Goldman Sachs’ support staff lead salary and bonus rankings again June 3, 2015 BACK office bankers are best paid at Goldman Sachs, according to a study of salaries and bonuses in the sector from Emolument.com. Staff in support functions at the prestigious investment bank receive an average salary of £87,000 with an average bonus of £38,000, taking total pay up to £125,000. The next biggest bonuses is at BNP [...]
Britain’s jobs market has taken off and wages are starting to rise – are young workers benefiting? June 3, 2015 It is not easy moving from school to the office. It has always been a difficult jump, and in the financial crisis, some found it impossible. Witness the surge in youth unemployment in the financial crisis, soaring from 12 per cent at the start of 2008 to 20.2 per cent in early 2011, for [...]
Job interview turn-offs and turn-ons: How to get that dream job – and what you should avoid June 3, 2015 If you've ever used bad language in a job interview, or gone in and asked if it was OK to eat fast food while being grilled for your dream job, you appear to have made it to legend status. These two incidents are among five of the most memorable things to happen during recent [...]
City set for a decade of job growth as finance and technology hiring to soar in London June 2, 2015 Booming finance and technology hiring will help create 145,000 new jobs in central London over the next decade in a sustained bounce-back from the financial crisis, according to a study out today from Canada Corporation. The Square Mile can expect an additional 39,000 workers, with the remainder created across the other central [...]
Why your highest-paid workers are the least reliable during the summer June 2, 2015 When the sun comes out next week, keep an eye on your top executives – it turns out they're the ones who are most likely to award themselves a cheeky couple of hours off, new research has shown. The study, by business-to-business market place Approved Index, shows that of those earning the highest salaries – £50,000 [...]
Cambridge, Guildford and Reading: These are the UK cities where getting a job is easiest June 1, 2015 If you want to play the odds when going for a job, you might want to focus on some of the major satellite cities around London. The cities with the highest number of jobs per applicant were found in the south of England. Cambridge had just 0.11 jobseekers per vacancy, while Guildford had 0.15. People living [...]
Professional hiring on the up as salaries in engineering and finance rise May 31, 2015 Finance and accounting staff are in growing demand as Britain’s economic recovery takes off, recruiters at the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCO) revealed today. The number of vacancies for professionals on recruiters’ books is up 16 per cent on the year, with finance and accounting positions up 11 per cent. Salaries for new finance [...]
Competition for UK workers climbs in April as job vacancies rise May 31, 2015 The UK’s job market tightened further in April, with the number of vacancies climbing and the number of jobseekers falling. There were 1,033,435 job vacancies in April, according to figures released today by job search site Adzuna.co.uk. It marks a post-recession high and is 25.6 per cent more than in the same month [...]
Boom in the City as professional services output increases quickly May 28, 2015 Business services firms are seeing a boom on a scale not experienced for almost a decade, with sales volumes rocketing and hiring up, according to a study today from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). Profits are picking up sharply at accountancy, law and marketing firms, with 39 per cent of business and professional services companies [...]
What was in the 2015 Queen’s Speech, bill-by-bill May 28, 2015 A full employment and welfare benefits bill aiming to create 2m more jobs and 3m more apprenticeships An enterprise bill to cut red tape and help small and medium-sized businesses resolve late payment disputes A personal tax allowance bill raising the personal allowance to £12,500 and linking future increases to the minimum wage A finance bill [...]
