Commenting on today’s Labour Market Statistics released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS), Mark Beatson, chief economist at the CIPD, comments: “This month’s figures have seen the recent period of sustained employment growth come to an end.  The number of people in employment is very marginally down on...

Since the recession more graduates have found work in London and the jobs outlook varies greatly across the country, reports the Higher Education Careers Services Unit (HECSU) in the spring edition of Graduate Market Trends (GMT) published today (18 April 2013). Charlie Ball, deputy director of research at HECSU...

Commenting on employment figures released today by the Office for National Statistics which show employment levels remain stable but a rise in the number of unemployed people, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation’s CEO Kevin Green says: “Although there has been an increase in the number of people unemployed this month,...

A survey of 10,000 UK small businesses on the eve of Margaret Thatcher’s funeral reveals that more than 65% blame the Coalition Government’s lack of courage to take on vested interest than Margaret Thatcher’s ‘big bang’ reforms for lack of investment and credit available to do them during the...

Organisations need to radically rethink their traditional approaches to onboarding new staff and reap the benefits, according to a leading academic from London Business School. Dan Cable, Professor of Organisational Behaviour, London Business School and his colleagues, Francesca Gino, Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School and Brad...