CXC Global appoints BlueSky for PR

Worldwide contractor management company CXC Global has appointed recruitment, HR and talent management specialist PR firm BlueSky PR to run its PR campaign.

Australia looks to recruit more women for armed forces

A A$1.8m (£955k) national campaign to recruit more women for the Australian Defence Force was launched in the country’s Northern Territories capital Darwin yesterday [24 March, Australian time].

Royal London to double headcount in Cheshire

Mutual insurer Royal London plans to double its headcount at its Wilmslow office, creating 450 roles.

Treating contractors like employees in insolvency unlikely to please employers

Parliamentary proposals for contractors to move up the queue of creditors so they are in line with directly employed staff following company insolvency will meet with significant opposition from employers, insolvency lawyers say.

Writing an effective online recruitment advert

HR managers and in-house recruiters are under increasing pressure to ‘get recruitment right’ the first time – and we are all well aware of the implications of getting it wrong.

Quantum leap for government to train engineers in innovation

The government has committed up to £15m to train new quantum engineers to build ‘innovative’ new products like 6G smartphones, according to a statement from the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills.

Australian Employment Parity Initiative aims to get more Aborigines in work

Australia’s government has launched the Employment Parity Initiative aimed at getting more than 20,000 indigenous Australians into private sector work by 2020.