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How do employers support a multigenerational workforce?
With UK job vacancies currently sitting at 1.134 million, are we missing a trick with the over-50s?
Feb 22, 2023
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Strong pay growth fails to keep pace with inflation
The latest ONS data cover the period from October to December 2022 and show a labour market that is continuing to show early signs of softening.
Feb 15, 2023
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Attitude towards gender roles – have we regressed or improved?
When the World Economic Forum published the Global Gender Gap Report in 2006, it pushed the focus on gender disparity, meaning Government policy makers across the world were finally benchmarked on how they treated their male and female populations.
Feb 13, 2023
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What are the benefits of hiring temporary employees?
We’ve recently held several workshops to focus on the temporary side of our business and one of the things discussed was that we are guilty of assuming businesses know the full benefit of hiring temporary staff.
Feb 2, 2023
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Salary Surveys Q4 2022
The Pertemps Network Group’s candidate insight team, Meriden Media, has produced a series of quarterly salary surveys. These have been compiled on a regional basis across the UK and are reporting the regional average pay rates.
Jan 25, 2023
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Identity threat – dealing with Imposter Syndrome
A recent study by KPMG found that 75% of female executives across industries have experienced imposter syndrome in their careers.
Jan 23, 2023
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Number of vacancies softens and record pay growth fails to keep pace with inflation
The latest ONS data cover the period from September to November 2022 and show a labout market that is starting to evidence early signs of softening.
Jan 17, 2023
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Labour market remains tight but the number of vacancies keeps falling
The latest ONS data cover the period from August to October 2022 and show a labour market that remains tight, with the employment rate slightly increasing, economic inactivity decreasing and vacancies falling for the fifth quarter in a row.
Dec 13, 2022
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Employment Trends Survey 2022
With the current economic turbulence, firms are thinking more about jobs, pay and the impact of the labour shortages. With fewer than half of businesses expect to grow their workforce in the next 12 months, down from 57% in 2021.
Nov 28, 2022
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Labour market remains tight as inflation erodes record pay growth
The latest ONS data cover the period from July to September 2022 and show a labour market that remains tight, with the employment rate decreasing, unemployment decreasing, economic inactivity rising sharply and vacancies falling for the fourth quarter in a row.
Nov 16, 2022