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The increasing gap between chief executive pay and that of the average employee risks undermining the morale and motivation of the workforce

Words by Benedict Smith, Head of Content at hubbul, the home of freelancing.

Today’s graduates overwhelmingly believe that finance and technology will be the highest-paying sectors for university leavers a decade from now, new research suggests.

The UK’s IT sector is full of budding Mark Zuckerbergs, according to research undertaken by IT recruiter Randstad Technologies. More than a third of IT workers across the UK (37%) share key personality traits with the Facebook founder.

New research has revealed that two fifths, 41%, of British women have been asked ‘inappropriate’ questions during an interview. By comparison, less than an eighth of men, 12%, had faced the same kind of questions.

Written by Lauren Mackelden, Features Editor, Onrec

Glassdoor survey examines resignation ‘tipping points’ and how they vary by age, gender and location throughout the country.

A Hucknall mum hopes to help others achieve a better work-life balance by launching a recruitment agency for parents.

Berry Recruitment in Loughborough has appointed the highly-experienced Karen Neale as its new operations manager.

The Telegraph has published an article on rip off agencies servicing the NHS and Jeremy Vine decided to debate some of the issues during his radio show on 23rd December. A question that arose was why the NHS uses recruitment agencies at all against the suggestion that the NHS should simply employ all its healthcare workers.

The psychological force of employee motivation will not only determine the direction of a person's behaviour in an organisation, their effort and their persistence, but its impact on the business as a whole. More than ever in our rapidly changing workplace, managers need to understand employee motivation and act on it before loyalty is lost, according to cognitive neuroscientist and business psychologist Dr Lynda Shaw.

ILM study finds one third of workers plan to leave their current job in 2016

Joëlle Warren, Executive Chair, Warren Partners, has been awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours List for her services to business.

November’s total number of advertised vacancies has set a new post-recession record – rising by almost a third annually – according to the latest UK Job Market Report from Adzuna.co.uk.

More employment records likely to be broken in the next 12 months, but average wage growth will plateau despite introduction of National Living Wage