The latest job index from recruiter Reed shows the number of online job postings rose by 9% in Q1 2012 compared to the same period in 2011. This follows the news, reported earlier this week by recruiter.co.uk, that the number of new roles in the UK showed a slight month-on-month decline in February. The ‘Reed Job [...]
More than one million UK workers are ‘sleep drunk’ due to a lack of shut eye, new data of nearly 39,000 employed people from Vielife has shown. Although drink driving is socially unacceptable sleep deprivation is so extreme in the UK that one million people are doing the equivalent of getting behind the wheel intoxicated [...]
Employment in the construction sector grew in March as activity in the UK’s construction sector jumped to a near two-year high, according to the latest Markit/CIPS construction PMI survey. This was after employment in the sector fell in both January and February. Chris Williamson, chief economist at Markit, says: “The good weather appears to have [...]
Manufacturing activity in the UK grew at the fastest rate for 10 months in March, owing to a boost in new orders and decreasing the chance of another recession. The Markit / Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose to 52.1 in March, even after predictions of 51.5 [...]
March saw the strongest upturn in new construction orders since September 2007, four and a half years ago. The monthly survey of construction industry purchasing managers reports a marked expansion of UK construction sector output, with the rate of growth accelerating for a second successive survey period and confidence strengthening. The seasonally adjusted Markit/CIPS Construction [...]
The volumes of umbrella company contractors hired since the implementation of the AWR have remained steady according to a report by recruitment agency Randstad. The firm found that 78 per cent of organisations questioned said they were already providing the benefits of AWR before the regulations were introduced in October last year. Furthermore, around 48 [...]
Engineering skills are increasingly in demand as infrastructure investments rise to record levels. Research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) show the engineering sector to be experiencing a level of skill shortages despite the general lack of demand for skilled workers in other areas of the economy. Vacancies for highly skilled staff saw [...]
For self-employed professionals and small businesses, difficult clients are a fact of life. Even if you rarely make mistakes and treat all your clients with appropriate professionalism, sooner or later you’re going to make an error or a client’s expectations won’t be met. And of course, there are always going to be a few clients [...]
Consistently do these five things and the results you want from your employees–and your business–will follow. In the eyes of his or her employees, a remarkable boss is a star. Remember where you came from, and be gracious with your stardom. Remarkable bosses aren’t great on paper. Great bosses are remarkable based on their actions. Results are [...]
Research carried out among 3,000 UK organisations and employees has found 63 per cent of temporary workers actively choose not to take permanent opportunities. This finding was among many which illustrate the current state of temp and freelance working life emerging from Randstad’s recent Navigator research. And just as workers seems to want more temporary [...]
