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Latest insight from global RPO and talent management expert, Cielo, has outlined that HR must seek four key skills in future leadership teams

UK Power Networks’ popular training programme for young engineers has been given a prestigious accolade for its continuing success

Recruitment firms should view the post-downturn months as some of the most dangerous they will face. As confidence in the economy struggles to catch-up to growth, the jobs market is often among the last parts of the economy to recover, leaving healthy firms facing cash shortages that can hold them back from enjoying the spoils of the uplift

A recent tax tribunal case has shed some light on how the control test in the new ‘false self-employment’ legislation, which applies from April 2014, may be interpreted by the courts. This legislation amended is known as ‘the agencies tax legislation’

New HR legislation now in force which means that everyone with at least 26 weeks' service will have the right to request more flexible working hours

Latest Innovation Accommodates Rising Use of Video in Staffing Industry

ARC are very excited to welcome Flo Software Solutions as an Approved Supplier to our member companies

PageGroup, the specialist recruitment company, has reported overall improved retention rates, increased numbers of female employees holding management positions, and maternity return rates up 17% in its UK operations since the introduction of its global gender diversity initiative, Women@Page, in 2012

Pay settlements across the economy remain low, pitched at just 2% in the three months to the end of June 2014, according to pay specialists XpertHR. Pay awards have been at this level since the three months to the end of April; in the first quarter of the year pay awards stood at 2.5% at the midpoint

PCG, the representative body for independent professionals and the self-employed, has responded to today’s accusations that HMRC have poorly managed an IT project costing the taxpayer over £10 billion

Jobseekers wanting to stand out from the crowd are reaping the benefits of swapping their traditional paper curriculum vitae in favour of a video CV, with some candidates receiving more than 20,000 profile views, according to Video Recruit (VideoRecruit.com)

Heads of operations and user experience among new recruits to UK’s fastest growing accountancy firm

£800,000+ cost savings for companies that transform employer brands

New data out today from YouGov on behalf of campaigning group Intern Aware shows that 48% of employers who pay their interns regard internships as a valuable recruitment strategy of future full-time employees compared to only 32% who do not pay their interns. The research supports similar findings in the US by the National Association of Colleges and Employers which found 60% of paid interns received a job offer compared to just 37% of unpaid interns

Despite the recent surprise drop in manufacturing output, which saw a 1.3% fall in May, a survey by employment specialist The HR Dept. found that 56.7% of respondents to a survey of 1523 SME businesses across the UK expected to recruit in 2014