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

More structured career path for future Civil Service Fast Streamers

Successful applicants for the Civil Service Fast Stream will enjoy a more structured career path from 2013 onwards.
Your recruitment business 11 September 2012

Morgan McKinley Irish Employment Monitor steadies

The Morgan McKinley Irish Employment Monitor held relatively steady from July to August, with only a slight dip (2%) recorded in the number of new professional job opportunities.
Your recruitment business 11 September 2012

Diageo takes ‘baby steps’ to attract more diverse graduates

As students return to the UK’s universities and colleges for the start of the academic year, international consumer goods company Diageo is gearing up its efforts to increase its applications from graduates from more diverse backgrounds.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 7 September 2012

Contracts/Deals: Randstad Sourceright recruits grads for Scottish Widows

Asset managers Scottish Widows Investment Partnerships (SWIP) has appointed talent solutions firm Randstad Sourceright as its UK graduate recruitment partner for the September 2013 intake.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 4 September 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: KDR takes on three

Information management recruiter KDR has taken on experienced account manager Sean Cody, alongside a graduate trainee and an apprentice.
Your recruitment business 3 September 2012

ICAP data sees increased recruitment in July

July saw an 8.7% rise in job vacancies on the previous month, according to the UK Labour Market Indices (LMI) compiled by interdealer broker and risk and information firm ICAP.
Your recruitment business 14 August 2012

Adecco recruits 8,000 for London Olympics

Recruitment firm Adecco has completed the recruitment of over 8,000 permanent and temporary employees for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Your recruitment business, Companies 14 August 2012

More school leavers choosing work over university

School leavers are increasingly choosing to go straight into work rather than going to university, according to accountancy firm PwC.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 13 August 2012

Recruitment galore across advanced engineering and manufacturing

A number of advanced engineering & manufacturing firms have announced significant investments and contract wins which in some cases will lead to significant hiring.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 10 August 2012

Financial Skills Partnership fast-tracks unemployed grads into work

Skills champion the Financial Skills Partnership (FSP) has launched its new Graduate Foundation College, which will give opportunities for up to 150 unemployed graduates to increase their employability for small to medium-sized advisory firms.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 7 August 2012

Aldi shopping for 3,000 new UK staff

Discount supermarket Aldi is creating up to 3,000 new jobs across the UK over the next year as it continues to open new stores on a monthly basis.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 1 August 2012

Architecture profession needs more diverse recruitment

The director of Race for Opportunity has expressed disappointment in findings that revealed the ethnicity of architects is increasingly white, following a survey from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) last week.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 30 July 2012

Applications open for first ever Met Police grad scheme

London’s Metropolitan Police has launched its first ever graduate programme. The Met has not had a specific graduate-entry scheme before, but has consistently appeared in The Times’ Top 100 Graduate Employers.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 30 July 2012

Students not comfortable with Facebooking firms

In a recent survey of nearly 1,500 undergraduates through careers site targetjobs.co.uk, university students said they did not want to interact with employers on Facebook and certainly didn’t want to share with them the more personal details of their lives.
Your recruitment business 26 July 2012

Labour market recession drags on for Masters graduates

Getting a Masters degree does not necessarily put you ahead in the jobs market, says the latest Graduate Market Trends from the Higher Education Careers Services Unit (HECSU).
Your recruitment business 24 July 2012

Autumn or summer? Either works for grad hiring, says graduate-jobs.com

Graduates are slightly more likely to go job hunting in the autumn, but the profile of jobseekers varies little between then and the summer months, finds jobsite graduate-jobs.com.
Your recruitment business 18 July 2012
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