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Young people and ethnic minorities most impacted by post-furlough unemployment
Almost a fifth of 18-24 year olds who were furloughed during lockdown were unemployed by September 2020. According to new research by Resolution Foundation, an independent think tank, young people and ethnic minorities will be most impacted by unemployment once the...
Local lockdowns drive slow recovery for job market
Research reveals that, out of 62 cities analysed, none have recovered to their pre-lockdown job postings level. New research from think tank Centre for Cities and Indeed, a job site, has shown a correlation between the recovery of the labour market and the number of...
Over 80 per cent of professionals believe virtual recruitment will continue post-COVID
Over 80 per cent of talent professionals have stated their belief that virtual recruitment will continue even once the global pandemic is over. According to new research by LinkedIn, a business and employment-oriented online service, 84 per cent of talent...
UK unemployment could be “larger than forecast” says Bank of England
In August, the Bank of England predicted that job losses in the UK would hit a peak of 7.5 per cent. However, a policymaker for the Bank of England (BoE) says figures could rise higher than the initial predicted statistics. HRreview previously reported on the ONS...
Job recovery falls as COVID-19 and lockdown restrictions return
Within a week, job recovery falls as there has been a 7.6 per cent decrease in the number of new job adverts posted. According to new research by the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC), last week (5th-11th October 2020) saw the first fall in active job...
Unemployment in the UK has risen to its highest level since 2017
Figures reveal that the unemployment rate in the UK for June to August 2020 stands at 4.5 per cent. According to new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), UK unemployment levels have risen to their highest levels since 2017. The most recent figures show...
Tesco creates 16,000 jobs in the wake of surge in online sales
Tesco has seen a mass increase in online sales due to the COVID-19 pandemic, leading the supermarket to create 16,000 permanent jobs. According to new figures, Tesco saw over a quarter increase (28.7 per cent) in pre-tax profit from 1st March up until 29th August,...
UK unemployment predicted to hit over 11% in coming months
The Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts that unemployment will hit 11.9 per cent in the final quarter of 2020, a sharp rise from current UK unemployment rates that stand at around four per cent, according to the most recent ONS statistics. These figures...
Does location matter when applying for jobs in a world of remote working?
Statistics show that, in the months of June-August 2020, areas in the north of England had the highest level of competition for jobs whilst areas such as Oxford, Cambridge and Bristol had some of the lowest levels. Despite this, HRreview asks - in a world of remote...
Labour warns one million jobs are “consigned to the scrap heap”
In a critique of the Government's newly announced Job Support Scheme (JSS), Labour has warned that one million jobs are at risk. Last week, the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, unveiled a Job Support Scheme which would replace the current furlough scheme. Rolling out on the...
Recruitment Analysis
Nicola Sullivan: Shining a light on virtual onboarding to better connect with graduate recruits
If there’s one indelible mark that coronavirus is leaving on the world of work, it’s this: uncertainty. Conservative estimates suggest that the UK economy will shrink by 10 per cent by the end of the year, with a sharp rise in unemployment expected once the...
Arran Heal: Can HR ever deal with unconscious bias?
More tribunal cases are turning on the role of unconscious bias. The King’s College NHS Foundation Trust last year (2019) paid out £1 million to an Afro-Caribbean member of staff who’d been “assumed” to be the aggressor in an incident with a visitor to the site. The...
Sophie Milliken: What value do you feel that psychometrics adds to the recruitment/selection process?
Hands up if you love psychometrics. Anyone, no, didn’t think so. My own relationship with them is love/hate. I understand that with volume recruitment, particularly of graduates, multiple stages are needed to reduce the number of applicants to equal the required...
Ronni Zehavi: The ‘quitting economy’ – how HR can ensure businesses stay competitive in a new environment
Today’s workforce is very different to what it was a decade ago. The number of people voluntarily leaving their jobs is on the rise, giving HR professionals a new challenge when it comes to talent retention: navigating the ‘quitting economy’. The current shorter...
Richard Justenhoven: The four main challenges to overcome when using AI in assessment
The goal of any recruitment process is to identify the right person for the job. The closer you match the individual to the requirements of the role, the more effective that person will be. You certainly don’t need Artificial Intelligence (AI) to achieve this, but AI...
Alan Bourne: Are people analytics and psychometrics testing essential to recruitment?
Looking at the evolution of recruitment methods over the past 100 years or so, we can see that the end goal hasn’t changed. Our over-arching objective in any recruitment process is to find the best people for the job in the most time-efficient and cost-effective way...
Heidi Thompson: Tackling the talent shortage
The ‘war on talent’ continues to be an on-going problem across all sectors. Nobody is immune to the shortages in talent that businesses are facing. The battle shouldn’t be shied away from though, as there are plenty of ways to tackle the talent gap. Crunching the...
Mathias Linnemann: Measuring what matters in recruitment
Management consultant Peter Drucker famously said “You can't manage what you don't measure.” This article explores the role of measurement, people analytics and psychometrics in the recruitment process, exploring how this can have a positive impact on employment and...
Karen Hebert-Maccaro: Finding and retaining the top tech talent
Every business today is arguably a technology business. Tech underpins almost every aspect of operations, leading to a huge demand for skilled IT workers across every industry and job function. That said, talented technical employees are hard to come by. What’s more,...
Hollie Thomas: Are people analytics and psychometrics testing essential to recruitment?
The use of people analytics, psychometric testing and how it impacts recruitment is a subject that has been debated since its creation. After all, can we really trust data to paint a solely accurate picture of an individual and their competencies? Despite some doubts,...
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