The Department of Health has published new guidance to the NHS on screening new healthcare workers for tuberculosis (TB), hepatitis...
Recruitment & retention
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Today’s graduates are more concerned about buying a house and joining a decent pension scheme than exotic holidays and designer...
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Public Service Leadership conference, 13 March, Queen Elizabeth II Centre, London Interim directors are often brought in to tackle problems...
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The anonymous office temp – the nameless worker who takes lunch alone and spends most of their time at the...
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Lancashire County Council has appointed Carol Mills as director of HR. She will oversee HR for the council’s 40,000 staff....
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Official complaints against recruitment agencies rose by 25% in 2006, according to figures from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC)....
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Interim managers are now being paid an average of £558 per day, a record high and up 4% on last...
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The average hidden cost associated with recruiting a new employee is more than £5,000, according to a study by recruitment ...
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Hundreds of thousands of social care staff are working in settings with vulnerable adults before they have been given a...
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Construction union Ucatt tells government directly employed labour will limit delays and cost-overruns for London Olympics
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryConstruction union Ucatt has called on the government to use only direct employed labour for the Olympics rather than subcontractors...
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Chancellor Gordon Brown seeks employer support for welfare reform plans
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherGordon Brown met with employers last week to enlist their support for a decade of welfare reforms. The chancellor threw...
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The National Probation Service is aiming to hire 560 new trainee probation officers as part of a recruitment drive across England and...
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Employers are “throwing money” at recruitment without measuring the return on their investment, exclusive research has revealed. Less than half...
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CBI calls for twice as many science and engineering students to beat future skills shortage
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherThe UK will have a shortage of scientists and engineers unless it doubles the proportion of graduates doing these subjects...