Job adverts for tech roles have plummeted in the UK over the past five years, with a 50% decline in tech job ads since 2019.
Tech sector
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Google is to pay $28m (£21.5m) to settle racial bias claims against the business, according to lawyers involved in the case.
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Tech workers union Prospect is calling for a review into the diversity policies of US multinationals operating in the UK.
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Google owner Alphabet says it will no longer set hiring targets to improve workforce diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)
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Facebook owner Meta has told staff it will cut around 5% of its global workforce, and will use the company’s performance management system to do so.
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AI skills will drive the most significant shifts in learning and development next year, according to a technology trends report from O’Reilly.
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The government plans to recruit start-up workers from the tech industry to embed a more innovative culture and help it run more efficiently.
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Workers at Amazon's AWS unit have written to their CEO urging for a reversal of its full-time return to office policy.
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The firm, which owns Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, dismissed the employees, some of whom were on six-figure salaries, from its Los Angeles offices.
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There has been an increase in technology and creative sector employers on the Social Mobility Index for 2024.
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“Outdated policies” will be scrapped in a bid to tackle the recruitment crisis facing the armed forces, the defence secretary announces.
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Firm at the heart of the Post Office Horizon scandal will not offer pay increases to staff this year.
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Retail giant Amazon has awarded a pay deal for its tens of thousands of UK employees worth nearly 10%.
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Klarna has shrunk its workforce by more than 1,000 employees during the last year as it ramps up its use of artificial intelligence (AI).
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New Home Office figures continue to show a downward trend in work visa applicant numbers, as minister looks to discourage tech sector from searching for overseas talent.