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New research from Swiss company Zurich Insurance suggests that offering part time jobs and other flexible work options could increase womens’ applications for senior roles by a massive 20 per cent. Over a period of 12 months ending in February this year, Zurich offered 4 out of every 5 of their vacancies with an option […]

New research by comparison website KnowYourMoney.co.uk has revealed that more than 1 in 3 UK staff are looking for a more flexible job than the one they already have. The research was compiled after surveying the opinions of over 2,000 UK workers who currently have either a full or part time job. Exactly half of […]

Budget hotel chain Travelodge has launched a new recruitment initiative which it hopes will lure UK mums and dads who are looking for jobs with flexible hours. Travelodge believes that parents who want to work part time hours could be a great fill for some of their post-Brexit era vacancies and are willing to offer […]

Part time staff are outperforming full time workers according to new research from the Working Families charity organisation. The UK’s work-life balance charity’s 2018 Top Employers report featured data from over 600,000 staff working full and part time in both the public and private sectors. The report’s findings include evidence that the companies and organisations […]

New research from Job Today has revealed that Wednesday at 9am is the best time to apply for a new full or part time job. The study found that almost 1 in 5 (17 per cent) of recruiters posted their new job vacancies on a Wednesday and that almost half (47 per cent) of applicants […]

The latest Office for National Statistics data reveals that UK parents are increasingly heading back to the workplace rather than staying at home to look after their children. In the early 1990s, the number of people who were reportedly looking after the home or family rather than looking for a full or part time job […]

A new survey of close to 3,000 full and part time UK staff has shown that 50 per cent of workers felt that they had made a gaffe on their first day of work. Many of the first day blunders and mistakes are pretty familiar – such as arriving late or blurting out something stupid […]

Work & Pensions Secretary Esther McVey has encouraged teenagers in the UK to get a part time job in order to prepare for the workplace in later life. Ms McVey, who has been Work & Pensions Secretary since the start of this year and who worked part time in a bistro as a teenager, said […]

New research shows that more than 4 in 5 UK women think that flexible jobs are more attractive than traditional jobs which have fixed or rigid hours. The findings, carried out by conference call service provider Powwownow, reveal that 81 per cent of the female workforce in the UK say that some form of flexible […]