Will the strength of a company’s future workforce depend on its success in social media today? TARGETjobs Breakfast News speakers sent 200 graduate recruiters, universities and agencies away from the June early morning gathering with the thought that a few likes on Facebook and 500 followers on Twitter isn’t...

The jobs market is showing continued signs of recovery, with a 22% year on year uplift in available positions, according to a report published today (1st July 2013). UK jobs market holds firm at highest point since December 2009 Quarter on quarter growth of 7% in job opportunities is...

A European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling has provided useful clarification that EU legislation protecting fixed-term workers does not apply to temporary agency workers. This is helpful, says the Association of Recruitment Consultancies (ARC), as it has been lobbying the UK government on a similar point for two years,...

A survey from StepStone and totaljobs has revealed two thirds (66%) of UK employees admit to being dissatisfied with their work-life balance, whilst 42% said the stress of work affects their home life. Of the 1,072 British workers surveyed, 25% said they do not get enough time to themselves...

We’re sleeping on the job before we’ve even got it, according to the latest research* from Monster.co.uk.  The survey of UK jobseekers has found that 40 per cent of respondents get bored during job interviews. With more than one in ten (14 per cent) admitting to always being bored...