Recruitertv May Back to Work 2013

Welcome to HR & Recruiter TV, back to work bulletin, brought to you by The Technology In Recruitment Alliance and sponsored by Smart Recruit Online, CV Library and APSCo. In this month's back to work bulletin we start with news that, From the 1st of October the national minimum wage is set to increase. The adult rate will increased by 12p to £6.31 an hour. Those aged 18-20 will see an increase of 5p to £5.03 an hour and those aged 16-17 will see an increase of 4p an hour to £3.72. Apprenticeships will also see an increase of 3p to £2.68 per hour. According to the latest figures from the office of national statistics 2.56 million people in the UK are unemployed with a rise of 70,000 reported between December and February. APSCo's latest employment data suggests that the marketing and media sector is suffering from a vast talent shortage. Permanent places have fallen by almost a fifth in the last three months while actual job openings grew by one per cent. On the whole the professional job market continues to show a mixture of permanent jobs being replaced by contractors. Ann Swain the Chief Executive of APSCo says whats becoming clear from these monthly trends is that we are entering into a new era of corporate agility where temporary workers will no longer be seen as 'a typical' but as the new way of working. This year KFC will create 1,600 new jobs by opening more than 40 new restaurants and investing an additional £40 million into renovating 160 outlets. KFC currently has 24,000 employees in the UK. EU's statistics agency eurostat has found that the UK's hourly labour costs are almost 2 euros below the EU average. In 2012 it was found that the EU average was at €23.4 and the UK's average was at €21.6. Hourly labour costs in the UK have risen from €20.9 in 2008 to €21.6 in 2012. Coca-cola has warned that it may cut 288 UK jobs due to a plan change on their distribution of products. The company is considering plans to stop direct deliveries to restaurants which will reduce staff in Britolm East Kilbrde, North London, Northampton and Wakefield. After a successful year Pret A Manger is set to create an extra 1,000 jobs worldwide with 500 positions being in the UK. They are however likely to come under close scrutiny after facing cristism in the past over favouring foreign staff. Pret A Manger currently employ 20% of workers from the UK. Finally a women in business Shocker! In its latest list of the Top 50 Best Employers for Women in the Sunday Times, there is not one recruitment company. Mark Flawn, Director at the F10 Group said That's shocking because as an industry, Recruitment companies are normally pretty good at gender diversity, in fact we are even running conferences to improve our already high standards! Surely part of our role as recruiters is to know about gender diversity and how this can benefit our clients. Well that's all for me this month for the Back to work bulletin. Don't forget to watch our News headlines summary and if you enjoyed listening, don't forget to hit the like and subscribe button. I am Kirsty Nicol speaking for Recruiter TV, brought to you by The Recruitment In Technology Alliance and sponsored by Smart Recruit Online, CV Library and APSCo.