Recent report shows a slip in permanent placements The UK employment rate was estimated at 76.0%, higher than a year earlier (75.6%); on the quarter, the rate was 0.1 percentage points lower, the first quarterly decrease since June to August 2018. Tom Hadley, Director of Policy and Campaigns at...

Working with Technology Headhunters – What are the benefits? It’s normal in the tech industry to work with technology headhunters when it comes to recruitment. After all, investors want you to hire the very best talent, and this is exactly what headhunters ensure. They understand the language of engineers,...

The Markit/REC Report on Jobs – published today – provides the most comprehensive guide to the UK labour market, drawing on original survey data provided by recruitment consultancies. Permanent placements increase at softer pace Latest data pointed to sustained growth in permanent placements during March. Although the pace of...

Almost half of UK employers (48 per cent) expect to face a shortage of suitable candidates to fill permanent jobs in 2017, according to this month’s JobsOutlook survey by the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC). For the last six months employers have consistently cited engineering and technical jobs as...

The results are out for the UK Labour Market: October 2016, with estimates of employment, unemployment, economic inactivity and other employment-related statistics for the UK. Between March to May 2016 and June to August 2016, the number of people in work and the number of unemployed people increased. The...