Delays and skills shortages are making recruiting staff with the right skills for the job so difficult, it is costing British businesses £1.7 billion a year], highlights the first of a series of Skills Shortage bulletins published today the Edge Foundation. Continue reading Finding the right person for the job costs UK plc £1.7 billion
Advertised salaries grow for sixth consecutive month
New funding of £1 million will help employers with support and advice to enable more disabled people to move into work, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced. Continue reading New £1 million fund to help disabled people into employment
• Workers should stay in their first role for 2-3 years to hit the salary sweet spot, with pay averaging £37,800 for employees who have done so
• By comparison, workers who leave their first job within a year earn just £33k, meaning £4k less a year on average
• North East employees are the most loyal, staying in their first position for an average of 3.1 years, while Londoners are the flakiest employees, staying just 2.1 years in first job
• Women stay in first job for shorter stint than men, averaging 3.2 years, as opposed to men at 3.9 years, within a first position
• University graduates also switch to second job more quickly, moving on after 3.0 years, while those with no degree stay in their first role for an average of 3.9 years
• Huge decline in average time spent in first job,with millennials entering the workforce since 2010 staying on average just 1.1 years, compared with up to 5.7 years for those starting work in the 1960s
Workers who spend between 2-3 years in their first jobs earn higher average salaries over the course of their careers, suggesting a salary premium for staying put within a first role, according to new research by job search-engine Adzuna. Continue reading It pays to stay: workers who spend 2 to 3 years in first job earn higher salaries over career
A new publication sets out how digitisation, automation and other innovations will affect the Scottish labour market. Continue reading Advance of the robots: new report asseses impact of technology on Scottish jobs
Edinburgh Leisure is looking to recruit trainee swim teachers, who will be supported through their development with qualifications, training and site-based support. Continue reading Rise to the next level and train to be a swim teacher
A huge increase in childcare training places has been announced to help deliver the additional workforce required for the transformation of early learning and childcare in Scotland. The new training places are being made available in colleges and universities across Scotland in 2018/19. Continue reading Childcare expansion plans “now well underway”
UK Advertised Salaries Grow In Every UK Region
Average UK advertised salaries have increased in the last 12 months, up 3.5% to £33,646, according to Adzuna.co.uk. Growth in advertised wages is in evidence in every on of the 12 UK regions. Continue reading Salaries on the rise?
Scotland’s first fully devolved employment service will start delivering flexible and tailored support from Tuesday 3 April. Fair Start Scotland will offer personalised support for at least 38,000 people further removed from the labour market. Continue reading Fair Start Scotland: Up to £96 million for unemployment support
More than a two fifths (44%) of Scottish firms are reporting difficulty recruiting skilled staff, and 41% have seen increased staff turnover since June 2016, according to a new employment and skills study from Lloyds Banking Group and London business membership organisation, London First. The study sought to analyse the impact of Brexit on business recruitment and access to skills across the UK. Continue reading Nearly half of Scottish firms are struggling to hire skilled staff
