The number of retail jobs fell 0.4% in Q2 on the same quarter last year, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC)-Bond Pearce Retail Employment Monitor (REM).
The Monitor has now recorded three consecutive months of negative annual jobs growth.
Meanwhile, 25% of retailers in the sample said they would decrease staffing levels, compared with 8% this time last year.
Failing to smile ranks third in UK employers’ top 10 turn-offs when hiring, according to research from CareerBuilder.co.uk.
When asked to choose the biggest body language turn-offs in job interviews, employers went for:
Men are paid an average of 18.5% more than women, according to a study by job site reed.co.uk.
The Great British Salary Survey which polled more than 6,000 UK workers, found that, on average, male workers working full or part time earn £27,241, compared to £22,988 for female staff.
Just one in five UK workers think their boss has good communication skills, according to research from global executive search firm Korn/Ferry Whitehead Mann.
The research also shows UK workers rate communication skills as most important in a good business leader with team motivation skills ranked second. However, just 13% of employees think their boss is a good motivator.
Almost two in three British-based chief financial officers (CFOs) would not relocate abroad even they were offered the right job and remuneration package, according to research international recruiter Robert Half.
Civic community website provider mySociety has launched Mapumental, a new online service which creates maps showing precise commuting times to any given postcode, has launched.
Almost a quarter (22%) of employers expect to increase the number of temps within their workforce over the next three months, according to the Recruitment & Employment Confederation’s latest JobsOutlook.
For those jobseekers who prefer a comfy sofa to the prospect of a packed commuter train in the morning, fear not — there may be a solution.
Businesses are hiring senior interim managers pushing up rates for interim executives, according to interim staffing specialist Interim Partners.
The firm’s research shows 79% of interim executives are now paid more than £500 per day, up from 74% last year.
The research among 900 interim managers also shows 13% of interims are now paid £1,000 or more per day.
Jobsite has launched a further television advertising campaign.
The four-week campaign sees a combination of 30 and 10 second TV adverts shown across terrestrial and satellite channels during ad breaks for programmes including Coronation Street, X Factor, Downton Abbey, Grand Designs, Champions League, CSIand the ITV News.