Huge increase in police spending blamed on rise in number of officers and 90% hike in overtime payments

Spending on the police in England and Wales grew by nearly 50% between 1999 and 2009, with increased recruitment of police officers and a 90% hike in overtime payments, an independent report shows.

PricewaterhouseCoopers' spring graduate intake is its largest ever

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has competed its largest-ever graduate spring intake as part of a drive to hire 1,000 new staff during 2010.

New e-recruitment platform London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has implemented a new talent acquisition (e-recruitment) solution to handle the online recruitment for the 500 vacancies the council advertises each year.

Jobs market figures for April show continued improvement but growth was weaker than in March

Permanent recruitment levels increased strongly in April, albeit at a slower pace than March's peak, according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG.

Research predicts return to a pre-credit crunch City jobs market, with talent poaching the norm

A surge in demand for talent could lead to a City poaching war, new research reveals.

Graduate poll calls for an end to 2.1 degree minimum for job applicants

Employers have been urged to scrap their minimum requirements of a 2.1 degree.

350 new engineering jobs at Dyson's laboratories in Wiltshire

Dyson is doubling its UK engineering team from 350 to 700.

Would you hire our would-be prime ministers?

The leadership debates this month are unprecedented in British politics. But in a workplace setting, live assessment of performance is a normal component of recruitment for senior roles. By those...

KPMG raises its planned graduate intake for the year to 1,000

KPMG is increasing its planned UK intake of graduates, school leavers and interns from 900 to over 1,000 for September 2010.

70 new call-centre job opportunities at Kwik Fit Insurance in Lanarkshire

Kwik Fit Insurance is to recruit for 70 people to take up careers at its Uddingston call centre.

Enterprise-Rent-A-Car to use social media to reach potential recruits through existing staff

Enterprise Rent-A-Car has launched a Facebook application that will use social media to reach potential candidates through links with existing employees.

ONS figures show jobless total at its highest since 1994, yet employer confidence is increasing, says REC

Unemployment levels are continuing to increase, with the number unemployed in the UK rising by 43,000 to 2.5 million during the three months to February, official figures have shown.