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Is your diary or Outlook jam-packed with various meetings, appointments and tasks? In the modern world of work, this is hardly unusual. In our 24-hour culture where instant results are not only demanded but expected, it’s all too tempting to try to use the entire 24 hours of a day to cram in everything you promised yourself or others that you’d do.

The number one goal for a job interview: avoid self-sabotage

Recruiters obviously know that job interviews are the pivotal moments in any career. As Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen) said just before meeting Gordon Gecko (Michael Douglas) in the 1987 classic Wall Street: “If life comes down to a few moments, this is one of them.”

Spotlight on Vietnam

The country may be off most companies’ radars but with such a young, IT-ready population, its economy could take off at any moment

Act now to unlock Britain’s potential, says Adecco

Education is failing to equip the future workforce effectively, according to a year-long study from staffing giant Adecco.

Graduating with the wrong skills

Despite more graduates than ever before entering the market, graduate recruiters often struggle to find candidates with the appropriate technical skills for employers. Colin Cottell investigates

Advice on how to deal with serial litigants

Having worked in the legal departments of two large recruitment companies, it is clear that the recruitment industry has its fair share of serial litigants; people who bring multiple cases in Employment Tribunals.

Advice on health enquiries in recruitment

Making enquiries about health issues or disabilities of job applicants has been found to have the effect of discouraging people with disabilities from applying for roles and discouraging employers from offering employment to candidates with disabilities or health problems.

Countdown to automatic pension enrolment: what do staffing and umbrella companies need to do?

Under the new automatic pension enrolment regime, workers (including agency workers) who satisfy certain criteria will have to be automatically enrolled into a pension scheme. The requirements will apply to workers aged between 22 and state pension age, who earn more than a threshold of £7,475 (this level is being consulted upon).

Road between public and private sectors a tough one to travel

Just over a third (38%) of public sector employers believe previous public sector employment is important for new recruits, compared to 56% of private sector employers who say private sector experience is important.

RESULTS: Hays global profit up 14%, UK operations see loss

Global recruitment firm Hays has registered strong results internationally, but saw an operating loss in its UK business in the six months to 31 December 2011.