HR directors in the public sector have come under new scrutiny – and have been forced to defend their training methods – following research showing employers in small businesses are reluctant to hire...
BT’s Openreach division is hoping to recruit 200 ex-armed forces personnel to help deliver super-fast fibre broadband.
The UK’s small and medium-sized manufacturers saw the volume of orders at home and abroad grow at the fastest rate in 16 years, leading an increase of 16% to move to increase headcount since the last...
Job opportunities across the country slipped further back last month, down 2% in April compared to March, according to the latest Reed Job Index.
Increasing numbers of employers are planning to grow their permanent workforce in the next year, according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation’s latest JobsOutlook.
Despite optimism from the Government that its new work programme will help millions of unemployed people back to work, the picture looks very different when seen through the eyes of employers,...
Accountancy firm PwC has taken on 209 new graduates this April, the highest ever number to join through its annual Spring intake.
Over a fifth of small business owners (22%) expect to recruit in 2011 – but confidence that they will be able to do so is dwindling compared to December 2010, when almost 30% of respondents said they...
Organisations looking to take on staff in the run up to the London 2012 Games can now access online a central pool of enthusiastic and available talent, all seeking roles related to the Games.
With HR functions under pressure to deliver tangible value in the wake of the economic turmoil of recent years, direct hiring has become the ‘new black’. Why pay recruitment agency fees, the argument...
Budget hotel chain Travelodge is targeting a £100 million, 36-site expansion programme in partnership with the UK’s resurgent pub companies by 2015 and it is expected this could create 550 new jobs in...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Japan has opened an office in Shinjuku, Tokyo, as part of Hays Japan’s continuing growth and as a reflection of its confidence in the local job market.
