Public sector cuts threaten graduate retention in the North and Midlands

Public sector cuts could reverse patterns of improved graduate retention in cities and regions outside of the South East, resulting in a 'brain drain' likely to impede economic recovery.

Auctioning internships to most privileged is a step too far

A leading champion of work experience has condemned firms for selling internships to the highest bidder at a recent Conservative fundraising event.

Business will save 2.1 billion in 2011 by turning to freelancers to fill skills gaps

Businesses recovering from the recession are turning to the UK's estimated 1.4 million freelancers to fill their identified skills gap and cut costs normally associated with permanent staff.

Vetting scheme to be less bureaucratic and intimidating in new common sense approach

Employees will be able to take their criminal records check results with them when they move jobs as part of a major overhaul of the vetting and barring regime.

Working women less likely to financially protect themselves if unable to work

Working women are less likely than men to have financial back up should they be unable to work.

Boost your own skills, private sector employees urged

More than half of private sector respondents to a recent survey admitted they do not know what skills their employers are likely to demand from them in the next five years.

Service-leavers and British Gas: National Apprenticeship Week case study

After serving for three years as a private in the Intelligence Corps, Daniel August (pictured) left the Army in May 2008, unsure how to get a new job.

Businesses compete to attract apprentices but recruitment process should be simpler

Business sectors are competing to attract young people onto apprenticeship schemes in a bid to increase homegrown talent and benefit their bottom lines.

Nearly a third of public sector employees believe they will lose their job

Employees in the public sector are feeling the pressure of the Government's spending cuts, with more than one in three thinking it is likely they will lose their job and seven in 10 having had their...

Forget the furore over bonuses - we must ensure investment banks get the fresh blood they need

As we are stepping out of one of the deepest recessions in history, it is an uncertain time in the investment banking industry. Nevertheless, contrary to popular belief, there are signs of a recovery...

The number of embellished CVs is on the increase as competition for jobs intensifies

Increasing numbers of jobseekers are resorting to fabricating their CVs in order to find work, according to background screening company Kroll Background Worldwide.

Foreign graduates to have less time to find skilled UK work under immigration minister's plans

Immigration minister Damian Green is considering reducing the length of time overseas graduates can seek skilled work in the UK in order to keep jobs for UK graduates.