Unemployment in the UK in the final quarter of 2012 dropped to the lowest total in over a year and a half, at just over 2.5m, equal to 7.8% of the adult population, shows the latest Labour Market Update from the Office for National Statistics.
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The Direct Employers Association (DEA), a new UK-based trade association for corporate hirers has launched.
Nearly 75% of people leaving nine major banks since January 2012 have returned to similar City roles since, a study from specialist job site eFinancialCareers finds.
When they started looking for a new recruit to the marketing department working across their Champions League account, brewer Heineken decided it wanted to do something a little different – and capture it on camera.
Executive search and interim recruitment recruiter Hitchenor Wakeford has acquired headhunting firm Fallon Search to grow its HR recruitment offering.
International sportswear brand adidas Group has launched a new website to attract candidates to its headquarters in Herzogenaurach, Germany.
The 1,701 applications received for eight jobs at a new Nottinghamshire outlet of coffee shop chain Costa is “not many”, says an in-house recruitment specialist.
A new apprenticeship schem for the recruitment industry is to be launched on 1 March by a partnership comprising training provider Expedient Training Consultancy, industry body the Institute of Recruiters (IOR) and qualifications awarding body Skillsfirst Awards.
IT and tech recruitment group InterQuest has appointed financial services provider Charles Stanley Securities as the company's nominated adviser and broker with immediate effect.
Outsourcing giant Capita is to acquire cloud-based and infrastructure services provider Northgate Managed Services (NMS) from its owner Northgate Information Solutions, in a deal worth a total of £65m.