... expected to be well suited to customer services and seen as more reliable. “Recruiters have to stop looking at individuals and their ... lifestyles has enabled them to deploy people’s skills far more flexibly. Crucially, it was good for business, too, because the ...

... increase in job applications caused by the downturn as more jobseekers chase fewer jobs, says Chris Small, managing consultant of ... or job applications are made. “This is becoming more popular because organisations are having to deal with larger applicant ...

... he says. “But they aren’t always so good at thinking more strategically about the broader business.” As Douglas sees it, ... manufacturing industry has contracted and opted to outsource more from overseas markets, opportunities there have been more restricted. ...

... policy. Some of BEIS’s headline findings include: More than 200,000 workers, who were paid less than the minimum wage, had been ... record £15.6m of NMW underpayment was identified, affecting more than 200,000 workers Employers were fined an unprecedented £14m for ...

... has joined several groups on Facebook, Instagram and other more specific and sinister websites where he regularly posts racist comments ... hateful and aggressive comments online that is often far more extreme than trolling. He is a member of several websites where ...

... by low-earning self-employed people who would have to pay more to access the state pension, as well as fears the move would make the tax system more complex. Government had planned to scrap Class 2 NICs, paid by ...

... is less about helping employers drive down costs and more about finding and matching the best candidate for the role. “Employers ... new models. “The recruitment landscape is becoming ever more complex with a wide range of options for advertising and a lot of noise ...

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... which will continue well into 2002, is the development of more web-addressable and web-deployable products, says Richards. These include ... bespoke work as agencies and the recruitment industry become more individually defined and specialised.’ Chapman says there has been ...

... are adept at bending and breaking the rules. Indeed, the more draconian the system, the harder people work to buck it. Persuasion is ... degree in psychology. In many cases, persuasion requires no more than a simple explanation of the business case for what you are doing. As ...