Labour shortages
Considering a new job? Here's how to retrain in 10 crucial areas desperate to hire
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Considering a new job? Here's how to retrain in 10 crucial areas desperate to hire
From midwife to scaffolder, teacher to restaurateur, here’s how you can pivot career paths and do what you love.
Rising unemployment spurs calls for more support for jobseekers
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Rising unemployment spurs calls for more support for jobseekers
6 insider tips from career coaches to boost your job hunt for 2023
6 insider tips from career coaches to boost your job hunt for 2023
How The Salvation Army is helping homeless people find work
How The Salvation Army is helping homeless people find work
Lack of flexibility in low paid-work means people are having to go part-time, study finds
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Lack of flexibility in low paid-work means people are having to go part-time, study finds
NHS recruitment crisis worsens as private sector pay growth reaches record-breaking highs
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NHS recruitment crisis worsens as private sector pay growth reaches record-breaking highs
The UK is on course for the worst post-pandemic jobs recovery of all rich Western nations
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The UK is on course for the worst post-pandemic jobs recovery of all rich Western nations
Bosses urged to engage more with unions amid rise in strike action
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Bosses urged to engage more with unions amid rise in strike action
From game designers to chip shops: The largest ever four-day working week trial has begun in the UK
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From game designers to chip shops: The largest ever four-day working week trial has begun in the UK
The UK has more job vacancies than unemployed people for the first time
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The UK has more job vacancies than unemployed people for the first time
Over-50s are resigning en masse – new research explains who and why
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Over-50s are resigning en masse – new research explains who and why
Belgium says workers can request a four-day week - but it’s not quite what it seems
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Belgium says workers can request a four-day week - but it’s not quite what it seems
30,000 pigs culled since September due to supply chain issues and worker shortages
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30,000 pigs culled since September due to supply chain issues and worker shortages
NHS should explore four-day work week to ease staffing crisis, says top doctor
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NHS should explore four-day work week to ease staffing crisis, says top doctor
These are the highest paying jobs you don’t need a degree for
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These are the highest paying jobs you don’t need a degree for
Daily testing for critical workers labelled ‘hopelessly inadequate’ as it will only reach 1%
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Daily testing for critical workers labelled ‘hopelessly inadequate’ as it will only reach 1%
'Entirely predictable' NHS staff crisis risks derailing plan to tackle 5.8 million patient backlog
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'Entirely predictable' NHS staff crisis risks derailing plan to tackle 5.8 million patient backlog
NHS facing Covid staff crisis in 'busiest week' of the year
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NHS facing Covid staff crisis in 'busiest week' of the year
The Great Resignation? Record numbers of workers are switching jobs but vacancies rise again
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The Great Resignation? Record numbers of workers are switching jobs but vacancies rise again
Food shortages: Is Boris Johnson treating the UK like one big Tesco?
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Food shortages: Is Boris Johnson treating the UK like one big Tesco?
Labour shortage: UK needs 1.1 million people to fill record job vacancies
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