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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

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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

With senior staff on holiday and potential candidates out of the country it may appear at first glance that August is the worst time of year to try to hire new staff. But research from specialist IT recruiter, Randstad Technologies suggests the opposite

PCG, the representative body for independent professionals and the self-employed, has today welcomed the news that senior Government Minister, Esther McVey, is backing self-employment as a positive choice for young people

Demand for internal communications professionals is set to rise as the war for talent returns to the global market, according to recent research from VMA Executive - the global search arm of corporate communications recruiter, VMA Group

Top sites can now quickly and easily add relevant job listings that engage their unique audience and drive incremental revenue

CV-Library's Client Response Coordinators form an important part of the job board's business offering. The twenty strong CRC team is the highly valuable customer care unit which keeps client relationships running smoothly

The summer edition of Graduate Market Trends (GMT) launches today (22 July 2014) with the latest research on graduate underemployment, a look at a new toolkit that’s embedding work-based projects into masters education and an interview with Nick Hillman, former advisor to David Willetts

Following the news that The Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) has predicted that there would be 17% more graduate jobs available during 2013-14, totaljobs.com has confirmed that they have already risen 13% year-on-year