Lack of support from managers is a key contributor to employee’s disengagement in the workplace, a Webrecruit poll has revealed. The poll, taken by 257 respondents, asked ‘what was the biggest thing that affects your motivation at work?’ 30% of survey respondents attributed their lack of motivation to little...

UK small businesses are rapidly developing e-commerce sites released last week by Freelancer. The survey of 280,000 online jobs found that businesses hiring experts to create an ecommerce site was up 19% in the first three months of 2013. The results reveal that British small businesses are moving online...

Today Monster.co.uk pledges publically that it will not support the advertisement of unpaid internships on its site. The announcement comes just weeks after HM Revenue and Customs launched an inquiry to investigate 100 companies believed to be breaking the law through their use of unpaid interns. It is also...

A recent survey of UK graduates has revealed that 34% have claimed jobseekers allowance since graduating whilst 21% have been looking for work for as long as 12 months. Almost a fifth (19%) have applied for more than 100 jobs and many as a quarter (25%) have not been...

The latest results from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation’s (REC) monthly JobsOutlook survey of 600 employers show most businesses plan to build their workforces in both the short and medium terms. According to the survey, nearly two thirds (60 per cent) of employers plan to increase their permanent workforce...