Employers are facing a conflict between the employee skills and changing workforce needs. Research among over 20,000 employees from member-based advisory company, CEB, suggests that managers need 20 per cent more productivity from their employees at a time when the instability of the current economy is impacting the corporate...

According to offical data, UK consumer prices inflation remained unchanged at 2.7{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e} in November.    The fastest price rises were seen in the cost of fruit, bread and cereals, as well as in energy bills, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.   Retail prices index (RPI) inflation, which includes housing...

There are more people working in the UK today than at anytime in our history. Today’s labour market statistics show another increase in the numbers employed taking the total to 29,600,000, up 40,000 on the previous quarter and 500,000 on a year ago. Almost half of the rise has...

The UK’s Employment Outlook now stands at its strongest level since before the recession, according to ManpowerGroup, the world leader in innovative workforce solutions. With an Outlook of +6{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e}, employers across the UK are looking to take on staff in the first three months of 2013, giving the jobs...

The Monster Employment Index Europe is a monthly gauge of online job posting activity based on a real-time review of millions of employer job opportunities culled from a large representative selection of career web sites and online job listings across Europe. The Index does not reflect the trend of any one advertiser or...

The Public Sector People Managers’ Association (PPMA) is launching an Apprentice-style competition to identify and boost the next generation of people leaders in the public sector. Rising Stars 2013 is open to anyone working in HR and is free for individuals in organisations which are PPMA members. The competition...

There should be mandatory monitoring by all employers to ensure ethnic minority women workers are not unfairly treated during the redundancy process, Unite, the country’s largest union, has said. The call was made by Unite national officer for equalities, Collette Cork-Hurst when she gave evidence to the all party...

Speaking ahead of chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement this afternoon, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation’s (REC) chief executive Kevin Green said: “The chancellor has to do more to get Britain working – by helping young jobseekers, the long-term unemployed and by doing all he can to support the vital...

In response to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, Peter Cheese, Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), said: “Today’s statement underlines that the road to recovery hinges on the continued ability of the UK’s flexible labour market to support employment growth in tough economic conditions. It...

Less than half of senior managers in UK and Ireland blue chip organisations are confident of retaining the high value* individuals who are critical to their success. And only 55{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e} believe they are effective at retaining their future senior leaders. This is despite the fact that most organisations invest...

UK graduates who display drunken photos on their social media profiles reduce their chances of gaining an interview by 70 per cent, AVG Technologies’ latest Digital Diaries study reveals. The study of UK HR Professionals, also found that 90 per cent search for unprotected social media profiles in order...

Average pay for many UK employees in clerical and entry-level professional roles stagnated in 2012 as small annual pay rises were nullified by relatively high inflation, while experienced professionals enjoyed average pay rises of six per cent, according to Towers Watson. Towers Watson’s Global 50 Remuneration Planning Report, launched...

The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has joined forces with The Pensions Regulator (TPR) and the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) for a series of workshops to guide recruitment agencies through the automatic enrolment process for pensions. Automatic enrolment of workers into pensions started on 1st October 2012 and...

Quarterly independent research reveals changes in recruiter & jobseeker behaviour for Autumn 2012 Evenbase’s latest Quarterly Recruitment Review reveals: The average number of vacancies advertised has fallen to 6.5 from 7.7 per business 40{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e} increase in temporary and contract roles advertised 63{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e} of jobseekers use 2 or more job...

The UK’s older workforce is disengaged from their work and has lost faith in managers, bucking a rising trend in British workplace pride, a new poll shows. UK workplace pride has increased since the summer lull with nearly half (46.3{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e})* of employees proud to work for their organisations, according...