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The mounting impact of the cost-of-living crisis on the labour market

Unemployment remains near record lows but cracks are starting to appear in the UK labour market as surging energy, food and rental costs come to bear on the economy, observes Gavin Mochan, managing director of s1jobs. The rate of growth in Scotland’s workforce is still increasing but has slowed to levels not seen since April …

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s1jobs Become Official Partner of Celtic & Hearts

s1jobs and Celtic FC have announced an exciting new partnership, which sees the Scottish-based brand become the Official Recruiting Partner of the B & Women’s teams. Supporters and jobseekers alike can also look forward to seeing an s1jobs presence across stadium screens and programmes throughout the season. Celtic FC commented, “It is fantastic to have …

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Does the unprecedented cost-of-living rise justify redundancies?

With major social media platforms recently announcing highly-publicised cuts in staffing, many businesses are wondering if this could be their answer to rising costs. As businesses continue to deal with the impact of the recent increases in inflation and interest rates, many are looking to reduce their workforce in the hopes of beating the squeeze. …

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10 million workers looking for extra work to ease cost of living crisis

New research from Royal London – a mutual life, pensions, and investment provider – states that 5.2 million workers in the UK have more than one job, while a further 10 million are considering a second job to pay the bills. The findings are based on Royal London’s second Cost of Living survey, of 4,000 adults, which also shows …

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More women working than ever before as Scotland becomes an employment haven

Female employment in Scotland has never been higher, with latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showing nearly 1.32 million women aged 16 to 64 holding down a job under contract between June and August of this year. The resulting employment rate of 74.9 per cent is the highest since the ONS started keeping such …

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Scottish Women’s football launches female referee drive

As part of Scottish Women and Girls in Sport week 2022, Scottish Women’s Football has launched a campaign to encourage women and girls to take up refereeing courses. Along with the Scottish FA, the women’s football body is looking to deliver more opportunities for female officials and to provide much-needed visibility as well as officials for women’s football …

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Over-65s increasingly returning to work, but labour shortages still persist

  The number of job vacancies has fallen by 34,000 between June and August, the largest quarterly decline in two years. This easing of unfilled posts – in one of the tightest job markets in living memory – must be considered within the context of an enormous rise in vacancies since August 2020, which have …

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s1jobs are joining forces with Scottish Women’s Football

s1jobs are delighted to announce that we are now Scottish Women’s Football’s (SWF) official recruitment partner. The new partnership will see s1jobs join with SWF, who own and manage 79 competitions across Scotland, to develop a number of employment-based initiatives to engage with women and girls across the country. We are proud to support an …

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