Measures set by government designed to cut migration are likely to exacerbate labour shortages, particularly in the care and hospitality sectors, according to experts.

The CIPD’s labour market outlook found 41% of employers are struggling to fill vacancies, with 24% planning to use automation to address them.

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 UK has a hidden range of jobs employers cannot recruit for due to a lack of skills, including wigmaker, canine beautician and knitter.

The latest Report on Jobs from KPMG and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has found candidate availability, for both permanent and temporary roles, has risen for the first time since...

A new paper from employment advisory ReWAGE has argued adult career guidance could improve the UK’s skills shortage and improve employment rates.

In 2022, Iceland appointed Paul Cowley its first ever director of rehabilitation, taking responsibility for the recruitment of ex-offenders across the business.

The government is set to scrap its pre-employment traineeship programmes for young people in 2023 due to low numbers of participants.

The total number of active job adverts in the UK reached 1.85 million in July, a record high for 2022 so far.

Over half (57%) of employers still mainly look for degrees or post-graduate qualifications when recruiting staff, according to a new report from the CIPD.

Job vacancies in the UK soared to a record of 1.3 million in March to May this year and research from The Open University's Business Barometer has found staff are taking on extra work as a result of...

Organisational risk is a constantly changing landscape. From dealing with change to diversity and inclusion, here are some of the top HR risks businesses will face in the 2020s.