Recruitment
Sin-terviewing - is your company guilty?
Nichola Weston, 19 November 2008
With 74% of people in business judged by UK heads of HR to use poor interviewing techniques, it is highly likely your company is missing the best candidates – or taking on the wrong ones.
News
Call for employers to hire ex-cons to reduce re-offending
David Woods, 21 November 2008
Prisons minister David Hanson has urged employers to help get offenders into...
Graduates with mobile technology skills are in demand
David Woods, 14 November 2008
More than half (51%) of employers value new staff who are able...
Massive job cuts at BT
David Woods, 13 November 2008
BT has announced it will shed 10,000 jobs by March 2009.
East Midlands launch for radio station’s job board
David Woods, 13 November 2008
Global Radio has launched a recruitment job board for employers and jobseekers...
Young and old unemployed struggle to find work
David Woods, 13 November 2008
Longer-term unemployment among young and older workers is growing ‘sharply’ according to...
Recruitment In Depth
More than 40% of SMEs hire on basis of looks
David Woods, 11 November 2008
Nearly half (46%) of small (SMEs) firms confess hiring based on 'looks'...
Cameron proposes tax-exemption plan for employers
David Woods, 11 November 2008
Employers could receive a tax exemption for recruiting candidates who have been...
Sainsbury's staff get chance of formal qualifications
David Woods, 06 November 2008
Sainsbury’s is to offer nationally recognised qualifications to its entire workforce of...
DST International embraces online recruitment
David Woods, 05 November 2008
DST International is using video-conferencing and computing technologies to recruit employees in...
For lesbians the glass ceiling is 'double-glazed'
David Woods, 04 November 2008
Lesbians find sexism in the workplace to be a bigger problem than...
Exclusive: Age discrimination "knows no bounds"
David Woods, 30 October 2008
Employers have been warned that although there are laws to protect elderly...
Disabled jobseekers to benefit from new service
David Woods, 30 October 2008
The Government is to introduce a service to help disabled people back...
Travelodge to create 450 new jobs by Christmas
David Woods, 27 October 2008
Travelodge is to open 22 hotels in the run up to the...
Employers miss out on talent by not embracing e-recruitment
David Woods, 24 October 2008
Eight out of 10 organisations are struggling to recruit staff with the...
New recruitment agency for HR roles
David Woods, 24 October 2008
A new recruitment agency is to be launched to specialise in recruiting...
