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The UK has been ranked eighth in the world for talent competitiveness, according to a new global report measuring countries’ ability to attract, retain and grow talent.

Attracting the top talent can be difficult. There’s a huge amount of job postings made every day and even larger amounts of resumes. With such a big pool of candidates, how do you attract the top talent with the right experience, training and drive for your company? Here’s how to build a great recruitment offer to attract the top talent.

Commenting on official figures out today from the ONS, Gerwyn Davies, Senior Labour Market Analyst for the CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development, said:

Without a well-developed social media presence, most employees will struggle to land a good job. We’re experiencing an extremely competitive marketplace, and the conditions for hiring are pretty tough everywhere you go.

Doug Monro, co-founder of Adzuna, comments:

Jobs created by the biggest upgrade to Britain’s railways since Queen Victorian was on the throne have been detailed in an interactive guide by Randstad Construction Property & Engineering.

The new year has traditionally been a popular time for people in the UK to search for new jobs and change careers.

800,000 job applications made in this week alone!

Textkernel introduces Extract! 4.0 – the first fully AI-powered CV parsing solution – at the Recruitment Agency Expo in London on 31 January and 1 February.

Despite minus 60C temperatures and 212 miles per hour speeds

Today’s labour market statistics published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), based on data from September-November 2017, show that the number of vacancies has reached a record high for the fourth month in a row whilst real wage growth is still falling. Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) chief executive Kevin Green comments:

By David Clift, HR Director, totaljobs:

From 30th September 2018, all members of The Freelancer and Contractor Services Association (FCSA), the UK’s largest independent trade association for professional employment services, must be fully accredited members.

Optimism amongst students and recent graduates to secure a job in 2018 has significantly fallen from 2017. Magnet.me, UK’s biggest student and graduate careers site, finds1 that Brexit and UK economic uncertainty are two biggest factors causing concern.

The first pay awards of 2018 are worth a median 2.5%, according to analysis from pay experts at XpertHR. This is half a percentage point higher than the 2% median wage increase seen throughout 2017, and the highest level recorded for almost four years.