REC urges creation of temp jobs
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has urged the government to ensure that more temporary jobs are created as a result of the Employment Ministers of Europe meeting next month. Ministe...
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The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has urged the government to ensure that more temporary jobs are created as a result of the Employment Ministers of Europe meeting next month. Ministe...
Students preparing to start graduate jobs in an office environment may want to check the cleanliness of the keyboards and mice when they get there, according to a report. PROtech IT Hygiene, a UK IT e...
Engineering graduates in Northern Ireland may have more employment opportunities, after Bombardier Aerospace announced it is going to create over 300 new jobs in Belfast.The company has announced its ...
Graduates are enjoying the lowest rate of unemployment for seven years, according to a new report. The research, from the What do Graduates Do? report by the Higher Education Careers Services Unit (H...
Engineering graduates could be boosted by the news that the sector is experiencing increasing workloads, meaning more jobs could be created, according to a report. The Association for Consultancy and ...
Graduates with temporary jobs could receive a boost as it emerges temporary workers could get full employment rights after six weeks of working at a company, reports personneltoday.com. The Agency Wor...
Companies looking to recruit graduates and other employees get the best results when they use online and newspaper advertising campaigns together, according to a report. The research, carried out by T...
Female students who want graduate jobs as managers have been warned by a new study that employees react badly to women who seem unkind and insensitive. The research, carried out by Kristin Byron, assi...
Students looking to start graduate careers with MI6 have been warned that their employees are not like James Bond. Secret agents have been allowed to speak on the record for the first time as the agen...
Increasing numbers of students are exploring graduate careers in gaming, it has emerged.According to Nick Dettmar, managing director of Computer People, the gaming industry has grown in popularity thr...
A degree in philosophy has gained in value when it comes to finding graduate careers, it has emerged.Statistics from the Higher Education Statistics Agency show that philosophy students are having bet...
There is a major shortage of graduates going into IT careers in Wales, it has emerged.According to the director of IT Wales, Beti Williams, there is a growing shortfall in candidates of careers in IT,...
There is a shortage in skilled graduate engineers meaning that those seeking graduate jobs will be much sought after. In the Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) Skil...
Graduate jobs will be among those benefiting from a significant boost to average UK salaries this year.Recent research, part of a Monthly Salary Index, has shown that the current average advertised sa...
Graduates are being advised to make sure they present themselves well at interview in order to have the best chance possible of getting the job.According to John Fitchew, joint managing director at Pa...
Higher education staff have received a three per cent pay rise taking average earnings to an impressive £42,620 this year.This takes earnings for these staff to £10,000 pounds more than average earn...
City lawyers' average starting salaries have risen to over £60,000, it has emerged.According to research by legal recruitment company Hughes-Castell, this is the highest level ever reached and reflec...
An impressive 45,614 new jobs were created in Britain last month according to the latest Job Creation Index (JCI).The figure represents a 31 per cent rise in creations from the October 2006 and is goo...
The government is set to create as many as 7.5 million training placements as part of the prime minister's pledge to provide "British jobs for British workers", it has emerged.Aimed at equipping Briti...
IT firms are increasingly looking to recruit fresh young talent, it has emerged.A survey on cwjobs.co.uk compiled by Salary Services has revealed that the number of jobs advertised for junior staff IT...
Finding a job that you are happy in can improve your sex life, according to recent research.It has been found that, after a good day at work, contented employees are twice as likely to have sex with t...
Employee training outfit WiseUpAtWork has designed new ways to train workers to be proactive and confident, the company claims.By using innovative methods that can be delivered over broadband, employe...
One of Britains top universities is attempting to address a "desperate" shortage of IT course applicants by launching a publicity campaign aimed at dispelling myths about working in the field. C...
Fears have been voiced that abolishing the graduate fee in Scotland could adversely affect poorer students, reports the Press Association.Money from the fee paid by graduates gets put into a fund whic...
There is a big gap between the perceptions of employees and of human resources departments of the importance of matters of work/life balance. While only half of HR professionals think that work/life b...
In the last year graduate salaries have risen only incrementally, according to research by the Employment Review.The current median starting salary this year is £20,100, which represents a mere three...
A tribunal has ruled that a London club that fired a 20-year-old employee for being too young violated age discrimination laws.Megan Thomas, 20, alleged that her boss at London's exclusive Eight Membe...
Increasingly students are forgoing the traditional jobs of bartending and waiting tables to branch into more career-orientated jobs, a recent study has found.A full 40 per cent of students that work n...
Ministers are to make it mandatory that temporary workers receive pay when they are forced to leave work for being sick, it has been reported. The Fixed Term Employee Regulations 2002 are to be change...
Property agent DTZ has hired a bevy of graduates for positions in various departments of the company, reports the Liverpool Daily Post.A full 21 new graduates are to be posted to the outfit's offices ...
Ministers are to make it mandatory that temporary workers receive pay when they are forced to leave work for being sick, it has been reported. The Fixed Term Employee Regulations 2002 are to be change...
Property agent DTZ has hired a bevy of graduates for positions in various departments of the company, reports the Liverpool Daily Post.A full 21 new graduates are to be posted to the outfit's offices ...
Ministers are to make it mandatory that temporary workers receive pay when they are forced to leave work for being sick, it has been reported. The Fixed Term Employee Regulations 2002 are to be change...
Property agent DTZ has hired a bevy of graduates for positions in various departments of the company, reports the Liverpool Daily Post.A full 21 new graduates are to be posted to the outfit's offices ...
Ministers are to make it mandatory that temporary workers receive pay when they are forced to leave work for being sick, it has been reported. The Fixed Term Employee Regulations 2002 are to be change...
Property agent DTZ has hired a bevy of graduates for positions in various departments of the company, reports the Liverpool Daily Post.A full 21 new graduates are to be posted to the outfit's offices ...
Ministers are to make it mandatory that temporary workers receive pay when they are forced to leave work for being sick, it has been reported. The Fixed Term Employee Regulations 2002 are to be change...
Property agent DTZ has hired a bevy of graduates for positions in various departments of the company, reports the Liverpool Daily Post.A full 21 new graduates are to be posted to the outfit's offices ...
Ministers are to make it mandatory that temporary workers receive pay when they are forced to leave work for being sick, it has been reported. The Fixed Term Employee Regulations 2002 are to be change...
Property agent DTZ has hired a bevy of graduates for positions in various departments of the company, reports the Liverpool Daily Post.A full 21 new graduates are to be posted to the outfit's offices ...
Temp workers should have the same rights as other members of staff, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has said.Currently, there are ongoing discussions about an EU Temporary Agency Directive, which the ...
Cadbury Schweppes has launched a chatroom to allow future graduate recruits to learn more about the company. Cadbury Schweppes is currently planning to recruit 20 graduates next year and the site allo...
'Knowledge workers' should be encouraged to develop their skills to help boost European economic growth, according to a report from the Work Foundation.Defined as professionals, managers and associate...
David Willetts, the shadow universities minister, has said it is important that students have access to employment information when choosing their courses. Mr Willetts' comments, which were given to t...
Prime Minister Gordon Brown set out proposals for an extension to the rights to flexible working in his first Queen's Speech yesterday."My government will bring forward proposals to help people achiev...
Graduates are seeing a positive progression in their careers, according to the results of a recent survey.The Higher Education Statistic Agency (HESA) and Destination of Leavers from Higher Education ...
City workers expect their bonuses to be bolstered despite the financial difficulties afflicting the UK this year.According to City firm Joslin Rowe, financial services workers are expecting bonuses 12...
Some graduates will be earning high-end salaries just three years after graduating, a study has found.According to figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), one in 30 men and one in ...
The National Union of Students (NUS) has voiced its support for Gordon Brown's plans to restructure the government's approach to apprenticeships. In an announcement, the prime minister proposed the pr...
Many people are unhappy with their job and looking to leave their current employer for a different position. According to a recent survey by Norris and Partners, almost half (43.6 per cent) of all res...
Employers are increasing turning to social networking sites such as Facebook to carry out additional, informal checks on potential employees. According to research by Crone Corkill and FSS, 7.5 per ce...
Most students and graduates have, or are planning to complete a period of internship as a means to improve their future job prospects. In a survey carried out by Milkround.com, 90 per cent of the grad...
The Fawcett Society have teamed up with UNISON to raise awareness of the ever-present issue of inequality of pay between the genders, declaring October 30th Women's No Pay Day. Research shows that 71 ...
The north-east is expected to see in excess of 9,000 new jobs created in the commercial creative sector over the next five years, according to development agency One NorthEast. Graduates looking to fi...
Young people in Britain are not receiving adequate guidance on careers, according to research by The Inspiring Futures Foundation. It found in a survey that 68 per cent of those asked felt better care...
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