams find engaging line mangers within the recruitment process one of the biggest challenges when attracting talent, according to new research conduct by WCN, the leading e-Recruitment specialists