Amanda Kavanagh - Community Author: Finextra Research

Looking for a flexible future? There are more part-time jobs on offer than ever before

As traditional working models continue to evolve, attitudes towards part-time work are changing. For some, it’s all about work-life balance or health, others are focused on upskilling or even in formal education. For many more part-timers, it’s about balancing care and home responsibilities. Whatever the reason, there has been a noted shift since 2...

30 mins /people

These are the work skills Brits need to succeed

Amanda Kavanagh Contributor at Jobbio

These are the work skills Brits need to succeed

As all industries become increasingly digitised, the need for a digitally-skilled workforce, at all levels, has never been greater. However, digital is just one of the areas affected by the current skills gap in the UK. Leadership-related soft skills, STEM and healthcare, and training and education joined digital in the top four of missing skills i...

14 June 2024 /people

Low productivity? These are the most common blockers at work

Amanda Kavanagh Contributor at Jobbio

Low productivity? These are the most common blockers at work

Productivity culture has taken a bashing in recent years, and rightfully so. As many productivity-obsessed people discovered the human toll of getting things done at all costs, productivity has become something of a dirty word. Whether you are working or job hunting (or both), you will likely have daily, weekly, and monthly to-do lists to get throu...

31 May 2024 /people

Why savvy job seekers are looking to regtech

Amanda Kavanagh Contributor at Jobbio

Why savvy job seekers are looking to regtech

Lax controls in crypto and fintech companies resulted in global fines of $5.8bn last year, eclipsing fines to the entire traditional banking system by a considerable amount. According to fintech software leader Fenergo, fines in the traditional banking group amounted to $834m comparatively. Of that $5.8bn sum, $4.3bn was the well-reported US crim...

15 March 2024 /people

Amanda Kavanagh Contributor at Jobbio

5 promising GenAI start-ups in the UK

Every industry seems to be on an AI gold rush at the moment, as the ever-evolving technology continues to dominate discussions around the future of work. Currently, what’s frequently making mainstream headlines is when AI goes rogue. Most recently, this was a DPD chatbot swearing, and even writing a poem about the company being the “worst delivery ...

26 January 2024 /people

CEO survey predicts full return to in-office working by 2026

Amanda Kavanagh Contributor at Jobbio

CEO survey predicts full return to in-office working by 2026

KPMG’s latest CEO Outlook survey makes for grim reading for those currently enjoying remote and hybrid working. Out of 1,300 global CEOs of some of the world’s largest businesses, two-thirds (68%) predict a full return to in-office working by 2026. And worse still, 87% of leaders believe financial rewards, favourable assignments, and promotion opp...

22 December 2023 /people

5 ways to stop sabotaging your interview success

Amanda Kavanagh Contributor at Jobbio

5 ways to stop sabotaging your interview success

Lateness is the obvious cardinal sin of sabotaging your interview success, but once you’re in the door – and on time – it’s soft skills that trip job hunters up. Realistically, hiring managers know from your CV if you have skills to do the job, so the interview is often more of a vibe check. From it, they’ll determine your working style, your attit...

08 December 2023 /people

A quarter of UK workers want to start 2024 with a new job

Amanda Kavanagh Contributor at Jobbio

A quarter of UK workers want to start 2024 with a new job

If you are keen to start the new year with a new job, the best time to begin the process was last month. The second best time is now. Some 22% of workers hope to land a new job in 2024, according to a recent survey of 5,000 workers, and 40% of these respondents believe January is the best time to start looking. However, this does not align with ...

24 November 2023 /people

VC funding to female-founded companies increasing, but more to be done

Amanda Kavanagh Contributor at Jobbio

VC funding to female-founded companies increasing, but more to be done

Despite all being relatively quiet on the VC funding front of late, female founders are still securing significantly more investment deals than they were five years ago. Recently updated data from market analysts PitchBook finds that so far in 2023, some 5.4% of European VC deals were female-only, compared to 2.6% in 2008. While in the US, 7% of d...

10 November 2023 /people

AI will replace jobs say 72% of leaders, here's how to keep yours

Amanda Kavanagh Contributor at Jobbio

AI will replace jobs say 72% of leaders, here's how to keep yours

72% of Fortune 500 Chief Human Resources Officers (CHRO) foresee AI replacing jobs in their organisations in the next three years. That is according to a recent survey by Gallup, which also reported that 65% of CHROs say AI can improve the performance of most roles in their company. This may come as a surprise to many people currently instructed t...

13 October 2023 /people

Almost 50% of fintech workers are planning to move jobs in 2022

Amanda Kavanagh Contributor at Jobbio

Almost 50% of fintech workers are planning to move jobs in 2022

Many have questioned whether The Great Resignation was actually materialising. But a recent EY study of 17,000 employees and 1,575 employers across 22 countries and 26 industries, indicates that 2022 is the year. In the EY 2022 Work Reimagined Survey, 68% of employers say employee turnover has increased in the last 12 months, while 43% of employee...

29 July 2022 /people

Bridging the gender gap - is UK fintech finally catching up?

Amanda Kavanagh Contributor at Jobbio

Bridging the gender gap - is UK fintech finally catching up?

Fintech has the potential to widen fair and equitable access to financial services, but as recent reports show, there’s still a long way to go to bridge the gender gap. Inside fintech organisations things are changing, but barriers still exist. A June 2022 report from EY shows that 76% of women working in the sector believe their firm is inclusive ...

14 July 2022 /people

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