Canadian Unemployment Rate At 6.4%

Statistics Canada reported that employment fell by 42,000 (+0.2%) in August and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 6.4%.

Canadian Unemployment Rate At 6.4%

Australia - Unemployment Statistics

Unemployment remained at 3.8% and the number of people in employment 26,000 to 14,232,300 people in February.

Australian Employment Statistics

UK Employment Statistics

The unemployment rate stands at 4.2%, up by 0.3% on the previous quarter - the increase being mainly among people who had been unemployed for more than six months.

UK Employment Statistics

Eight Ways To Politely Decline a Job Offer

There are many reasons why you might turn down an offer, and we’ve compiled this list of eight ways to politely decline a job offer that you might find helpful if you’re ever in this situation.

Eight Ways To Politely Decline a Job Offer

Powerful Employee Recruitment Strategies to Implement Today

By taking the time to identify the most important qualities for the position and utilizing multiple recruiting sources, businesses can find the best candidates for the job.

Powerful Employee Recruitment Strategies to Implement Today

How To Stand Out In A Competitive Job Market

It can be difficult to stand out in a competitive job market, which can make it very difficult for people to find rewarding work or change careers.

How To Stand Out In A Competitive Job Market

How Employers Can Help Women Return to Work

Some 1.8 million women lost or left their jobs during the pandemic and haven’t returned to the workforce. That’s bad news for everyone.

How Employers Can Help Women Return to Work

7 Effective Tactics to Attract a Diverse Workforce

Making your company diverse is crucial to building a successful business but for that to happen, workplace diversity must start with the process of recruitment.

7 Effective Tactics to Attract a Diverse Workforce

UK - Unemployment At 3.8%

The unemployment rate stands at 3.8%, 0.2% less than a year ago and 0.1% less than the previous quarter. 32.93 million people were in work in the October to December 2019 quarter according to the labour force survey (LFS).

UK Employment Statistics

Top self-employed jobs in 2019

Becoming self-employed is an increasingly popular means of making an income, as people prefer to ditch the nine-to-five for a more flexible and gratifying career path.

Top self-employed jobs in 2019

Recruitment difficulties to continue

Potential candidates are being put off using recruitment agencies because of concerns about receiving details of irrelevanr jobs

Recruitment difficulties to continue

Canada - Ongoing Competition for Talent

Canadian employers are doing more in a competitive job market to recruit and retain recent post-secondary graduates according to a survey of 95 leading Canadian companies.

Ongoing Competition for Talent

What to Do When an Employee Is Struggling with A Creative Block

Here are several steps, tips and pointers that can be used to help one overcome a creative block.

What to Do When an Employee Is Struggling with A Creative Block

Australia - Skills Crisis in Health and Medical Research

Job insecurity among workers in the Health and Medical Research sector is leading to an impending skills crisis, according to the Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR).

Skills Crisis in Health and Medical Research

How the Gig Economy and Freelancers are Reshaping HR Departments

The gig economy is reshaping today's workforce. Over 50 million Americans worked as freelancers in 2015, according to a study by the Freelancers Union and Upwork. This includes temporary workers, independent contractors, moonlighters, freelance business owners and those with mixed streams of income.

How the Gig Economy and Freelancers are Reshaping HR Departments

UK immigration - what employers can expect in 2016

2016 is already looking like it may be an annus horribilis for UK immigration.

UK immigration - what employers can expect in 2016

UK - Illegal Working

On 16 May 2014, a number of important changes to the UK's prevention of illegal working requirements and associated civil penalty scheme took force.

Changes to the UK's prevention of illegal working and civil penalty system

UK - Coaching to improve youth employability

A recent presentation at the Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society’s Division of Occupational Psychology in Brighton put forward the view that when young people have a positive outlook, self-belief and skills for the workplace they are happier, sleep better and are more well-behaved.

Coaching to improve youth employability

UK - Government's consultation on the prevention of illegal working regime

Nearly 500 individuals, employers and representative organisations responded to the Government's consultation indicating broad support for the Government's aims to get tough on rogue employers whilst supporting compliant employers.

Implications for business following the findings of the Government's consultation on the prevention of illegal working regime

UK - Engineering & IT Fuel August Rise in Permanent UK Jobs

A new job survey suggests that the labour market in the UK continues to strengthen as the total number of job vacancies increased at the sharpest rate in over six years.

Engineering & IT Fuel August Rise in Permanent UK Jobs