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Ageism still rife in recruitment
More than one in 10 people claim to have suffered age discrimination at work since it was made unlawful in the UK six months ago according to research from the Employers Federation on Age...
Almost 8,000 job losses in UK manufacturing since January 2007
It almost beggars belief, however, research just published by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has revealed there have actually been nearly 8,000 job losses across the UK...
British interviewers turn off prospective candidates
According to research released today by T-Mobile, British businesses are making a bad first impression on job seekers , putting off potential employees with a lack of basic interviewing...
Career Article: Is your "Netrep" affecting your career chances?
A growing number of UK employers are judging job applicants on their Internet reputations (or "Netrep" ), according to research conducted by the business social network Viadeo . ...
Career article: Making the most of exit interviews
In an ideal world, all staff should be offered the opportunity of a well conducted exit interview before they leave their current employer for horizons new. This type of feedback can offer...
Career Article: Scruffy, ill-prepared and negative: the Nation’s Jobseekers?
The UK is a nation of flustered interviewees. Job hunters are arriving for interviews across the country late, unprepared and scruffy. Research released today from fish4jobs, one of the UK’s...
Career Article: The Top 5 mistakes made in interviews
You've found your dream job, written a winning CV and caught the attention of the recruiter. All you've got to do now is get through the interviews, and that's sometimes where it can all...
Career article: ‘Talent on tap’ reveals secrets of getting the best from freelance consultants
At the end of the ‘90’s the air was thick with revolution.  Offices, newspapers and gastropubs across the land were alive with rumours that the end of the workplace as we knew it...
Cut and Paste Job Hunters Discarded as Spam
Technology PR agency Lighthouse's analysis of applicants to their agency during a recent recruitment drive has brought them to the conclusion that online communication has created a lazy,...
Drop the jargon or lose trust!
A recent CIPD (the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) survey has shown that HR departments have to wage war on on management-speak in 2007 if senior managers are to win back the...
IT skills shortage top recruiter issue
According to a news article on onrec.com, research undertaken by SkillsMarket reveals that the top issue for IT recruitment companies in 2007 is the skills shortage , so if you are looking for...
Joslin Rowe reports candidate shortage heats up as jobs in investment management increase
London’s investment management sector is suffering from a dearth of candidates and salaries are rocketing as a consequence, reports City recruitment agency Joslin Rowe. “In previous...
Mothers face most employment discrimination
According to Trevor Philips , Britain's new equality chief, mothers face more discimination in the workplace than any other group. Married women with children under 11 are 45% less likely to be...
New service to register your candidate experience feedback
Every now and again we see something new in the recruitment industry that makes us sit up and take notice. The recruitment provider marketplace in the UK is both crowded and varied. So, how do...
Number of senior female managers has fallen by 40%
Poor opportunities at middle-management level blamed - t he number of female senior managers working in major UK businesses has fallen by more than 40 per cent in the last five years,...
Recruiters slammed for handling candidates badly
Poor recruitment practices are damaging brands, turning off potential employees and losing customers – that’s according to new research issued today. The study by Capital Consulting,...
UK’s most popular and successful graduate employers
In the third annual TARGET National Graduate Recruitment Awards , 14 organisations have been recognised for the way that they recruit graduates and bring new talent into their organisations. In a...
University: Who needs it?
As a parent currently going through the University entrance process with my daughter, I was intrigued by a recent article in The Sunday Times about whether going to University is still a good idea...
Where exactly is the skills shortage?
Every day there are a slew of news releases about the labour market with seemingly contradictory messages. On the one hand, we have the so-called ‘war for talent’ and a buoyant demand...
Women drop out of senior management
Latest research shows that significant and worringly large numbers of women are dropping out of senior management roles. The observations are based on PricewaterhouseCoopers Monks pay database...
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