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Despite three quarters (77 per cent) of young people (aged 14-25) being aware that potential employers are checking social media profiles before hiring them, a quarter (24 per cent) still have no privacy settings in place and further one in ten (11 per cent) are unsure if they are protected or not**.

The August 2015 London Recruitment Index recorded a 33% month-on-month drop in job availability across the private sector

British employees are suffering from a wide range of confidence issues in the workplace, according to new research by Feel Good Contact Lenses

Survey also Finds Prompt Feedback Most Important Factor in Candidate Care

Plans to raise the bar for strike action divert attention from building better, more engaged workforces

The Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) Annual Survey published on Wednesday 9 September reveals more graduates are being hired than ever before with a 13.2% rise in graduate vacancies for 2014-15

ManpowerGroup warns national living wage is fuelling jobs uncertainty

62 per cent of mums returned from maternity leave to a new job – up from 59 per cent in 2014

New research from Crowne Plaza® Hotel & Resorts reveals how humour makes the business world go round

A recent survey by online freelance marketplace PeoplePerHour, looking into Britain's homeworking habits, has shown that for many freelance workers there’s no such thing as down time

Two young people have been hired as vloggers (video bloggers) to join the Tomorrow’s Engineers Week 2015 campaign following a nationwide search

One in three senior professionals aren’t supported by their organisation in ‘hitting the ground running’, when they start in a new role –as research by Penna Plc, a global people management business, finds today

Commenting on figures released by the Office for National Statistics today (Wednesday), which show the number of workers on zero-hours contracts has increased by 19 per cent to 744,000 over the past year, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said

The latest survey results released by National Hug Your Boss Day and TipTopJob.com reveal that 37% feel that their boss’s best GOOD trait is being a “Good Listener”. Don’t we all like it when we don’t get shut down in the first breath but get the chance to express our points and feelings?

Towers Watson publishes new research that shows the huge employee demand for pension drawdown is not being met and calls upon industry to develop best practices