Qualifications are the least important part of the recruitment process for employers, according to research from learning and training solutions provider Infinity Learning.
Four out of five respondents called professional experience the most important consideration when reviewing an applicant, ahead of qualifications and potential.
The US Army is using social and digital media to help potential recruits imagine themselves as soldiers in realistic situations.
At the Ready, developed by MRM Worldwide, a member of the McCann Workgroup Army Team, provides an “in-the-boots experience” that offers participants multiple interactive scenarios to learn first-hand what it’s like to be in the US Army.
Contractor tax advisers Umbrella Company Tarpon has welcomed reports of the introduction of “project-specific bonds”, as part of an attempt to improve the country’s infrastructure and stimulate the weakening economy by boosting private sector investment, thereby creating jobs.
Tarpon makes the comments following a recent article in the Independent newspaper.
Finance, professional practice and HR recruiter Chase and Holland has appointed Bev Hudson.
Hudson is charged with launching the firm’s new Yorkshire and Lincolnshire division.
Business confidence and private sector employment market health have taken a big hit in the latest index released by audit, accountancy and business services firm BDO.
The firm’s employment index for the private sector labour market fell from 93.4 in October to 91.5 in November, while business optimism index fell from 93.4 to 86.2.
Giving people a small nudge in the right direction can make a big difference to UK job creation, according to Ed Davey, employment relations minister.
Over three in five chief finance officers plan to add new temporary and/or interims staff to their teams in 2012, according to research from recruiter Robert Half.
This figures rises to 80% in London, and the report also shows that 25% of the total of UK plc’s finance teams are made up of such staff, rising to 28% in large companies.
Manual trades such as welding, construction and building led the way in job creation over the quarter dating August to October, according to publicly funded employment services provider Working Link.
A major reorganisation of international engineering and IT services and staffing firm CDI Corporation will provide a major impetus to the company’s long-term growth strategy started last year, according to a senior executive.
Earlier this month, CDI - whose markets include Australia, the UK and the US - announced plans to focus on long-term growth by reorganising its structure.
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