Permanent jobs grow year-on-year, salaries fall
Permanent jobs have risen one per cent from last year, showing fewer vacancies in IT and financial sectors, while average salaries saw a fall by nearly three per cent according to new data. The Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) revealed that both permanent and temporary job placements have risen by one per cent, continuing last […]
Top 10 worst excuses for National Sickie Day
Monday was billed as National Sickie Day, with around 350,000 people expected to call in sick and cost around £45 million in wages and lost hours. Coined by ELAS in 2011, the law company has compiled a list of the top excuses from the past year. Ranging from the unlikely to the bizarre, ELAS claims […]
Guest Blog: Neil Stride: Salary sacrifice could solve the UK’s digital skills gap
Neil Stride, Managing Director, PG Tech discusses how your Salary Sacrifice scheme may hold the key to closing the country’s digital skill gap The announcement made by the Chancellor in his latest Autumn Statement following months of consultation with the industry over Salary Sacrifice has certainly set the benefits industry talking. The removal of tax […]
Guest Blog: Prithvi Shergil: Enhancing experience by digitalising people practices
Prithvi Shergil, the head of HR at $6 billion IT services company HCL Technologies, looks at the benefits of digitalisation and how HR teams can adopt technology to revolutionise talent acquisition and employee experience. In recent years HR as a function has had to change rapidly. With ‘jobs for life’ becoming a thing of the past, […]
WEC Group implements employee financial wellbeing solution
1 in 8 workers say that money worries have affected their productivity in the workplace. Are you aware your employees may be struggling to sleep, working just to pay off debts and feeling unmotivated? Do you know how this is having an effect on your bottom line? WEC Group implemented an innovative solution which has […]
Industry Spotlight: Prepared for critical incidents
Are you able to look after your people following a critical incident? can you support a colleague experiencing personal issues at home? We are the Centre for Crisis Psychology (CCP) and we partner with many top UK businesses who trust our expertise following critical or traumatic incidents, large or small. We work across all industries, […]
Forum Insight: 7 effective ways to feel the fear and network anyway
If you’re shy, don’t think that successful networking is out of the question. Molly Dyson offers top tips for the less outgoing. While working with Forum Events we’ve heard from many industry members that their job can be extremely isolating, especially if your position is the only one of its kind at your company. That’s […]
Young people put off companies by online reviews
Employers run the risk of a damaged reputation as former employees head online to review past jobs. A new study by management company Lee Hecht Harrison Penna revealed young people aged between 18 and 34 are twice as likely to post their dissatisfaction with an employer online than their older colleagues. Similarly, younger workers are […]
MPs urge a ban on unpaid internships
Young people are missing out on top jobs because their social backgrounds aren’t being taken into account, according to a report by MPs. An All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) report has detailed how unpaid internships could give an unfair advantage to those who can afford it, while those struggling to pay bills are left behind. The study, […]
Firms risk losing talent through poor succession
Businesses are putting jobs at risk by failing to plan for succession and in-house movement of talent, according to new research. Politicnico di Milano School of Management believe that too many endorse the traditional career ladder model, encouraging vertical movement of talent rather than encouraging multi-talented professionals to broaden their horizons. Without application of a […]
