Opinion, data and plain-English explainers on hiring, AI and recruitment law. Every figure checked, every claim referenced, and a few strong opinions along the way.
A bank manager told me Gen Z don't want to work. I asked one question: where does that come from? His own apprentices were "really, really good". What the evidence says, and eight questions to ask instead of arguing. All sourced.
An estimated £700m of levy money will not reach apprenticeships this year. Forty years from YTS to today, and the case for using it to pay a young apprentice's full first-year wage. All sourced.
"For £3 to £4 an hour more, I can get somebody with experience." Our answer: somebody trained them. 981,000 young people outside the door, training now fully funded, and what we lose if business doesn't get behind this. All sourced.
The four barriers, how to beat each one, the 2025 and 2026 funding changes and the business case, all sourced. And why the bold ones already have.
Britain has the best answer to its skills crisis sitting on the table, so why won't business pick it up? 946,000 young people out of work, £3.3bn of levy funding lost, 27% of jobs unfilled. All sourced.
Why Home Counties businesses are struggling to recruit in 2026: 280 applications per role, an 8-week time-to-hire, and a £132k cost per failed hire. Every claim referenced.
The world's first comprehensive AI law is live, and most modern hiring tech is classified high-risk. Who is caught and what to do now.
The CV gets read in 11 seconds. The machine decides in 3. Facts, sources, no flannel, and a few strong opinions.
A response to a candid post about exclusivity, and the case for changing a model that has barely moved in over half a century.
65% of UK job seekers have been ghosted by a recruiter. 86% say it left them depressed. One recruiter with nine years in the industry is putting their hands up.