The latest set of unemployment figures from the Office of National Statistics shows a further downward trend. Unemployment was down by 49,000 on the last quarter, at 2.51m people or 7.8 %. However although there has also been a reduction in youth unemployment, this is still worryingly high at...

The fourth and final edition of Graduate Career for 2012 is free with The Times yesterday with a focus on technology. Produced in association with graduate recruitment website Milkround, the November issue also includes a spotlight on graduate career opportunities in East Anglia along with the usual blend of...

Commenting on the latest ONS Labour Market statistics released today, Gerwyn Davies, Labour Market Adviser at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), comments: “Employers have continued to focus on keeping labour costs down and a combination of pay restraint and a higher proportion of part-time and temporary...

Moving your employee to a new position within your company can be just as tricky, if not more, as recruiting someone new. Knowing the candidate beforehand often makes us more subjective. Patrick Leguide, founder and CEO of Central Test, describes five HR syndromes that could lead to possible mishaps...

Following news from the CIPD this week that UK employment is expected to continue to grow, Tom Lovell, group managing director of specialist recruitment consultancy REED, explains how they are also seeing this positive trend in the market: “Reed’s latest figures show continued incremental growth in the jobs market,...