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Early careers

Early careers recruitment includes graduates, apprentices, trainees and any resourcing activity where candidates are at the initial stages of their career.


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    Gen Z shun middle management roles

    by Rob Moss 25 Sep 2024
    by Rob Moss 25 Sep 2024

    Many Gen Z professionals do not want middle management roles, according to research by recruitment firm Robert Walters.

    • Apprenticeships
    • Career development
    • Early careers

    Employers face a ‘soft skills crisis’   

    by Rob Moss 11 Sep 2024
    by Rob Moss 11 Sep 2024

    Research suggests vital ‘soft skills’ including communication and resilience are missing from young people entering the UK workforce.

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    • Education - further and higher

    A-level results: employers say soft skills are of more value

    by Adam McCulloch 14 Aug 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 14 Aug 2024

    Indeed survey reveals that employers and workers are more appreciative of skills such as critical thinking and writing gained from academic courses rather than the direct skills learned.

    • Early careers
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    • Recruitment & retention

    It’s August and ‘lazy girl’ job searches are on the rise. What’s the connection?

    by Adam McCulloch 9 Aug 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 9 Aug 2024

    HR in August is all about minimum temperatures, clothing, holidays, temp cover, interns and free lollipops. Oh, and ‘lazy girl’ jobs. Whatever they are.

    • Apprenticeships
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    • Early careers

    Government launches Back to Work plan to tackle economic inactivity

    by Ashleigh Webber 11 Jul 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 11 Jul 2024

    Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall has set out what the new Labour government's Back to Work plan will entail.

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    • Early careers

    Women make up most graduates joining counter-terrorism roles

    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Jul 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Jul 2024

    Women made up the majority of trainees recruited into counter-terrorism policing via a new graduate scheme.

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    Top 10 HR questions May 2024: Performance and redundancy pay

    by Brightmine 4 Jun 2024
    by Brightmine 4 Jun 2024

    May 2024's most sought after FAQs on Brightmine include how to manage poor performance and calculating redundancy pay.

    • Early careers
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    • Labour market

    Reform UK proposes ‘employer immigration tax’

    by Rob Moss 30 May 2024
    by Rob Moss 30 May 2024

    Reform UK would introduce an ‘employer immigration tax’ to cure the UK’s ‘deadly addiction’ to cheap overseas labour, Richard Tice announces.

    • Apprenticeships
    • Early careers
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    Tories pledge to scrap ‘rip-off’ degrees to fund apprenticeships

    by Jo Faragher 29 May 2024
    by Jo Faragher 29 May 2024

    The Conservatives will close poor-performing university courses and use the funding to support apprenticeships.

    • Apprenticeships
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    • Early careers

    Most employers back guaranteed apprenticeships for young people

    by Ashleigh Webber 20 May 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 20 May 2024

    Most employers support an 'apprenticeships guarantee' for young people up to the age of 24, the CIPD has found.

    • Early careers
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    • Graduates

    Demand for UK graduates remains weak

    by Adam McCulloch 17 May 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 17 May 2024

    A new poll from specialist recruitment firm Robert Walters found that 62% of graduates said they were struggling to find a relevant professional position in their chosen field.

    • Early careers
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    • Education - further and higher

    Graduate visa review finds benefits for skilled worker recruitment

    by Ashleigh Webber 14 May 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 14 May 2024

    The Home Office should retain the graduate visa in its current form, the Migration Advisory Committee has recommended in its graduate visa review.

    • Social mobility
    • Apprenticeships
    • Early careers

    Student employers: ‘reform apprenticeship levy to boost youth employment’

    by Ashleigh Webber 2 May 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 2 May 2024

    Institute of Student Employers says the next government should focus on the apprenticeship levy to help increase youth employment.

    • Social mobility
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    • Early careers

    How Virgin Media O2 offers early careers opportunities for all

    by Ashleigh Webber 26 Apr 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 26 Apr 2024

    Virgin Media O2 was crowned the overall winner at the 2023 Personnel Today Awards in recognition of its early careers programmes.

    • Hybrid working
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    • Early careers

    Graduates feel full office attendance is expected

    by Jo Faragher 16 Apr 2024
    by Jo Faragher 16 Apr 2024

    Most graduates feel office attendance is expected by their employers, according to new research from Prospects at Jisc.

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