#JobsOutlook: Confidence in making hiring and investment decisions returns to positive territory. There was a significant improvement in employers’ perceptions of how the UK economy was performing.

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The latest #LabourMarketTracker reveals that the number of new job postings in the UK in June 2025 was 757,594, up by 6.2% from May 2025.

The overall number of active job postings in June 2025 was 1,485,542 – an increase of 4.5% on the number of job postings in May 2025.
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REC #JobOutlook shows the short-term permanent hiring outlook, for the next three months, improved by three points in the three months up to April 2025. The medium-term hiring outlook, for the next 4 to 12 months, improved by four percentage points.
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Commenting on today’s Spring Statement, REC Chief Executive, Neil Carberry said: Neil Carberry said: Success for the Chancellor and the government comes from economic growth – but growth comes from private sector success."

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After attending the REC Member Network East last week, REC's Neil Carberry spoke with the Cambridge Independent to say that ‘recruitment businesses from Cambridgeshire are feeling a little warmer about their prospects as we enter the spring’. www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/business/rec...

Deputy CEO of Career Returners Hazel Little was busy On Air on BBC Radio London and LBC in the past couple of days to promote its joint guidance with REC to encourage more recruiters and employers to take on people who have had a career break. From 10:40 onwards: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

This morning, we've published the latest #ReportOnJobs, our report of @recpress.bsky.social members’ February performance and the most real-time indicator of the UK's labour market. Produced by us with S&P Global & @kpmguk.bsky.social tl;dr - still weak, but some positive signs. (1/)

Amenments to the Employment Bill to be tabled today. @recpress.bsky.social members should remember that so much of what any new rules will be is to be decided and will be a matter for 2026. While including agency workers in scope isn’t ideal, its workability will be decided by what happens next.

The latest #LabourMarketTracker shows that the number of overall active job postings in January 2025 was 1,516,535, an increase of 7.2% from December 2024. This marks the first time that job postings have risen since June 2024.
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On ONS labour force data today, REC’s Kate Shoesmith said: “Many businesses are continuing to tread water. They are hiring, but at a slower pace. It is important to avoid jumping to conclusions on pay at this point, as many pay rises typically happen in April." www.rec.uk.com/our-view/new...

📈 #ReportOnJobs survey indicated a faster rate of starting salary inflation during December as firms remained willing to raise pay for high-quality staff. However, the latest vacancy data showed a drop in demand for staff in December.

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