Employees looking for increasing salary growth and a higher wage packet should head to Wales, according to a recent study. The research, carried out by the job search engine Allthetopbananas.com, was taken from a data sample of over 9.4million online job adverts from their database. This survey revealed that...

The Monster Employment Index Europe is a monthly gauge of online job posting activity based on a real-time review of millions of employer job opportunities culled from a large representative selection of career web sites and online job listings across Europe. The Index does not reflect the trend of...

A survey commissioned by totaljobs.com and Intelligence Group has found that the UK is top choice for Greeks wanting to move abroad to avoid further turmoil in the Eurozone.  Over half (55{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e}) of Greek workers surveyed said they would consider moving to the UK ahead of any other country,...

The UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) body has said that strong inward investment in Britain between 2011 and 2012 has created over 112,000 jobs for workers to take advantage of. Despite the turbulent economy, investments have continued to be made, creating new vacancies and offering recruitment agencies increased options...

UK organisations are failing to harness the potential of social media for more effective engagement with employees, with the result that the communications disconnect between senior management and junior staff is widening, according to new research by hyphen, the recruitment process outsourcing specialist. The survey of over 1,500 UK...

Research by totaljobs.com has revealed that jobseeker confidence has soared in the past twelve months, with the number of unemployed confident in finding a job in the next year jumping from 51{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e} in 2011 to 64{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e}. The percentage of unemployed people out of work for longer than 12 months...

New research has shown that IT recruitment will grow twice as fast as other industry sectors up until 2020, with an estimated 129,000 new people needed each year to meet the expected demand for IT related services and telecom workers. It was found that there were more than 116,000...

Research has revealed that jobseeker confidence has soared in the past twelve months, with the number of unemployed confident in finding a job in the next year jumping from 51{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e} in 2011 to 64{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e}. The percentage of unemployed people out of work for longer than 12 months has fallen...

The Bank of England has cut its growth forecast from the 0.8{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e} predicted in May as businesses struggle to battle against the double dip recession. The bank has published its latest quarterly report and it has shown worse than expected performance for the UK economy.   Dan Wagner, CEO of...

Long hours, market uncertainty, fear of redundancy and ongoing hounding by the popular press, seem to have taken their toll on finance professionals¹ psyche. A recent poll from eFinancialCareers* reveals that nearly 7 in ten (68{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e}) finance professionals don¹t love their job. However, when asked what would become of...

The latest figures, which have been released by the government, have shown that there has been a drop in the rate of unemployment in the South West of England when compared to the rest of the UK.  The employment rate for the UK is 8.4 per cent however in...

The Recruitment Industry Fantasy League is back, and this year it is bigger and better with over a £1,000 worth of prizes to giveaway. Interest has already started flooding in as the long running recruitment industry’s fantasy league makes a comeback for 2012/13. This year the game is bigger...

Work-related stress is the most common reason that leads employers to seek occupational health advice, an analysis of Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) statistics by Legal & General has shown. An analysis of reasons for calling the government’s pilot Occupational Health Advice Lines found that stress, followed by...

With the world’s biggest sporting event on our doorstep, research by Monster.co.uk has found that over two in five (43 per cent) of UK employees surveyed will be watching the sporting action at work. Brits are also clocking off early with 34 per cent of respondents hoping to dash off to...

According to an influential survey, Europe’s manufacturing and service provider sectors both shrank in July, the 11th consecutive month of contraction. The July Markit purchasing managers index (PMI) came in at 46.5 in July from 46.4 in June.   The services sector on its own managed to rise to 47.9...