The big news from the latest Report on Jobs centres on the headline statement ‘candidate availability falls sharply’. This is the picture emerging from the past few months which is now bedding in as a notable trend. What’s going on in the recruitment arena? The recovery continues apace for many businesses and this is reflected […]
Freedom Day has come and gone this week in a subdued haze of continued mask wearing, minimal extra numbers on office commutes, and a ‘pingdemic’ meaning hundreds of thousands having been sent into isolation, rather than released to freedom. It’s certainly not been the relaxed celebration that we originally envisaged (for June), back in the […]
The current state of the jobs market is a tale of two halves. We absolutely don’t want to shy away from the tremendous recovery, evidenced in record-breaking data. However, we need to temper this by honestly acknowledging the difficulties we are facing due to not enough candidate supply. As Claire Warnes, Partner and Head of […]
Recent critical data has shown that here in the North we are recovering admirably – in employment terms – from the dire effects of the pandemic, even if we’re still home to some of the dreaded hotspots. We’re ahead of everywhere else in so many ways. However, a problem was brewing before the pandemic even […]
Overall, the outlook for the jobs market on the back of May 2021 data is extremely positive. The market is really getting going again after the challenges of the Covid pandemic. As with last month, we’re seeing record breaking improvements. However, we need to temper this a little with how the supply of candidates is […]
The recruitment figures, across the nation, are spectacular for April 2021, giving us all room to feel confident that recovery in the jobs market is most definitely underway. Neil Carberry, Chief Executive of the REC, paints the picture for us in the latest Report on Jobs: “The jobs market is improving at one of the […]
The latest REC Report on Jobs launches us into a very positive mood with the headline ‘Roadmap for lifting lockdown leads to substantial increase in hiring activity in March’. As soon as you dive into the data, you become aware that this isn’t hyperbole, but in fact, the recovery is immense and there are fantastic […]
It’s been a tough old time, ploughing through this winter as a job seeker. You’ve contended with a situation none of us have experienced before. You’ve faced concepts as novel as the virtual interview to remote onboarding. You’ve sat and read news articles that have made you believe that there’s little hope of progressing your career […]
Click onto a news site and you’ll be bombarded with doom and gloom about the impact of COVID-19 on the jobs market. Talks of a double-dip recession, growing unemployment which now stands at 4.9%, and record redundancies, is enough to give any job seeker the heebie jeebies. We’ll allow you just a moment of throwing […]
As an employee, it’s in your interests – right now, today – to help your employer survive the current and ongoing impacts of the pandemic and lockdown number three. You may feel worried, out of control, or even aggrieved as an employee at the current time. The best way to manage this is to consider […]
