Career service cuts in England are risking the futures of young people, according a report entitled ‘Uncertain futures’ by the Institute of Career Guidance.
The survey shows almost one in six respondents said that the entire careers service in their area was due to close or had already closed, while half say their employer had already made redundancies or issued “at risk” notices.
Executive search firm Pacific International has implemented Colleague Recruitment Software to help support its international growth.
Allan Smith, managing director at Pacific International, says: “We needed one complete software solution in place that can support distributed international offices and also our mobile workforce, which travels extensively throughout the world.”
IT job site, CWJobs.co.uk, has entered into partnership with technology trade websites, ComputerWeekly.com, Computing.co.uk, TheInquirer.net and V3.co.uk, to provide jobs related content and services nationwide.
Recruiters can advertise their positions on any of the sites through CWJobs.co.uk, which will then automatically be searchable across all sites.
As undergraduate fears about successfully landing a new job following graduation increase, employers should engage with undergraduates at an earlier stage during their first year of study, according to Richard Irwin, student recruitment manager at professional services firm PwC.
Almost a third of IT contractors think the financial services sector will create the most IT jobs over the next year, compared to 27.5% this time last year, according to research from contractor services provider giant group.
3D software design company Autodesk will this month launch a new mobile application that promises to be a game changer in the recruitment arena.
Peterborough-based mobile applications firm All The Top Bananas built the app with a brief from Autodesk’s head of EMEA talent acquisition and global talent brand, Matthew Jeffery.
Following newspaper reports that some contractors supplied by Hays are earning as much as £2,000 a day, RBS says it has little or no influence over the rates earned by contractors.
Helping the unemployed overcome barriers to employment represents the epitome of what Channel 4’s Fairy Jobmother, Hayley Taylor, is all about.
Berry: business needed reassessment
Global executive search firm Boyden has promoted Gray Hollett to chief marketing officer, responsible for global brand management and marketing.
Based in New York, Hollett, who has served as Boyden’s vice-president of global marketing since joining the firm in 2006, will continue to lead Boyden’s branding, communications and reputation management.