A new report by welfare-to-work provider Working Links has revealed that only 20% of UK employers have knowingly recruited an ex-offender.
The report, ‘Prejudged: Tagged for Life’, goes on to say that 55% of employers would use a disclosed conviction to reject an applicant outright or would favour an equally qualified candidate with no conviction in the selection process.
The CBI has welcomed Lord Hutton’s interim report on public sector pensions.
In the report, Hutton argued there was a “strong case” for current public sector workers to contribute more from their salaries each month to tackle the £1 trillion black hole in the public pension pot.
Barclays Corporate has redesigned its recruitment scheme and launched a dedicated entry-level recruitment.
ITN Mark Education has appointed Priya Parmar and Joel McKay as education consultants.
Meanwhile, Huw Jones has been promoted from senior operations manager to associate director.
At the firm’s Leeds branch, former Education Consultant, Steven Scott is promoted to senior education consultant.
Jobsite’s Jobs app will be available for free download with today’s launch of the new Windows Phone 7 handset.
The scrapping of school building projects may be the price of protection teaching jobs, according to John Dunn, director at educational staffing specialist, Randstad Education.
In this week’s comprehensive spending review, the Chancellor announced that the budget for schools will rise by £4bn to £39bn, while 700 rebuilding projects are to be scrapped.
The head of group talent and attraction at AXA UK is urging agencies to take a more proactive approach when dealing with the company.
Mumbai, India-based retained executive search firm 3P Consultants has placed Subir Basak as new chief executive of Celestial Biologicals, according to the Association of Executive Search Consultants.
Executive search and talent management solutions provider Korn/Ferry International has set up an alliance partnership with Woodburn Mann, a Southern African leadership, recruitment and talent management firm.
Whitehead Mann, acquired by Korn/Ferry last year, has been associated with Woodburn Mann for 28 years.
More than half (58%) of graduates think employers should scrap their minimum requirements of a 2:1 degree, according to a survey by graduate recruitment specialist Milkround.com.