Competition to get a first job in the City is getting tougher, according to the latest survey from the leading global jobs site eFinancialCareers.com, with three quarters (75%) of students surveyed saying they’d be prepared to work for free – up from just over half (63%) last year. And...

New figures on the current state of recruitment in the UK have shown that many companies are still cautious about taking on new staff, due to the still volatile economy. The statistics in the latest Report on Jobs, from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG, have shown...

Recruitment for jobs in the public sector is continuing to fall, according to the latest figures from the Monster Employment Index. The monthly measurement of online recruitment demand has shown that in July, public sector recruitment showed a 15 per cent year-on-year decline. This figure put it at the...

Official labour market statistics receives interesting comments from Dr John Philpott, Chief Economic Adviser at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)… “Today’s jobs figures are very disappointing but not unexpected. After a few surprisingly upbeat quarters the UK jobs market has finally caught up with the reality...

WikiJob founder Ed Mellett is hopeful that graduate employment will return to pre-recession levels following the announcements by several Times Top 100 graduate employers that they will be taking on increased numbers of graduate recruits over the coming years. “Recent announcements by some of the UK’s leading employers of...