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Average pay rises have jumped to 3.5%, as higher inflation feeds through to wage settlements, a new report shows. The average level of deals has risen from 3% in the first quarter of the year to 3.5% at the start of the second three-month period. However the pay picture remained mixed, with wage freezes being… Read article/comments
A recent article in Recruiter Magazine has highlighted that Recruitment agencies will become a much more important part of the “talent ecosystem” because they look after an individual’s career, says professor of management practice at London Business School, Lynda Gratton. Speaking to Recruiter following her keynote address at the Hot Spots Movement’s Talent Innovation conference… Read article/comments
A recent BBC article has reported the UK’s economy grew by 2.6% last year, the fastest pace since 2007 and up from 1.7% in 2013, official figures have shown. Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed the economy grew by 0.5% in the final three months of 2014. That was a slowdown from… Read article/comments
Unconscious bias exists in every individual, but can perhaps have the most detrimental impact when present amongst HR professionals, who have the greatest responsibility for ensuring that new recruits are the perfect fit, not just for the current requirements of the firm but also for their longer term strategy. Up until now it has been… Read article/comments
A recent BBC report has indicated that the government’s Universal Jobmatch website is publishing adverts using terms that could be breaking anti-age discrimination laws, the BBC has found. It also found similar jobs ads posted online by Reed – one of the UK’s biggest employment agencies. On both sites, hundreds of employers say they want… Read article/comments
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