Submitted by Stuart Gentle on Fri, 06/12/2013 - 10:16
Tomorrow is Small Business Saturday - the first initiative of its kind in the UK. It’s aimed at encouraging everyone in the UK to support small businesses, both on the day and beyond. Small Business Saturday has been a huge success in the United States, where it led to 100 million Americans spending $5.5 billion
Submitted by Stuart Gentle on Fri, 06/12/2013 - 10:14
Government interventions on youth employment and retirement ages imply both opportunities and challenges for employers seeking to attract and retain talent
Submitted by Stuart Gentle on Fri, 06/12/2013 - 09:51
39% of companies in the UK are yet to develop their website to work on mobile devices, according to a new report released this month. With an increasing focus on the web and e-commerce for sales, this is an alarming figure
Submitted by Stuart Gentle on Fri, 06/12/2013 - 09:43
Recent research into 'open innovation’ from Vlerick Business School suggests that companies should organise their human resources policy like a top football club
Submitted by Stuart Gentle on Fri, 06/12/2013 - 09:29
The European Council has today reached agreement on a compromise text of UCITS V, which includes details on how fund managers should be paid. This moves UCITS V one step closer to being implemented
Submitted by Stuart Gentle on Thu, 05/12/2013 - 09:56
This week, students and childhood friends, Luke Birch and Jamie Sparks, both 21, have set out from La Gomera, in the Canary Islands, to break the world record for the youngest team to row the Atlantic
Submitted by Stuart Gentle on Thu, 05/12/2013 - 09:37
A survey of American consumers found that more than 75 percent admit to using their mobile device in the restroom – confirming that mobile is, indeed, everywhere
Submitted by Stuart Gentle on Thu, 05/12/2013 - 09:33
Recruiters will need to up their game to maintain their reputation as the most valued source of quality hires in the eyes of HR professionals, according to a new report published by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) today
Submitted by Stuart Gentle on Thu, 05/12/2013 - 09:24
A professional services group has introduced a four-day working week with a view to boosting productivity and improving its employees’ work-life balance
Submitted by Stuart Gentle on Thu, 05/12/2013 - 09:19
The REC’s Institute of Recruitment Professional (IRP) Awards were held at the London Marriott Hotel to celebrate recruitment’s top professionals in a ceremony hosted by the BBC’s Jeremy Vine
Submitted by Stuart Gentle on Wed, 04/12/2013 - 10:28
Recruitive has announced that it is looking to significant partnerships and acquisitions to assist in its ambitious expansion plans over the next few years
Submitted by Stuart Gentle on Wed, 04/12/2013 - 10:23
Social media is a long way off infiltrating the workplace to the extent it has become embedded in our personal lives, and employers could be missing a trick, according to new research from the CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development