Candidate shortages and economic weakness contribute to recruitment slowdown.
Adam McCulloch
Adam McCulloch
Adam McCulloch first worked for Personnel Today magazine in the early 1990s as a sub editor. He rejoined Personnel Today as a writer in 2017, covering all aspects of HR but with a special interest in diversity, social mobility and industrial relations. He has ventured beyond the HR realm to work as a freelance writer and production editor in sectors including travel (The Guardian), aviation (Flight International), agriculture (Farmers' Weekly), music (Jazzwise), theatre (The Stage) and social work (Community Care). He is also the author of KentWalksNearLondon. Adam first became interested in industrial relations after witnessing an exchange between Arthur Scargill and National Coal Board chairman Ian McGregor in 1984, while working as a temp in facilities at the NCB, carrying extra chairs into a conference room!
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More female lawyers in the UK than men are dissatisfied with their employers – to the extent that 36% are at risk of leaving their firm over the next two years.
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A new chief HR officer at Tate & Lyle is among the most significant of people moves in recent weeks.
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Two-thirds of FTSE 350 companies now have at least one board member from an ethnically diverse background – a significant increase from 45% in 2021.
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The Welsh government has been criticised over its hybrid working policy as it has been reported that only one in 10 staff are working in the office every day.
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‘Discrimination endures because failing to act is tacit reinforcement to continue unchecked. Sadly, leadership remains reluctant to address these behaviours’
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For the first time, less than half of graduate employers are stipulating graduates should have a 2:1 degree for their roles, research has found.
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Active job postings have remained stable with between 1.39 to 1.5 million active job adverts since mid-August.
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Recruitment platform Indeed, working with Zoom, has identified places across the UK, France and Germany that have seen the most significant growth in remote and hybrid job opportunities.
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The businesses gave the trial a 9.2 rating on a scale of 1-10 but critics maintain that the four-day week is a flawed concept.
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The ONS says 1.1 million people overall migrated into the country between June 2021 and June 2022, with the 704,000 arrivals from outside the EU accounting for much of the total.
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Designed to encourage middle-aged people to pursue a new career as cabin crew, the campaign targets ‘empty nesters’, those whose children have left home and are no longer dependent on them.
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Tens of thousands of university staff began industrial action today (24 November) in what has been called the largest strike in the history of UK higher education.
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UK employers face a shrinking labour force and will continue to wrestle with hiring challenges into 2023 and beyond, according to a forecasts released by sister companies Indeed and Glassdoor.
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Thousands of postal workers have begun a 48-hour strike after talks between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU)...