Recruitment

Job vacancies continue to rise in lead up to Christmas, with '3.5million active job ads'

According to new data from the Recruitment and Employment Federation (REC), the number of active job vacancies has continued to rise. Hitting a new high during the build up to the Christmas period, the date showed 210,000 new jobs posted in the week of 22-28 November. In addition to this, in the same week, there was reported to be 3.51million active job adverts – an increase in over 500,000 (16%) since the end of October.

Hiring activity weakens in September ahead of Brexit deadline

Recent data produced by KPMG and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) shows a decrease in permanent staff appointments for the seventh month in a row, with overall vacancies increasing at the weakest rate since January 2012. The UK Report on Jobs data demonstrated that an increasing political and economic certainty surrounding Brexit is continuing to weigh on hiring activity in the UK.