Training, kissing up to the boss and working longer hours are just some of the ways workers are looking to recession-proof their jobs against recession, according to job search engine Simply Hired.co.uk.
The poll shows that 10% are sycophants to the boss, 18% are putting in longer hours, while 36% are taking extra classes to prove their worth to their company.
At the start of National Apprenticeship Week, the government is urging British businesses to take up the new Apprentice Grant for Employers (AGE) scheme offering a £2,500 grant for each 16 or 17-year-old apprentice taken on.
Recruitment software Actonomy xMP MatchBase has launched a new service which offers a direct connectivity allowing users to extract candidate information and combine it into a single central search and match index.
Marcia Roberts (right) receives her award for Outstanding Contribution to Recruitment in 2009
Marcia Roberts MBE, former chief executive of the REC, has died following a long illness.
Helen Porter has been appointed as team manager - retail operations, at retail recruiter Elite Associates.
Porter has previously worked as retail staffing director at iD Staffing and team manager - retail temporary staffing at Freedom Recruitment.
Steve Smith has been appointed by financial consultancy Mercer as UK head of HR, based in London.
Urgent action needs to be taken to tackle Europe’s war for talent, according to a new report from the European Commission.
The report shows that:
In-sourced direct recruitment solutions provider CPH Consulting has appointed Nadine North as executive adviser.
Joining the CPH leadership team, North is the chief executive of multi-sector recruiter The North Point. She was previously managing director of Taylor Winfield, head of global recruiting at Siebel Systems and head of recruiting at software company Pegasystems.
Russell Taylor Management, an engineering and construction recruiter based in the Wirral, has hit its £5m sales target, as a result of training funding from the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) in Greater Merseyside.
Any increase in National Insurance Contributions (NICs) would be the most damaging tax rise for the government to impose on British business, according to the British Chambers of Commerce’s (BCC) latest monthly business survey.