SMEs are providing a barrier to apprenticeships for young people at a time when the number of NEETs is escalating, according to London’s deputy mayor for business and enterprise, Kit Malthouse.
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos has been named the leading global CEO in Xinfu’s inaugural Top 100 CEO ranking. Tencent China’s Pony Ma and Priceline.com’s Jeffery Boyd rounded up the top three.
The number of people seeking work around the world will rise by more than 13 million by 2018, hitting young people disproportionately, a study claims.
The number of female delegates attending this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) has fallen to just 15%.
Female graduates request lower starting salaries than male graduates when looking for their first job, a vacancy website has found.
Financial services senior executives plan to increase or maintain staffing levels in the next six months, new research has found.
Almost three quarters of UK employees say they work more productively at home than in an office, research suggests.
HR professionals should be braver and tackle the external factors that have a profound impact on their organisations, the director of an HR research and consultancy body has urged.
The number of jobs available in London’s financial district rose by 51% year-on-year in 2013.
HR directors must aim to get the most out of talented employees in the future because of shrinking job tenures, a human capital expert has warned.
Plans to cap management fees charged by pension providers have been delayed, according to a pensions expert.
FTSE 350 companies have been urged to increase the number of women in their boardrooms by business secretary Vince Cable.
