The UK’s jobs market seems to be broken.
Since 2020, HR professionals have been tested by waves of challenges: the pandemic itself, the subsequent “great resignation”, and a “silver exodus” of over-50 workers. Almost half of UK employers have reported hard-to-fill vacancies this year, including 78% of small businesses. Two-thirds anticipate problems filling high-skilled vacancies in the next six months, or fear making “bad hires” costing thousands.
