Job prospects in the South West are the best in the country, with an employment outlook of +15% this quarter, according to Manpower, the global leader in contingent and permanent recruitment workforce solutions. This is a significant increase on last quarter’s Outlook of +10%, and the highest in the region for over three years.
The Manpower Employment Outlook Survey is based on responses from 2,101 UK employers. It asks whether employers intend to hire additional workers or reduce the size of their workforce in the coming quarter. It is the most comprehensive, forward-looking...
Businesses across the South West are already reaping awards in their sectors and enjoying significant business growth in 2014. Grads for Growth, who support graduate recruitment in such businesses, have recognised a surge in activity this year and anticipate many more exciting graduate opportunities as businesses in the region continue to innovate and grow.
Celebrations are in order for the talented graduates who have played a part in catalysing the growth of innovative businesses and award-winning product innovation. And as employment opportunities increase, graduate job-seekers...
The employment rate in the South West has increased by a record 2.58 million in three months, according to figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) this morning.
However while unemployment did fall in this three month period, the figures also show that 6,000 more people in the South West are now unemployed since last year meaning the the South West is the only region to record a rise in its unemployment during th whole year period.
Nationally the ONS figures show that the employment rate is now at 72.3%, the highest it has been since the recession began...
The number of people claiming Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) in Devon has risen for the first time since February 2013, with figures increasing by 66 claimants over the past month. Claimants in Devon have gone up from 6,513 in October to 6,579 in November meaning a 1% increase from last month.
The news comes the same day as the Office for National Statistics (ONS) report reveals that the overall national unemployment rate has fallen.
The ONS reports that nationally 250,000 more people are now in employment since July this year.
A female engineer from Italy has secured a job with design and engineering consultancy Atkins in Exeter after receiving advice from the National Careers Service.
Giulia Magri, who graduated as a structural engineer from University of Rome Tor Vergata in 2005, arrived in Devon in September after finding that opportunities for progression in her field were limited in her native country.
“Although there were jobs available in Italy, and I worked for a number of Italian engineering firms and architects, it became clear that my progression – and my salary ‒ would not meet my...
In this video local expert Phil Sampson from Sampson Hall gives advice on how to get the best out of your team. The information from Phil includes personal leadership, direction and feedback.
"You've also got to work and play together so you get to know each other better and respect the diversity in the team , just because people are different doesn't mean that anyone is wrong and finally be fair and equitable in how you treat everyone"
A school leaver who was worried she would have to leave her home has now-started an apprenticeship that means she can stay put, thanks to a timely call from Careers South West.
Megan Foster is a care leaver living in a flat in the grounds of her previous foster parents’ home. In order to stay in this accommodation Megan is required to be either in full-time education, training or employment, a condition of the Staying Put Scheme that funds her housing.
Although she left The King’s School in Ottery St Mary with good GCSE results after receiving mentoring from head teacher,...
Local charity, Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau, says that the use of zero-hours contracts are hitting employees hard as they are unable to budget or plan long-term.
Zero-hours contracts mean zero responsibility for too many employers. The charity is seeing too many people who are denied work because they become pregnant or suffer an illness.
This type of contract can also mean fluctuating incomes that cause havoc with people’s benefit claims, denying them much-needed income when the hours dry up.
Steve Barriball, Chief Executive of Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau said...
More than half of women wouldn’t tell an employer they were pregnant if offered a promotion or new job, according to the latest research by maternitycover.com
A new study released today by recruitment specialist maternitycover.com shows that 57% of women from the South West would not necessarily admit to being pregnant if offered a promotion or new job, with 52% of those women insisting that their decision to be ‘upfront’ would depend on the role being offered.
According to the survey, 72% of women from the South West region felt that their promotion prospects altered...
Beginning a new venture used to mean applying for funding or getting a loan from the bank, but Ian Clifford from Sidmouth took a gamble on a new way of raising money for a new online venture called YouRock. He decided to try crowd-funding, a method of pitching an idea to the internet and gathering multiple pledges of support.
Ian said, “Asking people on the internet to back your idea is a very rewarding way of raising money for your project. You know that they will only part with hard earned money if they see real merit in what you are trying to do”. In August local papers ran...
