Welcome to the flexible workforce

• Are you looking for work in the tech sector? Then you could be about to become part of Britain's most flexible workforce. A new study finds that 90% of candidates will accept flexibility in their working arrangements, if it is offered. So what can recruiters learn from this, and how can the promise of workplace flexibility help to nurture key talent?

• Australia leads the way in many cutting edge industries. But a new study finds that it is slipping behind in the application of big data analytics. As more fields, from aerospace to athletics, begin to take analytics seriously, eBoss asks what recruiters can do to help Australian enterprises win the race for data analytics skills.

• And the latest jobs data from the ONS reveals the extent of Britain's looming skills gap crisis.

Read our round-up of the week's recruitment news top stories for the full picture.