The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) is calling on the Chancellor to use Wednesday’s Budget to deliver practical measures in three areas to stimulate growth and jobs. Skills shortages: the REC’s research shows recruiters are already finding it hard to supply IT experts and engineers to fill current demand....

The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) met with Treasury Minister David Gauke on Wednesday to discuss the use of travel and subsistence schemes in the recruitment sector and the need for more effective and visible enforcement measures. The REC’s director of policy and professional services Tom Hadley says: “It...

Despite the continued weakness of the economy, the number of people employed in Britain reached record levels with almost 30 million working at the end of 2012. However employment levels for recent graduates has remained largely unchanged at 61.8% for 2012,according to Higher Education Careers Service Unit (HECSU) data....

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) welcomes the move towards greater employer involvement in the apprenticeship system and is urging employers to think beyond blue collar jobs when designing their own apprenticeships. Employers’ concerns about the extent to which apprenticeships are sufficiently tailored to their needs was...

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) welcomes the move towards greater employer involvement in the apprenticeship system and is urging employers to think beyond blue collar jobs when designing their own apprenticeships. Employers’ concerns about the extent to which apprenticeships are sufficiently tailored to their needs was...