Is it time to stop your business future walking out of the door?

Youth is important when it comes to running a business. Experience is also crucial, but recruiting the next batch of talent is essential if your business is to stay one step ahead when older employees...

Kenexa forms strategic alliance with LinkedIn for recruitment technology

HR consultancy Kenexa has formed an alliance with LinkedIn to support job candidates throughout the application process and help recruiters to work faster, smarter and more effectively in managing...

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CBI: Government needs to go further to boost growth through helping employers recruit young people

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has responded to the Government’s proposals on apprentices, saying more could be done to include employers of any size.

Bosses step up search for top talent with mental toughness

The ability of MDs, CEOs and managers to recruit top talent with the mental toughness, knowledge and skills to keep their organisations moving forward will take on an unprecedented importance in 2012....

Britain is creating a 'permanent underclass' excluded from the prospect of employment, Adecco finds

Britain is creating a permanent underclass excluded from the prospect of employment, according to a report published this morning by the Adecco Group. ? ?

Government launches plans to help employers hire apprentices to reduce unemployment and boost growth

The Government has launched measures to ‘ensure more young people benefit from an apprenticeship’, and to help employers gain the skilled workers they need to grow.

Eli Lilly and Company outsources global recruitment processes to Kenexa

Pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly and Company has outsourced its global recruitment processes to increase efficiencies in the end-to-end recruiting process.

Calls for tax credit to help employers take on young unemployed as NEET numbers feared to reach one million

Fears are growing figures published later this morning could show more than one million people between the ages of 16 and 24 are not in employment, education or training (NEET).

Jobseekers' perceptions of lower pay in SMEs, makes it harder for smaller employers to find talent, according to Hays

Small businesses may be losing out on the most talented employees due to concerns among jobseekers around pay and benefits, according to a report firm recruitment firm Hays.

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Employers freeze plans both to hire and make redundancies in light of continuing economic uncertainty, CIPD reports

UK employers are scaling back on all employment-related operations, with fewer organisations planning to offshore jobs abroad and recruit overseas workers against a backdrop of less recruitment and...

Recruitment for permanent roles stalls, say REC and KPMG

The permanent jobs market has stalled for the first time since July 2009, according to the Report on Jobs, published today by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and auditors KPMG.

McDonald's sets out to pick the teams to serve food at the London Olympic Games

McDonald’s has launched its first Olympic Champion Crew Super Team event at its Strand restaurant near Charing Cross Station in London, to select the squad to work in its restaurants at the London...