{"id":559,"date":"2015-08-11T15:58:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T14:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/?p=559"},"modified":"2015-08-11T15:58:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T14:58:00","slug":"bite-sized-market-news-aug-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/08\/bite-sized-market-news-aug-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Bite Sized Market News Aug 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em><strong>Permanent placements continue to rise, but rate of growth eases to 26-month low.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Key points from July:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Growth held back by skill shortages <\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Salary growth remains strong, despite easing to 18-month low.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Candidate shortages bite&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The availability of staff for permanent roles fell further in July, with the rate of decline accelerating to the sharpest since November 2014.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>Businesses are struggling to find the talent they need and this will have long term implications for their growth plans.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Demand for staff softens<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Overall vacancy levels increased at the slowest rate in two years during July.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Permanent salary inflation eases<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Although starting salaries for permanent hires continued to rise in July, the rate of increase moderated further from April\u2019s recent peak to an 18-month low.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/05\/snap-shot-headlines-7th-may\/blue-news\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-459\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-459\" src=\"http:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/blue-news-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"blue news\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/blue-news-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/blue-news-1024x725.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/blue-news.jpg 1647w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Permanent placements continue to rise, but rate of growth eases to 26-month low. Key points from July: Growth held back by skill shortages Salary growth remains strong, despite easing to 18-month low. Candidate shortages bite&#8230; The availability of staff for permanent roles fell further in July, with the rate of decline accelerating to the sharpest since November 2014. &nbsp; Businesses are struggling to find the talent they need and this will have long term implications for their growth plans. &nbsp; Demand for staff softens Overall vacancy levels increased at the slowest rate in two years during July. Permanent salary inflation&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"twitterCardType":"app","cardImageID":0,"cardImage":"","cardTitle":"","cardDesc":"","cardImageAlt":"","cardPlayer":"","cardPlayerWidth":0,"cardPlayerHeight":0,"cardPlayerStream":"","cardPlayerCodec":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[52,58],"tags":[92],"class_list":["post-559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employment-market-indicators","category-financial-services-news","tag-financial-services-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":561,"href":"https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559\/revisions\/561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}