Sharon McBean, Author at Career Advice

Sharon McBean

New employment figures highlight mixed picture in Scotland

  ACCORDING to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics, Scotland’s employment rate of 75.3 per cent currently falls below the UK average of 75.9%. This was down 0.2% year-on-year and 1.2% quarter-on-quarter compared with the national average rate, which grew 0.3% year-on-year and 0.2% quarter-on-quarter. Meanwhile, the economic inactivity rate in Scotland increased by 1.4% quarter-on-quarter […]

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Scottish jobs market robust despite economic challenges

According to Gavin Mochan, Managing Director of s1jobs, speaking in today’s Herald, the latest official statics show that unemployment in Scotland during the three months to the end of February fell to the lowest since records began in 1992, down 0.3 percentage points on the previous quarter at 3 per cent. At the same time, however, the total

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Scotland looks like an Oscar winner in the regional job market awards

If prizes were awarded for regional labour outcomes, Scotland would be taking home as many Oscars as Everything Everywhere All at Once. Speaking in yesterday’s Herald, Gavin Mochan, Managing Director of s1jobs, stated that all headline indicators point to Scotland outperforming the UK. ONS figures In its latest release, the Office for National Statistics confirmed Scotland’s employment

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Reasons for cautious optimism as employers hold their nerve

Writing in yesterday’s Herald, Gavin Mochan, managing director of s1jobs, believes there is reason for cautious optimism on the jobs front. With confirmation that the UK narrowly avoided falling into recession last year after a sharp decline in economic output during December, things may be starting to look up. The latest estimates from the Office

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