Graduates/Apprentices/School leavers

Government’s apprenticeship budget refocuses to ‘rebuild Britain’

The government has made radical changes to skills and training, including a refocus away from higher-level apprenticeship funding.

Your business, Your recruitment business 27 May 2025

Aspiring pilots can apply to join fully-funded training programme

Jet2.com has announced the launch of a fully-funded pilot training programme, giving up to 60 aspiring pilots the opportunity to fly for the airline without having to self-fund.

Your business 13 May 2025

PM Starmer unveils White Paper to reform immigration system

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer today unveiled the government’s Immigration white paper “to reduce migration” and strengthen the UK’s borders.

Legislation/Regulation, Your business 12 May 2025

UK-INDIA FTA: Financially beneficial for firms to second Indian workers to the UK

Following the news that the UK and India have agreed a trade deal, what will that mean for mobility of workers?

Emerging talent, Legislation/Regulation 9 May 2025

NEW TO THE MARKET: 5-9 MAY 2025

This week’s new launches include: Heidrick & Struggles, Matrix, ProdigyPB, Project Brains

Supplier, Technology 6 May 2025

National student lettings agency launches apprenticeship scheme

A student lettings agency based in Loughborough is helping young professionals kickstart their careers with a new apprenticeship scheme.

Your business 25 April 2025

Californian master plan calls for new statewide collaborative to align education, training and hiring needs

In the US, the state of California is proposing to launch digital career passports for the labour market.

Your business, Your recruitment business 14 April 2025

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 24-28 FEBRUARY 2025

This week’s new contracts & deals include: BearTech, Graduate Career Solutions, inploi, PureGym, SnappCV

Your business, Your recruitment business 25 February 2025

APPOINTMENTS: 9-13 DECEMBER 2024

This week’s appointments include: Aspire, Caroola Group, Heidrick & Struggles

Your business, Your recruitment business 13 December 2024

Recruitment apprenticeships launch aims for 2013

New recruitment industry apprenticeships could be ready by February, Skills CFA, the skills and training charity driving the project, tells Recruiter.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 5 November 2012

India: Hindustan Petroleum to bring new recruits in through GATE

India’s Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) is to take on 250 graduate trainee engineers in 2013 through the GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) testing scheme.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 5 November 2012

Contracts/Deals: Reading College to work with Reed NCFE

Reading College has joined forces with The Reed-NCFE Partnership to help its students prepare for and find work.
Your recruitment business 24 October 2012

Lord Sugar and latest Apprentice Ricky Martin launch Hyper Recruitment Solutions

Ricky Martin, this year’s winner of the BBC’s The Apprentice, launched his joint venture recruitment company, Hyper Recruitment Solutions (HRS), last night at the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in London’s Piccadilly.
Your recruitment business 24 October 2012

SW6 Associates launches new London rec-to-rec brand

Rec-to-rec agency SW6 Associates has been formed in South-West London from three separate rival firms.
Your recruitment business 24 October 2012

Contracts/Deals: Skills for Logistics wins fund to take military skills to civvy street

Skills for Logistics (SfL) has been awarded £1.14m to deliver a programme for transition from military to civilian logistics for up to 1,000 people leaving the armed forces.
Your recruitment business 18 October 2012

Global Spotlight on Kenya

Kenya seems to be bucking the global recession and is very much open for business — and recruiting to fulfil its government’s vision for 2030
In-house recruitment 17 October 2012

The best-stocked pools in the war for talent

A new generation of global talent mapping and talent pooling is coming
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 17 October 2012

AGR awarded funding for graduate-to-employment projects

The Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) has been given funding to raise employer awareness about degree classification and social mobility.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 17 October 2012

Businesses attempt to grow own talent and reduce youth unemployment

A new initiative aimed at making it easier for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to hire young people has launched.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 17 October 2012

BCL Legal launches new division for law firms and grads

Manchester headquartered BCL Legal has launched a new department, BCL Graduates, which aims to help talented graduates get their first step on the legal career ladder.
Your recruitment business 15 October 2012

Contracts/Deals: Engineer Graduates to work with WCN

Graduate recruitment and development company Engineer Graduates has selected software firm WCN’s e-recruitment system to power its business.
Your recruitment business 15 October 2012

Apprenticeship starts up 10% to exceed 500,000

The number of apprenticeships began in the academic year to 31 July 2012 came to a final total of 502,500, up 10% on the previous year’s total.
Your recruitment business 11 October 2012

Graduate employment stable with some tech bright spots, finds HECSU data

Employment levels for recent graduates has remained relatively stable at 61.8% for 2012, with engineering and IT opportunities boosting the figures following a drop in public sector roles, according to Higher Education Careers Service Unit (HECSU) data.
Your recruitment business 11 October 2012

ScottishPower looks for further talent supply for 340 new jobs

Energy firm ScottishPower is looking to recruit for 340 new positions at two suppliers – the next stage in a broader expansion drive which the firm’s chairman says can play a part in the industry being an engine of economic growth.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 11 October 2012

Ex-recruiters launch Careers4students

Two former recruitment consultants have today launched the full version of youth-focused jobsite Careers4students.co.uk.
Your recruitment business, Companies 9 October 2012
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