38% of staff have been approached by competitors
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Great company culture is a top draw in retaining talent Employers are poaching talent directly from competitors in a bid to mitigate skills shortages. Talent solutions provider, Talent Works surveyed software and government professionals in the lead up to Talent Acquisition Day. The survey requested opinions on existing working policies and asked employees how often they'd been approached by other companies for new roles in the last year.  The research found that 38% of tech and government professionals were approached by competeitors more than five times in the last 12 months, with mo ..read more
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New tech recruitment firm on the block
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2y ago
Primis, a new technology recruitment company that will operate out of the UK and the US will focus on improving the D&I landscape in the technology sector. The announcement was made by APSCo member and Managing Director of Premier Recruitment, Ben Broughton. Broughton who assisted in growing the firm to revenues of £30m, said that Primis will also offer D&I and unconscious bias training to the hiring managers of Primis clients and their own employees.  The people-centric approach the business appears to be focusing on comes at a time where D&I is deemed an important factor in ..read more
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UK’s biggest firms aspire to end ‘boys club’
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2y ago
Female board members earn almost half of male counterparts Research published by New Street Consulting Group revealed that female board members at some of the UK’s largest companies are paid around 40% less than men in the same roles.  While equal pay has been in sharp focus over the last few years, data revealed that the gender pay gap is the widest in the c-suite of corporate Britain. On average, women earned £104,800 for non-executive roles at FTSE 100 companies last year, compared with an average of £170,400 paid to men. For executive board members, average pay was £2.5m for men and ..read more
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Best cities for hybrid working revealed
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2y ago
Yorkshire has the fastest internet speed in the country Many large businesses in the UK including PwC, ASDA, UBS, KPMG and Adobe have shared their intent to move to a hybrid of model of working permanently. But which major cities in the UK offer the best lifestyles for the flexible workforce? Gazprom Energy, the business energy supplier, ranked each major UK city on the following: cost of living, wellbeing (average ratings of life satisfaction, happiness, and anxiety), commuting time (minutes), average salary (£), average internet speed (mbps), and coffee shops per capita. Once rating ..read more
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Earn thousands by posting about your job
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2y ago
Own your niche and share high-quality content to stand out Creating content about your day job on social media could earn you extra money according to new research from Lickd.  With access to social networks literally in our back pockets, it’s no wonder work-life has become a huge part of our social media activity. Lickd looked at top influencers in uniform such as doctors and firefighters and analysed their estimated earnings. The research revealed that Dr Mikhail Varshavksy’s YouTube videos sharing health advice is estimated to earn him over $25K per post which provide health advice ..read more
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Talent shortages ‘were evident before lockdown'
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2y ago
Demand for IT professionals up 76% year-on-year in July 2021 Data preceding the pandemic highlights the true extent of skills shortages in the UK with applications to jobs down 47% between July 2019 and July 2020. According to real-time data from the global network of job boards, Broadbean Technology, the decline in applications, largely attributed to the pandemic, suggests that the UK was already experiencing talent shortfalls before lockdown. Sectors worst hit In the engineering, accounting and financial services industries, the demand for talent increased by over 100% in the year to July ..read more
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Extension of digital RTW checks ‘should be permanent
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2y ago
Relief for employers & recruiters already struggling with skills shortages The Home Office has announced an extension of the temporary adjustments which allow right to work (RTW) checks to be completed with copies of documents via video conference due to pandemic restrictions. The announcement to extend is a welcome relief for employers already struggling with skill shortages. In-person RTW checks were set to begin again in September with fines of up to £20,000 for those not complying. Companies have been gearing up for the change, however, the temporary RTW checks solution wil ..read more
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Workers recover £16m in owed pay
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2y ago
In the last year, HMRC assisted more than 155,000 workers across the UK recover more than £16m in wages owed to them. They also issued more than £14m in fines to businesses who did not comply with minimum wage requirements.  Whilst most employers do pay their staff the National Minimum Wage,  HMRC has revealed some of the most ridiculous excuses for businesses not paying the legal minimum:  1. "She does not deserve the National Minimum Wage because she only makes the teas and sweeps the floors.” 2. "The employee was not a good worker, so I did not think they des ..read more
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Runner up candidates given second chance
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2y ago
With job vacancies hitting record levels in July, according to ONS, and Broadbean Technology revealing that application numbers have consistently dropped over the last three months, employers are turning to those candidates who came a close second in the hiring process in a bid to address talent shortages, according to talent outsourcing and advisory services provider AMS.   Those who have previously made the hiring shortlist are an appealing esource to employers but eraching out to them and attracting their needs needs to be handled with care.   Steve Leach, Regional Managing Direct ..read more
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Half of workers will leave without WFH option
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2y ago
Ninety percent of office workers want more flexibility to do their jobs, according to research conducted by global workspace specialists Instant Offices, who also found that almost a third of employees will look for a new employer if they have a toxic workplace culture.   If employers aren’t willing to offer their employees flexible working policies, they risk losing their experienced talent. A survey conducted by EY found that 54% of employees will leave their jobs post-pandemic if not allowed to work from home. As of this year, 67% of workers believe that their employers can successfull ..read more
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