Businesses from all the major economies, including the UK, are losing billions of pounds through recruitment errors. This is mainly caused by employees' inability to adapt and retrain for new roles...

Many of you will have seen the photo of the new French Cabinet. It includes the new environment minister Ségolène Royal, who happens to be President Hollande’s ex-partner and mother of his four...

Lack of employment opportunities among 16- to 24-year-olds remains widespread, with more than ten UK cities having youth unemployment higher than 25%.

A forum for small and medium-sized businesses has reacted largely positively to Iain Duncan-Smith's plans to ensure jobseekers are more "workplace ready".

The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has today launched the Good Recruitment Campaign in an effort to provide organisations with guidance to help improve recruitment standards and...

A Labour government would "favour" contractors that provide employment opportunities to ex-offenders when bidding for Ministry of Justice (MoJ) work, shadow secretary of state for justice Sadiq Khan...

Experts are divided over whether interviews are always necessary in the recruitment process, a London HR Connection debate has heard.

Managers are not offering enough support to new executives hired internally, assuming they require less integration support than external recruits.

Managers are increasingly turning their back on recruitment tools such as psychometrics and relying on gut instinct. This could lead to a lack of diversity as people tend to hire candidates that match...

Organisations hire hundreds of thousands of people each year and , in the face of such numbers, no one can avoid bad hires. However, some require more due diligence than others.

Pay for contractors in the South East and other big financial centres of the UK is significantly higher than the UK average.

Companies are still not taking future employee engagement into account when recruiting staff, according to a talent and engagement expert.