Online recruitment news

Retail and Fashion Jobs today announced the launch of a new jobs board and careers platform, www.retailandfashiojobs.com

The Barclays Employers’ Survey 2015, which questioned over 660 UK businesses1, has revealed that mid-size businesses will be leading on job creation and wage growth in 2015. Against a positive backdrop of continued falling unemployment and wage growth outstripping inflation in recent months, 67% are planning to take on new staff (compared to 62% in 2014) and 82% are set to increase wages, a significant increase on last year (67%)

Employers also commit to offering traineeships

HBJ Gateley and Equate join to provide free advice

Accor, the world’s largest hotel group and market leader in Europe, has won ‘Employer of the Year’ at the 2015 beating off strong competition at Mayor’s Fund for London Awards

The NHS Employers organisation has today confirmed that Paul Wallace has been appointed as its new Director of Employment Relations and Reward. He will start in Spring.

Capita has today announced the acquisition of ThirtyThree, a leading employer branding and marketing agency. The London and Bristol based firm will join Capita Resourcing, one of the UK’s foremost recruitment businesses. Around 100 employees will transfer to Capita as part of the deal

Boston Link has selected Microdec Plc., a leading global supplier of comprehensive software and their flagship product Profile RPM to facilitate business development

New research from the graduate jobs forum WikiJob suggests that today’s graduates expect to apply for twenty jobs – or more – before they secure a work placement

Rohan, specialist manufacturer of light weight outdoor and travel clothing, has appointed Vacancy Filler Recruitment Software to streamline its recruitment process

New research1 from leading recruitment specialist Robert Half UK reveals that workplace discussions on politics are heating up in the run up to this year’s General Election

The executive search, selection and interim firm, Grays Executive Search, has launched an HR practice specialising in the UK and International placement of senior HR professionals and headed up by newly appointed HR recruitment expert, Nigel Bastow

NES Global Talent has appointed William Oram to lead its expansion in Papua New Guinea (PNG)

IPSE, the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self Employed, has today welcomed a report by the Bank of England’s structural economic analysis division, that confirms the boom in self-employment in the UK is the result of a structural change in the UK’s workforce

Only 8% of HR heads fully believe the LinkedIn profiles they see, and 29% feel they are likely to be less honest than a CV