September 9, 2021
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August 19, 2021
Nearly half of British business leaders fear losing the UK’s best talent abroad
by Jayne Smith • Business, Flexible working, News, Working culture
MovePlan in partnership with Hanson Search, claims that 40 percent of business leaders fear that the combination of the pandemic and Brexit will see their best talent disappear abroad, making hiring more challenging, just as the country begins to return to the ‘new normal’. (more…)
August 10, 2021
Almost half of young people feel the pandemic has harmed their long-term career prospects
by Jayne Smith • News, Working culture, Working lives
With A level results day marking a new cohort of young people entering the toughest labour market for a generation, the CIPD launches its One Million Chances campaign. (more…)
July 22, 2021
Flexible working valued at equivalent of £4,000 a year, say workers
by Neil Franklin • Flexible working, News
UK office workers would need a £4,000 salary bump to tempt them back to the office full-time. This is according to new research released today by Locatee – a workspace occupancy and analytics provider. Commissioned by YouGov, the Locatee research explores more than 1,000 UK office workers’ attitudes towards remote and flexible working, and the effects on job satisfaction, productivity, and security. (more…)
June 18, 2021
HR professionals believe the war for talent has become more competitive
by Jayne Smith • News, Working culture, Workplace
According to its latest whitepaper ‘Recruitment, retention, and culture: assessing the pandemic’s impact’, Cendex claims that 81 percent of HR professionals believe the war for talent has become more competitive over the last 12 months – this is likely to be a result of businesses looking to bounce back post-pandemic, upping their recruitment thus giving employees the pick of the market. (more…)
May 20, 2021
Flexible and hybrid working policies undervalued by UK Gen Zers
by Jayne Smith • Flexible working, News, Working culture
Only 3.7 percent of UK Gen Zers value flexible and hybrid working policies as most important to them in their future company, claims a poll of over 4000 UK Gen Zers from Yubo. Despite the current discussion regarding maintaining flexible working from home policies as the UK restrictions begin to ease, Gen Zers do not value this as highly as other aspects of work. (more…)
May 19, 2021
Single parents in danger of being locked out of work and forced into poverty
by Jayne Smith • News, Wellbeing, Working lives
A report published by single parent charity, Gingerbread, and the Institute for Employment Studies highlights how the world of work simply doesn’t work for single parents and warns things are set to get worse before they get better – putting even more single parent families at risk of poverty and creating a two-tier society, with single parents firmly at the bottom. (more…)
May 11, 2021
Graduates alienated by remote working, with majority wanting social interaction
by Jayne Smith • Business, News, Working culture
Gen Z is the largest generation in human history, and over the next 10 years, 1.3 billion of its members will enter the global workforce. However, the Covid-19 pandemic has meant that this new generation of graduates is entering one of the toughest job markets in decades. (more…)
April 29, 2021
More than half of international tech professionals looking beyond London
by Jayne Smith • Business, News, Technology
A recent survey by Frank Recruitment Group, claims that more than half of tech professionals thinking about moving to the UK would consider choosing a city outside of London. Conducted by Frank Recruitment Group’s Salesforce recruitment arm, Mason Frank International, the survey asked over 1,800 IT professionals from around the world for their opinions on the tech jobs market, salaries, and benefits. (more…)
April 23, 2021
Pandemic drives shift in attitudes to sustainability
by Jayne Smith • Environment, News
The COVID-19 pandemic has elevated consumers focus on sustainability and willingness to pay out of their own pockets – or even take a pay cut – for a sustainable future, according to a new IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV) survey of over 14,000 consumers in nine countries. (more…)
March 24, 2021
Women in tech more likely to have career progression impacted by pandemic
by Jayne Smith • News, Technology, Working culture
A survey by Talent Works claims that the pandemic has negatively impacted the career progression for more women (33 percent) than men (21 percent). The research, which surveyed UK developers, also claims that 23 percent of women have seen their potential to earn negatively affected compared to 11 percent of men, with under 35s (21 percent) also having more pay cuts than over 35s (11 percent). (more…)
August 26, 2021
Working from home: how far we’ve come and where we might be headed
by Georgina Smith • Comment, Flexible working, Workplace design