http://www.personneltoday.com/en-gbMon, 13 Oct 2008 16:22:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/13/47905/university-graduate-takes-51-interviews-to-get-a-job.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/13/47905/university-graduate-takes-51-interviews-to-get-a-job.html An unlucky university graduate has finally secured a job – on her 51st interview. Holly Stagg left Sussex University with a 2:1 before attending 50 interviews with no success. The Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:22:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/13/47874/migrant-sponsor-registration-shortfall-not-a-problem-says-home-office.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/13/47874/migrant-sponsor-registration-shortfall-not-a-problem-says-home-office.html A senior Home Office immigration figure has told employers not to panic about the points-based system going live across the UK next month. By the end of November, Tiers 2 and 5 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/10/47867/skilled-migrant-rules-could-lead-to-uk-chef-shortage.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/10/47867/skilled-migrant-rules-could-lead-to-uk-chef-shortage.html Hoteliers may struggle to find home-grown labour to replace low-skilled migrant workers when the new immigration system takes hold, HR directors have warned. By the end of November, <A href="http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:49:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/09/47852/leitch-skills-targets-will-be-hit-claims-lammy.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/09/47852/leitch-skills-targets-will-be-hit-claims-lammy.html Outgoing skills minister David Lammy has insisted that he leaves with the UK on course to hit the ambitious skills targets set out in Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:59:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/07/47779/graduates-shun-financial-sector-in-search-of-safer-jobs.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/07/47779/graduates-shun-financial-sector-in-search-of-safer-jobs.html New graduates are shunning careers in the financial sector and opting for 'safer' jobs in the marketing, media and creative sectors, according to a new survey. A fifth of people with newly qualified dTue, 07 Oct 2008 12:32:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/07/47768/temps-and-contractors-will-be-casualties-of-downturn.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/07/47768/temps-and-contractors-will-be-casualties-of-downturn.html Temporary staff and contractors need to review their working styles or risk falling behind as employers re-evaluate their staffing levels, a survey suggests. The Global Contingent Worker poll, conducted by research company Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:00:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/03/47728/co-op-graduate-applicant-numbers-double-in-wake-of-course-redesign.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/03/47728/co-op-graduate-applicant-numbers-double-in-wake-of-course-redesign.html Applications to the Co-operative Group's graduate recruitment programme have more than doubled since it was redesigned to be more inclusive three years agFri, 03 Oct 2008 08:03:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/03/47734/mandatory-retirement-age-to-be-scrapped-across-whitehall-from-2010.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/03/47734/mandatory-retirement-age-to-be-scrapped-across-whitehall-from-2010.html The retirement age for junior ranks of the Civil Service is set to be scrapped, the Cabinet Office has announced. Whitehall departments and the Council of Civil Service Unions have agreed that employment policy on mandatorFri, 03 Oct 2008 07:13:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/01/47691/uk-labour-market-set-to-struggle-without-increase-in-migrant-workforce.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/01/47691/uk-labour-market-set-to-struggle-without-increase-in-migrant-workforce.html The UK faces a slowdown in the supply of both skilled and unskilled labour in the next few years if there is not a significant increase in migrant workers. A report from professional services firm KPMG warns that as baby boWed, 01 Oct 2008 09:31:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/01/47690/tesco-reaps-benefit-as-number-of-over-50s-staff-reaches-record-level.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/10/01/47690/tesco-reaps-benefit-as-number-of-over-50s-staff-reaches-record-level.html One in five Tesco employees are now aged over 50, the supermarket giant has revealed. A 154% rise on the number of over-50s employed by the retail giant in its UK stores compared with 10 years ago, brings the current total Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:22:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/30/47684/male-teacher-role-models-shortage-damaging-for-boys.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/30/47684/male-teacher-role-models-shortage-damaging-for-boys.html A shortage of male primary school teachers is leaving boys without vital role models for life, research has found. Almost half of 1,032 men polled by research specialist ICM for public body the Training and Development AgenTue, 30 Sep 2008 10:40:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/26/47631/hsbc-cuts-500-london-jobs.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/26/47631/hsbc-cuts-500-london-jobs.html Global bank HSBC has axed 500 jobs in London as the credit crunch continues. The redundancies are part of a move to cut 1,100 jobs worldwide - about 4% of the group's global banking and markets emploFri, 26 Sep 2008 10:42:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/24/47604/healthcare-and-pension-pressures-on-employers-rise-with-ageing-workforce.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/24/47604/healthcare-and-pension-pressures-on-employers-rise-with-ageing-workforce.html Pressure on employers to fund and facilitate healthcare and pensions schemes will intensify as the government struggles with the rising costs of an ageing workforce, a new survey has claimed. A report by think tank the WorWed, 24 Sep 2008 11:27:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/24/47602/immigration-checks-on-lambeth-traffic-wardens-results-in-48-resignations.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/24/47602/immigration-checks-on-lambeth-traffic-wardens-results-in-48-resignations.html An employer's immigration check on traffic wardens in a London borough has resulted in nearly 50 of them quitting, it has emerged. Car park company NCP conducted background checks on all 150 wardens working at Lambeth CouncWed, 24 Sep 2008 10:18:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/23/47592/immigration-system-a-complex-burden-for-employers.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/23/47592/immigration-system-a-complex-burden-for-employers.html The UK immigration system is still 'tremendously complicated', with employers expected to shoulder most of the burden, according to campaigners. Speaking at an immigration policy fringe event at the Labour Party Conference Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:44:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/19/47565/xl-hr-team-retained-to-do-dirty-work-at-failed-leisure-business.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/19/47565/xl-hr-team-retained-to-do-dirty-work-at-failed-leisure-business.html The HR director for XL Leisure Group, which went into administration last week leaving thousands of holidaymakers stranded overseas, has told Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:45:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/18/47553/tesco-confirms-commitment-to-graduate-recruitment.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/18/47553/tesco-confirms-commitment-to-graduate-recruitment.html Tesco has pledged its commitment to graduate recruitment despite the economic downturn leading some employers to reduce the number of jobs they are offering. The supermarket giant said it would keep running its <A href="hThu, 18 Sep 2008 12:29:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/17/47540/staff-poaching-not-a-worry-for-nandos-hr-director.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/17/47540/staff-poaching-not-a-worry-for-nandos-hr-director.html Nando's HR director has insisted that rival businesses trying to poach staff are "more of an insult [to employees] than a worry" for the restaurant chain. Julia Claydon told delegates at the annual Chartered InstituteWed, 17 Sep 2008 15:00:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/16/47512/lack-of-skilled-migrant-compliance-could-land-hr-directors-in-prison.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/16/47512/lack-of-skilled-migrant-compliance-could-land-hr-directors-in-prison.html HR directors are putting themselves at risk of jail or huge fines ahead of the new rules for employing skilled migrant workers, a survey has found. Under Tiers 2 and 5 of the <A href="http://ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/managingTue, 16 Sep 2008 07:28:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/15/47499/one-in-10-apply-for-sponsorship-licence-to-employ-skilled-migrant-workers.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/15/47499/one-in-10-apply-for-sponsorship-licence-to-employ-skilled-migrant-workers.html With less than two months to go before the shake-up of skilled migrant worker laws, just one in 10 HR directors have applied for a sponsorship licence, a survey has found. Research by PricewaterhouseCoopers foundMon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT