... expectations, according to consultant Watson Wyatt. More than 700 organisations were surveyed across Europe, Africa and the Middle ... to reward strategy, while just 27% have communicated more about their pay strategy. Carole Hathaway, European head of strategic ...

... a catalyst to encourage the IT industry to make their sector more accessible and appealing, a food-labelling type system highlighting employment rates and drop-out rates might deliver more of a body blow by deterring students from considering IT as a viable and ...

... as they face a 36.2% underemployment rate, and are 50% more likely than high school graduates to be underemployed, three times more likely than those having a college degree, and four times more likely than ...

... the US, Canada, Europe, Middle East and Asia, will draw on more than 4,500 recruiting experts in 30 countries. Alistair Cox, chief ... Solutions, adds: “The global talent landscape has become more diverse, and it is more important than ever for companies to quickly and ...

... Career Development Group (CDG) says that it placed 7% more of its long-term unemployed clients into work in October 2009 than in ... figures reflect those announced by the REC yesterday, but more significantly relate to those unemployed for longer than six months, for ...

... campaign, recruiters say that Jobcentre Plus will have to do more if it is to improve its services to employers. Jobcentre Plus launched the campaign entitled ‘It pays to work more employers to use its “free vacancy advertising and recruitment ...

... some employers will find themselves at a disadvantage as more nimble competitors snap up immediately available talent.” But legal ... recruitment is being reflected in the legal profession as more and more law firms are defrosting recruitment budgets and reviewing pay ...

... there’s increased pressure on rates and agency margins and more justification is required (often at a more senior level) for each appointment or contract extension. “However, ...

... it may be that such roles are now better promoted with more opportunities on offer.   “The worst case scenario is that women ... should be paid.  In fact, I suspect that women are simply more willing to accept lower salaries and may be more likely to compromise on ...

... process, because employers will be looking at other more effective ways of assessing candidates,” she explained. “There will be a lot more upfront online testing before candidates are invited in, and a lot more ...