Peter Crush

Diversity - Etonians no longer dominate senior jobs

The increased diversity of the new Parliament puts it on a par with that of the corporate world.

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Company to recruit hot-shot employees with a round of golf

A Southampton-based company will be finding out if applicants are on par by asking them to complete a round of mini golf as the final part of the selection process.

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Staff prepared to up-skill themselves to beat the recession

Nearly three-quarters of employees would give up their free time to undertake work-related training, and more than half would pay for it themselves, according to new research by learning and...

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Britons resigned to working longer

Nearly two-thirds of Britons have accepted they will have to delay their retirement because of the pensions black hole.

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Businesses confident of hiring soon

Despite record high unemployment figures released today, businesses say they are cautiously optimistic about hiring.

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Involvement and Participation Association predicts summer of industrial unrest

In the same week as public-sector staff at Manchester College and Nottinghill Housing Group voted to go on strike, a report by the Involvement and Participation Association (IPA) predicts industrial...

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Record numbers economically inactive

Unemployment has now reached 7.9% (2.47 million) according to latest figures released this morning by the Office for National Statistics, and record numbers of Britons are now classed as economically...

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Work is a pain in the back

Half of employees say they suffer from back pain at least once a month, with more than a third (37%) blaming work as the contributing factor.

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Unsuccessful jobseekers often cease to be customers of the company that rejected them

Half of all unsuccessful jobseekers say their recruitment experience was so bad it left them with a negative view of that company, such that 18% of them say they will cease to be a customer in the...

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Is Cadbury heading for a meltdown following the Kraft takeover?

It's six months since Irene Rosenfeld , CEO of Kraft, successfully bought Cadbury - and she still hasn't bothered to pay it a visit. And while there are positive signs the US-giant appears to take the...

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Workers uninterested in 'con' pensions

Just one in eight British employees show any interest in their pension - much lower than the third of people that say they keenly follow them in Germany, Belgium and Switzerland.

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Government is passing the sick as fit to work

On the day the Government is setting out plans to get more people off disability benefits, an investigation by the BBC has found two-thirds of people so far applying for the new Employment Support...

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