Online job opportunities for HR staff increase by 4% since 2011, compared to 1% overall, finds Monster

The Monster Employment Index UK has shown a 1% rise in online job opportunities since April 2011.

Financial sector needs to rethink graduate strategy, or risk talent shortage, reports PwC

Financial services companies need a different approach to their graduates, or risk losing out when the job market improves PwC has warned.

UK growth will return this year, translating into jobs and investment, says CBI

The CBI expects GDP growth in 2012 will be 0.6%, slightly down from its forecast in February of 0.9%.

University of Bristol launches online platform to recruit the best global academics

The University of Bristol is poised to launch a global online recruitment platform to increase the efficiency of its recruitment system and contend for talent in an increasingly competitive academic...

UK Power Networks invites graduates to design graduate recruitment programme

UK Power Networks has introduced an assessment scheme for recruitment, designed by graduates for graduates.

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Sixth formers are 'ambitious and entrepreneurial' but only a quarter get to visit employers, finds City & Guilds

Almost nine in 10 16-18 year olds said that a visit to an employer was "extremely useful" to them, yet only a quarter of learners have been given this opportunity, according to research published by...

Employers waste £270 million a year on 'failed recruitment', reveals Learndirect

Employers may be wasting as much as £270 million a year on failed recruitment, according to a report from Learndirect.

Employers' confidence to hire reaches three-year high, according to REC

Employer confidence to recruit has reached the highest level since 2009, according to The Recruitment and Employment Confederation’s JobsOutlook, a monthly survey of employers’ hiring intentions.

A third of graduates forced to claim Jobseekers Allowance, reports Totaljobs

More than a third of UK graduates have been searching for work for over six months, forcing the same percentage to claim Jobseekers Allowance, according to recruitment website Totaljobs.

UK staff have felt more impact from recession than mainland European peers, according to Monster survey

Almost nine out of 10 staff admit their career plans have been affected by the economy, according to a Monster survey.

Neither governments nor corporations can operate as silos; they must cooperate to resolve economic woes

The latest unemployment rates for the UK are chilling – 8.4% of the UK population is now unemployed (the highest for 17 years) and the 16-to-24-year-old age group make up 22.2% of this unemployment...

Staff performance ranked higher than cost and time-to-hire by HRDs measuring recruitment ROI, according to poll of 1,500 HR pros

Focus on an employee's performance ranked highest among HR directors, when evaluating the success of the recruitment process ahead of factors such as the cost of hire and the time it took to secure...