The number of workers on UK company payrolls has surged above pre-pandemic levels after a record jump in September, yet at the same time vacancies have also hit another new high, adding fuel to the debate on the direction of the job market and the wider economy. The latest official figures released last week by …
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According to new figures from the Office of National Statistics, the number of people in employment in Scotland has risen slightly in the last three months, whilst the unemployment rate remained steady at 4.4%. In their latest report, the ONS said more than 2,630,000 people aged 16 – 64 were working between June and August. …
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In his speech last week at the Tory party conference, the Prime Minister spoke of fixing the “old broken model” of low wages, low growth and low skills which he said has been “enabled and assisted by uncontrolled immigration”. It went down well with the party faithful, but the impact of this revisionist pretext for Brexit is …
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How to write a Resignation Letter So, you’ve been offered a new job and have signed on the dotted line to accept. Now all that is standing in between you and your shiny new role is handing in your resignation letter to your current employer. While this isn’t usually the first step of quitting your …
Signs of distress are spreading across the economy, with supply bottlenecks, rising energy prices, fuel shortages and looming tax increases throwing the brakes on the UK’s post-lockdown bounce. According to last week’s monthly survey by the Institute of Directors (IoD), business confidence among its members fell off a cliff in September, tumbling from a positive …
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The job satisfaction “premium” formerly enjoyed by lower-paid employees over higher earners has disappeared, according to new research, with less autonomy and higher workplace intensity blamed for the levelling down in individual fulfilment. In 1992, 73 per cent of lower earners reported high job satisfaction. Among those on larger salaries, the figure was just 59%. …
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Are your job adverts unwittingly discouraging applications from relevant candidates? According to recent research, so-called masculine language such as “individual”, “challenging” and “driven” is putting women off from applying for certain roles. In an analysis of more than 7,500 UK job adverts, hiring platform Applied used a gender score calculator to detect male-coded language as …
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This week sees the launch of our brand new advertising campaign, What’s for you. Our new campaign seeks to connect with those jobseekers, who are ready to make their next career move but perhaps feel apprehensive about taking the leap. We’re turning the age-old Scottish phrase ‘what’s for ye, won’t go by ye’ on its head and instead, asking jobseekers …
Speaking last month while launching the #AppleToo movement, security engineer Cher Scarlett said she decided to collect and publish the toxic workplace stories of current and former Apple colleagues because leaders within the business were “not holding themselves accountable” for internal company hatred. That this has emerged within what is arguably the tech industry’s most secretive company …
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As the furore over cutting pay for home-based workers rumbles on, it seems evident that remote working is still viewed in a negative light despite its overall success during lockdown. Google employees in the US are reportedly facing salary cuts of up to 25 per cent if they continue working from home after the pandemic, …
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