Employers can now take advantage of 2,500 in Government subsidies if they employ a member of staff who has been unemployed for six months or more.
A media furore has forced Jobcentre Plus abandons 'Easter Hunt' plans, which force jobseekers to 'hunt' for jobs and application forms
Comic Relief loses its sense of humour in advertising for staff
Work experience is more important today than it has ever been, according to the director general of the CBI.
Carmelite nuns find salvation in YouTube
Employees have ditched teamwork in order to protect their own projects and contacts as the recession deepens
McDonald's expects as many as 6,000 of its vacancies could be filled by long-term unemployed people this year following the nationwide launch of a partnership with job centres.
Tesco has calculated 20% of the 10,000 jobs it plans to create in 2009 will go to working mothers.
As unemployment soars above two million, Save the Children is planning to realign its recruitment strategy in order to attract high-performance candidates.
More than nine out of 10 CVs (94%) do not make it through to the next stage of the recruitment process.
School leavers aged 16 and 17 have the highest employment rate - 28% in the last quarter of 2008, and rising - according to Barnardo's.
Less than half of disabled jobseekers (43%) reveal details of their disability on their application form or at interview stage and a third do not tell them at all.
