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Welsh Recruiment

Recruitment News

Recruitment Facts

23%of full-time workers never take a break at work. And 7% never take a holiday, according to research conducted by Legal & General

8 out of 10 workers who ask for a pay rise are successful, according to the Institute of Payroll Professionals.

29% of people turn to job sites to get career advice, a poll by Monster.co.uk revealed.

61% of workers feel that their career path is stunted or that their work is underappreciated by their employers, according to an online survey by Monster.co.uk.
Only 9% of people complained about having too much work to do.

40% of office workers would rather throw away pieces of paper than file them correctly. And 64% of employees admit that their desks are unnecessarily swamped with paperwork (Toshiba)

1 in 5 job adverts still breach discrimination laws. In a survey of 200 recruitment adverts, 21 per cent were potentially ‘ageist’ while 27 per cent could be perceived as discriminatory on the basis of sex or disability.

1 in 3 workers in the UK will be aged over 50 years old by 2020.


Graduates fail to make the spelling grade

Today’s graduates leave University with the belief that their degree will open the door to their chosen career. But too many of them are seeing doors slammed in their faces because of a lack of the most basic skill: grammatical accuracy.

According to a report by Just IT Recruitment, poor spelling and punctuation in applicants’ CVs and covering letters are preventing newly qualified graduates from getting their first step on the career ladder.

“On average, almost a third of jobhunting graduates who approach us will be rejected simply for their poor grasp of language”, said Sunil Duggal of Just IT.
Duggal argues that in addition to teaching students their subject matter, Universities have a responsibility to educate them the basics of job applications.


Lloyds TSB to create 250 new jobs

One of South Wales’ biggest employers, Lloyds TSB, has announced plans to create an additional 250 new jobs across its Newport and Bridgend offices.

The bank already employs 1,500 staff members in Wales and will be recruiting 144 and 105 new people in its call centres in Pencoed and Tredegar Park respectively.

Sally Jones-Evans, director of telephone banking, told the Western Mail: “We have a wide range of full and part-time roles available in South Wales so it’s incredibly easy for people to find a way of working that suits their lifestyle – whether that’s weekdays, evenings or early mornings – it’s entirely their choice.”

These new positions have been result of the company’s decision to close down its operations in India.

Last year, Lloyds TSB’s call centres handled over 70 million telephone calls.
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