It was a real pleasure to put on a Kickstart for Jobs roundtable this week and host members of the tech community, government ministers and young people starting out in their new jobs. We were joined by some very big names from the world of tech – from global giants like Airbnb & Workday to Continued »
It’s well known that a diverse workforce is a successful workforce, with diverse management teams proven to be more innovative. But the ‘I’ – inclusion – in DE&I is often forgotten and is equally important. Having an inclusive working environment is at the core of attracting a diverse talent pool, retaining that talent, and ultimately Continued »
We are delighted to announce our partnership with Lord Bird, Founder of The Big Issue this week. Our latest big step in our mission to Get Britain Hiring. Adzuna has teamed up with The Big Issue & FutureLearn to create a ‘Ride Out Recession Alliance Toolkit’ – an action plan to help those most at risk of unemployment in Continued »
2020 has been an annual horribilis for the jobs market, with redundancies rising to record levels, months of furlough uncertainty for many, and hiring in some sectors – like Hospitality – practically grinding to a halt. It may therefore come as no surprise that as the end of the year approaches, many workers are starting to Continued »
We’re pleased to report that we have become a Disability Confident Committed employer. This means we’re actively looking to recruit from as wide a talent pool as possible, including the 7.7m working age people in the UK that have a disability. We’ve been having a look at Adzuna to see how we can better support Continued »
We’re delighted that for the second year in a row we have come out as the top job search engine used by job boards according to the 2020-21 Recruiting Sites Survey conducted by the JobBoardDoctor. Adzuna is used by 69% of the survey respondents, 20% more than the nearest competitor. Especially in these difficult times, Continued »
Adzuna’s 2020 Charity Challenge was, as you’d expect, a bit different this year…. We are living in unusual times and I must admit, a big part of me thought with a global pandemic on, 95% of our staff working from home and one of the biggest recessions in living memory, we might want to write Continued »
The global pandemic stifled UK hiring levels, but confidence is starting to return and job opportunities are slowly but surely improving. The good news is that there are now 535,500 job openings across the UK, up 53% from the low of 350,700 seen mid-May. But the recovery is patchy and some sectors and cities are richer Continued »
*Update 01/02/21* Good news. More than 120,000 jobs for 16 to 24 year olds have now been created through the government’s flagship Kickstart Scheme. Better still, they’re making it even simpler for employers of all sizes to benefit from joining the scheme by removing the limit requiring they create a minimum of 30 vacancies to apply Continued »