Record breaking GCSE results but students still need more preparation for employers' demands

Students receiving their GCSE results today need support to explore the options open to them and to equip themselves with the skills and abilities that employers now demand, according to the...

Social media is a useful recruitment tool - as part of an overall campaign

With HR professionals facing reduced budgets, recruiting the best possible talent is more important than ever. Prospective employees are engaging more with social media, which means that HR needs...

A-level results: Students without a university place provide a diverse pool of potential recruiters should target

Following the release of this year's A-level results, there are a record number of students that haven't secured a place at university. Instead, they are being forced to take an unplanned gap year and...

21 Day Challenge launched on The Student Room website to help young jobseekers compete in the jobs market

HR professionals, careers advisers, teachers and youth workers have been urged to encourage school leavers to sign up to a new jobs challenge, launched yesterday to help them compete in the jobs...

Makro has high expectations of its new online careers portal

Makro has launched an online careers portal and estimates a 150% return on investment over the next 12 months.

British Gas launches campaign to recruit ex-service people

British Gas is calling ex-servicemen and women to join its ranks.

A Level results: Recruitment and Employment Confederation issues advice to the young on employability

To coincide with the release of the A-level results today, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has issued practical tips for the next generation of workers and has at the same time...

Help Roy, and other ex service men, find the jobs they deserve

I occasionally get people contacting me asking how they can find a new job, and I do my best to give them some general guidance. I have just finished talking to a young 23 year-old guy who is quite...

Association of Graduate Recruiters: Work experience could improve eventual employability of students struggling to gain a university place

The Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) has advised students struggling for a place at university to consider taking a year of work experience to improve their employment chances.

London-based online job searches surged in the past quarter

UK online search volumes for London-based jobs rose 10%, from 550,000 in March to 673,000 in June.

Right Management offers two guides for use both by HR staff and new graduates in the workforce

Right Management has produced a free resource for HR managers to use with recent graduates in their organisations.

Don't hire without first carrying out background checks

There is plenty of talent available on the market - students that won't be getting into university due to an excess of applications, the recently made redundant, those leaving the public sector before...