New online recruitment system aims to streamline hiring process at LV=

LV= has upgraded its online recruitment system to hire the best talent and make significant cost and headcount savings.

Jobcentre Plus to work with insolvency services to help people facing redundancy

Jobcentre Plus, the Insolvency Trade Body, R3 and the Insolvency Service have joined forces to develop a system to share information about possible job losses in struggling companies, helping to...

Tesco Asian Network highlights influence of families in British Asian students' career choice

A quarter of British Asian students say their families have a significant influence on their choice of career compared with fewer than one in 10 white students.

Employers waste 800 million every month by not using free services offered by Jobcentre Plus

UK businesses are missing out on saving 800 million every month by not taking advantage of Jobcentre Plus services, and employers have spoken out to praise the work the organisation carries out.

Wizards and witches needed to spell out the joys of remote working

With Halloween just around the corner, a remote working organisation is on the hunt to find the UK's most highly employable witches and wizards for a one-night career opportunity.

John Lewis to introduce online assessments to speed up hiring process

The John Lewis Partnership is using online assessments to reduce the time to hire new recruits and make recruitment processes faster and more efficient.

Candidates for top City bank jobs to be checked out by the Financial Services Authority

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) wants to closely vet senior job candidates at top City banks.

Monster launches UK's first virtual recruitment event

Employers and jobseekers can network from the comfort of the living room by logging on to Monster's Interactive Recruitment Fair.

Job applicants with ethnic minority names are still experiencing discrimination

Racial discrimination still exists towards people of ethnic minorities in the recruitment process, according to research from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP).

Employers left to 'pick up the pieces' of failing education system, says Tesco boss

The standards of education in the UK are "woefully low" leaving "employers to often pick up the pieces", according to Tesco's chief executive, Sir Terry Leahy.

Mamas & Papas introduces online recruitment and talent management system to save time and money

Mamas & Papas has taken recruitment in-house and launched an online recruitment and talent management software solution to save costs and time when hiring new employees.

Growth in number of jobless is slowing, says Office for National Statistics

Despite rising unemployment, the growth in the number of jobless people is slowing, official findings reveal.