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Posted on Sunday, September 18, 2022 by Admin GradWales — No comments
In this issue: Tight Labour Market Continues | Upskill Your Team - Funded Training Available | Recruit a Green consultant | A good employer gets it... | Somerset Innovation Exchange | Accelerated Knowledge Transfer to Innovate (AKT2I) Pilot Scheme | Recruit with Gradsouthwest Tight Labour Market Continues The latest Labour Market Outlook Report from CIPD confirms that "for now, the labour market ...
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Posted on Thursday, September 8, 2022 by Gradsouthwest Team — No comments
UK’s hiring boom set to continue but labour market will soon reach its peak, suggests the CIPD’s latest quarterly Labour Market Outlook Pay awards hit new heights as employers act to attract and retain staff The UK’s hiring boom is set to continue into the next quarter as private sector pay awards reach new highs. For now, the labour market remains incredibly tight and candidates are hard to come ...
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Posted on Thursday, August 25, 2022 by Admin GradWales — No comments
Tech is growing – we all know it from our daily lives. This means demand for tech talent is rocketing. There are skills shortages across the tech board, and recruitment and retention is becoming even more critical for business growth. Here we add our top tips to supplement the findings of the 2022 report from ISL Talent: Understanding how the talent market has shifted is key to attraction and ...
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Posted on Tuesday, August 16, 2022 by Admin GradWales — No comments
In this issue: | August! | Key Actions for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Recruiting - part #1 | Low Carbon Devon Internship and Leadership programme – Future Shift: Applications now open | Bristol Tech Festival | Somerset Innovation Expo | Recruit with Gradsouthwest August! A collective sigh of relief for those that take time in August for their holidays. Here at Gradsouthwest August is a ...
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Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2022 by Admin GradWales — No comments
Are you meeting your EDI goals? Do you even know what they are? Leverage your data to set yourself up to succeed. Use these key actions to ensure diversity in your recruiting process: Baseline Understand your current workforce, and identify target EDI requirements for improved recruitment. This sets your goals. Initial Recruitment Data Collection Create or update your EDI collection form - most ...
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Posted on Monday, July 25, 2022 by Admin GradWales — No comments
In this issue: | That's the end of another Academic Year | Latest Labour Market stats are challenging | And in Other Business News... | Recruit with Gradsouthwest That's the end of another Academic Year... But new graduates are still on the hunt for jobs... The Class of 2022 have their results and graduation ceremonies are underway. In fact in some Universities the Class of 2020 and 2021 are also ...
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Posted on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 by Admin GradWales — No comments
In this issue: Peak Recruitment Season for the Class of 2022 | Attracting, retaining and developing top talent | And in other Business News... | R ecruit with Gradsouthwest Peak Recruitment Season for the Class of 2022 If you are thinking of recruiting a new graduate don't delay. Exams are over, and the wait for results and graduation commences. As does the search for a graduate entry-level job. ...
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Posted on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 by Admin GradWales — No comments
In this issue: Peak Recruitment Season is upon us | Interns in Devon | UK graduate jobs exceed available graduates | MyWorld funding | Tech Nation growth programme launches | Recruit with Gradsouthwest Peak recruitment season is upon us As we reach mid-May, final exams are over or nearing completion; and students' thoughts turn to what's next and the need to get a job. Every May we see vacancy ...
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Posted on Friday, April 15, 2022 by Admin GradWales — No comments
If you've not seen it already, do take a look at Universities UK's new report into Graduate Jobs. The report finds that there are currently: One million more professional jobs than workers with degrees in the UK to fill them. Double the number of UK employees are underqualified than overqualified. The number of graduate vacancies is 20% higher than in 2019 before the Covid-19 pandemic, with job ...
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Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2022 by Admin GradWales — No comments
In this issue: Attracting Graduate Talent in a Tough Climate | Fully-funded SME Internship Scheme OPEN | In Other Business News | Recruit with Gradsouthwest Attracting Graduate Talent in a Tough Climate As we enter the peak graduate recruitment season we are re-posting our top tips for securing a graduate from the class of '22. Your job ad is competing with hundreds, and probably thousands, of ...