A significant easing in the pace of decline in the UK’s manufacturing and service sectors has not been enough to lift the economy out of recession, leaving thousands of the country’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in a fierce battle to survive, according to a new survey.
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Jobseekers are using job boards not just to search for a job, but to increase their online presence as well as to search for information, according to findings from online recruitment research project NORAS.
The NORAS findings show that while 32% do use job boards just to look for vacancies, 34% are using them to make themselves more ‘findable’ by uploading their CV.
The number of recruiters not offering their staff training has almost doubled since the last financial year, according to research from recruitment training provider Lander Associates.
The survey shows that while 10% of consultancies did not offer training to their staff 40% have had their training budgets have been cut.
The recession is causing a career revolution, as 68% of British workers that have been recently made redundant consider a career change, according to research from Monster.
The chief executive of German car manufacturer BMW has told the Financial Times that new jobs and investment will be created at the company’s Cowley plant near Oxford with the manufacture of two new models of the Mini car.
IT and technical website Technojobs.co.uk has launched 11 new niche job websites.
The new sites cover areas such as project management, telecoms, web design and IT contract jobs.