ONLINE RECRUITMENT NEWS

August 2014 - A growing specialist recruitment firm is about to extend its Brighton and London branches with help from a NatWest loan.

Companies are increasingly using video interviewing as part of their recruitment process. Video interviewing allows organisations to save both time and money, whilst testing the candidate’s verbal skills, character and time keeping. Both one (candidate uploading a video) and two way video interviews are creating a huge buzz, helping companies narrow down candidates invited for further screening. The key question for candidates is how do you make sure you stand out on screen?

A survey of over 1,500 first year undergraduates from 70 different universities conducted by leading graduate careers site targetjobs.co.uk shows that friends and family are major influencers on students’ choice of career

Your chances of securing a job in the areas of culture, media, or sport are much better if you look in the right boroughs of London, according to a recently produced list by CareerBuilder UK and Economic Modeling Specialists Intl. (EMSI)

A third of employers takes CVs at face value and don’t request degree certificates from job applicants, reports new research by the Higher Education Degree Datacheck (HEDD)

Veterinary Business Development (VBD) – the UK’s leading veterinary publisher – have announced a huge increase in their online recruitment revenue since the launch of their new job board vetsonlinejobs

As a fast paced, agile business, it is vitally important that MBN recruits the best talent and the best company fit individuals to join the team

First professional recruiting firm to utilize Chequed.com’s innovative Predictive Talent Selection™ platform to increase speed and effectiveness of hiring process

Contractor and recruitment sector financial services specialist Outsauce is reporting strong growth for 2014 with contractor income surging 59 per cent and group income up 23 per cent

Job prospects for young people are picking up with two thirds (64%) of employers having hired a young person in the last year, according to the latest JobsOutlook survey by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC)

Study by giant group finds considerable upturn in optimism in the contracting market

Seventh Global Leadership Forecast research from DDI highlights the rapidly changing role of the HR function

A bespoke online employability service is helping disabled people find or stay in work - at the click of a mouse

New research conducted by a website dedicated to spreading the awareness of university alternatives has revealed that, since leaving school, as many as 77% of British adults have never been asked to discuss their GCSE subjects or exam results with a potential employer during a job interview. Furthermore, the majority of respondents have difficulty remembering the grades they received for their GCSE examinations

TARGETjobs is proud to be announced as the Headline Sponsor of the Association of Graduate Careers Services (AGCAS) Conference being held this year at The University of Warwick on 8 and 9 September 2014