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.

Radical rethink needed of public-sector recruitment procedures and skills management

The public sector must modernise its approach to managing talent, according to Link Tanks.

Tesco to recruit employees' unemployed friends and relations as Christmas temps

Tesco has committed to filling its Christmas vacancies with employees' friends and family who have been made unemployed during the recession.

Generation Z - a new entrepreneurial breed of graduates

Graduates have been particularly hard hit by the recession as employers slim down their graduate training schemes or even halt recruitment altogether. And with competition for jobs more fierce than...

Jobs market continued to improve in September

September showed further growth in permanent and temporary employment, according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation and KPMG.

Tories propose a National Insurance Contribution holiday for first 10 staff start-up businesses recruit

Employers in new companies could be given a national insurance contribution holiday for new staff in a bid to create 60,000 jobs.

Long-term jobless must take up work trial or work placements to continue to receive benefits

Work trials and work experience will be made mandatory for long-term jobless to get people back to work, secretary of state for work and pensions Yvette Cooper (pictured) announced today.

Jobcentre Plus's inadequacy in assessing jobseekers' skills fails both business and candidates

With the UK unemployment rate reaching a 14-year high at 2.5 million and more than 1.5 million people claiming Jobseekers Allowance, more candidates than ever are relying on government initiatives...

Symantec offers graduate and internship opportunities worldwide

IT software provider Symantec has launched a graduate recruitment and internship programme across Europe.

Marks & Spencer gets ready for Christmas with major temporary staff recruitment drive

Mark & Spencer has launched a nationwide drive to recruit 20,000 employees for the Christmas period in stores in the UK and Ireland.

Government to work with Eden Project to provide green work placements for the young

The prime minister, Gordon Brown, has announced 10,000 new green work placements in partnership with the Eden Project.