From GOV.UK The UK’s female workforce is booming, new figures by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveal today. New ONS data shows number of working women is now 2 million more than in 2010Women in high-skilled jobs is up 38.5% since 2010, with proportion of...
From BBC News There are more job vacancies than unemployed people in the UK for the first time since records began. The unemployment rate fell to 3.7% between January and March, its lowest for almost 50 years, as job openings rose to a new high of 1.3 million....
From Forbes For the past half-century, national laws and innovative architectural design features have ensured that professionals of all physical ability levels are equipped to equally participate in workplace environments. But now that hybrid is the new normal, it...
This extraordinary chart from the Office for National Statistics highlights the extremes of recruitment during the pandemic. From plummeting vacancies in 2020, to a labour shortage in 2022. Specifically, vacancies rose to a record 1,298,400 in November 2021 to January...
Julie Graham, CEO of Ingeus’s Employment Services, looks at what we might expect in the recruitment sector in 2022. Originally posted here Julie Graham provides insights both regionally and nationally as well as those from a candidate perspective. Nationally, she...
This is an extract from an excellent article by Toby Mildon on Linkedin. You can access it here. “For this conversation, I spoke with Jane Hatton. I first met Jane in 2012 when I was working at the BBC as a project manager in technology. At the time I...
Episode Description An in-depth interview with Louise Cockerton and Natalie Whitten from Shaw Trust, a Prime Provider of the Work and Health Programme. We cover various different topics relevant to both job seekers and employers including: Changes in working practices...
From the Express – “Figures released last night to mark the scheme’s fifth anniversary today show that firms with a total of 11 million employees are now involved.” “MORE than 20,000 businesses have joined a Government scheme to boost job...
A fascinating people story from the Analysis Function Diversity & Inclusion Group via GOV.UK “Jo Lee is a government data scientist and is part of the Analysis Function Diversity and Inclusion group. In recognition of National Inclusion Week starting on 27...
In this story shared by Seetec Pluss, we hear about Michael who was referred to the Work and Health programme (WHP) in July 2021 due to health problems and he met with his Employment Coach, Charlie. When he arrived for his first appointment, he was so keen to get back...
