Recruitment for jobs in the public sector is continuing to fall, according to the latest figures from the Monster Employment Index. The monthly measurement of online recruitment demand has shown that in July, public sector recruitment showed a 15 per cent year-on-year decline. This figure put it at the...

Official labour market statistics receives interesting comments from Dr John Philpott, Chief Economic Adviser at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)… “Today’s jobs figures are very disappointing but not unexpected. After a few surprisingly upbeat quarters the UK jobs market has finally caught up with the reality...

Blackberries are ruining our holidays, our relationships and impacting work life balance according to research from Spring Technology. The specialists in streamlined IT recruitment polled 1000 workers on their attitudes to checking emails on holiday and outside work. We may still dream of a fortnight relaxing on a secluded...

WikiJob founder Ed Mellett is hopeful that graduate employment will return to pre-recession levels following the announcements by several Times Top 100 graduate employers that they will be taking on increased numbers of graduate recruits over the coming years. “Recent announcements by some of the UK’s leading employers of...

A poll conducted by Monster  shows the fickle nature of work friendships. Thankfully, most of us can depend on friends at work to lend a helping hand when it’s needed; over half of respondents (58 per cent) would step in if a friend was under-performing at work and they...