The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG Report on Jobs – published today – provides the most comprehensive guide to the UK labour market, drawing on original survey data provided by recruitment consultancies. Key points: Permanent staff appointments rise at fastest pace since April 2011 Strongest increase in...

Mental health conditions have emerged as the single most widespread cause of long-term absence from the workplace, according to initial findings from the CBI/ Pfizer Absence and Workplace Health Survey. More than half (54%) of employers cited non-work related stress, anxiety and depression as a cause of long-term absence...

Research out today outlines that UK businesses are struggling to find the right graduate talent to fill their IT and computing roles.[1] Research commissioned by totaljobs also revealed that over a third (34%) of employers claimed the skills gap was most acute in technical ability, with positions in production...

Ever feel overly stressed at work? According to eFinancialCareers latest survey, over 4 in ten (42%) UK-based finance professionals say they feel stressed at work either very or fairly often, and 6 in ten (57%) report that stress level among co-workers in their organisation has increased in the past six months. When compared...

The Association of Recruitment Consultancies (ARC) has been invited to attend a roundtable event at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) in London on Friday 12 July. The government has launched a review of the paperwork obligations of the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR). ARC Chairman, Adrian Marlowe...