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Oil and gas recruiters show how to beat the cycle
The current crisis in the oil and gas industry shows just how quickly fortunes in certain markets can turn around. Plummeting oil prices, while great for consumers filling up at the petrol station, have led to many job losses in the sector and recruitment – which was once characterised by talent shortages and high salaries […]
Read More →Does it matter whether you go straight into a job after school?
A new survey claims that the main reason school-leavers head straight into work, rather than enrolling in higher education, is because they want to earn money straight away. Research company trendence found that the majority of pupils planning to go straight into work were male, and that 97% of those wanting to kick-start their career […]
Read More →Why employers need to nail those first impressions too
Gone are the days when it was enough simply to have a vacancy and the jobseekers would come running to you. These days, employers have to fight a lot harder to gain candidates’ attention. This was confirmed in a study by OfficeBroker.com this week that revealed that almost three quarters of job hunters decide if […]
Read More →This MAC is a hard one to swallow
Many, many employers in the UK – not least the NHS – rely heavily on skilled migrant workers to help them achieve their goals. So it was a tough pill to swallow last week when the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) recommended introducing an Immigration Skills Charge for employers and tightening the routes for hiring priority […]
Read More →To snoop or not to snoop? Take a balanced view
A landmark EU court decision last week appeared to give the green light to employers to check staff’s private messages. Headlines shouted that bosses could now “snoop on staff”, conjuring up images of managers everywhere burning the midnight oil so they can find out exactly what the office junior is doing during their lunch hour. […]
Read More →Let’s remove the smoke and mirrors around CEO pay
With so much focus on CEO performance and increased scrutiny on whether they behave right and ethically, it’s frustrating that pay at the top continues to be such a contentious issue. Some new research from the CIPD suggests that the gap between CEO pay and that of employees is wider than ever, with the average […]
Read More →Feeling the fear could be bad for your career
As we enter a new year and many employees are considering their career aspirations for 2016, CV-Library has produced some interesting findings on what motivates workers in their choice of role. The company found that just over a quarter of workers said they chose their career path to avoid dealing with workplace fears – the […]
Read More →Resolve to make the best of candidates’ new year’s resolutions
It’s that time of year again when recruitment watchers start to predict a huge swathe of people changing jobs in the new year. Anyone remember the last time a survey was issued with the headline ‘Everyone to return to work in January happy and satisfied’? The latest estimate comes from CV database CV-Library, which claims […]
Read More →Does zero hours equal zero satisfaction?
A recent report from the CIPD has highlighted something that many HR or hiring managers knew to be true but that politicians have been keen to ignore: that working on a zero-hours contract doesn’t necessarily mean you’re miserable, living on the breadline and struggling to feed your family. Rather, you’re just on a more flexible […]
Read More →Teacher recruitment: how can we prevent a crisis?
With so many changes to the education system as governments have changed and politicians have tried to put their stamp on things, it’s hardly surprising that schools struggle to recruit good staff. The latest TES Teacher Recruitment Index shows just how bad the situation has become, with certain subjects such as maths or physics only […]
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