Employment experts say jobs in the construction and energy sectors will play a major role in helping to reduce unemployment across Britain in the coming months. The importance of the two sectors is highlighted in employment and skills experts Working Links’ quarterly labour market intelligence report, released today to...

The majority of private sector workers are opposed to public sector strike action and a significant proportion are virulently opposed, according to leading recruitment consultants Badenoch & Clark. The new research shows a distinct lack of sympathy for state workers’ disquiet at government reforms to their employment packages. Badenoch...

Two-thirds of students undertake some kind of work experience while studying, but almost half of internships are unpaid, reveals a survey by Graduate Prospects. The annual Real Prospects: Higher Education1 study published today (5 September 2011) asked 22,000 graduates if they gained any work experience while studying for their...

Only 9{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e} of graduates would choose to work in the public sector over the private and charity sectors, according to new research from totaljobs.com[1]. This is a surprising statistic considering 20{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e} of recent graduates state they have been looking for a job for over a year, with 31{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e} declaring...

Competition to get a first job in the City is getting tougher, according to the latest survey from the leading global jobs site eFinancialCareers.com, with three quarters (75{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e}) of students surveyed saying they’d be prepared to work for free – up from just over half (63{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e}) last year. And...

New figures on the current state of recruitment in the UK have shown that many companies are still cautious about taking on new staff, due to the still volatile economy. The statistics in the latest Report on Jobs, from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG, have shown...

The growth of small and medium business have changed the shape of the UK’s private sector, now counting for nearly a fifth of all employment. But are their doors closed for school-leavers and graduates? Research from the British Chambers of Commerce revealed a caution amongst micro-businesses, those with fewer...

Recruitment for jobs in the public sector is continuing to fall, according to the latest figures from the Monster Employment Index. The monthly measurement of online recruitment demand has shown that in July, public sector recruitment showed a 15 per cent year-on-year decline. This figure put it at the...

Official labour market statistics receives interesting comments from Dr John Philpott, Chief Economic Adviser at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)… “Today’s jobs figures are very disappointing but not unexpected. After a few surprisingly upbeat quarters the UK jobs market has finally caught up with the reality...

Blackberries are ruining our holidays, our relationships and impacting work life balance according to research from Spring Technology. The specialists in streamlined IT recruitment polled 1000 workers on their attitudes to checking emails on holiday and outside work. We may still dream of a fortnight relaxing on a secluded...

WikiJob founder Ed Mellett is hopeful that graduate employment will return to pre-recession levels following the announcements by several Times Top 100 graduate employers that they will be taking on increased numbers of graduate recruits over the coming years. “Recent announcements by some of the UK’s leading employers of...

A poll conducted by Monster  shows the fickle nature of work friendships. Thankfully, most of us can depend on friends at work to lend a helping hand when it’s needed; over half of respondents (58 per cent) would step in if a friend was under-performing at work and they...

Many companies – particularly those involved in the media – are putting a premium on candidates with strong social media footprints when it comes to the recruitment of new staff. The case has been highlighted by the recent poaching of the BBC’s popular chief political correspondent – and avid...

The recruitment market for business analysts and online specialists is becoming frantic for many companies, who are experiencing a shortage of adequately qualified workers, according to new figures from KPMG and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC). The figures, which were compiled by business information company, Markit, showed that...

More than two-thirds of UK workers believe access to social networking sites should be banned from the workplace, according to new research from leading UK job site, reed.co.uk. The survey of 4,245 workers across the UK revealed that just one-in-three employees accesses Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or other social networking...