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UK – Unemployment at lowest in more than five years and real wage growth
Britain’s unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in more than five years in the first quarter of 2014, helped by a record number of people getting jobs. Pay growth rose more than inflation for the first time since 2010 but was below forecasts. The latest signs of recovery in the labour market come shortly … Continue reading
UK – Unemployed must sign on every day from now
Harsh rules to drive the long-term unemployed into work come into force today, which state they will only receive their benefits if they either show up at a jobcentre every day or commit to six months of voluntary work. Those who fail to comply with the rules, which also offer signing up to a training … Continue reading
Digital Skills in UK – Education failing say 18 to 30-year-olds
The education system is failing to provide young people with the digital skills they need to succeed in the world of work, according to 18 to 30-year-olds. The research, compiled by Tata Consultancy Services and ThinkYoung, found 63% of the 500 young people surveyed in 28 EU countries don’t believe education prepared them for the … Continue reading
Self-employment in UK – More than two in five new jobs created since mid-2010 have finds Trades Union Congress
Self-employment accounts for 44 per cent of the net rise in employment since mid- 2010, with pensioners, part-time workers and ‘odd-jobbers’ the fastest growing groups of Britain’s new self-employed workforce, the TUC says today (Monday) ahead of the latest employment figures published later this week. The TUC analysis shows that despite self-employment being a relatively … Continue reading
Graduate starting salaries in UK – Dropped by 11%, from £24,293 to £21,701 in real terms between 2007 and 2012
The starting salaries for graduate jobs has declined as the economic downturn bites. The average starting salary for graduates in professional employment dropped by 11%, from £24,293 to £21,701 in real terms between 2007 and 2012. Only two subject areas – Materials Technology, and Librarianship & Information Management – showed an increase in starting salaries, … Continue reading
UK – 26,000 Public service job could be cut union warns
With the impending release of the commission of audit and federal budget, job cuts in the public service could total more than 26,000 over the next three years, according to the public servants’ union. Job cuts to the public service are expected to be recommended in the Commission of Audit, and possibly announced in the … Continue reading
UK – Talent mismatch costs more than £1bn to employers
Businesses from all the major economies, including the UK, are losing billions of pounds through recruitment errors. This is mainly caused by employees’ inability to adapt and retrain for new roles and industries. PwC and LinkedIn released the study, Adapt to Survive, this week. It looks at a profile of 277 million professionals and 2,600 … Continue reading
Future Care Workforce in UK – To add 1 million workers by 2025
The Future Care Workforce reviews the state of the adult social care workforce and how it may have to evolve to meet the challenges it is likely to face over the coming decade. This report was supported by Anchor. This report finds that the adult social care sector in England will need to add approximately … Continue reading
UK – A closer look at the rise in self-employment
Government ministers like to talk about the jobs created on their watch, but over the last few years lots of people have been creating their own jobs. Three quarters of the increase in employment since 2008 has come from self-employment. Source: ONS employment statistics Some have hailed this as the sign of a new entrepreneurial … Continue reading
Job search with a criminal past in UK
Three-quarters of newly released offenders in England and Wales are unemployed, according to figures from the National Offender Management Service, but work is often a key factor in preventing reoffending. Research by the Ministry of Justice shows 47% of adults reoffend within a year of release, and for those serving sentences of less than 12 … Continue reading
UK / Thousands of low-skilled food manufacturing jobs are likely to go unfilled
Thousands of low-skilled food manufacturing jobs are likely to go unfilled as the industry focuses on filling high-skilled jobs vacancies, the industry has warned. There is a large demand for workers with basic skills in UK food manufacturing, despite the large number of graduates seeking jobs. Although the sector faces a skills shortage, most people … Continue reading
Work Programme in UK – A shocking fall in the number of people gaining work writes The Void
The latest Work Programme statistics (PDF) show a shocking fall in the number of people gaining work and suggest that being sent on the scheme is now actively harming people’s chance of getting a job. The figures show that even after spending a year on the Work Programme, only 10.7% of people had gained a … Continue reading
Flexible working in UK – New rules are due later this year
The extensions to current legislation on flexible working are due later this year, giving more employees with service of six months or more rights to request flexible working. The new legislation will require employers to consider requests for greater flexibility in terms of hours, times and location, from a greater proportion of their workforce, which … Continue reading
UK – Employment continues to increase, unemployment to fall writes ONS
Latest estimates show that the number of people in employment continued to increase. Unemployment continued to fall, as did the number of economically inactive people aged from 16 to 64. These changes continue the general direction of movement over the past two years. The unemployment rate for 16 to 24 year olds was 19.8% … Continue reading
UK – Young People in the Labour Market: 69% of young people not in full-time education were employed at the end of 2013
Main findings • The number of people aged 16 to 24 in full-time education has more than doubled over the last 30 years • 69% of young people not in full-time education were employed at the end of 2013 • The proportion of young people undertaking work alongside full-time study has been falling since the … Continue reading
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