Job Market Grows Despite Ongoing Eurozone Fears
Despite fears from leading economists that 2012 may be turning into a carbon copy of 2011, with sovereign bond markets beginning spring with a healthy spring in their step before investor confidence begins to pile on points to bond yields through the summer, it would appear that the job market seems to be picking up [...]
Click here to continue reading2012 – The Year To Invest In People?
A recent study carried out by one of the UK’s leading high street recruitment firms has found that approximately 2% of all UK firms are currently in the process of hiring staff. This is a significant increase on figures from last year when employment figures were at their lowest since the trough of the recession [...]
Click here to continue readingWhy You Shouldn’t Take a Counter Offer
Thinking about using a potential employer’s job offer to get your current company to counter and pay you more money? Stop right there. Using another job offer as a bargaining chip may be tempting, but too often, it ends badly. If you want a raise, then negotiate it on your own merits–or prepare to move on. Here’s why: 1. Employers often make [...]
Click here to continue readingBudget 2012 – “If you can’t stand the heat, then you stand to save a packet”
It has been impossible this year to liken the Chancellor’s 2012 budget to a surprise; much of the contents was leaked in the weeks leading up to the announcement, somewhat spoiling George Osborne’s periodical moment in the spotlight. Nevertheless, the budget this year promises an exciting future for business Britain. The headline of course is [...]
Click here to continue readingRoll on… Winter?
As we come to the end of Summer, it seems like a good time to take stock of things. Summer is always a tricky time to be looking for a job, or indeed looking to fill one. Desks are empty, tumbleweed blows past the office water machine and the forgotten bottle of factor 30 by [...]
Click here to continue readingUnemployment Fears as Recovery Slows
British recruiters filled permanent vacancies at the slowest pace in almost two years in June, a survey showed on Wednesday, adding to worries about the strength of the economic recovery. Research for the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and accountants KPMG showed private sector job creation slowed at a time when the government is ramping [...]
Click here to continue readingEmployers Shift Graduate Recruitment Focus to School Leavers
But firms need to be sure of business case, experts warn Employers are increasingly targeting school leavers as part of their graduate recruitment strategy, but they must be sure of the business case for doing so, panellists agreed at the Association of Graduate Recruiters conference yesterday. Anne-Marie Martin, president of AGCAS, the Association of Graduate [...]
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