Two key hurdles to employment for young jobseekers are identifying appropriate skills and a lack of interview technique, according to research from Fish4jobs. Of those 16-24 years olds surveyed, two in every five (42%) stated poor interview technique let them down. A quarter (23%) said they struggled to identify...

The Recruitment and Employment Confederation’s (REC) JobsOutlook survey of 600 employers indicates that although businesses continue to face a challenging economic climate, the majority are still planning to increase or maintain their permanent staff over the next three months. REC director of policy Tom Hadley said: “Our latest data...

A resistance to change and a lack of social media savvy amongst senior leaders is holding organisations back from rebuilding trust and fostering cultures of openness, collaboration and innovation in their organisations. That’s according to new CIPD research on the current landscape of social media and employee voice, launched...

With the NHS Commissioning Board set to go live on 1 April 2013, innovative approaches to resourcing and management are set to be the order of the day.  However, in this period of transformation it is important that the people who make the NHS work – its staff –...

60% of job seekers are most annoyed and frustrated by the lack of, or more accurately, no communication, from recruiters when applying for a job, a recent poll by webrecruit has revealed. The poll, carried out on LinkedIn by online recruiter, webrecruit, further revealed 29% of respondents were most...