Graduate applicant numbers have surged, while employers expect a 6.9% drop in graduate vacancies, according to the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) bi-annual survey.
The average number of applications for each graduate vacancy now stands at 69, compared to 49 last year and 31 in 2008.
Public sector workers were warned yesterday that they would have to adapt to a more flexible way of working if they wanted to keep their jobs.
Contractor payroll and back office solutions provider Liquid Friday has appointed Phillip Venn as managing director.
Venn has helped build the firm’s the client base since joining as sales director following a career in corporate banking where he specialised in funding many high profile transactions within the recruitment industry.
Rail, engineering construction and transport infrastructure recruiter Resourcing Solutions has successfully rolled out the full Drag&Tag solution, integrated with its Bond Adapt CRM system, across their entire business.
Drag&Tag integrates all recruiter activity connecting online media and business networks directly to the existing CRM database.
President Barack Obama’s Recovery Act has added between 2.5m and 3.6m jobs, according to the latest quarterly report from the White House.
The report also indicates the act, aimed at create new jobs and save existing ones and passed by Congress in February, may have raised US growth by about 3%.
Four in 10 IT professionals predict that increasing use of cloud computing will create more jobs, according to IT jobs specialist CWJobs.co.uk.
The research shows that 70% believe cloud computing skills and experience will make them more employable. Only 28% believe cloud computing mean less jobs.
Recruitment advertising and employer communications agency Genius Consultancy has appointed Betty Thayer, the former founder and chief executive of exec-appointments.com, as a non-executive director to its board.
On-demand recruitment software provider Bullhorn has launched Bullhorn Universal Search.
Bankers’ reluctance to lend to small businesses could put Britain’s recovery at risk, according to James Mallick, operations manager at transport and logistics recruiter Top Gear Recruitment.
Multi-sector recruiter Jobshop UK has appointed Lucy Fowler-Tutt as branch administrator.
Fowler-Tutt, who was previously a medical records officer with the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Practitioner and Patient Services Agency, will be in charge of advertising job placements, screening and testing applicants and liaising with clients and candidates.