Female ex-prisoners need more support finding work

Women leaving prison were almost three times less likely to be employed on release than men, according to a report

Automation and AI's role in HR

Recruitment, onboarding and retention are time-consuming tasks that keep HR busy for little reason when software can execute some of the same actions quicker and more accurately

Three steps to end the gender divide in job feedback

Gender bias is alive and well within workplace feedback systems – and successive data continues to prove it

UK Budget must address critical skills shortages

?Seventy-two per cent of firms responding to a British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) survey said they experienced recruitment difficulties in the last quarter of 2019

Tackling degree fraud

Degree fraud is rarely out of the headlines, yet thousands of graduate recruiters still do not routinely verify their candidates’ qualifications

Disabled workers not confident of employer support

Disabled jobseekers find identifying employers they feel confident in applying to is their biggest issue

UK cities fear industry job loss in 2020

More than two in five UK workers (46%) fear they will lose their job in 2020 according to new research by job search engine Adzuna

Using voice assistants in recruitment

What are the pros and cons of using voice assistants in the recruitment process?

Government releases veterans action plan with employment incentives

After a public consultation, the government has pledged a series of commitments to help veterans enter the workplace

More women working full time and retiring later

The UK employment rate has risen to 76.3%, which the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has partially attributed to a record number of women working full time

More than 20,000 retail job losses in 2019

Job losses on the high street rose in 2019, with 945 more employees being let go than in 2018, an ABC Finance report shows

Legal-ease: Areas to focus on in 2020

What do employers need to be aware of as they enter the new year?