October Industry News
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Here's a selection of hand-picked recruitment news from October that particularly stand out to us.
Topics cover the latest news from the Office For National Statistics, UK firms and staffing struggles, the latest social care recruitment campaign, and much more.
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The estimate of payrolled employees in the UK for September 2023 is largely unchanged on the month, down 11,000 on the revised August 2023 figure, to 30.1 million.
The September 2023 estimate should be treated as a provisional estimate and is likely to be revised when more data are received next month.
Three-quarters of UK firms are still struggling to recruit staff, research has found, but the post-pandemic “jobs boom” appears to be in decline, with hiring intentions continuing to fall last month.
The REC and KPMG found the number of permanent placements by recruiters fell in recent weeks as companies were reluctant to commit to hiring new workers.
The study among 400 recruitment firms also showed improved demand for short-term staff and increased availability of workers to fill vacancies.
C&M Travel Recruitment said that September was a “slower month” for business travel candidates finding new jobs with a 43% fall compared to August’s figures.
This drop was part of an industry-wide fall in placements of 13 per cent between August and September. Overall job placements were also at their lowest level of 2023 and down by 59 per cent compared with September 2022.
UK’s Small businesses are slowly regaining confidence in the economy, despite falling revenues and tightening recruitment, a survey shows.
The quarterly report by the Federation of Small Businesses also showed that most do not predict growth over the next year, while one in eight expect to contract.
A social care recruitment campaign is being launched to help build the “vital workforce” as a sector leader said she hoped more men and younger people will consider such roles.
With more than 150,000 vacancies in social care, the Government is hoping this year’s campaign sparks interest to help address staff shortages.
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