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How has COVID changed the recruitment industry and what does it mean for hiring?

In our latest guest post, Recruitment and Staffing Manager Alex Bent considers the lasting impact of COVID-19. Could the future of recruitment be transformed by remote workplaces and flexible working arrangements? COVID-19 has affected many things in our lives this year, and recruitment is no different. As more companies adopt a flexible working policy, the […]

ONS Job Market Data: November 2020 | Recruitment News UK

Official job market data shows the extent of lockdown’s impact on the economy. Record high redundancies and a slow recovery shape this month’s report. Government data for the UK jobs market shows the impact of lockdown on the economy, with a spike in redundancies and low employment shaping the market. However, there are some signs […]

Save 20% when you Restartup in Recruitment with eBoss | UK Recruitment News

eBoss Software offers 20% reductions for startups and those returning to recruiting. Things are quite unpredictable at the moment, and working arrangements are changing from one month to the next. But it’s also really clear that we need as many recruiters in work as possible: to give help and guidance to the huge numbers of […]

ONS Job Market Data: October 2020 | UK Recruitment News

Official UK job market data finds a slow but steady recovery of payrolls and vacancies. The UK job market may be on the long road to recovery. That is the key take-away from the latest set of ONS figures, released today. The October report finds: an increase in vacancies; a growth in payrolls; and a […]

ONS Job Market Data: September 2020 | Recruitment News UK

New job market data finds emerging trends from the COVID chaos. As the Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes its official figures, we look at the impact of coronavirus and furlough schemes on the UK labour market. Vacancies The reversal in fortunes reported in last month’s job vacancy news continued in September’s report. The 10 […]

ONS Job Market Data: August 2020 | Recruitment News UK

UK jobs market data for April to June finds a slowdown in hiring, but also that unemployment has plateaued. A set of extraordinary circumstances explains the apparent disappearance of the UK jobseeker. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has released the latest set of job market figures for April to June 2020. The period of […]

ONS job market data: July 2020 | Recruitment News UK

The ONS releases figures for March to May of this year; eBoss looks at a changing UK job market. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published employment data for March to May 2020. The period, which represents the focal point of disruptions created by the COVID-19 pandemic, reveals sharp changes in underlying trends. The […]

ONS job market data: June 2020 | Recruitment News UK

New data for February to April reveals the extent of lockdown impact on the jobs market. This month’s ONS report on the UK job market looks at the months of February to April 2020. The report covers the period of the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The UK had entered lockdown; the government had announced […]

ONS job market data: May 2020 | Recruitment News UK

eBoss looks at emerging trends from the UK job market, in January to March of this year. eBoss recruitment news pages have reported and assessed the monthly Office for National Statistics’ job market data for more than nine months. In that time, we have seen a continued recruitment trend towards low unemployment, steady job creation, […]