After Tata Steel closed in Port Talbot, other local labour markets dominated by singular employers or industries may also be vulnerable, write Daniel Muir, Research Economist at IES and Nick Litsardopoulos, Research Economist at IES Last month, it was announced that Tata Steel would be closing its blast furnaces in Port Talbot. This sparked discussion about the Continued »
With the cost of living continuing to bite hard, we’re all looking for ways to boost our earnings or to make our job hunt as easy as possible. Whether it’s looking for the best-paid role or jobs in high demand, here’s what you need to know about this year’s job market. Each year, we look Continued »
This blog was originally posted on our sister site Getwork. Hiring doesn’t seem to be getting any easier, in fact, hiring has been challenging since well before the pandemic and we’re betting that that won’t change. So what’s the solution? Should we continue to hire to fulfil a role? Or should we be more agile and Continued »
This blog was originally posted on our sister site Getwork. How do you spruce up your resume when you don’t have access to a computer? How do you prepare for an interview when you’re homeless? How do you compete with seemingly ideal candidates when your experience is way less than perfect? For those who are digitally Continued »
This blog was originally posted on our sister site Getwork. One minute they’re there, the next minute they’re not. No explanation; they just vanished. Is this the opening scene of a scary movie? No, it’s ghosting, a term that started in the dating world. It means to suddenly cut off all communication and forms of contact. Continued »
No one likes paying rent. Some might even compare paying rent to helping out your landlord on their mortgage or growing property portfolio. It’s dead money, but we all need a roof over our heads. In a quest to identify the best and worst value cities to live and work in, we recently analysed our Continued »
In a recent update to Adzuna’s intelligence portal, our proprietary dashboard that displays a wide range of aggregate data based on all the vacancy listings we hold on our site, we introduced the Employer Intelligence feature. This allows users to examine data about specific employers and their vacancies, providing valuable insights on the labour demanded Continued »
This blog was originally posted on our sister site Getwork. You’re a manager and a valued employee walks into your office with a piece of paper in hand, asking for a moment to chat. As you’re handed a resignation letter, your heart sinks. Afterwards, you immediately meet with HR to share the news and start an Continued »
This blog was originally posted on our sister site Getwork. Ever lost a great hire? Well, as luck would have it, an increasing number of people are returning to their old employers. Meet “boomerang” workers. Late last year, seven years after leaving government, former PM David Cameron became one of the most high-profile boomerang workers and Continued »