The market forces leading to a jobs boom in certain industries As 2020 rolls on and the pandemic continues to cause havoc across the globe, the labour market remains turbulent. The latest ONS figures have revealed that in the three months to September redundancies climbed to a record high of 314,000, with many being made […]
How Covid-19 will change the landscape of work “We are never going to go back to how things were before.” Those words, spoken by the British Council for Offices (BCO) chief executive Richard Kauntze, chimes with the growing tide of thought that Covid-19 has permanently changed working patterns. When the UK went into sudden and immediate […]
Diversity at the top proven to boost business profitability A recent report by management consultants Mckinsey, tellingly entitled ‘Diversity Wins’, has highlighted the financial risk businesses take when they ignore diversity at the top. Their research has found that companies with the most ethnically diverse boards outperformed those with the least diverse boards by 36%. Compelling evidence […]
How ‘radical’ changes to adult education could help the recruitment industry Covid-19 has impacted the workplace and the jobs market in a way no-one could have predicted. Sadly, many have been made redundant and unemployment is likely to rise further once the furlough scheme has ended, despite the announcement of the Job Support Scheme. The […]
How recruitment start-ups can thrive in times of crisis The onslaught of Covid-19 has impacted businesses across the world and caused widespread redundancies but it has also bred a wave of innovative start-ups. The pandemic has caused some to rethink their careers and focus on their own goals and ambitions. Others have been made redundant […]
Quality over quantity: the future of recruitment There is no denying that talent attraction will look very different in our post-Covid world. In the space of a few months, the recruitment industry has gone from a decade of being a candidate’s market where jobs were plentiful but talent was sparse to a market with a […]
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