With car production here on the rise, the UK automotive industry is in good health and creating jobs.
The number of cars produced in the UK in November was up 8.5% on the previous month, reaching 136,111, its highest level since early 2009, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). This was its sixth consecutive monthly rise.
The path to a successful career is not determined by an individual’s gender, according to a survey of managers carried out by specialist consultancy Lothbury Recruitment.
The snapshot survey revealed that hard work, determination and commitment were the contributing factors.
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Alex Stimpson joins financial specialist recruiter JCW as compliance delivery consultant.
Stimpson has worked for a year in the sector with Astbury Marsden.
This brings the company headcount to 18 with further hiring continuing.
Salary is the most important factor in graduates’ career choices, a survey by Hay Group has revealed.
Ninety-three per cent of this year’s graduates listed base pay as an important or very important factor in their career choice.
The top three criteria which follow base pay are benefits (cited by 51% of graduates), future earnings outlook (45%) and bonus potential (37%).
International job board JobServe has launched an affiliate programme.
The programme, which is free to use, enables website owners and bloggers to create links and earn referral fees from their visitors that go on and use products from JobServe.
A complaint against business networking firm The Ecademy has been upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
The firm’s website had contained details of a workshop in February this year, entitled: ’How to Master Social Media workshop with Thomas Power… Build your personal brand online’.
Scottish Power is keen to recruit graduates and apprentices to fill 1,500 new roles in a bid to help lower the age profile of the industry, according to a spokesperson for the energy giant.
News website Sky.com reports the energy firm has unveiled plans to create 1,500 jobs over the next decade.
The UK economy grew by just 0.7% in the past year, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
This makes the UK the worst performing economy in the group of seven developed nations (G7) apart from Japan.
The best performing G7 economies were Germany, with growth of 2.7%, followed by France and the US, both 1.6%.
Experian’s latest Insolvency Index has revealed that the largest companies in the country — those employing 501 or more employees — experienced a year-on-year drop in insolvencies in July 2011.
Figures from the global information services company reveal 13% fewer large firms failed during July 2011 compared to July 2010.