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One of the biggest threats to the average person when applying for jobs is their IT skill set, or lack thereof. Growing up in a society that is increasingly advancing in technological discovery, a rising demand from employers for any potential employee is that they have an appropriate or up to date knowledge about basic computer skills.

Best practice lessons on attracting and selecting the right applicants for apprenticeship schemes - from leading employers such as Siemens in Germany - will be examined in the latest webinar from cut-e, the international assessment specialist, on 16 March, 11.00am-12 noon GMT.

Original research from Robert Walters has revealed that 43% of HR professionals are currently looking for new jobs, with 63% planning to change roles within the next year.

Simplicity, the specialist provider of recruitment finance and outsourced administration solutions, is driving both growth and efficiencies through greater investment in staff development, developing a cultural direction for the workforce and introducing business improvement techniques that have helped position the business as the UK market leader over the last 12 months.

Specialist global tech recruitment consultancy, Empiric, has launched a new initiative to inspire 5,000 more females to pursue careers within technology roles in the UK by 2020.

March 8th 2016 marks International Women’s Day, where women around the world and from all walks of life are commended for their achievements and efforts towards equality.

When it comes to background checks of potential job candidates, there's one key question recruiters should always ask themselves before launching into the screening process – how extensive should the background check be?

Rethink Group’s talent management division has today unveiled its new corporate identity, ‘RTM’ alongside the development of a suite of new creative assets - as part of a full global rebrand.

Do you get that sinking feeling when someone (your MD? HR? A keen colleague?) suggests you ‘do some team building’? Do you have ghastly visions of yourself kneeling on the floor with a bongo between your knees, playing the drums in a conference room? Or building Lego constructions against the clock in competition with another department?

MBN are pleased to announce continued, robust and profitable growth punching through £4m of revenues for the first time in its short history.

The Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) has announced the winners of its annual Development Awards, which recognise and reward organisations committed to training and developing early talent.

The recent crisis in Syria is a much debated topic with everybody trying to analyse reasons why this horror is happening and its consequences. Fact and figures become dependent on our political standpoint; we only hear what we want to hear, so how do we counter balance this? With big data!

Managers in the automotive industry have overtaken those in the financial services sector to resume their reign as the highest paid managers in the UK (earning on average £46,019), according to new research by pay and benefits specialists, Croner Reward.

Salary sacrifice for pension contributions could be banned in the Budget to head off its use by higher earners to beat the introduction of flat rate tax relief, leading employee benefits consultancy Portus warns.

According to new research, "Not being told what to do," salary, flexible working and regular training and development, are just some of the things that are important to the next wave of workers now entering the workforce - the Generation Zs (also known as 'iGens' or 'post-millennials').