Recruitment & retention

UK unemployment and economic inactivity have continued to grow, the latest official labour market figures have shown.

Kevin Fitzgerald explains how AI can speed up time to hire and predict vacancies before they occur.

There will be no more standalone civil service EDI jobs outside HR and external spending will require government sign-off.

The CIPD’s spring 2024 labour market outlook suggests maintaining headcount at the current level is preferred by most employers.

Schools are facing ‘major challenges’ as parents pull their children out of class for holidays and long weekends.

Starting salaries grew at a steeper rate in April 2024 as employers continued to battle for staff in a dwindling pool of suitable candidates.

How can employers overcome the gap between their expectations of younger workers and Gen Z's skills?

Talent acquisition teams increasingly feel disconnected from company strategy and are being forced only to advise on ways of reducing costs.

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

Asylum seekers should be granted the right to work in the UK after six months to give them the chance to escape poverty, MPs say.

Recruitment and Employment Confederation chief executive Neil Carberry comments on parallels between the UK and the US labour markets.

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

Employee expectations move with the times and recent trends are pointing to some significant fault lines between the generations, our...

Higher salary thresholds, part of new visa rules for overseas workers, were cited as the reason for the withdrawal of job offers.

John Lewis Partnership has published the job interview questions candidates could be asked on its careers site.