Recruitment
How can employers improve the interview experience?
Jeanette Maister from Oleeo gives some advice for employers looking to improve the recruitment experience. read more
Recruitment
The workingmums recruitment section covers all the latest news, opinion, guides and best practice on a range of recruitment issues - with a particular focus on flexible recruitment. Find out which companies are doing particularly well with recruiting flexible staff, which methods they use and what their success stories are.
Recruitment
Unemployment falls to 3.9%, with large rises in female employment reported
Unemployment is down, with a rise in female employment partly responsible, says the ONS. read more
Recruitment
Retail employment sinking
A new report raises concerns about recent trends in unemployment in the retail sector. read more
Recruitment
Employers raising wages to tackle skills shortage
Wages are rising as employers find it harder to recruit in key areas. read more
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Dads
White paper on working dads published
A new white paper on dads in the workplace aims to explore challenges and highlight best practice as men become more vocal about work life balance... read more
Returning to Work
Returner white paper highlights best practice for employers
A new workingmums.co.uk white paper looks at the ways employers can reach out to returners to plug skills shortages and increase diversity of thought... read more
Flexible Working Practices
workingmums.co.uk launches 2019 Best Practice Report
For International Women's Day, workingmums.co.uk is publishing its 2019 Best Practice Report which provides details of what award-winning employers... read more
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Recruitment
‘Lower households incomes behind record unemployment’
The UK's record unemployment is due to more people working more hours, including older women and second earners, in response to incomes falling after... read more
Recruitment
Employers adopt ‘business as normal’ approach to hiring, says survey
Employers adopt business as normal approach to hiring
Hiring plans remain positive despite uncertainty about the economic future of the UK, according to a survey by the Chartered Institute of Personnel... read more
Recruitment
What difference will requiring employers to give references make?
Kate Palmer from Peninsula UK discusses the implications of government proposals to require employers to give references as part of its response to... read more
Recruitment
Many jobseekers admit gaming online application systems
A new survey shows jobseekers are gaming the job application system, particularly those who understand how automated systems work, but many,... read more
Recruitment
City job vacancies up 12% on previous quarter despite uncertainty
City vacancies are up 12% on the last quarter, despite an overall downward trend and big swings month on month. read more
Recruitment
Over 50s more like to be among long-term unemployed
People over 50 are a third more likely to be unemployed for more than 24 months than the under 50s, according to new analysis. read more
Further Reading
Gender Equality
Do parents still treat boys differently to girls?
How much does what we expect of children - and adults - affect what they actually do when it comes to sharing care equally? read more
Managing Staff
What’s the point of meetings?
A new book from Sweden looks at the rise and rise of meetings and argues that meetings have an undeserved bad reputation and have many different... read more
Managing Staff
How to tell if you are being bullied
Anti-Bullying Week is drawing to an end. Here we highlight the warning signs that tell you that you are being bullied at work. read more
Gender Equality
What can employers do to address equal pay concerns?
Kate Palmer from employment law experts Peninsula outlines some of the issues for employers around pay transparency after the Fawcett Society's call... read more
Gender Equality
‘Women should have right to know men’s pay’
Women should have the right to know men's pay if they suspect discrimination, says Fawcett Society on Equal Pay Day. read more
Managing Staff
Ethics guide highlights importance of job design
A new ethics guide highlights the importance of job [re]design to ensure roles offer variety and do not become overpressurised. read more
Flexible Working Practices
Is economic uncertainty to blame for the fall in part-time workers?
The latest jobs figures open up all sorts of questions about how employers are dealing with the current economic uncertainty and who is being hit... read more
