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More support to get young people into their first jobs through launch of new partnership to reshape entry-level jobs in sectors exposed to AI 400,000 young people across the most disadvantaged schools in the UK will get AI and tech training to help them into further education, training and employment after school New AI bootcamps scheme to be rolled out nationwide in England starting with a pilot in the North West this summer Young people entering the job market will be better supported into their first roles thanks to a new partnership between government, industry and trade unions to look at how AI is impacting entry level roles. The Early Careers Jobs Alliance will bring together government, employers, trade unions and young people, co-chaired by Prospect’s General Secretary Mike Clancy and the government’s AI Champion for the Digital and Technologies sector, Katie Gallagher OBE. With the aim of supporting people to get into the workplace, learn on the job...

Theresa Blair, 24, from Birmingham, graduated from Aston University in 2025 with a pharmacy masters.But following a project management placement she decided this was the career path she wanted to pursue.She spent eight months sending off hundreds of job applications often not hearing back."I realised I was sending very generic CVs to recruiters and that was making it harder to stand out from other applicants," she says.She began tailoring her CV to suit every job, reading into each company's values and referencing them in her applications. "I've learnt that you should state the skills you've gained because of doing certain roles and explain how that makes you a suitable candidate," she says.She applied for fewer jobs but spent more time on each one. "The less generic the better," she says.Theresa got a job working full time in a bank customer service call centre. Now she works as a project manager commuting three days a week to London."It's two to three...

Keir Starmer has announced a new AI work assistant tool dubbed a “job centre in your pocket” to help job seekers get into work.In a speech at the start of London Tech Week, the prime minister said the new AI job tool will “help those out of work find the right jobs, create their CVs and get back into work”.The 24/7 AI assistant will be trialled for three months online.We would like to hear from young people who have used this new tool. How did you find it? Did it help in your efforts to find work?Share your experiencePlease get in touch by using the form below or by messaging us. We will be in touch before we take your submission further. Your responses, which can be anonymous, are secure as the form is encrypted and only the Guardian has access to your contributions. We will only use the data you provide us for the purpose of the feature and we...

Companies in the UK continue to hold back on permanent hiring as cost pressures and market uncertainty shake employer confidence. Last month, permanent placements declined at the sharpest rate since July, according to the UK Report on Jobs, a monthly report by KPMG UK and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation. The report’s main hiring measure — the Permanent Placements Index — dropped from 47.5 in April to 44.1 in May, falling further below the neutral level of 50. Employers are finding more steady footing in short-term contracts to plug staffing gaps. Temporary work rose at the highest rate in over three years, as the report’s Temporary Billings Index climbed from 50.4 in April to 52.2 in May. The survey, compiled by S&P Global, relies on responses from about 400 UK recruitment and employment consultancies from 12 May to 22 May. A more pronounced drop in permanent job opportunities pushed demand for temporary staff, according to the report. “Businesses need stability to plan and confidence to...

Landmark partnership between LinkedIn and the Government reflects that the ‘job for life’ has given way to career mobility. Anonymised data from LinkedIn’s pool of 40 million UK accounts will help the DWP have the best possible data within the Jobs and Careers Service.  This comes as government brings forward the biggest employment reforms in a generation with a particular focus on helping young people into work.    Thousands of jobseekers could be supported into a new career as the government joins forces with LinkedIn to bolster careers advice.  It will see timely anonymised data on jobs, skills, hiring and workforce movement shared with Skills England from LinkedIn’s network of 40 million UK accounts, giving the government a new way of viewing the labour market.  In the future this could be used by the new Jobs and Careers...

On the face of it, the latest UK jobs report doesn’t look so bad. The unemployment rate ticked down to 4.9%. Payrolled employment rose after three consecutive monthly declines (it increased by a marginal 2,000 workers). Average weekly earnings growth was higher than expected. But the details still look dovish for the Bank of England. And the report is another reminder that the case for higher rates is far from clear-cut. Take those payroll numbers. April’s atrocious 100,000 fall in employment has been cut in half, after revisions. That’s not a surprise; the latest reading is always prone to change – and usually in an upwards direction. But the newly revised April figure, showing a 53k drop in workers, is still pretty bad. The better May figure should be read in that context – and if you strip out government, private sector payrolls still fell. What’s more, April’s upgrade doesn’t appear to have lifted the consumer-facing industries which have been at the eye...

9. Data sources and quality Data source and collectionThe data for this release come from HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC's) Pay As You Earn (PAYE) Real Time Information (RTI) system. They cover the whole population rather than a sample of people or companies, and they will allow for more detailed estimates of the population. More information on the quality of the data and the steps we take to quality assure it can be found in our Quality assurance of administrative used in earnings and employment from PAYE RTI methodology.Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR). OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of...

The UK jobs market showed signs of resilience in May despite continuing economic and political uncertainty, with the number of active job vacancies rising modestly. According to the latest Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) Labour Market Tracker, there were 1.62 million active job postings across the UK in May, up 0.8% from April and 8% higher than a year earlier. The figures suggest that demand for workers remains relatively stable despite concerns over global tensions, rising employment costs and changes to labour market regulation. However, the number of newly advertised roles fell during the month. New job postings totalled 683,121 in May, down 4% compared with April and 9.2% lower than the same month last year, indicating that employers remain cautious about expanding their workforce. The REC said the overall level of active vacancies had returned to a similar position to that seen in March, suggesting the labour market may be stabilising after recent fluctuations. While most parts of the UK recorded growth in...

Persistently weak hiring demand continues to weigh on the UK labour market. Key points: UK job postings have taken another leg down in recent weeks. Weakening has been broad-based across categories. Posted wage growth is down from peaks, but still solid. Our Labour Market Updates examine important trends using Indeed and other labour market data. Our European Labour Market Overview chartbook provides a more comprehensive view of the European labour market. Other data, including the Indeed Wage Tracker, is regularly updated and can be accessed on our data portal. The UK labour market continues to weaken amid persistently sluggish hiring demand. Though the latest official statistics don’t yet suggest the gradual weakening is turning into a bigger jobs shakeout, employers are maintaining a cautious approach, and there remain few signs that a meaningful improvement is arriving any time soon.  Spotlight: UK job postings have continued to slide   Hiring demand has continued to soften in recent weeks. Through 12 June, UK job postings were down around 5% in the...