JOBS & CAREERS SPRING 2018 - 22

Cities
of light

Life
long
skills
The number of over-65s
in work has more than
doubled since 1995 and
by 2020 one-third of
the workforce will be
over 50, according to
the Department of
Work and Pensions.

Perks of the job
More than one-third of UK
jobseekers admit that perks and
benefits are among their top
considerations when accepting a
job, according to employment
website Glassdoor. Here are some
of the top perks on offer:
TransferWise (financial services)
Takes all staff on an all-expensespaid annual company holiday

Airbnb (travel company)
Annual travel allowance of £1,400

Huddle (software firm)
Joining bonus of £5,000, plus a
gift worth £500 every year

The Body Shop
Pays employees to have five
volunteering days each year

2 2 /// J O B S & C A R E E R S

Brighton, Manchester and Glasgow
are the best places to find a job,
according to a new survey.
Recruitment website
CV-Library analysed which UK
towns and cities had seen the
biggest jump in the number of
job advertisements in 2017.
In Brighton, the number of
vacancies on offer increased by
19.9%, while advertised salaries
climbed by 6.1%. In Manchester,
vacancies were up 15.3%, including
many in the manufacturing sector,
long part of the local economy,
and relative newcomers such as
the BBC, ITV and dock10. The
14.6% rise in Glasgow reflects the
rapid growth of the Scottish city's
business and finance industries.

ZERO-HOUR CONTRACTS UP BY

100,000
The number of zero-hours contracts in use
across the UK rose by around 100,000 in
2017, according
to the Office for
National Statistics,
bringing the number
of employment
contracts without a
minimum number
of guaranteed hours
to 1.8 million.



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