A Brighter Future is Humanly Possible

AI Is Eating Your Junior Talent Pipeline. And Nobody’s Noticed. By Rahul Kumar, Regional Director, Experis Europe A CHRO I know well told me something recently that stopped me cold.

Season 3 of PeopleFirst: The Young Careers Podcast has arrived, bringing a brand-new series of honest conversations to help you navigate work, careers and the future of employment.

Defence spending is at a record high. Commercial aerospace demand continues to grow. Yet across the industry, employers are struggling to find the skilled people needed to deliver on growth, innovation and national security priorities.

MANPOWERGROUP APPOINTS LEE CHANT AS MANAGING DIRECTOR, UK & IRELAND London (09.07.26): ManpowerGroup today announced the appointment of Lee Chant as Managing Director, UK & Ireland. Chant will lead the

I was at a technology offsite recently where the CEO opened with a slide that read: "AI-First Enterprise by 2027." The boardroom applauded. There was genuine energy.

I spent the first quarter of this year having the same conversation — in different rooms, with different titles on the door, but with the same undertone of quiet frustration.

Every company is hiring for AI skills. Few can say what that means in practice. Our latest workforce data reveals where genuine capability demand is heading − and it is not where most job adverts suggest.

UK organisations are more concerned about cyber threats than any other market globally with more than half (56%) of UK CIOs, CTOs and CISOs ranking cyber security as their number one concern – the highest level recorded across all 12 countries surveyed in the latest Experis CIO report.

As AI investment accelerates and digital transformation intensifies, CIOs and tech leaders face growing pressure to turn innovation into measurable business impact − without increasing risk.

Experis Tech Talent Outlook Q3 2026 Tech is setting the pace for hiring. The latest Experis Tech Talent Outlook shows a+51% Net Employment Outlook for Tech & IT in Q3

UK employers are reporting strong hiring intentions for the third quarter of 2026, with 37% of businesses planning to recruit.

The latest ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey (MEOS) reveals strong hiring intentions from UK employers, with the UK now ranking 4th globally for hiring outlook.