Sector Analysis Education

Deregulation and change are new challenges on top of the perennial problem of finding good teachers

Recruiters can turn careers advisers and benefit, says REC’s Green

Failings identified in UK schools’ careers advice programmes offer recruiters “a huge opportunity” to benefit by providing insight into the world of work for young people at local schools, Kevin Green, chief executive officer of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation told an audience on Tuesday night.

Delhi police to recruit outside city as it looks to change

The Times of India writes that New Delhi police’s decision to cast its recruiting net beyond the city itself is part of the reaction to the much-publicised gang rape and murder of a student in the city late last year.

Nigerian jobseekers kept waiting hold up traffic in capital

We've all heard of the perils of complex online job applications irking applicants, but things went one step further in Nigeria this week as would-be civil servants staged a peaceful protest, holding up vehicles in a busy road in the country's capital Abuja.

FINANCIALS: Bailey and Sanctuary growing in 2012

Results released today show growth at recruiters Bailey Employment Services and Sanctuary Personnel.

Capita signs £474m, decade-long services deals with Barnet

Outsourcing giant Capita has been given final approval for two contracts worth around £474m over 10 years to provide a range of services including HR and payroll to the London Borough of Barnet.

‘Early’ CIPD research findings say there may be 1m on zero hours contracts

There could be ''about 1m zero hours workers in the UK'', suggest early findings of new research from the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development, four times more than a recently revised Office for National Statistics estimate.