Employers planning to increase staff levels, REC JobsOutlook survey finds

Even though many employers are continuing to face economic challenges, the majority are still planning to increase or maintain their permanent staff over the next quarter, according to the latest...

Budget must stimulate growth or jobs miracle might be over, says REC

The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) is calling on chancellor George Osborne to use tomorrow’s Budget to deliver practical measures in three areas to stimulate growth and jobs.

UK's changing recruitment practices fail young jobseekers, finds UKCES report

A radical shift is needed in the way young people are viewed by employers to create a culture where recruiting and developing them is part of standard business practice in the UK, the UK Commission...

UK's economic rebalancing is being thwarted by 40,000-a-year shortage of STEM sector graduates

The Government's aim to rebalance the economy away from financial services is "inconceivable" due to a 40,000-a-year shortage of UK graduates in the science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM)...

Confidence in job security for older workers falls by 10%, figures reveal

Older workers' confidence in their job security dropped by as much as 10% in January 2013 compared with last quarter's findings, according to Legal and General's Job Security Index.

Engineering firm recruits from local school

An engineering employer has gone back to school to recruit workers and inspire the next generation.

Why choose an apprenticeship at 16 years old?

At the age of 16, young people have a choice of whether to continue in formal full-time education or to leave school and enter the world of work.

Government right to tread carefully on apprenticeship funding, say training providers

The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP), which represents training providers who train over 70% of England’s apprentices, has warned the Government that any adoption of Doug...

Apprenticeships have a reputation problem – so what can HR do about it?

Careers advice and guidance in schools is skewed towards university education, so many young people (and their parents) are not aware of other career options and the benefits apprenticeships have to...

Video: Apprenticeships back young people's aspirations, says David Cameron

This week prime minister David Cameron visited a training academy in Buckinghamshire to call on employers, educators and MPs toe xpand apprenticeship roles for young people.

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Public sector hiring again after “over-firing”, Manpower report finds

The jobs outlook for the austerity-hit public sector is at a five-year high after “over-firing” following the financial crisis in 2008, according to a report from recruitment firm Manpower.

IT job cuts finally coming to an end, recruitment survey reveals

Job cuts in IT departments are finally coming to an end, with only one in 10 IT directors expecting to make job cuts in 2013, half the proportion planning job cuts a year ago, according to research...