Archive | October, 2011
Job market showing signs of recovery
Today saw the most recent figures published by Reed as part of its job index, and they make for more positive reading than other recent statistics.
According to Reed, the UK job market is experiencing something of a recovery, with… continue
Meet George Turnbull
Here’s a bit of Friday fun, in the form of a spoof video CV produced by Canadian job site Workopolis.
It’s not real, but we wish it was. Would you give George Turnbull a job?… continue
Lessons from across the Atlantic?
We’ve written a few times lately about the skills gap, and have questioned whether it is the insurmountable obstacle some recruiters claim it is.
We wondered whether recruiters could help to overcome this perceived gap if they were a bit… continue
Hiring intentions show signs of improvement
There are indications that employers are becoming more confident about longer-term hiring intentions, according to the latest JobsOutlook report from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC).
According to the report, over the next 12 months 42% of employers plan to… continue
Tesco attracting more apprentices and graduates
Tesco has announced the expansion of its apprenticeship programme by over 30%, with 3,000 existing staff joining its 2011/12 scheme.
Tesco has also reported that it is receiving around 500 applications a week for its UK graduate schemes for 2012/13… continue
The pulling power of big brands
Recently we have reported on cases in which recruiters have struggled to attract candidates, despite offering perfectly acceptable jobs. Only yesterday we told the story of a butcher in Shropshire whose search for an apprentice failed to entice a single… continue
Butcher’s beef over apprentice shortage
Many employment commentators claim that apprenticeships could hold the key to tackling youth unemployment. Indeed, apprenticeships are so highly regarded, earlier this year the Government pledged to increase an extra 40,000 of them, meaning a quarter of a million apprenticeships… continue
KPMG launches ‘virtual reality’ recruitment tool
KPMG has launched a new graduate recruitment process which uses software to take students into a simulation of a real office environment complete with a series of real-time tasks.
The software uses 3-D animation and applicants are greeted and taken through the… continue
The value of internships
The value of internships has long been recognised. They an be an effective recruitment channel for employers, and can help candidates to secure the positions they want.
And today, the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) has served up a reminder of just how important internships… continue
How can there be a skills shortage?
Yesterday’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) labour market statistics made for further gloomy reading, with figures highlighting a further rise in unemployment, taking current figures to the worst levels of unemployment for 17 years. As of the latest figures, 2.57… continue
Recent Comments