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According to new research from leading specialist recruitment consultancy, Robert Half Management Resources, there has been a huge rise in demand for interim finance employees, managers and directors, driven partly by the need for specialist skills around year-end management and annual budgeting

A new study conducted by the leading website offering advice to students on university alternatives has found that young Britons who choose apprenticeships after leaving school are three times more likely to experience complete job satisfaction than those who go into a role after graduating from university

Adecco has for a few years now been allowed to call itself the largest staffing firm in the world, while Manpower this year took the number two position from Randstad. Finds research by Vactures.nl which compared the end of year revenue figures of the largest staffing players in the world. The top 20 has seen a few changes in position, yet continues to be held by the same 20 agencies as the year previous

Recruitment teams find engaging line mangers within the recruitment process one of the biggest challenges when attracting talent, according to new research conduct by WCN, the leading e-Recruitment specialists

Following the economic uncertainty of the past few years, Britain’s SMEs are confident and optimistic about their future prospects according to a new survey which has found that almost half (49%) of British SME decision-makers do not have any business concerns keeping them awake at night. At the same time, those who do say they have concerns identify finding skilled staff as the most common anxiety.

While vacancies are up, applications are down

A new survey commissioned by Expert Market reveals many of us think our colleagues are not right for the job!

The Q2 Asia Pacific Employment Monitor shows that the long-term trend in vacancies continues to outpace the growth in those seeking new employment. On a year-on-year basis, vacancies rose by 18% from 13,576 to 16,052. Those seeking new employment was relatively flat (-2%) year-on-year. The statistics indicate that there is still acceleration in the job market. On a quarterly basis, both vacancies and job seekers increased at a similar pace, 5% and 8% percent respectively

Poor professional advice from third parties or consultants has resulted in one in six (16 per cent) small and micro businesses (the equivalent of around 320,000 enterprises) losing money, according to new research published by Direct Line for Business.

More than one in three (35%) office workers in the UK have admitted to finding their work away days boring, with over a third (37%) confessing they actually dread them, according to new statistics released by the British Heart Foundation (BHF)

As results day beckons for both GCSE and A Level students, research undertaken by QA Apprenticeships, the UK’s leading IT and business apprentice training provider, found that 80% of students know little or nothing about IT and professional apprenticeships

Foreign nurses are a blessing to the UK healthcare system, not a burden, says Steve O’Brien, operations director of Inivo Healthcare Talent. This follows comments by the Head of Addenbrooke Hospital in Cambridge, claiming that recruiting nurses from overseas is ‘distracting, frustrating and expensive’

In the latest survey results released by National Hug Your Boss Day in association with TipTopJob.com, 71% of European workers admit to swearing at their boss. This is in strike contrast to those surveyed in Asia where only 10% admitted to it

Monitoring contractor demand in the Capital

Overall jobs growth set to continue while pay growth edges up but shows little sign of taking off