Employers should formulate a job description when recruiting to a new position. When recruiting to an existing position, the employer should review the job description to ensure that it is up to date.
The job description should set out accurately the duties and responsibilities of the post and should be used with a person specification to identify the most suitable candidate.
The number of applications per job in August 2023 were significantly higher than a year earlier, according to CV-Libary.
The number of people searching for jobs that offer a four-day week has surged over the past year, according to Flexa Careers.
Nearly half of employers do not highlight their interest in hearing from a diverse range of applicants in their job adverts, the REC has found.
In-house recruiters are more likely to advertise the salary for a role than the general average, but most (52%) still...
Despite calls for better salary transparency in recruitment advertising, pay details are increasingly omitted from ads.
Many people would reject a job based on company values, finds LinkedIn. This is especially true of Gen-Z and Millennials.
New REC and Fawcett Society guidance says organisations should not ask salary history questions during job interviews.
Job vacancies posted in the UK fell to their lowest since mid-January, suggesting that the hiring spree seen since last summer has diminished.
Employers taking part in a government pilot will list salary details on job adverts and stop asking candidates about salary history, in a bid to tackle pay inequality.
Seven in 10 HR professionals want to see greater flexible working in their organisations, and many feel it would be...
The number of UK job adverts explicitly requiring candidates to be vaccinated against Covid-19 has grown by 189% over the...
Researchers find that "bullshit jobs" are rare and in decline, the opposite of what anthropologist David Graeber asserted in his award-winning book.
Research finds senior executive positions are being advertised using less inclusive language than junior roles, which could deter women from applying.
With so little recruitment this year, organisations with vacancies report being inundated with applications for the limited roles they have...
Recruiters that were prompted to consider flexible working when posting a job were 20% more likely to list flexible work...
