ONLINE RECRUITMENT NEWS

Written by Lauren Mackelden, Features Editor, Onrec

From making connections, to finding company information, or spotting new job openings before they’re advertised, there’s no doubt that social media now plays an integral role in the job search.

New research by a website dedicated to spreading awareness of the alternatives to university has uncovered the average starting salary for those entering their first job after completing university and after completing an apprenticeship. According to the poll, those who undertake an apprenticeship are likely to earn, on average, £3,729 more per year than those who have attended university; in terms of their first job role afterwards

Acre, the award-winning sustainability recruitment company focusing on corporate responsibility, environment, energy, and health and safety functions, has adopted Bullhorn’s true cloud software-as-a-service (SaaS) CRM solution

Understanding what employees need from their office space helps businesses reach new levels of productivity and efficiency while attracting and retaining the right staff

Occupational health should play a fuller role in helping UK businesses return to pre-recession levels of growth. With a focus on increasing the country’s productivity levels, businesses are under more pressure than ever to have an engaged, healthy and happy workforce

Employers should set up committees to ensure employees receive maximum benefit from UK’s new pension rules, Portus advises

The YMCA has laid out a challenge for the next government to tackle the barriers currently hampering efforts to reduce youth unemployment

A specialist from a leading Scottish HR and employment law company will join an expert panel during the first Business Women Scotland Live event in Aberdeen, which is taking place in May

A new design has been launched for jobboard.com , the feature rich, cost effective solution from HotLizard that allows a fully function job board to be created in 5 minutes and from as little as £99 per month.

Santander UK has today announced that it has been accredited as a Living Wage business, formalising the bank’s previous commitment to pay all staff working in its branches, offices and banking centres the National Living Wage

Professional recruitment firms now have 26% more vacancies on their books than this time last year according to new survey data from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo)

Industry-leading recruitment specialist, Meridian Business Support, has expanded its permanent and long-term contract legal, engineering and professional services offering in Yorkshire and the Humber to meet growing demand in the region

Reading based IT and engineering recruitment consultancy, Austin Fraser are happy to announce that they have been ranked 9th in ‘The Sunday Times Best Small Companies to Work for’ list

Michelle Stewart has been appointed to the board of Berry Recruitment Group (BRG), the company has announced