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Two in five organisations struggle to fill vacancies due to skills shortage

Sep 21, 2021 | 0

What else do the latest ONS figures show?

Skills shortage an issue for half of UK businesses

Sep 7, 2021 | 0

How are organisations looking to fill their skills shortages?

Improving working conditions will help to attract and retain staff post-Brexit, study states

Dec 18, 2020 | 0

What problems does this research predict the UK will face as we adopt a new immigration system in 2021?

UK facing skill shortage forcing more investment into L&D than recruitment

Jul 11, 2019 | 0

Just how much less money went in to recruitment this year?

Latest labour productivity figures point to war for talent

Jan 9, 2019 | 0

Need we do some more lateral thinking to improve conditions for innovation?

Employees are in it for the long haul with average of 4.5 years in a job, finds new research

Dec 11, 2017 | 0

With the UK facing an almost unprecedented skills shortage, employers are bracing themselves for higher staff turnover, as their employees are given the bargaining power to move on more quickly to their next role.

Employers relying on temps to fill vacancies amid skill shortage

Jul 28, 2017 | 0

Organisations across all sectors want to recruit for permanent roles, with almost one in five employers (actively looking to increase their headcount in the next three months, according to the latest JobsOutlook by the Recruitment & Employment Confederation.

Lack of capacity could hold back UK firms

Oct 21, 2015 | 0

Ninety-four per cent of UK employers are operating with limited capacity to take on more work, according to the latest JobsOutlook survey by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC). With three quarters of employers (76 percent) signalling that economic conditions are improving, and almost half saying that confidence in hiring and investment decisions are ‘getting better’, businesses are actively looking to take on more staff.

A talent war is brewing, says recruitment platform

Sep 29, 2015 | 0

The majority of UK recruiters (86%) expect that the job market will stay as competitive, or become even more challenging, in the next twelve months, according to recruiting platform Jobvite.

Skills gap deepens as weak productivity looks set to threaten UK economic growth

Sep 28, 2015 | 0

UK employers are facing even greater skills shortages and rising wage pressures, according to a new report from Hays plc, the global professional recruiting group.

STEM vacancies twice as likely to remain unfilled due to lack of skilled candidates

Jul 22, 2015 | 0

The findings, released today by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES), show that 43 percent of vacancies in STEM roles are hard to fill due to a shortage of applicants with the required skills – almost double the UK average of 24 percent.

Number of women working in digital industries decreases

Jun 10, 2015 | 0

The proportion of women in digital and creative industries is falling, with just 26 percent of positions filled by female employees compared to 33 percent in 2002.

Lack of people skills biggest challenge in grad recruitment, research shows

May 20, 2015 | 0

A lack of strong people skills among graduate candidates is a rising concern for UK recruiters, new research from global management consultancy Hay Group has found.

Skills shortage benefits agency workers, says REC

May 20, 2015 | 0

Employers are relying on agency workers for business growth as key skills become increasingly difficult to find, according to the latest JobsOutlook survey by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC).

Immigration adds to UK numeracy problems, says study

Feb 26, 2015 | 0

Numerate individuals passing in and out of the UK could be leaving us with a skills shortage, although individuals moving to this country have a higher level of education, according to a new study.

Lack of candidates and heavy admin to hold recruiters back in 2015

Jan 8, 2015 | 0

In a survey from Mercury xRM, recruiters report that a lack of quality candidates and increased administration pressures will be their main challenges this year.

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