ONLINE RECRUITMENT NEWS

Today, Perkbox announces its first equity crowdfunding round, a £1.5m raise on the Seedrs platform, to scale the hyper-growth tech business to its next level of expansion.

Research released by totaljobs has revealed that almost two-thirds (63%) of 55-64 year olds have said they have felt discriminated against by a prospective employer because of their age. Worryingly, only 6% of the same age group see their age as an advantage when applying for a job.

…But Don’t Be Overly Nice, Cry or Lose Your Temper

GetMyFirstJob, the UK’s leading apprenticeship matching service, has been ranked as one of the best British businesses to work for, following an independent study conducted by the Sun newspaper.

Cathcart Associates is celebrating one year in Bangkok after becoming the first UK based IT recruitment firm to open a branch in the Thai capital.

Glassdoor Labour Market Index shows Europe’s labour markets are improving despite considerable diversity by country

UK’s most in-demand ‘soft’ skills also revealed as ‘ownership’, ‘strategic thinking’, ‘communication’ and ‘persistence’

A new consultancy launched which aims to help recruitment businesses adapt and thrive in a challenging market by combining strategic expertise with hands-on change delivery.

Doug Monro, co-founder of Adzuna, comments:

Scottish technology entrepreneur Mike Hughes is this month (October) launching a new venture which he predicts will revolutionise the world of recruitment, especially for businesses with small numbers of staff.

Mariano Mamertino, economist at the world's biggest job site, Indeed, comments:

Commenting on the latest labour market statistics from the ONS, CIPD Acting Chief Economist Ian Brinkley said:

UK charity Business in the Community (BITC) is using the third anniversary of its Ban the Box campaign to call on employers to rethink the way they treat young job applicants with criminal convictions.

An exciting new job board has been launched to target the media industry and they have taken advantage of the speedy solution from HotLizard’s JobBoard.com.