Business & HR News for UK Employers
To celebrate women in business, leading packaging supplier Rajapack have looked at gender diversity in the workplace. Speaking to female industry experts from sectors that have been traditionally male-dominated, such as construction, manufacturing, logistics, supply chain, packaging…
New research from business print providers instantprint has revealed the fastest growing UK industries for women, with transport support, computer programming, and head office management leading the way. To mark International Women’s Day 2019, the study…
A unique UK charity is celebrating its first anniversary with an impressive year of firsts in its mission to help those with long-term health conditions find work. Astriid is a free online job matchmaking service…
Steve Herbert, Head of Benefits Strategy at Howden Employee Benefits, discusses why HR professionals need to think differently in a difficult recruitment market I’m getting old. This is an inescapable fact, and not one that bothers…
New research released today reveals that employers are increasingly embracing diversity in their hiring process to overcome ongoing skills shortages. Researchers spoke to 1,500 UK-based hiring managers on behalf of international talent acquisition and managed…
Human resources managers from across South West Wales gathered to learn about how to create and manage a more diversified workforce at an event held in Swansea this week. The event, held at the Village…
Toni Ryan, Health Management Consultant at AON discusses stats which reveal how menopause symptoms can have a negative impact in the workplace. The British Menopause Society (BMS) released statistics in 2017 stating that 45% of…
Minister for Disabled People, Sarah Newton MP, has called for the recruitment sector to do more to help disabled people into work. The Minister said the sector has a “critical role in helping the government…
Setting diversity targets for FTSE groups hasn’t worked because they don’t address the actual barrier to equality: the bias in hiring processes. That’s according to talent crowdfunding platform, AnyGood? Excuses from FTSE groups for the…
Talking Talent, the global coaching consultancy leading the gender diversity agenda, has appointed Sarah Speake as a Non-Executive Director (NED). Sarah starts this month and will be advising Talking Talent as it continues to build…