The Reed Job Index of online job postings rose by 9{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e} in the first quarter of 2012 compared with the same quarter in 2011, suggesting a solid underlying economic recovery. The UK labour market is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Reed Job Index. Vacancies increased...

Recent data showed that the German economy, the biggest in Europe, contracted by 0.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011 and the latest output and orders data suggest little improvement can be expected in the first quarter.  he year-on-year comparison showed that there were 550,000 more workers in...

The UK economy has shown a few signs of improvement in the first three months of this year, following a recent report from the British Chambers of Commerce. The British Chambers of Commerce had previously warned of “stagflation”. The group expects economic growth of 0.3{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e} in the first quarter of...

April 1st 2012 marks six months since the controversial Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) came into force. Although the new rules have created significant bureaucracy and cost for the UK’s £25 billion recruitment industry, the demand for temporary and contract staff has remained strong and looks set to grow over...

rits are losing valuable days of annual leave because they’re too anxious to take the time off that they’re entitled to. New research by travel comparison website TravelSupermarket has found that only 75 per cent* of all full-time British workers took their entire holiday entitlement over the past 12...

More than six in 10 (61{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e}) senior HR executives report that their organisations regularly award promotions to top performers without giving commensurate salary rises, finds new research.  The most common reason given is that organisations have a salary rise freeze in place (40{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e}) but companies and their employees also...

A recent survey has found that 86 percent of businesses globally have a process to capture talent analytics data but less than half indicated they used the information to make informed business decisions. These findings are revealed in SHL’s annual Global Assessment Trends Report 2012. This highlights the need...

Hiring among UK medium and large-sized organisations contracted in the final three months of 2011 as employers battled to overcome candidate skills shortage, rising costs and economic uncertainty, according to the latest ‘Tracking UK Recruitment’ quarterly report by professional staffing recruitment consultancy Barclay Meade. The UK jobs market had...

Dr John Philpott, Chief Economic Adviser at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) comments as follows on official labour market statistics for the period November 2011 – January 2012 published earlier today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS): “Any rise in unemployment is a great regret...

Recruiters can improve the speed and efficiency of their graduate selection process and save money by rethinking the way they sift and select candidates, according to Talent Q, the talent assessment specialist. The company is calling for organisations to ‘front-load’ their hiring process with job-relevant assessments, in order to...

Monster Employment Index U.S. Rises 11{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e} on Annual Basis. Monster Employment Index U.S. shows annual growth of 11 percent in February Index rises 8 percent on monthly basis in line with regular seasonal patterns observed for the month of February Commerce activity continues to rise with transportation and warehousing,...

Survey of 1400+ employment professionals reveals major criticisms of current and future work regulations in the UK One in five HR professionals expect cost of tribunal claims to rise for employers, despite falling numbers 25.8{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e} of HR professionals want to abolish TUPE regulations; 23.4{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e} would axe the Agency Workers...