Almost half (49%) of business managers confess age and gender does have a bearing on their decision to recruit someone and 81% say they would ask female job applicants if they plan to have children,...

The main teaching union is opposing a new government initiative to allow people switching to a career in teaching to train to qualify in just six months rather than a year.

Activity in online recruitment showed expansion in February after four months of contraction, according to the Monster Employment Index.

Staff made redundant 'at a moment's notice' by one hotel in Manchester were recruited by a competitor within three days.

In 2008 three times as many non-EU IT workers entered the UK as did during the dotcom boom earlier this decade - despite thousands of IT workers being made redundant in the downturn.

Britain's science, engineering and technology industries are in desperate need of female staff despite a 1000% rise in their numbers over the past five years, according to the New Engineering...

One of the things to strike me in the current recession is that it presents an opportunity for recruiters to take advantage of a new bank of available and talented business leaders and managers,...

There are 1.3 million people working for the health service, making the NHS the largest employer in Europe. With a workforce this size, staff turnover is considerable and so the health service must...

Reddich Borough Council has updated its temporary recruitment requirements to increase transparency and efficiency and plans to make a 20% saving on its recruitment spend.

Grant Thornton has added a feature to its graduate website that allows employees and students to put recruitment questions to the firm's graduate recruitment experts.

Announcements of job losses across the UK in 2009

From 2009 nurses must have a degree to be recruited into the NHS.