Hastings Direct creates 100 new jobs with 200 vacancies

Insurance broker Hastings Direct is to recruit 200 members of staff, including 100 for newly created jobs.

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Kingston Business School HR students to interview volunteers for the Olympic Games

Undergraduates at Kingston University studying HR management will be at the heart of the Olympic volunteering interview process filtering some of the quarter of a million people who have applied to...

Two-thirds of public sector content to stay put, especially in Yorkshire, says Badenoch & Clark

It is going to take more than pension reforms and redundancies to push public workers into the private sector, according to a report published yesterday by recruitment consultants Badenoch & Clark.

Managing your employer brand online: don't bury your head in the sand

There is little denying that social media have transformed the way we live our lives and do business, infiltrating almost every part of the modern world.

Why is it easier to get a date online than hire talent online?

Match.com, Eharmony.co.uk, plentyoffish.com: there has been an explosion in online dating sites over the past decade or so. No longer wanting to leave it to chance (or Cupid), single hopefuls register...

Future-proofing recruitment strategy: why recruit at all?

I love challenging conventional wisdom. So while this may sound paradoxical for a recruiter, I want to question the value of employing staff. Is there a perhaps a natural bias or knee-jerk tendency to...

Western Australia to recruit 150,000 people over the next five years - with the help of UK HR directors

Western Australia (WA) should be the destination of choice for skilled migrants, said its training and workforce development minister, Peter Collier (pictured). He visited the UK last month to promote...

Guide launched to help HR directors work with freelancers ahead of Agency Workers Regulations

Recruitment agencies and HR directors across the country will today receive the first ever guide to ‘working with freelancers’ in advance of October’s introduction of the Agency Workers Regulations...

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Recruiters see an increase in staff placements as employment levels reach 1% off pre-recession peak

Recruitment consultants reported further increases in the number of people placed into both permanent and temporary job roles during July, according to findings published today by the Recruitment and...

Demand for new staff drops 2% since June

Employer demand for new UK workers slipped 2% in July compared to June, according to recruiter Reed.

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Confidence for growth and recruitment drops amongst manufacturing employers

For the first time in two years, optimism regarding the general business situation fell among UK manufacturers, and expectations of slower activity are driving a reappraisal of forward-looking...

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Office designer Maris Interiors launches careers website

Maris Interiors, office and workplace interiors designer, has launched a new careers website.

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