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Graduate and apprentice hiring hit by coronavirus uncertainty

Date:: 25 March 2020

Companies have been forced to scale down entry-level recruitment programmes as they make business adjustments due to the coronavirus, according to the Institute of Student Employers.

Public-sector recruitment confidence hits 12-year high

Date:: 17 February 2020

Employment growth in the public sector is expected to match the private sector for the first time in 12 years, a new analysis has indicated.

Queen's Speech: Flexible working, carers' leave and immigration plan confirmed

Date:: 19 December 2019

The new government will bring in a points-based immigration system for skilled workers, one weeks' leave for unpaid carers and flexible working by default, the Queen has announced during the State Opening of Parliament.

Hiring plans for Q1 weakest in seven years

Date:: 11 December 2019

Employers' hiring intentions are at their weakest in seven years with Brexit uncertainty, the general election and a slowing global economy all affecting their confidence.

Guide improves recruitment for visibly different candidates

Date:: 23 September 2019

Changing Faces has launched a guide to help employers provide a positive recruitment process for people with a visible difference such as a mark or scar.

International graduates offered two-year work visa

Date:: 11 September 2019

International graduates will be able to stay in the UK for two years to find work under a new immigration route that reverses the "hostile environment" that Theresa May introduced as home secretary in 2012.

Hiring declines at fastest rate for three years

Date:: 9 September 2019

Political and economic uncertainty continues to affect the labour market as data from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation and KPMG showed that permanent placements fell at the quickest rate for more than three years.

Drop in EU migrants prompts urgent call for immigration transition period

Date:: 22 August 2019

The number of EU citizens moving to the UK to work has continued to fall, prompting business bodies to reiterate their calls for a transition period ahead of any new immigration system so employers can access the labour they need.

Future skills framework to be developed

Date:: 15 August 2019

A framework for "essential" skills - such as teamwork, presenting and problem-solving - will be developed by a new task force to help inform employers' future hiring criteria and plans for progression.

Post-Brexit regional salary thresholds for migrants to be considered

Date:: 26 June 2019

The Migration Advisory Committee is to consider how salary thresholds should be calculated under a future immigration system - including whether there is a case for regional salary thresholds to be set.

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