He believes that to retain workers and attract new talent, employers will have to adjust to continue flexibility for those who want or need it.īut only eight per cent of all job postings on Adzuna’s platform specify flexible working patterns, just over 74,000 out of a current 914,220 UK vacancies. All of the bank’s call centre staff will work from home in future, he announced, in a permanent money-saving move.Īnd the job search engine Adzuna has seen a surge in demand from job seekers searching for flexible roles as Covid restrictions ease, up five fold compared to this time last year.Īndrew Hunter, co-founder of job search engine Adzuna, said there has been “a notable shift in mindset over the last year, with many people flexing their working hours to fit around caring needs or their preferred working patterns during the lockdowns.” The chief executive of HSBC recently called flexible working “the new reality of life”.
