The REC has published its latest AWR Monitor which tracks implementation issues and collates monthly data on the agency market. Although the regulations are creating specific challenges for agencies and their clients in some sectors, the demand for flexible staffing remains strong overall. Some of the key points from...

Today saw the release by AGR’s winter survey – the forecast for graduate jobs in 2012 according to 214 big name recruiters. The main points were salaries are up from £25k to £26k (the first time since 2008) although vacancies are down by 1.2{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e}. You may recall another survey...

Throughout the first half of 2011, the IT recruitment sector was looking positive – stronger than many had anticipated. Director of sales, Pete Healey, explains that overall, positions advertised on The IT Job Board website increased over the course of the year, and the demand for IT professionals continued...

The REC has today called on Government to rethink plans to remove compulsory work experience for GCSE students. Enhancing awareness of the world of work was a core message of the REC’s Youth Employment Taskforce and the feedback from recruiters confirms that more needs to be done to prepare...

Employee Assistance Programmes, valuable support services usually reserved for large companies, are now available to SMEs. This follows the announcement that Right Management, a global leader in talent and career management workforce solutions within ManpowerGroup, has become the preferred partner of Croner. Croner is the UK expert in workplace...

The latest data from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation’s JobsOutlook shows that demand for temporary staff over the past month has remained stable and is up on the same time last year despite new regulations on agency work coming into force in October. The short term outlook for the...

Many of Britain’s financial leaders believe that a break-up of the euro would pose the biggest risk to financial jobs and business over the coming year, according to a new survey by financial services firm Deloitte. The finance directors surveyed in the research said that a Greek exit or...

Job opportunities were 17 per cent higher in December compared to the same time last year and more than a fifth higher than two years ago, according to the Reed Job Index analysis of job vacancy trends from over 8,000 recruiters across the UK Seasonal falls in vacancies saw...

According to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development Britain’s failing schools are ‘forcing UK firms to choose foreign workers’ who are hard working, punctual and have a more positive attitude. aspect.co.uk – one of Britain’s fastest growing property maintenance companies – are expanding their successful London operation nationally...

A poll conducted by Monster shows why it’s important not to get too carried away with the mistletoe at the office party as almost one in ten admit to having done something either extremely regrettable and been fired because of it (four percent), or have acted in a way...

The current skills gap is preventing the UK IT industry from competing with the US, according to a survey from CWJobs.co.uk, which finds that 61{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e} of IT pros believe there is currently a skills shortage in the UK. The leading specialist IT recruitment website conducted research amongst 1,300 UK...

Research recently released by 2e2, the ICT services company, has shown the need for UK businesses to change traditional working practices while at the same time maintaining informal employee interaction. In a survey of nearly 2,000 office workers, 63{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e} said they feel restrained by traditional 9 to 5 working...