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Clients of recruitment software provider, Recruitive, have been granted free unlimited job postings by Lobster Jobs for a period of one month

This weekend Austin Fraser, a specialist IT, engineering and life sciences recruitment consultancy, completed their annual charity bike ride, in aid of the Berkshire Community Foundation

New research from Mind makes for uncomfortable reading – the mental health charity has found that more than 1 in 7 of us (15 per cent) who receive work emails sometimes check them while in the toilet. An online YouGov poll of 1,095 English and Welsh workers also showed that nearly 2 in 5 (38 per cent) of those who receive work emails admitted that they often checked them outside of work

Due to rapid business growth, leading temporary labour procurer de Poel has appointed Chris Probert in their Operations department

International recruitment agency, the Opus Professional Services Group, has once again featured in Recruitment International’s annual Top 500 industry report placing at #204 above all of its comparable competitors

20th October 2015 | The Grange City Hotel, London

Findings show that amid an increase in job opportunities, employers struggle to find quality applicants

When the recession began in 2008, the British and worldwide economies both suffered. Companies were soon making job cuts and one of the first by-products of this was that the recruitment industry had plenty of new candidates but no roles to place them in

Professional recruitment firms now have 9% more vacancies on their books than this time last year according to new survey data from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo). This is despite the latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), revealing that overall employment levels dipped by 63,000 in the three months to June

TenTel is a fast growing, independent Scottish telecoms business which is challenging the big four telephone and broadband providers. Earlier this week it announced plans to create 40 new jobs in the Edinburgh area, many of which will be based in its customer service department

Responding to today’s announcement by the Prime Minister of plans to boost apprenticeships and transform training, Ben Willmott, Head of Public Policy at the CIPD (the professional body for HR and people development), comments

Netflix has been making waves with its new parental leave policy, offering unlimited leave for new mothers and fathers in the first year after their child’s birth or adoption. Julie Windsor, Managing Director at Talentia Software UK, discusses why more companies should be following Netflix’s lead and pushing the envelope on talent retention

Glassdoor research shows that nearly half of jobless chose no job over a ‘zero hours’ job

Employers are continuing to increase wages by just 2% at their annual pay reviews, the latest data released today (Friday) by pay analysts at XpertHR shows

UK recruitment agencies are performing significantly better than a year ago, reveals a study by Deloitte and APSCo. 83% of recruiters have seen their net fee income grow over the past 12 months, while at the same time the number of recruitment agencies facing a decline in income has dropped by 11%. The growth comes with challenges however, with retention and further profitability high on the agenda