Recruitment News
Over eight in 10 UK workers searching for their next job in 2021
New research finds that over eight in 10 UK employees are searching for a new role, with over three-quarters stating that their job hunt already began in December 2020. New research from Totaljobs, a jobs board, has shown that almost nine in 10 (89 per cent) people...
Permanent vacancies rise for the first time since September
A new report indicates that there was a marginal rise in permanent vacancies at the end of 2020, marking the first time this has occurred since September 2020. KPMG and REC's report 'UK Report on Jobs' highlights a slight recovery in the job market, with permanent...
Professional vacancies in UK fell by a third in 2020
New research highlights the toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on recruitment, with the number of professional vacancies falling significantly by a third when analysing year-on-year figures. According to new research by APSCo, the Association of Professional Staffing...
Furlough extension leads number of planned redundancies to fall
New data shows that the Chancellor's extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (also known as the furlough scheme) has had a large impact on businesses, with last month seeing the lowest number of planned redundancies since coronavirus lockdowns began. ...
Hiring confidence rises despite tougher restrictions being implemented
New research indicates that businesses' hiring confidence is on the rise this month despite the introduction of tougher restrictions in light of a rapid rise in COVID-19 cases. According to new research conducted by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC),...
Quarter of businesses are not planning to hire young workers next year
New research shows that the impact of the pandemic could continue to hit young workers hardest as a quarter of businesses report that they have no plans to hire workers aged 16-24 over the next year. A new report from the CIPD highlights that less than half of...
Number of vacancies shows slight signs of recovery, ONS statistics reveal
New data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reports on COVID-19's impact on the labour market, specifically the number of redundancies, vacancies and unemployment in the UK. A new report released by the ONS finds that the number of redundancies in...
Nine in 10 HR jobs to be significantly impacted by technology over next five years
A new report analyses the impact of increasing automation in the workplace and how this will affect HR job roles. Around 90 per cent of HR jobs analysed are expected to be significantly impacted, either facing a high or medium amount of change due to technology. ...
How can employee loyalty in your organisation be improved?
A new report uncovers some of the key features that would make employees more loyal to their company. In addition, it highlights the significant discrepancies between employers and workers' views regarding what factors would make talent retention more likely. MHR...
Chancellor announces £2.9 billion Restart scheme to help unemployed people
As part of the Spending Review, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a scheme costing £2.9 billion which aims to help unemployed people find work. Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced key initiatives in the Spending Review yesterday including the 'Restart Scheme'. This...
Recruitment Analysis
David Banaghan: ‘Social recruiting’ – Harnessing social media to boost candidate pools
‘Social recruiting’, the practice of utilising social media to attract key candidates, is rapidly increasing in both popularity and value. As younger candidates with high levels of digital fluency begin to dominate the workforce, bolstering your corporate social media...
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,...
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