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Recruitment

Small businesses, watch your back when hiring

2010-03-11 09:16 - 53 reads

A bad hire can be devastating to a smaller business. How can you tell who you are really hiring? Here we consider some tips on background screening.

Rise in vacancies and recruitment activity point to recovery

2010-03-09 11:42 - 120 reads

The number of vacancies posted online in February was the highest since December 2008 when the recession really kicked in.

Drowning in a sea of applications

2010-03-09 09:11 - 543 reads

When you have so many applicants to sift through, recruiting can seem a huge ordeal. Dan Hughes offers a lifebuoy and explains how it has worked for Waitrose.

Brain drain - 1/3 of grads plan to leave UK

2010-03-01 14:54 - 454 reads

A lack of suitable job opportunities in this country is driving a third of recent UK graduates and final year students to consider moving abroad for work.

CIPD: We're not out of the woods yet!

2010-02-18 11:39 - 328 reads

The UK labour market remains in an “extremely fragile state”, with the unemployment situation likely to get worse before it gets better.

Beating the frustration: improving HR’s relationship with recruiters

2010-02-18 09:00 - 507 reads - 1 comment

Historically HR and recruiters haven't had a great relationship, yet they both need each other - something has to be done so we can both get along.

Redundancies are set to almost double in the first quarter

2010-02-15 12:34 - 571 reads

Nearly a third of public sector employers are planning to cut jobs and the private sector is unable to make up the shortfall despite signs of renewed hiring activity.