Web browser bookmarks assist with navigation and remembering pages, whereas social bookmarking lets one post pages to a public domain and tag them with keywords. This helps others to locate the sites when looking for subject matter relative to the keywords. This can produce traffic for pages, where if...

The Association of Recruitment Consultancies (ARC) has welcomed a government review into how zero hours contracts are being used by employers in the UK. Zero hours contracts have been criticised by some because they allow employers to put workers on standby without a guaranteed minimum number of hours or pay. Last week...

Many people, at some point in their working lives, have to have a difficult conversation with someone. It might be about a performance issue or something more personal. It can be with a peer, a subordinate or indeed a boss. Very often people are anxious about having this conversation....

The CBI today commented on the latest official labour market data, showing that employment rose by 24,000 and unemployment fell by 5,000 in the three months to April, and total pay rose by 1.3%. Neil Carberry, CBI Director for Employment and Skills, said: “It’s encouraging to see businesses feel...

Numbers of permanent and temporary roles advertised during the end of quarter one were significantly up according to data from Adecco. The figures show that the Banking and Insurance sector was the key benefactor, with an impressive 32% rise in advertised vacancies. Sales (+25%) and Marketing, Advertising and PR...