Are low-paid jobs necessary in all sectors? As businesses across the economy struggle with skills shortages and seek to improve productivity, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation’s (REC’s) latest research looks at the motivations of low-paid workers in the UK. The report, called Getting On: What pay and progression looks...

Choosing what job to do is more important than deciding when to start a family, whether to get married, and where to live, according to the results of a survey conducted by YouGov on behalf of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC). Given a list of ten life decisions...

10% job growth in the construction industry Employer demand is outpacing jobseeker interest in the construction and transport sectors, jobsite Indeed can reveal. While job growth in the construction industry has increased 10% in the last quarter, jobseeker interest in these positions has remained stable since the beginning of...

Research on IT contractor recruitment from temporary labour specialist Comensura has shown that although recruiters claim that overall availability of temporary IT professionals and contractors is high most are still finding it a challenge to fill certain specialist roles. Typically it is niche, specialist skills sets that are proving...

Government statistics cited by the Universities Minister this week disguise the extent of graduate over-qualification in the UK according to the CIPD and the Edge Foundation. Universities Minister Jo Johnson said in a speech on Wednesday 9th September at the Universities UK Annual Conference that “official statistics show that...