Recruitment Difficulties

Dovetail Recruiting in the Face of Adversity!

The recruitment market may be tough right now, but here at Dovetail Recruitment, we are still working hard and successfully filling our clients’ vacancies from Trainee to Executive level. It’s certainly more challenging to find candidates these days with many clients experiencing Recruitment difficulties, but that doesn’t mean that we aren’t still just as successful

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salaries and the gender pay gap

Do we need to know what salary you’re on?

‘Well over three-quarters of UK firms pay their male staff more than their female workers’, according to a recent BBC article. We all know that the Gender Pay Gap is unfair and needs to be rectified and we could say that New York and California are leading the way, as they have already banned the

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UK Salary trends by industry, Are you offering the right salary to attract the best talent/

Are you offering the right salaries for the best talent?

It’s proving a mixed bag when it comes to pay rises – are you keeping in line with your competition in terms of salary levels? We look at this Summer’s UK salary trends by industry. Despite the UK having the lowest levels of unemployment since 1975, many workers are still struggling to get a long

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Employment Market Report Dorset

Employment Market Report Dorset

Job & Employment Market Report Dorset – IHS Markit & REC! We’ve summarised Kevin Green’s ( REC Chief Executive) comments below which give a great overview of the current job market. In a nutshell, The report finds that companies are relying more heavily on agencies to support their recruitment needs as the candidate shortage continues…and:

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legislation against the Gender Pay Gap

Iceland take lead on Gender Pay Gap

We take our hats off to Iceland’s legislation against Gender Pay Gap One of the key trends for this year is, of course, the Gender Pay Gap which looks set to be a key focal point – as even today the BBC Editor, Carrie Grace has resigned over unequal pay with her male colleagues. The support she’s receiving

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October Job Market Report South

October’s Job Market Report Dorset

October’s Job Market Report Dorset and for the South of the UK has arrived from IHS Markit and REC – see our summary below. Liz Davies: “We’ve had the latest report in from IHS Markit and REC showing the movement in the job market for October 2017. We’ve definitely seen this year’s trend of a

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UK Job Market Report: August

We know how popular the IHS Markit Reports are, once again we’ve summarised the figures for you from the UK’s ‘Job Market report south’ – August. The Report on Jobs: South is a monthly publication produced by IHS Markit and sponsored by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation. Commenting on the latest survey results, Kevin Green,

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Job Market Report South: July

We know how popular the IHS Markit Reports are – see below for their latest findings on the UK Job Market that we’ve summarised for you below. KEY FINDINGS – SOUTH: Growth in temp billings outstrips that of permanent placements South of England sees the steepest fall in candidate numbers of all five UK regions

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Tackling the Gender Pay Gap

Tackling the Gender Pay Gap

So, if your company is facing this issue what can you do to reduce the gender gap in salaries? How do you stop this happening in the future? We look at tackling the gender pay gap. Following our review of company salaries in the South last week – I have to say we were a

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mind the gap - in gender pay

Mind the Gap…in Gender Pay!

Do you know what your male counterparts are earning? We all saw the headlines yesterday when the BBC revealed its top earners, showing the inequalities between gender.  Does this go against the grain for the UK, or is it showcasing an endemic issue that we haven’t managed to overcome in the 21st century?! The gov.uk

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Job Market Report: salaries & placements

June’s report is here – all the information you need on Salaries & Placements in the South. We know how popular the IHS Markit Reports are – see below for their latest findings on the UK Job Market that we’ve summarised for you below. KEY FINDINGS – UK: Permanent placements and temp billings continue to

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Job Market Report: South - May 2017

Job Market Report: South – May 2017

The latest report is here! We know how popular these summaries are, so see below for the latest findings from IHS Markit on the UK job market in May. IHS Markit offers the most up-to-date monthly picture of recruitment, employment, staff availability and employee earnings trends available in the UK. South registers quickest increase in

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Dovetail summarise the key points from the latest report on the job market in the outh

Report: Job Market in the South

The Report on Jobs is a monthly publication produced by IHS Markit.  Offering the most up-to-date monthly picture of recruitment, employment, staff availability and employee earnings trends available in the UK. We’ve summarised the latest findings from the report for you below. Commenting on the latest survey results, REC Chief Executive Kevin Green says: “Demand

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salaries in dorset and hampshire are on the up

Salaries in Dorset and Hampshire are on the up!

Earlier in the week, we looked at marketing salaries nationwide: Marketing Salary Surveys – Is it time to make a change? , but what’s going on our neck of the woods? What are the salary levels currently looking like in Dorset and Hampshire? Is your company on track? Salaries in Dorset and Hampshire The IHS Markit monthly

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Marketing salary surveys, Marketing Salaries, Marketing jobs Dorset, marketing job vacancy

Marketing salary surveys – is it time to make a change?

For all marketers – the latest marketing salary surveys are below. So how does your salary stack up against your peers? Now and again, it’s always good to take stock of where you are in your career, think about what you’re long term goals are and if you’re on track. Find out which sectors pay their

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