So, what can employers do to retain top talent in 2024?

The number of employees voicing wellbeing concerns is on the rise, but a significant number of organisations and managers are ill-prepared to address them, according to new research from Mintago. The fintech startup surveyed 503 senior managers within UK-based organisations (public and private sector). This revealed that an overwhelming majority (87%) have been approached by an employee in the past 12 months to discuss concerns relating to their well-being. Following mental …

Nearly a quarter of IT decision-makers (22%) estimate IT skills shortages are costing their business more than £100,000 a year in recruitment fees, temporary staffing, increased salaries and investment in lower-level employees to bring them up to speed over time. As the skills shortage worsens, over three-quarters of respondents polled (77%) say their organisation’s IT recruitment costs have increased over the past three years, and nearly half (45%) say costs …

The number of apprentices starting in small businesses has plummeted since the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy in 2017, with 123,800 apprenticeship starts in SMEs in England in 2020/21, compared to 241,000 in 2016/17, a fall of 49%. This is according to a new report from the CIPD, Devolution and evolution in UK skills policy: Finding common ground across the four nations, which explores the skills policy of the four …

Experts have spoken to Manchester Young Professionals to share the science behind imposter syndrome and ways to overcome it. Imposter syndrome is a psychological condition where individuals believe that they don’t deserve the success they have achieved, despite external evidence of skills and accomplishments. Instead, they attribute their success as a result of deceiving others into thinking they are more intelligent or capable than they perceive themselves to be. This …

Devastating wildfires, floods and droughts are already revealing the catastrophic effects of climate change. Yet, a rapidly warming planet is just one of multiple sustainability megaforces that threaten our way of life. It is clear that business as usual is no longer an option.Firms have an important role to play in fixing the world’s problems. Not least because they are often the cause of those problems. More pragmatically, they need …