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Recruitment opportunities are continuing to increase, but the pace of growth is slowing, according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation and KPMG Report on Jobs. The report reveals the rate of expansion of permanent staff placements eased in March following February’s ten-month high. Agencies’ temporary/contract staff billings also increased at a slower pace than the… Read article/comments
Employers, particularly in the public sector, are braced for a surge of industrial action, with a third preparing to deal with their own staff downing tools on strike, CIPD research shows. Seven in 10 employers (71%) agree there will be increasing levels of industrial action in the next 12 months and one in three (33%)… Read article/comments
At 12%, labour turnover in the HR profession is higher than the national average of 10.5%, according to the National Management Salary survey from the CMI and XpertHR, published yesterday. The report shows 4.5% of HR professionals resigned last year, at a time that was undeniably tough for the profession, with many having to handle… Read article/comments
An article by David Woods in HR Magazine throws some interesting light and statistics around our recruitment habits in the following piece published this week: One in six (16%) workers feel they have been discriminated against when applying for a job or promotion at some point in their career because of favouritism in the workplace. According to… Read article/comments
With yesterday’s budget came the news that the UK economy will grow more slowly this year than previously forecast. This was made very clear by the Chancellor in his speech, and for many will not come as a major surprise. The independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) forecast 1.7% growth in 2011, compared with its… Read article/comments
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