Eli Lilly and Company outsources global recruitment processes to Kenexa

Pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly and Company has outsourced its global recruitment processes to increase efficiencies in the end-to-end recruiting process.

Calls for tax credit to help employers take on young unemployed as NEET numbers feared to reach one million

Fears are growing figures published later this morning could show more than one million people between the ages of 16 and 24 are not in employment, education or training (NEET).

Jobseekers' perceptions of lower pay in SMEs, makes it harder for smaller employers to find talent, according to Hays

Small businesses may be losing out on the most talented employees due to concerns among jobseekers around pay and benefits, according to a report firm recruitment firm Hays.

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Employers freeze plans both to hire and make redundancies in light of continuing economic uncertainty, CIPD reports

UK employers are scaling back on all employment-related operations, with fewer organisations planning to offshore jobs abroad and recruit overseas workers against a backdrop of less recruitment and...

Recruitment for permanent roles stalls, say REC and KPMG

The permanent jobs market has stalled for the first time since July 2009, according to the Report on Jobs, published today by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and auditors KPMG.

McDonald's sets out to pick the teams to serve food at the London Olympic Games

McDonald’s has launched its first Olympic Champion Crew Super Team event at its Strand restaurant near Charing Cross Station in London, to select the squad to work in its restaurants at the London...

SME manufacturers see their domestic demand 'flatline' - having an impact on their recruitment prospects

Sentiment has fallen sharply among the UK's small and medium-sized manufacturers, as firms predict a slight decline in production over the next three months, the CBI said today.

SMEs see domestic demand 'flatlining', impacting on recruitment, finds CBI

Sentiment has fallen sharply among the UK's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), as firms predict a slight decline in production over the next three months, the CBI said today.

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Grimsby and Doncaster identified as major 'black spots' for high levels of NEETS, by The Work Foundation

A report published this morning by The Work Foundation and Private Equity Foundation has uncovered 10 black spots for youth disengagement - cities where between one in five and one in four young...

AWR: comparator vs. Swedish Derogation - No contest when it comes to comparator

The Agency Workers Directive (AWR) has brought about one of the most significant regulatory changes to the UK staffing market. Temporary workers in the UK now have the right to equal treatment in...

Asda to recruit 5,000 extra staff and offers employees 750,000 overtime hours in run-up to Christmas

Asda has launched a drive to recruit an additional 5,000 seasonal staff to work during the Christmas period.

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National Online Recruitment Awards 2011: The Winners

Now in its second decade, the National Online Recruitment Awards last night demonstrated how the calibre of the sector has progressed in the past 12 months.

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