The upturn in candidate availability gathered pace in July 2023, while permanent placements fell at the fastest rate since June 2020, according to a report from the Recruitment and Employment...

The number of people in employment fell by 120,000 between March and June 2023 and the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has warned Britain is on the brink of a recession.

James Reed, chairman of recruitment site Reed, has said the job market is no longer candidate driven, following a decline in job postings and increase in applications.

It is self-defeating for companies to respond to labour shortages and our stubbornly flat economy by cutting corners on recruitment.

The number of active job postings has remained stable and above 1.4 million since January 2022, according to April’s Labour Market Tracker from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC).

A four-year study of labour market enforcement has recommended the introduction of a single enforcement body to tackle widespread non-compliance.

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.

The UK saw a faster increase in contract terminations than more than 160 countries despite overall low redundancy figures, according to new figures.

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

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

Students and graduates are turning to online skills certifications to boost their CVs and win jobs they might not otherwise be qualified for, according to research published today (1 February).

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt set out his vision of the UK as an innovation hub to rival Silicon Valley on Friday (27 January). Think tanks have warned, however, that more action will be needed to reach his...