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The UK is facing the toughest jobs market in a generation as Covid-19 is forcing businesses to cut jobs and slow hiring in most areas, leaving people with fewer options, according to Microsoft and LinkedIn. With stiff competition for jobs, reskilling will be crucial to helping people find opportunities. 

You may not be hiring many – if any - candidates right now. When the market returns, though, you’ll need to know how to get the most out of your job adverts. We teamed up with Katie Emerton, Client Response Manager at CV Library, to share her top tips for writing a winning job advert that helps you stand out and drives more applications to your vacancies. Here are our key takeaways from the recent webinar. You can also watch it now on demand for all the relevant data and best practice examples.

Access teamed up with Alex Fourlis, Managing Director of Broadbean Technology, to share insightful data on the current status of the employment market due to the effects of Covid-19. Here’s our key takeaways from the recent webinar.

"When skill shortages are rife you should definitely consider hiring someone based on their potential, rather than their experience."

“Despite a clear trend of increasing and targeted investment, the industry faces a challenge to keep pace with the changes that digital transformation is bringing."

“Finding the right skill to learn can be tricky, especially when there’s so many to choose from."

“Not being able to quickly and efficiently access organisational intelligence is a huge burden on productivity."

“We see the link between learning and engagement all the time with our customers."

"It is crucial for their businesses to reskill staff to keep up with changing technology and bolster the soft skills that only humans can possess"

"There are wider macro issues at play that will dictate the success of a jobseeker this year."

Be sure that you are not creating a role that very few, if any, people would consider themselves qualified for.

Skills deficits, particularly in the IT and cybersecurity fields, was cited among the top three challenges that recruiters faced in 2019.