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Four times as many employers plan to increase the number of MBA (Masters in Business Administration) graduates they hire in 2012 compared to 2011, with 32% of firms expecting to increase salaries for such hires, according to the Graduate Management Admissions Council.

Social networking consultancy SITEFORUM, law firm Osborne Clarke and the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) have joined forces to present a whitepaper to the government.

The whitepaper will recommend that businesses’ social media policies protect not just the business itself, but employees, clients and suppliers.

The UK jobs market is flatlining, with only one in five employers planning on increase staff headcount in the next quarter, while a West-East divide has emerged, show the results of Manpower’s UK Employment Outlook.

Speed is the number one design guideline for mobile recruitment websites, according to a new document entitled ’Strategic guide to mobile recruitment’.

The document is produced by social recruitment network BraveNewTalent’s interim director of product Dave Martin (better known by twitter alias @mobile_dave), and recruitment and HR consultancy MetaShift.

Workers’ reluctance to leave their existing job to take up new opportunities elsewhere is exacerbating the UK’s talent shortage.

This is according to the annual Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) Resourcing and Talent Planning survey, produced in partnership with Hays.

Talent acquisition and management will be debated at a London HR Connection event, held in conjunction with the London School of Economics, on 27 June at the London School of Economics (LSE).

Scotland’s labour market showed continued improvement in May, according to The Bank of Scotland Labour Market Barometer.

The Barometer posted a reading of 56.5 in May, down from 56.6 in April.

Legal recruiter BCL Legal has launched a new department to help law firms of all sizes recruit non-legal managerial and support staff.

Midas Rec2Rec has appointed Sean O’Brien as sales manager.

O’Brien joins following four and a half years as managing consultant. He will be manage the sales team as well as supplying Rec2Rec services into the finance, procurement and legal sectors.

Meanwhile Ajay Kaler has been appointed consultant for the medical and pharmaceutical sectors from ID Medical.

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