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Considering a new job? Here's how to retrain in 10 crucial areas desperate to hire
It's never too late to change career. Photo Credit: Charlotte May
Retrain

Considering a new job? Here's how to retrain in 10 crucial areas desperate to hire

From midwife to scaffolder, teacher to restaurateur, here’s how you can pivot career paths and do what you love.
How to retrain for a new job when you're over 50
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Retrain

How to retrain for a new job when you're over 50

Rising unemployment spurs calls for more support for jobseekers
Unemployment

Rising unemployment spurs calls for more support for jobseekers

6 insider tips from career coaches to boost your job hunt for 2023
Employment

6 insider tips from career coaches to boost your job hunt for 2023

How The Salvation Army is helping homeless people find work
Employment

How The Salvation Army is helping homeless people find work

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Lack of flexibility in low paid-work means people are having to go part-time, study finds
Flexible working

Lack of flexibility in low paid-work means people are having to go part-time, study finds

NHS recruitment crisis worsens as private sector pay growth reaches record-breaking highs
Recruitment crisis

NHS recruitment crisis worsens as private sector pay growth reaches record-breaking highs

The UK is on course for the worst post-pandemic jobs recovery of all rich Western nations
Nurses voted to reject ministers' offer of a three per cent pay rise. National insurance rise
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The UK is on course for the worst post-pandemic jobs recovery of all rich Western nations

What's behind Britain's recruitment crisis?
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What's behind Britain's recruitment crisis?

Bosses urged to engage more with unions amid rise in strike action
A steward for union Unite directs protestors at a rally to protest low pay in London last month
Strike action

Bosses urged to engage more with unions amid rise in strike action

From game designers to chip shops: The largest ever four-day working week trial has begun in the UK
Four-day working week

From game designers to chip shops: The largest ever four-day working week trial has begun in the UK

The UK has more job vacancies than unemployed people for the first time
Employment

The UK has more job vacancies than unemployed people for the first time

Over-50s are resigning en masse – new research explains who and why
Employment

Over-50s are resigning en masse – new research explains who and why

Belgium says workers can request a four-day week - but it’s not quite what it seems
Four-day work week

Belgium says workers can request a four-day week - but it’s not quite what it seems

30,000 pigs culled since September due to supply chain issues and worker shortages
Two pigs in hay
Farming

30,000 pigs culled since September due to supply chain issues and worker shortages

NHS should explore four-day work week to ease staffing crisis, says top doctor
NHS

NHS should explore four-day work week to ease staffing crisis, says top doctor

The UK could be 2.6 million workers short by 2030
Employment

The UK could be 2.6 million workers short by 2030

These are the highest paying jobs you don’t need a degree for
Jobs

These are the highest paying jobs you don’t need a degree for

Daily testing for critical workers labelled ‘hopelessly inadequate’ as it will only reach 1%
Covid

Daily testing for critical workers labelled ‘hopelessly inadequate’ as it will only reach 1%

'Entirely predictable' NHS staff crisis risks derailing plan to tackle 5.8 million patient backlog
NHS

'Entirely predictable' NHS staff crisis risks derailing plan to tackle 5.8 million patient backlog

NHS facing Covid staff crisis in 'busiest week' of the year
NHS staffing crisis

NHS facing Covid staff crisis in 'busiest week' of the year

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MPs launch inquiry into NHS staffing crisis
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Employment

MPs launch inquiry into NHS staffing crisis

The Great Resignation? Record numbers of workers are switching jobs but vacancies rise again
Employment

The Great Resignation? Record numbers of workers are switching jobs but vacancies rise again

Food shortages: Is Boris Johnson treating the UK like one big Tesco?
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak unload crates at Tesco
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Food shortages: Is Boris Johnson treating the UK like one big Tesco?

Labour shortage: UK needs 1.1 million people to fill record job vacancies
Employment

Labour shortage: UK needs 1.1 million people to fill record job vacancies