Professional services firm KPMG is to double its school leaver intake from 90 to 180 in 2012, following the launch of its new School Leaver Programme.
The first year’s intake of students have now joined the firm and will study for an accountancy degree at either Durham or Exeter Universities.
UK employees want employers to appoint female managers, according to research by global recruiter Randstad.
Randstad’s quarterly Workmonitor report of over 400 UK workers reveals more than a third (36%) think that the performance of their organisation would improve if it had more female senior managers.
In a joint operation with the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA), West Midlands Police have arrested two men aged 26 and 49, and a heavily pregnant female was also detained.
The arrest was made on suspicion of supplying temporary workers without a valid GLA licence in the agriculture sector. One of the men and the female were also identified as being illegal in the UK.
The government has launched Lifelong Learning Accounts, a free online service aiming to help people get improved access to jobs and career development opportunities.
Account holders will benefit from:
* A skills diagnostic tool to identify their interests, strengths and needs??
* Localised course and job searches??
* A CV builder??
Hotel chain Travelodge announced plans to create 710 new jobs, investing £223m in 26 new hotels over the next two years, reports The Press Association.
Michelle Luxford, HR director at the company says: “We are passionate about developing our people and I’m proud to say that 75% of all our management appointments are filled internally.”
Government figures have shown a rise of over 50% in the number of internships on offer in 2010-11 compared to the previous academic year, butsome have questioned the true value of these rises.
A large improvement in the health of the UK job market means good news for many sectors, according to Reed’s October Job Index.
As the UK labour market continues to show signs of fragility, there are signs that the sector may have peaked for the foreseeable future
HR search firm Digby Morgan has integrated Randstad HR and HR International (HRi) into its business.
Digby Morgan chief executive Alastair Cook says: “This is a great endorsement of the success we enjoy in the market and of the relationship we have with our parent company. Digby Morgan is now Randstad’s sole resource for all professional HR recruitment in the UK.”
A series of new measures to help Britain’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) grow and create jobs was launched yesterday by Prime Minister David Cameron.