69{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e} of working professionals regularly de-tag themselves from pictures and remove comments from their Facebook profiles because they could be detrimental to their careers, according to a recent global survey of more than 3,500 professionals by Robert Walters. Large majority regularly de-tag themselves from pictures and remove comments  on...

Change Management is becoming the new place to be for Interim Managers. A growing number of interim managers specialising in change management are emerging in the UK according to the latest snap shot market research from Russam GMS. The company’s latest report of 12,000 interims highlighted that the majority...

As we enter into the last days of summer, a poll conducted by Monster shows the impact of casual dress in the workplace. A staggering 81 per cent of UK workers questioned feel flip-flops are unprofessional, while an additional six per cent simply don’t want to see colleagues’ feet...

Strict employment legislation and excessive red tape is restricting recruitment activity in certain business sectors, says professional staffing agency Barclay Meade. The company’s latest quarterly ‘Tracking UK Recruitment’ report reveals the rate of hiring among UK medium and large organisations dropped significantly in the second quarter of 2012 amid...

We may be in our third consecutive period of negative growth but the majority of UK businesses are not planning to make redundancies for the remainder of 2012 according to a survey of 900 UK businesses by Right Management, the talent and career management expert within ManpowerGroup. Workforce planning...

The United States eQuest Employment Index showed a slight increase for the month of July moving from 106.06 to 106.22.   The July increase was the result of a small increase in overall job postings and candidate traffic similar to June.  Healthcare and Biotech led all industries with the highest...

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...