The number of jobless people around the world in 2012 was 197 million, and that figure is projected to rise to 200 million in 2013, according to a report published today by the International Labour...

Three quarters of students are less optimistic about securing a job than they were prior to the downturn and as a result a third are more likely to take a gap year than continue job hunting.

?The availability of workers in the UK throughout June rose at the quickest rate since the depths of economic recession in January 2009 due to redundancies and workers on furlough.

Thousands of Australians working in the UK are set to head back down under this year due to changes to the laws allowing them to have a migrant visa, as well as the worsening economic climate.

Employers are placing too much emphasis on degree-style learning rather than focussing on skills, according to Andreas Schleicher, director of the directorate for education and skills at the...