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Contractor financial services specialist Outsauce is urging self-employed individuals working in the driving and construction sectors to seek an expert independent review of their working arrangements.

A bad recruiting experience can burn bridges not only with candidates, but also with their circles. You never know where you’ll find the smart and talented candidate your company needs -- and, with the skills gap ever widening, your company can’t really afford to block off potentially huge segments of the talent pool. After all, a bad experience or a disgruntled tweet can quickly go viral

David Rudick, VP International Markets, Indeed.com

Recruitment agencies are a very popular method of finding work. They act as a kind of middleman between candidates and employers, their aim being to match one with the other to create the perfect fit.

By Craig Aston, managing director of Cheshire-based Flo Software Solutions

Lydia Fearn, Head of DC Investment Consulting at Barclays Corporate & Employer Solutions said

Helena Woodward-Vukcevic, Employment Solicitor at law firm Hart Brown, comments on the proposed ministerial plans to impose sanctions on jobseekers refusing to accept zero hours roles

Lydia Fearn, Investment Consultant at Barclays Corporate & Employer Solutions

David Rudick, VP International Markets at #1 job site worldwide Indeed.com, has prepared the following comment on the Apprenticeship scheme initiative announced as part of the 2014 Budget.

Dozens of jobseekers apply for each role a recruiter advertises. This means you need to stand out from the mass of applications they need to plough through. As well as having a great cover letter and flawless CV there are some things you can do to boost your chances of rocketing to the front of their queue. The Graduate Recruitment Bureau reveals all...

By Kris Jarzebowski: CEO, Interactive Junction Holdings (aka CareerJunction)

The recruitment industry may have been seen as slow on the uptake when it came to mobile, but given the level of mobile related chatter, it appears consultancies are keen to catch up fast. But just how many organisations have truly considered the long term cultural changes required to compete in a mobile enabled industry?

Written by Mark Braund, CEO at InterQuest Group

According to the Office for National Statistics this week, the UK market is in a much stronger position than it has been for a long time – with UK employment levels having dropped to 7.1% in November

Failing UK job centres desperately need ‘a kick in the pants' from the private sector according to Will Davies the co-founder of property maintenance and refurbishment company aspect.co.uk