Getting rid of interviews won’t eradicate nepotism at work
Just take a look at any political party and you’ll see evidence that nepotism is alive and well, despite efforts to eradicate it. Family members, favours called in, work experience with a well-placed uncle – all help the young and ambitious to climb the greasy pole. A CV-Library poll reveals that almost two-thirds of UK […]
Read More →Commonly overlooked compliance procedures and how to address them
A free compliance guide for recruitment businesses has been released by Standards in Recruitment (SiR), the industry’s independent compliance accreditation programme. Six of the best: Commonly overlooked compliance procedures and how to address them has been written to help recruitment businesses, whatever their size, to operate within the relevant legislation. The guide offers real-life examples […]
Read More →Nepotism could stop candidates from getting the job
Almost two-thirds of UK workers have experienced nepotism in the workplace, with 27.9% witnessing underqualified candidates being hired for jobs because they were favoured. This is according to a new study from UK job site, CV-Library, which suggests that nepotism could be preventing UK businesses from hiring the best talent. Its survey of over 2,300 […]
Read More →Winners of the National Living Wage are in the North East
Since the introduction the National Living Wage on 1 April, workers in North East England are three times as likely as Londoners to have received a pay rise – yet job vacancies across the UK have since slumped by 9%, according to data from job site Indeed. Its latest UK Industry Employment Trends report reveals […]
Read More →UK workers want employers to offer more training
Events for Learning at Work Week are taking place all over the UK this week (16–22 May), yet a report has revealed that over a quarter of workers want their employer to offer more training opportunities. According to recent research conducted by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and Halogen in their latest […]
Read More →There’s talent to be found in all our ‘class’rooms
The brightest talent needs more than a privileged social background to help them break into elite UK firms, says Sinead Hasson, MD and founder of specialist recruitment agency Hasson Associates. In June last year a study on behalf of the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission revealed that top firms are sidelining the UK’s brightest working-class […]
Read More →Brightwork Group partners with children’s charity
Scottish recruitment specialists the Brightwork Group have recently signed-up as a charity partner with the Scottish Centre for Children with Motor Impairments, based in Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. From its headquarters at the Craighalbert Centre in Cumbernauld, the Scottish Centre for Children with Motor Impairments provides education, therapy and support to children and their families […]
Read More →New guidelines issued to clarify competition law breaches
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has recently published new guidance to clarify the redress options open to victims of competition law breaches. The guidance (Competition law redress: A guide to taking action for breaches of competition law) reflects changes in the law as a result of the Consumer Rights Act 2015, which make it […]
Read More →One in five workers check emails before getting out of bed
A fifth of the UK workforce admit to checking their emails before they even get out of bed in the mornings, according to outdoor eco-office experts TG Escapes. TG Escapes recently ran a national poll of 1,000 adults to see how many of us are guilty of the above, and found that 18.5% responded yes, […]
Read More →What are the most common job scams at present and how can we tackle them?
Job scams may not be a recent issue, but experts are warning that the practice is becoming increasingly sophisticated. “It’s a very lucrative operation,” says Haydn Simpson, Commercial Director at online brand protection specialist, NetNames. “Scammers choose to operate this kind of fraud because it’s working – they are successfully conning people out of money.” […]
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