A polarisation of the jobs market, high youth unemployment and large regional variations mean the latest ONS figures are not as positive as they first appear, according to Warwick University professor...

The current recession is more like the deep recession of the 1980s with steep unemployment than the 'shallow' downturn of the 1990s and there are "no signs of improvement for unemployment", according...

Salaries for temporary workers are not declining despite job market uncertainty, finds Office Angels.

More than a third (36%) of businesses plan to hire new staff in the first three months of 2012, according to Women Like Us, a recruitment agency that finds part time staff for employers.

Nearly a third of UK recruitment businesses intend to expand into Europe over the next 12 months.

In its latest Quarterly Economic Forecast, published yesterday, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has downgraded its growth expectations for 2011 and 2012 and is expecting an increase in...