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After a minor drop in July, vacancies in technology companies rebounded in August, reaching the second-highest level in the past two years, according to the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

New Monster Social Brand Ads uses proprietary ad targeting and automation to connect employers to potential candidates on leading social platforms

UK’s leading recruitment finance provider secures Series B funding from Rocket Internet’s investment vehicle

The number of Britons searching for jobs overseas is climbing back towards levels not seen since the immediate aftermath of the UK’s vote for Brexit, according to data from the world’s largest job site Indeed.

Indeed today unveiled its new salaries search tool in the UK. Indeed Salaries provides job seekers and businesses with unprecedented insight into salary data from Indeed’s global database, comprising over 300 million salary data points and growing.

Research undertaken by Bond International Software highlights that only 25% of candidates would use Social Media for job search

A few years after Google announced that their knowledge graph allowed searching for things, not strings, knowledge graphs and ontologies have been gaining momentum in the world’s leading information organisations as a means to integrate, share and exploit data and knowledge that they need in order to stay competitive.

On World Mental Health Day, 10th October, Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England, Mind and Norman Lamb MP are together calling on the government to act to bring parity to mental and physical first aid in the workplace.

…But Many Urge Candidates to Reassess What They Include

Average starting salaries for professional roles have grown by a composite rate of 3.68% in the past three years, according to the Robert Half 2017 Salary Guide. Salaries for professional roles in finance and accounting, financial services, technology and administration are predicted to grow by a further 2.1% in 2017.

…With Salaries and Applications Also Continuing To Rise

The UK’s small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are outperforming larger businesses in keeping their staff happy, according to new global research released today by LinkedIn. Despite this advantage, many still perceive a struggle in attracting and hiring top candidates.

Leading national accountancy services provider Danbro has hailed Prime Minister Theresa May for recognising that employment rules are no longer suitable for the modern workplace.

James Local, Director at Livingstone

cut-e, the international talent measurement and assessment specialist, has created a new ‘combined benchmark report’ which makes recruitment easier by showing how closely each candidate’s abilities match the requirements of any existing or future job.