The good news is that the employment outlook in UK plc is positive and many employers are looking to increase the size of their workforce (the UK net score is +37). However, this may be easier said than done; recruitment is proving a challenge and some vacancies remain unfilled despite hiring efforts: ‘Forty-five per cent […]
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Offsetting the hidden costs associated with redundancy through outplacement
Unemployment reached a four year high of 5% (over 1.7 million) in November 2020[i] and is forecast to increase to 7.5% during 2021 – this equates to a staggering 2.6 million people. There are already hundreds of thousands of people who are now out of work and in a double ‘downturn’; managing both joblessness and the […]