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Maintaining a strong employer brand in a candidate flooded market
over 3 years ago by Chris GrayAs the Bank of England recently set out its yearly annual economic forecasts, its projection that unemployment would reach 7.5% by the end of 2020 casts a very different picture to the one we saw pre the global health crisis. Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, the UK was experiencing the tightest labour market in a generation, with talent shortages in key skills across a range ...
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Thinking differently about what workers want
over 3 years ago by ManpowerGroupThe COVID-19 crisis has done little to slow the increasing appetite for flexibility among UK workers. While the transition to remote working has brought many challenges – balancing work and parental responsibilities, maintaining our mental health – it’s a change that many workers have embraced, and one that has them stating their claim for more flexibility in future. But how...
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Is COVID-19 impacting the UK gender pay gap?
over 3 years ago by Kevin MinnisCovid-19 has not only had devastating health consequences; since March 2020 we have seen that the economic repercussions of the pandemic are also placing unprecedented pressure on the world of work. But recent research suggests that in, the United Kingdom, this pressure isn’t being distributed equally across the workforce. To date, women have suffered a larger fall in ear...
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How to ensure Generation Z is not lost to the pandemic
over 3 years ago by Kevin MinnisWhen the UK Chancellor unveiled a £2bn ‘kick start jobs scheme’ for young people in early July – which will see the government subsidise job placements for 16-24 year-olds on Universal Credit – it was done so with the goal of preventing an entire generation being “left behind” from COVID-19. Like in the 2008 financial crisis, where the path to career growth was limited for m...