Reacting to today’s Treasury response to Michael Heseltine’s report No Stone Unturned  the think tank IPPR North  welcomes the government’s commitment  to greater economic decentralisation, but questions whether it is goes far enough and is backed with enough cash. While 81 of Heseltine’s 89 recommendations are being taken forward,...

The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) is calling on the Chancellor to use Wednesday’s Budget to deliver practical measures in three areas to stimulate growth and jobs. Skills shortages: the REC’s research shows recruiters are already finding it hard to supply IT experts and engineers to fill current demand....

The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) met with Treasury Minister David Gauke on Wednesday to discuss the use of travel and subsistence schemes in the recruitment sector and the need for more effective and visible enforcement measures. The REC’s director of policy and professional services Tom Hadley says: “It...

Despite the continued weakness of the economy, the number of people employed in Britain reached record levels with almost 30 million working at the end of 2012. However employment levels for recent graduates has remained largely unchanged at 61.8{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e} for 2012,according to Higher Education Careers Service Unit (HECSU) data....

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) welcomes the move towards greater employer involvement in the apprenticeship system and is urging employers to think beyond blue collar jobs when designing their own apprenticeships. Employers’ concerns about the extent to which apprenticeships are sufficiently tailored to their needs was...

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) welcomes the move towards greater employer involvement in the apprenticeship system and is urging employers to think beyond blue collar jobs when designing their own apprenticeships. Employers’ concerns about the extent to which apprenticeships are sufficiently tailored to their needs was...

Too many NHS trusts in England are failing to implement key recommendations made in 2009 to reduce staff sickness absence which could release much needed funds to improve patient care, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) says today. NHS trusts in England spent more than £1 billion on sick pay in...

With candidate shortages and recruitment challenges reportedly plaguing UK organisations, increasingly HR directors are relying on the advancement in technology to support their wider recruitment drive, according to new research1 from OfficeTeam UK. More than four in 10 (41{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e}) UK HR directors say that compared to three years ago,...

Apprenticeships are currently viewed as the centre piece of the government’s skills policy with around one million applicants in the last three years. In England, apprenticeships are not restricted to age or sector and it is this flexibility that makes them unique and advantageous to businesses by widening the...

Government Minister Jo Swinson has endorsed the new everywomanNetwork campaign, Ambition Hour, as being vital in helping develop future leaders. The campaign – launched today – encourages women to take charge of developing their own careers by spending an hour a week exploring career goals and implementing a plan...

In the latest edition of Graduate Market Trends published today (Thursday 7 March 2013), the Higher Education Careers Services Unit (HECSU) considers earnings data from the Futuretrack1 study, reporting an unfair salary advantage for male graduates. In her article on gendered earning power, Jane Artess, director of research at...

Created in 2006 the social networking site Twitter has grown into one of the largest and most visited social media companies in the world. With a growing 500 million users it has become an increasingly popular social media tool in 2013. Not only is it used for people’s daily...

The REC met with top policy advisors at 10 Downing Street yesterday to talk about the youth contract and career progression. REC director of policy Tom Hadley and senior policy advisor Chris Wilford highlighted how recruitment agencies are key players in their local labour markets and have a major...

REC Healthcare has written to Health Services Minister Daniel Poulter to seek clarification about the legitimacy of value added tax (VAT) schemes designed to reduce spend on agency staff within the National Health Service (NHS). Such schemes are spreading rapidly across the health service at a time when NHS...

The largest monthly measure of conditions and trends in employment opportunities in the UK now stands at 155 – its highest level since the index began in 2009 and 10{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e} higher than its previous best of 141 in May 2012. February saw over 12{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e} month on month growth in...