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).

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Workforce inactivity is struggling to reach levels experienced before the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).