Over the early summer there has rightly been a lot of positivity about the state of play in the jobs market. As COVID restrictions were lifted, hiring activity got underway at pace. However, we need to temper that positivity with a little caution. Indeed, Neil Carberry, Chief Executive of the REC, highlights the issue by saying, […]
The last month has seen, and the months ahead of us will see, resurgence in workers returning to the office environment. But it’s not a linear line of simply returning to what went before. It feels as if every business is shaping its own new model of working. Some are incrementally increasing office-based days, some […]
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 […]
Big changes are happening in recruitment circles: jobs are firing back up again, employers are dusting off their interview questions, and finally career moves can happen once more. However, the landscape has changed. It’s changed in such a way that it’s fair to say that you’re going to have to take a completely fresh approach […]
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 […]
