Almost half (44%) of businesses do not reply to candidates within four weeks of receiving their job application, according to research from Resource Solutions. The study also found that 95% of job...

Nearly a million (913,000) young people have been lost from the labour market over the last 30 years, according to CIPD analysis released today.

More doors than ever have been opened by the latest ESFA apprenticeship funding rules, cementing opportunities for asylum seekers and opening up apprenticeships to qualifying prisoners, wishing to...

Demand for workers remains high in the UK economy, though vacancies are increasingly being filled by temporary workers as companies hesitate to take on permanent staff.

Six in 10 employers have said they would consider hiring ex-offenders this year, according to new research.

Business priorities have evolved frequently and rapidly over the past few decades. However, this has proved even more tangible in the last five years, with the Covid-19 pandemic acting as a...

Nearly half of recruiters (46%) say their right to work (RtW) checks take more than a week to perform, according to research by digital RtW check provider TrustID.

In the UK, two market forces are colliding with almost unprecedented consequences. On the one hand, unemployment remains at its lowest level since 1974. On the other, job vacancies, according to the...

The median pay rises expected from employers has reached the highest number seen since CIPD records began in 2012 at 5%.

UK organisations are struggling to get a grip on people data despite significant workforce challenges, the CIPD has warned.

The average salary for UK professionals on permanent contracts has fallen over the past year, even as vacancies rose in January.

Many organisations are still struggling to fill vacancies across the UK, with nursing and care, hospitality and IT just some of the sectors with wide gaps in their recruitment.