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...
If the pandemic has done anything, it has given us the opportunity to think differently and start again. But how can you encourage this momentum?
A private member’s bill giving workers the legal right to request a predictable working pattern has found cross-party support in the House of Commons.
UK employers are looking at a range of cost-cutting measures due to continued economic uncertainty.
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...
We live in an era of constant innovation and change, and this is no different for HR.
The number of over-60s registering as job candidates has surged, according to data from recruiter Randstad UK.
Workers and employers in the UK remain cautious as recession and a tightening of the labour market look set to continue in 2023, according to the latest Report on Jobs from the Recruitment and...
The government has announced a new careers programme for primary schools in disadvantaged areas that seeks to strengthen the link between employers and future candidates.
What do Alexander Graham Bell, Henry Ford and Richard Branson all have in common? They are some of history’s greatest innovators – and all are neurodivergent.
In 2022, Iceland appointed Paul Cowley its first ever director of rehabilitation, taking responsibility for the recruitment of ex-offenders across the business.
The post-pandemic immigration rate of 1.1 million arrivals a year could be the key to solving Britain’s skills crisis if sustained, according to think tank the Social Market Foundation (SMF).
