Five ways to attract and retain the right talent
As the UK officially left the European Union at 11pm on Friday 31 January 2020, ‘Brexit Day’ signaled the start of the United Kingdom disentangling itself from the EU, establishing its own independence and trade talks with nations around the world. During the transition period, employers should look to hit the ground running in building […]
Jobs costing staff £1,600 a year?
Research into how much a job costs has found that working in the UK could cost staff an average of £1,623 in work-related expenses. Calculated by GiffGaff Priceplan, the figure was reached by surveying 2,000 office workers about their workplace expenditure. This created the following breakdown: Commuting – £833.63 Lunch – £417.42 Snacks and drinks […]
New year, new job – industries with biggest salary increases
As is customary this time of year, HR departments will find themselves wading through a fresh batch of CVs as the nation’s workforce kick the winter blues by looking for potential new employment opportunities. But which industries are on-the-up in terms of salaries? CV-Library recently compiled a report analysing average salaries across the UK in […]
‘Flexible working hours and an understanding boss’
That’s what ‘back to work’ mothers are looking for in a job, according to a survey by online training specialist New Skills Academy. Salary and benefits remain important, according to the report, but mothers returning to work after having children are looking for jobs that suit their busy lives as parents. The survey showed that […]
Who are London’s top earners?
New analysis by salary benchmarking site Emolument has examined the salaries of over 52,000 individuals in London, with those in the finance sector coming out on top as most well paid, with the top 10% earning an average of £290,000 per annum, with gross salary and annual bonus taken into account. The insurance sector came […]
Millennials set to be the first generation to earn record low wages…
As a result of its latest report, the Resolution Foundation suggests that millennials, people who fall between the ages of 15 – 35, earn an estimated £8,000 less in their 20s than their generation X counterparts – those born between the early 1960s to mid-1970s. The independent UK think tank found that some of the reduced earnings could […]
