Almost half of frontline workers could not ‘put a face to a name’ of HQ staff sending communications Shutterstock A third of frontline workers feel disconnected from their colleagues working in headquarters, according to research by SafetyCulture. The operations platform company commissioned YouGov to poll workers in the UK, US and Australia on whether they
Since the recovery from the financial crisis, nominal wage growth in the eurozone has been sluggish. This is often attributed to weaker trade unions. But wage growth in real terms is higher now than it was before the crisis. We expect a decline in 2022, but real wages will grow in 2023, although probably only
We must ensure young people have the skills necessary to access our ever-changing labour market, and to thrive within it. Right now, one of the most pressing concerns for City businesses is a shortage of workers with the right skills. According to research by London Councils, almost a quarter of all vacancies in the capital
Shutterstock Almost half of workers feel working from home has dimished the feeling of ‘belonging’ to an organisation, highlighting the scale of the challenge that employers face in ensuring someone feels part of their culture. On the whole, UK workers feel they are treated well by their employer (58% quite well and 27% very well),
A new report said rapid change in the jobs market is expected this decade. Lorry drivers The main impact of the drive to green the UK’s economy will be to change existing jobs rather than to destroy them, a new report has said. The biggest challenge will be to make sure that low and mid-skilled
Sharecast / iSAW Company via Pixabay The UK unemployment rate unexpectedly rose in the three months to April for the first time in a year, while vacancies remained at record levels and wages fell at the fastest rate in a decade. According to data released on Tuesday by the Office for National Statistics , the
Nearly two million people claimed working from home tax relief in 2021/22 but millions more are eligible and can receive backdated payments. Here’s how you can claim up to £250. At the height of the pandemic and amid the national lockdowns, anyone who could was asked to work from home to curb the spread of
Shutterstock Youth worklessness has fallen dramatically since the mid-nineties, but rising inactivity among young men needs urgent attention, according to a think-tank. The Resolution Foundation’s Not Working report finds that the number of people aged 18-24 who were out of work fell from 1.1 million to 800,000 between 1995 and 2021, but this was mainly
A woman surrounded by multicoloured thought bubbles. Did you end up in your dream job? Or did you end up pursuing a career quite intensely for some reason that eludes you? Perhaps the media representation of your profession had a part to play. Shrikanth Narayanan and colleagues from the University of Southern California created a
There’s no point in sugar coating it: Interviewing for a new job is exhausting. If you’re applying for multiple roles at the same time chances are you’ll experience interview fatigue at some point during the process. At mid-to-senior levels any interview requires extensive research and preparation, not to mention CV rewrites and presentation preparation. If
