Recruitment & retention

One in five managers question the effectiveness of local councils' leadership, with staff retention and morale cited as challenges.

Three-quarters of Gen Z jobseekers who are LGBTQ+ say they are reluctant to join companies where they can’t be out at work.

Health screening is among the issues preventing the Army's recruitment partner from hitting its hiring targets, MPs have been told. 

Totaljobs’ latest Hiring Trends Index found that securing another job with higher pay was the leading factor behind staff resignations in Q3 last year.

LinkedIn found that almost half (48%) of the fastest-growing job titles in the UK did not exist 20 years ago.

Northern Trains has launched a recruitment drive for apprentices at five locations across the north of England.

Pay growth continued to outpace inflation in autumn 2023, but at a slower rate, January 2024 labour market figures show.

Henley Business School has identified six types of worker that have emerged post-pandemic, with many keen for flexibility.

Demand for workers in December 2023 was significantly lower than a year earlier, with the number of active job postings down by 32%.

December 2023 saw a continued rise in candidate availability with economic uncertainty causing redundancies and a slowdown in hiring.

The Home Office has said the minimum family visa salary will be increased in stages, starting at £29,000 in the spring.

HR professionals expect retaining staff to be among their biggest challenges in 2024, a survey from esphr by WorkNest has found.

In November 2023, overall UK job advertisements fell 2.72% compared with October, and are down 8.55% compared with last year.

Employers in the care sector must think more creatively around recruitment and retention, its sector body chief has said.

CVs that had been enhanced using ChatGPT performed better than those that had not, a recruitment company has found.