Seven out of 10 graduates are prepared to fund extra qualifications to make them more employable, according to research by graduate recruiter elemense.
The research also found that if graduates were to use their own money to invest in personal development, their top priorities would be:
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Jobcentre staff lacked the skills to provide a ‘personalised service’ to jobseekers, during last year’s rise in unemployment, according to an internal report.
A freeze on teacher recruitment is to be imposed on schools in Angus, Scotland.
The Scotsman reports that three primary schools in Glenisla, Lintrathen and Kilry will merge to form a new single Glenisla School in a bid to save £1.37m from the council’s budget.
New software emerging from the US is helping recruiters and resourcing professionals choose who they should hire, promote or even lay off.
As part of Global Skillshare, a new initiative launched by Randstad Education and development charity VSO, the education recruiter is offering five teachers the chance to volunteer through the VSO programme for placement in September.
Randstad Education, in return, will provide supply cover to the applicants’ schools free of charge.
Technology staffing firm ReThink Recruitment Solutions has appointed Debbie Davenport to its board of directors.
Debbie Davenport joined ReThink as a regional manager in 2007 from Elan IT and previously worked at Best International Group and Rullion.
While 94% of employers predict headcounts will grow or remain the same in the next year, there has been a slight dip in employer confidence, according March’s JobsOutlook survey from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC).
The Chancellor’s commitment to a formal consultation on reforms to the Default Retirement Age will cause employers to review how they implement their pensions provision, according to Carol Dempsey reward partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
The government is to look further into recommendations to extend gangmaster licensing regulations to the construction industry.
Employers have been warned over the use of pre-employment health questionnaires by Sandra Wallace, employment partner and head of the equality and diversity at law firm DLA Piper.