Accor to create 3,500 UK jobs in three years, with a £5 million investment in people development

Accor, the hotel operator has launched people development strategy, strengthening its commitment to providing a learning and development support to its future and existing employees across its network...

See The Best: BIS scheme helps 3,000 ex-service staff into business roles

A Government-backed initiative providing ex-service personnel with the tools they need to get into business has helped nearly 3,000 people over two years, BIS has reported.

Metro Bank to recruit an extra 250 employees this year, following surge in applications

Metro Bank, Britain’s newest high street bank, has unveiled plans to recruit 250 positions this year, and to grow to 200 stores by 2020.

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Public sector employment drops to lowest level in nine years, reports ONS

The number of people employed in the private sector increased by 205,000 to reach 23.38 million but the number of people employed in the public sector fell by 39,000 to reach 5.90 million, the lowest...

Online job opportunities for HR staff increase by 12% since May 2011

Online job opportunities have increased by 3% since May 2011 with HR roles demonstrating “robust growth” according to the Monster Employment Index.

Government invests in Mandatory Work Placement scheme and tightens sanctions for jobseekers that avoid it

The Government will invest £5million in the expansion of the Mandatory Work Activity scheme, requiring more jobseekers to do a month's full time activity to help them back into work.

UK's employment outlook keeps head above water despite recession fears, reports Manpower

The UK’s employment outlook has continued to keep its head above water, according to Manpower Group, which this morning unveiled its quarterly Employment Outlook Survey.

We are letting our children down. And therefore our employers and country

I am going to nail my colours to the mast from the start. I am bewildered about education today. I just cannot understand why it has become so difficult to teach kids to read, write and do simple...

Is the traditional CV the best recruitment tool in a digital society?

News of employees coming under fire for falsely stating qualifications on their CVs has sparked my thinking about how candidates use the traditional paper CV as a tool for recruitment in a digital...

Bosch seeks to big up UK engineering, says its global HR director

Bosch’s most senior human resources director said the key to the German firm’s growth is engaging young people with science and technology skills as early as kindergarten, in the week the UK’s GDP...

Lack of clarity still evident around Agency Workers Regulations, finds TEAM and BIS

Despite years of discussion and the eventual implementation of the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR), increased employment costs and a reduction in the use of agency workers, almost 60% of temporary...

Closing the gap between classroom and workplace

"I always wanted to be a graphic designer,” says Kenton Robbins, business coach and regional director for Yorkshire and Humber at the Institute of Directors (IoD).