Six in 10 HR professionals plan to increase investment in employer branding over the next year, according to research from TMP Worldwide.
The research also shows that for more than 90% of HR professionals, as the economy picks up, the impact of their employer brand on their ability to increase recruitment will grow in importance.
Hospitality and leisure career site Leisurejobs.com has launched an i-Phone App.
The app enables candidates to save searches, enter job titles as well as search on location and desired salary.
A shortlist of vacancies is compiled, while candidates can set up a daily email alert showing the latest jobs that fit their criteria is received.
International recruiter Hays has won sole supplier status for all permanent volume recruitment for global manufacturer Siemens until 2013.
Recruitment will be across all divisions, including the UK network of offices and all head office functions. Hays has a long-standing relationship with Siemens, delivering across other areas of its temporary and permanent recruitment.
Confidence to recruit is on the increase among UK legal firms, according to legal staffing specialist BCL Legal.
The firm has reported an increase of more than 30% in the number of in-house legal jobs that it has placed in the first quarter of 2011 when compared to 2010 and 40% up on the same period in 2009.
UK employers are hiring in-house recruitment professionals as they reassess their recruitment strategies, according to Badenoch & Clark’s latest talent spotlight.
Companies wishing to take advantage of business opportunities in emerging markets need to be more flexible both in their pay structure and organisational models.
Demand for contract IT workers rose by 11% in Q1 2011, compared with Q4 2010, according to data from specialist IT recruitment website CWJobs.co.uk.
The data also shows permanent job demand rose 6% on the previous quarter.
Lewis: reduce time spent resourcing
Six in 10 of those who graduated in the past three years have not found a graduate job, according to research from talent management provider SHL.
Research released today from HSBC has found that 29% of people believe their job is not secure over the next 12 months.
Thirty-seven per cent of people worried that their job was not secure over the next three years, including 40% of public sector workers and 35% of people in the private sector.