Recruitment managers are increasingly looking to hire the ultimate game changer, the supreme innovator – what is known in recruitment circles as a 'purple squirrel'.

In part two of this discussion, Lizzie Crowley, head of youth unemployment programmes at the Work Foundation gives her view. She warns that policymakers must not be complacent.

The number of CVs with inaccurate details about applicants’ education has increased by more than a third over the past year, research exclusive to HR magazine reveals.

Concerns about a lack of available talent are holding back UK employers looking to expand, according to reports by PwC and Talent Party.

A higher proportion of women training to be doctors means that in three years time there will be more newly qualified female doctors than men, according to NHS Employers chief executive Dean Royles.

A recent House of Lords committee claimed that high levels of youth unemployment is creating a ‘scarred’ generation that faces poor long-term job prospects. Are they getting left behind in the...

Recruitment company Cordant Group has seen an increase in employers dismissing job applicants early because they are seen to be “over-qualified” for the role. HR director Ken Steers explains why this...

Graduate vacancies have risen by 11% compared to this time last year, with Scotland, the East Midlands and Wales having some of the largest growth.

From hospitals to banks, strengths-based recruitment is gaining kudos as the best way to identify those applicants who will bring the most to an organisation, despite not necessarily being the most...

Public sector organisations are increasingly having to fend off private sector companies looking to hire their top performers, according to Hertfordshire County Council HR director Louise Tibbert.

Small employers are almost five times more likely to increase their workforce in the next quarter than large corporates, according to CIPD figures.

Almost half (48%) of public sector employees would consider moving to secure a new role, according to research by jobs website Jobsgopublic. This is a fivefold increase from 2013.